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- proper noun A female
given name , a feminine diminutive form ofAlbert , Latinate variant ofAlbertine .
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As in Albertina Tiwana's account, this process required each girl to submit the name she liked to the others for approval, so that in their memories of this event it was also appropriate to claim, as every woman did with us, that "we named each other" or "we named ourselves:" Audio | & nbspTranscript
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna,
Art Knowledge News 2008
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Girls who attended a Catholic school renamed themselves Émilia, Maria, or Juliana da Fátima, while those schooled at Protestant mission stations were more likely to adopt names such as Albertina, Adelaida or Ruti.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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We count ourselves fortunate that we have among our people such outstanding humanists as Nelson and Winnie Mandela, as well as others such as Albertina
Editorial 2001
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We count ourselves fortunate that we have among our people such outstanding humanists as Nelson and Winnie Mandela, as well as others such as Albertina
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We count ourselves fortunate that we have among our people such outstanding humanists as Nelson and Winnie Mandela, as well as others such as Albertina
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Of the four faculties at the "Albertina", the faculty of arts was the most important.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Veteran African National Congress leaders, such as Albertina
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"Albertina," they had reached the point of discussion of Albertina now, and Beulah was proud of it, "wore her dresses to her ankles, be -- because her -- her legs was so fat.
Turn About Eleanor F. Graham [Illustrator] Cootes
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She was a Gospel Hall of Fame inductee and the recipient of a Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1994, the city of Chicago honored Ms. Walker by naming a street after her: Albertina Walker and the Caravans Drive.
Gospel queen Albertina Walker dies at 81 Emma Brown 2010
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