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Dame is an honorific title given to women who have been admitted to certain orders of chivalry. It is the female equivalent of Sir , the title used by knights . [ 1 ] Baronetesses in their own right also use the title Dame .
1920: Georgiana Buller; [14] Clara Butt; [15] Alice Chisholm; [15] The Dowager Countess of Eglinton; [15] The Countess of Gosford; [15] Catherine Hunt; [15] The Countess of Leicester; [15] The Lady Melchett; [16] Beryl Oliver, [15] Ethel Pearson; [16] Una Pope-Hennessy; [15] The Dowager Viscountess Rhondda; [15] Louise Samuel; [15] Ethel Shakespear; [15] The Lady Talbot of Malahide; [15 ...
He or she cannot use the pre-nominal style of 'Sir' or 'Dame', but can use the post-nominal letters (after their names), subject to the prevailing conventions in his or her own country. If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth realm, then any honorary awards usually become substantive, and in the case of knights and dames ...
Dame schools were small, privately run schools for children aged two to five. They emerged in Great Britain and its colonies during the early modern period. These schools were taught by a “school dame,” a local woman who would care for children and teach them the alphabet for a small fee. [ 1 ]
Notre Dame moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 on Monday for the Irish's best ranking since 2019. The Fighting Irish replaced South Carolina in the second spot ...
Notre Dame forward Liza Karlen (32) blocks the shot by Stanford guard Chloe Clardy (13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in South Bend, Ind. (AP ...
Dame Hermione Lee GBE, FBA, FRSL: Biographer and President of Wolfson College, Oxford: 76 Margaret Beckett, Baroness Beckett GBE, PC: Politician and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: 2024 81 Dame Carol Black GBE, FRCP: Rheumatologist and Chair of the British Library: 85 Sir William Beaumont GBE, DL: Chairman of World ...
Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry went on a fiery rant on Sunday defending the team following a 15-point loss to the Louisville Cardinals.. Shrewsberry vowed to ...