* 1975 – Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.

Route 745 begins at that point, turns west at Elm Street and continues into New Haven, ending at Route 10 ( Ella T. Grasso Boulevard ).

Other prominent members of the organization have included Joseph Lowery, Ralph Abernathy, Ella Baker, James Bevel, Diane Nash, Jesse Jackson, James Orange, Charles Kenzie Steele, C. T.

Contributors to a 360-page book published by Roycrofters and titled In Memoriam: Elbert and Alice Hubbard included such luminaries as meat-packing magnate J. Ogden Armour, business theorist and Babson College founder Roger Babson, botanist and horticulturalist Luther Burbank, seed-company founder W. Atlee Burpee, ketchup magnate Henry J. Heinz, National Park Service founder Franklin Knight Lane, success writer Orison Swett Marden, inventor of the modern comic strip Richard F. Outcault, poet James Whitcomb Riley, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elihu Root, evangelist Billy Sunday, political leader Booker T. Washington, and poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Ella T. Grasso ( May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981 ) was an American politician, and the first woman elected governor of Connecticut.

* Ella T. Grasso Papers at Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

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Rell is Connecticut's second female Governor, after Ella T. Grasso.

Later in the 1950s and 1960s, he performed with Jazz at the Philharmonic or J. A. T. P., Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basie, Duke Ellington again, and Harry James again, as well as appearing on several Ella Fitzgerald studio albums.

Notable alumni include former Secretary of State George Schultz 1938, former governor of Connecticut Ella T. Grasso 1936, satirist Tom Lehrer 1943, New York Times chairman Arthur Ochs Sulzberger 1945, financier Henry R. Kravis 1963, actor, writer and producer James Widdoes 1972, 1998 Winter Olympic Games United States women's ice hockey Olympic gold medalist Gretchen Ulion 1990 and Taiwanese fashion designer Jason Wu graduated in 2001.

They had ten children, including John T., Omer, Alice, Ella, James, Lena, Lula, Thomas L. and Minnie ).

* Ella T. Grasso

According to his estate, he was named " Freddy King " at birth and his parents were Ella Mae King and J. T. Christian.

Bailey's tenure as head of the Connecticut Democratic party was credited with turning the state from one politically dominated by WASP Yankee Republicans to one dominated by Democratic candidates of Roman Catholic and Jewish background, such as Abraham Ribicoff, Thomas Dodd, John Dempsey, and Ella T. Grasso.

In 1978 the ( Ella T. Grasso ) Boulevard finally was completed, with the construction of a bridge over the railroad tracks, thereby connecting lower Kimberly Ave. to the rest of the Hill.

* Ella T. Grasso ( 1919 – 1981 ), American politician and first woman elected governor of Connecticut

The last one added was that of Ella T. Grasso, the first female governor of the state, who died in 1981 of cancer shortly after resigning her office.

* Died: Ella T. Grasso, 61, Governor of Connecticut 1974-1980, and the first woman to be elected to become a U. S. governor without her husband preceding her.

Frankie was fairly glutted with ideas, as he had hinted upon his arrival: `` It's really tremendous when you think Ella Fitzgerald is coming from Australia.

* 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress ( d. 1988 )

Ælle (; also Aelle or Ella ) is recorded in early sources as the first king of the South Saxons, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England, from 477 to perhaps as late as 514.

* 1917 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer ( d. 1996 )

Charles Hardin Holley was born on September 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas, to Lawrence Odell and Ella Pauline ( Drake ) Holley.

Boudica is portrayed by British actress Ella Kenion.

The couple had four more children: Carl, Lon, Ella, and Otto.

Blues Singer # 4 shows a female singer on stage with a white flower on her shoulder and a bold red dress, reminisecent of Ella Fitzgerald.

The same year he appeared in Ella Enchanted, portraying the villain rather than the hero.

But the one radio voice I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald.

* 1903 – Ella Baker, American civil rights activist ( d. 1986 )

Melanie soon becomes the center of Atlanta society, and Scarlett gives birth to a girl named Ella Lorena.

" Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls.

Scarlett, who is thin and pale, goes to Tara taking Wade and Ella with her, to regain her strength and vitality from " the green cotton fields of home.

* Ella Lorena Kennedy: Homely, simple daughter of Scarlett and Frank.

Notable performers there included among others: Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Burl Ives, Leadbelly, Anita O ' Day, Charlie Parker, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Paul Robeson, Kay Starr, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Josh White, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, and The Weavers, who also in Christmas 1949, played at the Village Vanguard.

Bosman married Ella Manson.

* 1981 – Ella Chen, Taiwanese singer and actress ( S. H. E )

* Ella Sharp Park: one of the county's larger parks.

It consists of a golf course, a miniature golf course, a public swimming pool, the Peter Hurst Planetarium, and the Ella Sharp Museum.

Lamorna was also the home of the jeweller Ella Naper and her husband, the painter Charles, who built Trewoofe house there.

* Unveiling a Parallel ( 1893 ) by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant.

** Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first female U. S. governor who did not succeed her husband.

Ella Grasso was the first woman elected Governor of Connecticut in 1980.

: In politics, Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman vice-presidential candidate, Ella Grasso was the first woman elected as a state governor and Nancy Pelosi was the first woman Speaker of the House

Governor Ella Grasso ordered all roads in Connecticut closed except for emergency travel, effectively shutting down the state for three days ; Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts did the same.

She was a member of the inaugural class inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994 ; the Ella Tambussi Grasso Center for Women in Politics is located there.

Route 34 then leaves Derby Avenue and joins Route 10 along Ella Grasso Boulevard for.

* Ella Grasso 1936 – former Governor of Connecticut

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he was elected the 82nd Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1978 on a Democratic ticket along with Governor Ella Grasso.

In January 1976, Ms. Lortel was honored by the state of Connecticut's Governor, Ella Grasso, for her efforts to promote the work of women playwrights on behalf of the United Nations ' International Women's Year.

It was christened by Connecticut's governor, Ella Grasso, and later tested in the Connecticut River.

While pursuing her law degree, she wrote Ella: A Biography of Governor Ella Grasso.