Her maternal grandparents were of mixed European and Eastern Cherokee ancestry ; of particular importance to her as a child was her grandfather, Calvin Clinton Copeland, who was a great source of inspiration and guidance to her as a young child, offering a more pantheistic spiritual alternative to her father and paternal grandmother's traditional Christianity.

Her career has left behind a legacy of controversy with some viewing her as impossibly idealistic, and others identifying her as an inspiration to be pursued.

Her capacity for projecting pathos was an inspiration to playwrights Thomas Otway and Thomas Southerne in the three famous tragic roles they wrote for her: Monimia in Otway's The Orphan ( 1680 ), Belvidera in Otway's Venice Preserved ( 1682 ), and Isabella in Southerne's The Fatal Marriage ( 1694 ).

Her song " We're Gonna Stomp Them City Slickers Down " provided the inspiration for the name of Jones ’ s future band, the City Slickers.

The track " Open My Eyes " has been said to be the inspiration behind one of the earliest songs written by KISS, " Love Her All I Can ", a song originally intended for the pre-KISS band Wicked Lester.

Her success has been an inspiration for anti-immigration and anti-islamic movements through out Europe.

Her Spiridion, which was dedicated to him, Sept cordes de la lyre, Consuelo, and La Comtesse de Rudolstadt, were written under the Humanitarian inspiration.

Her dance before Herod, or with the head of John the Baptist on a charger have provided inspiration for Christian artists.

Her story would become the inspiration for the Hollywood movie Anna and the King of Siam and the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, which, because of their incorrect historical references and disrespectful treatment of King Mongkut, were initially banned in Thailand as the Thai government and people considered them to be lèse majesté.

Her circumstances straitened and her life in Victoria circumscribed, Carr's few paintings of this period drew their inspiration from local scenes: the cliffs at Dallas Road, the trees in Beacon Hill Park.

" Her character and costuming in She served as the inspiration for the appearance of the Evil Queen in Walt Disney's 1937 animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Her inspiration reportedly came from several films, including Disney movies: " Well, the truth is that I had come back from a pretty long — you know, about a year-and-a-half of touring, and so my brain was sort of all circuit boards that were a little bit fried ", Clark said.

Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London's friend Anna Strunsky.

Her fight against the Contagious Disease Act of 1864, and her founding of the International Abolitionist Federation in Geneva, Switzerland to curb the white slave trade ( Chataway, 1962, in Little, 1975: 391 ) served as a continual source of inspiration for Luisi ( Luisi, 1948: 24-26, in Little 1975: 391 ).

Her inspiration for the designs came from the brass-clasp briefcase carried by her father.

Her death served as the inspiration for Silberling's 2002 film Moonlight Mile.

Her father, Richard Cast ( deceased ) is credited as her inspiration and mentor in those early years and it was his coaching and theatrical arts teachings that formed the foundation for her career.

Her soirees surely were an inspiration for his famous, annual " Leighton Musics " later in the great Victorian painter's career, held in his home ( now Leighton House and open to the public ) in Kensington in London.

Her life was the inspiration for the film Against the Ropes.

Her most recent book, Transformatrix, was published in 2000 and is a commentary on contemporary Britain which draws inspiration from popular music forms.

Her life became the inspiration for a tragic 1849 drama Adrienne Lecouvreur by Scribe and Legouvé on which Francesco Cilea's opera Adriana Lecouvreur and the operetta Adrienne ( 1926 ) by Walter Goetze are based.

He was the inspiration for the love interest of the main character in her novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

Her decision to become a librarian started at the age of 10 with the inspiration of the children ’ s librarian at her local public library.

Tryphena Sparks, Thomas Hardy's cousin, who was the inspiration for Hardy's poem Thoughts of Phena at News of Her Death, lived in Puddletown.

Her husband Torvald comes out of his study to banter with her.

Her name comes from Bellona, the Roman goddess of war.

Her fairytale marriage to Brad Silver comes crashing down when she realizes that he's unfaithful to her, leading her to reconsider choosing him over Katchoo.

Her mythographic status as first-born of Rhea and Cronus seems to justify the tradition in which a small offering is made to Hestia before any sacrifice (" Hestia comes first ").

Her mastery is unparalleled when it comes to the seduction of certain powerful individuals, but popular criticism supports the notion that " as far as Cleopatra is concerned, the main thrust of the play's action might be described as a machine especially devised to bend her to the Roman will ... and no doubt Roman order is sovereign at the end of the play.

Her name comes from the Greek word αδαμας ( adamas ), meaning " untameable " and θεά, the Greek word for goddess.

Her name comes from the Greek words τέρπω (" delight ") and χoρός (" dance ").

Her name comes from the Latin word pomum, " fruit ," specifically orchard fruit.

Her uncle Óengus Gaíbúaibthech comes to rescue her, but Cellach refuses to release her.

Her father is fated to die if she ever marries, so when Culhwch ( Sometimes spelled as Kilhwch ) comes to court her, he is given a series of immensely difficult tasks he must complete before he can win her hand.

Her recovery is implied in season seven when Etta mentions that, after Virgil and Althea left Sparta, she comes to visit and sometimes stays the whole week.

Her maturity is considerably more developed than her friends and this at times makes her behave in an arrogant manner ; especially when it comes to her past and current experiences with boys.

Her ex-husband has since remarried, and now comes back into Swanson's life.

Her love of party-throwing comes from a desire to bring people together and create happy moments.

Her observant little sister Kano points out that her rivalry with him comes from admiration, causing her to rethink her own feelings.

Her quest comes to fruition when she encounters A-ko and C-ko racing to school one morning.

In On Her Majesty's Secret Service it is revealed that M's pay as head of the Secret Service is £ 6, 500 a year, (£ in pounds ) £ 1, 500 of which comes from retired naval pay.

Her information concerning familiars comes from witchcraft trials in Essex in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Her greatest test comes during the Hindu festival of Dashain.

Her mother's theory that a wife must support her husband in his career comes into play when the author marries a friend of her brother (" Bob ") who soon admits that his dream is to leave his current office job and start a chicken ranch.

" Her " rosy little head " may also be a sly reference to the hymen ; Porphyria leaves a " gay feast " and comes in from the outside world wearing " soiled gloves " ( Porphyria may well be a gardener with obvious links to the rose theme ); now her blue eyes, open in death, are " without a stain.

Her many guesses over the first two days fail, but before the final night, her messenger ( though he doesn't know the significance of his mission ) comes across the imp's remote mountain cottage and watches, unseen, as the imp hops about his fire and sings.

Her presence is all the more striking because of how tiny her husband the King is ( he barely comes up to her knee ).

Her final attempt in the series comes right after Tony and Jeannie get married, with a ploy involving a man played by Barbara Eden's real-life husband at the time, Michael Ansara ( in a kind of in-joke, while Jeannie's sister pretends to be attracted to him, she privately scoffs at him ).

Her office regularly sends out greeting cards to constituents when his or her birthday comes.