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	Bertha Palmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palmer studied in her home town and achieved a reputation as a skilled musician, a proficient linguist, a brilliant writer, a skilled politician, and a fine administrator.
		In 1891 Bertha Palmer was selected president of the Board of Lady Managers of the World Columbian Exposition The board was meant to be largely honorary, but Bertha used her influence to heighten awareness of women's achievements at the fair.
		Bertha Palmer became interested in the winter climate of Florida and in 1910 bought up tens of thousands of acres of land in and around Sarasota, Florida — about one-third of the land in the county.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bertha_Palmer (493 words)

	Bertha Palmer
		Bertha pretended not to notice the steam pouring from the Infanta's delicate nostrils as she extended a gloved hand to the lady.
		Bertha did not know what awful thing to expect from the evening, so she had engaged an off-duty detective to be on hand.
		Bertha squinted at the far corner of the room where the disguised detective was in animated conversation with a little red-haired man in the most abominable yellow checkered jacket.
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	Palmer, Bertha Honoré
		Born on May 22, 1849, in Louisville, Kentucky, Bertha Honoré in 1871 married Potter Palmer, a wealthy merchant who shortly afterward became identified with the Palmer House, one of the nation's premier hotels.
		Palmer was a mainstay of Jane Addams' Hull House settlement, to which she gave both liberal financial and personal support, and from 1892 to 1896 she was a trustee of Northwestern University.
		Palmer was an art collector of note, and she was guided by Mary Cassatt to an early appreciation of the Impressionists.
	www.britannica.com /women/articles/Palmer_Bertha_Honore.html (328 words)

	wiki/Bertha Swirles Definition / wiki/Bertha Swirles Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bertha Swirles (Lady Jeffreys), (22 MayMay 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years).
		Bertha Swirles was born in Northampton in 1903 attended Northampton School for Girls and then went up to Girton, in 1921, to read Mathematics, graduating with first class Honours.
		In Cambridge, Bertha Swirles continued to publish important papers on quantum theory, but her most widely known publication is the enormously influential text Methods of Mathematical Physics, written with Harold JeffreysSir Harold Jeffreys (22 April 1891 - 18 March 1989) was a mathematician, statistician, geophysicist, and astronomer.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Bertha_Swirles (800 words)

	Historical biography: Bertha Honore Palmer
		Bertha Honore Palmer, wife of millionaire Potter Palmer, was a recognized social leader of fashionable society in Chicago during the 1800's.
		Bertha was a skilled musician, a proficient linguist, a brilliant writer, a skilled politician, and a fine administrator.
		Bertha Potter was not only noted as a social leader of Chicago society, but was known for her philanthropy.
	arar.essortment.com /berthahonorepa_rbyu.htm (511 words)

	The other Bertha Palmer
		Bertha Honore Palmer was born rich, married richer, and in a day when women had few legal rights used the social clout that made her queen of Chicago to improve the lives of ordinary women and children.
		This other Bertha Palmer was a shrewd businesswoman who in 16 years doubled the value of the estate left by her husband, and who was an early investor and developer in Sarasota, Fla.
		Bertha Palmer was an early member of the Chicago Woman's Club, a mix of wealthy and working women who met to study social problems.
	www.chicagosuntimes.com /output/lifestyles/cst-nws-woman16.html (1041 words)

	Potter and Bertha Palmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bertha Palmer was considered the queen of Chicago high society, and was a patron of Impressionist artists.
		Palmer died in Florida in 1918, her body was returned to her castle beneath a blanket of orchids.
		Potter and Bertha Palmer now lie within the two large granite sarcophagi, with the inverted torches on the sides symbolic of death.
	www.graveyards.com /graceland/palmer.html (320 words)

	Bertha Palmer in Florida Area History Information
		Bertha Palmer was 23 years younger than her husband, Potter, and when he died in Chicago in 1902, she was 53 years old.
		Bertha remained single after the death of her husband and, while reading the Chicago Sunday Tribune, saw an advertisement for land in Sarasota.
		Palmer was one of the first ranchers in the state to dip cattle to eliminate the ticks.
	www.nokomisfl.com /palmer.htm (423 words)

	American Experience \| Chicago: City of the Century \| People & Events
		The Palmers' mansion was designed by Henry Ives Cobb as a castle and was described by one critic as "sumptuous and abominable." Adorned with turrets and minarets on the exterior, the house featured a spiral staircase that rose eighty feet into a tower in the interior.
		Bertha was not merely a housewife with an expense account; she belonged to the Chicago Woman's Club, a progressive organization that lobbied for fair treatment of women and children in hospitals, prisons, poorhouses and in the neighborhoods that received too little attention from city government.
		Bertha never did part with any of her paintings during her lifetime, but when she died in 1908, she left them to the Art Institute of Chicago.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/chicago/peopleevents/p_bpalmer.html (522 words)

	Palmer, Bertha Honore -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Bertha Honoré in 1871 married Potter Palmer, a wealthy merchant who shortly afterward became identified with the Palmer House, one of the nation's premier hotels.
		Bertha Honoré was born on May 22, 1849, in Louisville, Ky. In 1871 she married Potter Palmer, a wealthy businessman and real estate promoter in Chicago.
		Palmer was the first professional golfer to earn more than a million dollars a year in prize money, the first golfer to fly his own plane to tournaments, and the first to win the Masters four times—in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9126347 (740 words)

	Just the Arti-FACTS - Bertha Honoré Palmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1849, Bertha Honoré was the daughter of a leading local businessman, Henry Honoré, who later moved to Chicago.
		Palmer a seven-strand pearl and diamond necklace from Tiffany's in Paris valued at $200,000.
		Her wedding present was the newly built Palmer House, worth $3,500,000, which was later destroyed in the fire.
	www.chicagohs.org /aotm/Mar98/mar98fact3a.html (135 words)

	Ayer - pafg19.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Philip Rufus Palmer was born on 6 Jan 1859 and died in 1908.
		Albert Chapman Palmer was born on 30 Jul 1843 and died on 10 Nov 1922.
		George Clifford Palmer was born in 1853 and died in 1912.
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	Bertha Palmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bertha Palmer (1849 - 1918) was born Bertha Honoré in Louisville, Kentucky.
		Following her husband's death in 1902, she began wintering in Sarasota, Florida, where she owned about one-third of the land in the county.
		Upon her death in Florida, her body was returned to lie in state at the Castle Potter Palmer had built on Chicago's Gold Coast.
	www.olive-oil-facts.info /en/wikipedia/b/be/bertha_palmer.html (156 words)

	Palmer
		The 1870 marriage of Bertha Honore and Potter Palmer united two of the wealthiest and most influential families of 19th century Chicago.
		Bertha Honore Palmer leveraged her position as a respected leader of Chicago society to advance reform and feminist causes.
		Palmer also was an astute art collector and many of the Art Institute’s Impressionist paintings once were part of her personal collection.
	www.chicagotribute.org /Markers/Palmer.htm (175 words)

	Bertha Palmer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Born Bertha Honoré in (Click link for more info and facts about Louisville, Kentucky) Louisville, Kentucky, her father was businessman Henry Honoré.
		Upon her death in (Click link for more info and facts about Osprey, Florida) Osprey, Florida, her body was returned to lie in state at the Castle Potter Palmer had built on Chicago's (A rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area) Gold Coast.
		Palmer is buried in (Click link for more info and facts about Graceland Cemetery) Graceland Cemetery.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Be/Bertha_Palmer.htm (239 words)

	Alice Freeman Palmer
		Palmer were here he would know and have the power to bring it about." She added: "That is true, dear, and sometimes my heart cried out to take you one year--this troubled, struggling year--away from Harvard to shape this great, crude, eager life.
		Palmer was not in residence when the first outbreak occurred, and Marion Talbot had to cope alone with only Alice's advice and sympathy to aid her.
		Palmer's correspondence with Harper during 1892-93 shows how hard it was for her to entrust the crucial decisions of those early months to others and how she longed to be in Chicago attending to problems herself.
	www.press.umich.edu /bookhome/bordin/ch9.html (15357 words)

	\| Cosmopolitan Domesticity: Importing the American Dream, 1865–1920 \| The American Historical Review, 107.1 \| The ...
		Bertha Palmer no doubt regarded ornate display as useful in establishing her social position and the display of European objects, situated in European theme rooms, particularly useful because of the assumed European superiority in design, craftsmanship, and value.
		And even though Bertha Palmer was very rich, her eclectic preferences were shared by a number of native-born, middle-class women.
		When Bertha Palmer died in 1918, leaving her porcelains and other "articles of virtu" to her sons, they became mother's heirlooms, family pieces that evoked bygone days in Chicago as much as in China.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/ahr/107.1/ah0102000055.html (13339 words)

	Bertha Honore Palmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When Bertha Honoré married Potter Palmer, one of Chicago’s richest men, in 1871, a life surrounded by material comforts and leisure was assured.
		Palmer was one of the first very rich women to give practical as well as financial help to charities.
		When Bertha Palmer died in 1918, she was the largest property owner on the North Side of Chicago.
	www.mcjackie.com /palmer.html (452 words)

	Arthur Jerome Eddy Collection/The Art Institute of Chicago
		Bertha Palmer, shown here in a portrait by the Swedish painter Anders Leonard Zorn, was a leading light in Chicago society and an enthusiastic collector of contemporary art.
		Palmer’s favorite possession was Renoir’s Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg); legend has it that she always kept this work with her, even when she traveled.
		Palmer bought 25 paintings by Monet, with whom she was personally acquainted.
	www.artic.edu /artaccess/AA_Impressionist/pages/IMP_Palmer.html (195 words)

	Bertha Butt Boogie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bertha, a noun meaning a kind of collar or cape worn by ladies, has also been applied as a proper name forpeople and other objects, apparently unrelated to its garment-related meaning.
		Bertha is an animated children's series made by Woodland Animations in 1986, written by Eric Charles and directed by IvorWood, is set in S...
		George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England was drowned in a butt of malmsey, February 18, 1478.
	www.daikaiju.com /edge/23150-bertha%20butt%20boogie.html (823 words)

	palmer on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Palmer and Palmer plans sharp growth with relaunch.
		L'Américain Arnold Palmer, légende du golf mondial, a annoncé son intention de se remarier à l'âge de 74 an.
		Arnold Palmer, avril 2002, à Augusta Le légendaire golfeur américain Arnold Palmer est accusé d'avoir triché pour remporte.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-palmer.asp (488 words)

	Bertha Palmer Definition / Bertha Palmer Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bertha Palmer (born May 22, 1849 - died May 5May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years).
		Palmer was a partner in a dry goods business with Marshall Field and Levi Leiter.
		In the 1860s, he left the business to strike out on his own as a real estate developer, leasing a building to his former partners.
	www.elresearch.com /Bertha_Palmer (349 words)

	SCOTT PALMER
		Scott Palmer was born in Morgan county, Ohio, on February, 22, 1878.
		A few years later the old Pickwick theatre was built for Palmer Bros, and Fulkerson by the late Louis J. Wilde, and for a number of years Scott Palmer was manager of this house.
		Palmer is the possessor of a rich baritone, and a perfect method, which enables him to interpret his numbers with all the expression, which makes them perfect gems."
	www.debbrapalmer.com /Roost/Pages/Gallery/scott_palmer.htm (497 words)

	Palmer Family and Friends - aqwg208
		Madelyn Grace Brohard was born Jun 24 1909 and died Aug 07 1998.
		Rollie Harold Palmer [Parents] was born Jan 09 1908.
		Maye Memorial Palmer [Parents] was born May 30 1914 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~palmer/aqwg208.htm (254 words)

	Kunta Kinte — Alex Haley Foundation Roots Alex Haley Bio
		Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was born on August 11, 1921 in Ithaca, New York.
		He was the oldest child of Simon Alexander and Bertha Palmer Haley.
		At the time of his birth, his father was a graduate student at Cornell University and his mother was a music teacher.
	www.kintehaley.org /rootshaleybio.html (512 words)

	palmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Palmer turned down the offer and proceeded to open his own store in Lockport, NY.
		By the year of 1852 though, it was evident that the boom of Lockport was over and Potter Palmer set out for the West and Chicago.
		Upon his return to Chicago, and with regained health Potter Palmer decided to marry and in 1870 he married Bertha Honore.
	www.historic-impressions.com /palmer.htm (329 words)

	BallAut6A - aqwg118 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Leo BALL [Parents] was born 1906 in Of Warren County, New York.
		Bertha PALMER [Parents] was born 17 Sep 1907 in Bolton Landing, New York.
		Bertha PALMER was born 17 Sep 1907 and died 7 May 1996.
	www.c-zone.net /autrey/aqwg118.htm (137 words)

	History of Sarasota Florida Bertha Potter Honore Palmer in Osprey
		This was against the advise of his lawyer who asked him, "What if she marries again?" Potter replied, "If she does, he will need the money!" Bertha remained single after the death of her husband and, while reading the Chicago Sunday Tribune, saw an advertisement for land in Sarasota.
		Her love for the land of Sarasota helped the region to become the popular winter resort that it is today.
		Palmer, a world-renowned socialite, art patron, and businesswoman, bought 80,000 acres in the Sarasota area.
	welcometosarasota.com /bertha.htm (1016 words)

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