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Gertrude de Ferranti, the Glossary

Gertrude Ruth de Ferranti-Kirkwood (née Ince) (15 April 1869 – 16 November 1959) was a Welsh activist who campaigned for affordable and accessible electricity in the home, through her membership of the Electrical Association for Women and her work with her husband Sebastian de Ferranti.^[1]

28 relations: Basil de Ferranti, Baslow Hall, Cardiff, Caroline Haslett, Conservative Party (UK), Deganwy, Deptford Power Station, Diaper, Distinguished Service Order, Eldoret, Electrical Association for Women, Energy storage, Glamorgan, Greymouth, Hampstead Cemetery, Kitale, Legislative Council of Kenya, Menstrual pad, Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency), Order of St Michael and St George, Royal Institution, Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, St Dominic's Priory Church, Upper Basildon, Valerie Hunter Gordon, Vincent Ziani de Ferranti, Women's Engineering Society, World Energy Council.
Burials at Hampstead Cemetery
Electrical safety in the United Kingdom
Ferranti family
People from Cardiff

Basil de Ferranti

Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani de Ferranti (2 July 1930 – 24 September 1988) was a British businessman and a Conservative Party politician.

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Baslow Hall

Baslow Hall is a Grade II listed building in Baslow, Derbyshire.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Caroline Haslett

Dame Caroline Harriet Haslett DBE, JP (17 August 1895 – 4 January 1957) was an English electrical engineer, electricity industry administrator and champion of women's rights. Gertrude de Ferranti and Caroline Haslett are electrical safety in the United Kingdom.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Deganwy

Deganwy is a town and electoral ward in Conwy County Borough in Wales with a population of 3,936 (2011).

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Deptford Power Station

Three distinct coal-fired power stations were built at Deptford on the south bank of the River Thames, the first of which is regarded as the first central high-voltage power station in the world.

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Diaper

A diaper (NAmE) or a nappy (BrE, AuE, IrE) is a type of underwear that allows the wearer to urinate or defecate without using a toilet, by absorbing or containing waste products to prevent soiling of outer clothing or the external environment.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.

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Eldoret

Eldoret is town and urban centre in Kenya.

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Electrical Association for Women

The Electrical Association for Women (EAW) was a feminist and educational organisation founded in Great Britain in 1924 to promote the benefits of electricity in the home.

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Energy storage

Energy storage is the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time to reduce imbalances between energy demand and energy production.

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Glamorgan

Until 1974, Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg), was an administrative county in the south of Wales, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Greymouth

Greymouth (Māori: Māwhera) is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council.

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Hampstead Cemetery

Hampstead Cemetery is a historic cemetery in West Hampstead, London, located at the upper extremity of the NW6 district. Gertrude de Ferranti and Hampstead Cemetery are Burials at Hampstead Cemetery.

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Kitale

Kitale is a town in the north west of Kenya, in the old Rift Valley province.

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Legislative Council of Kenya

The Legislative Council of Kenya (LegCo) was the legislature of Kenya between 1907 and 1963.

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Menstrual pad

A menstrual pad, or simply a pad, (also known as a sanitary pad, sanitary towel, sanitary napkin or feminine napkin) is an absorbent item worn in the underwear when menstruating, bleeding after giving birth, recovering from gynecologic surgery, experiencing a miscarriage or abortion, or in any other situation where it is necessary to absorb a flow of blood from the vagina.

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Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Morecambe and Lonsdale was a constituency of the British House of Commons which existed until 1983.

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Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III.

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Royal Institution

The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often the Royal Institution, Ri or RI) is an organisation for scientific education and research, based in the City of Westminster.

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Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti

Sebastian Pietro Innocenzo Adhemar Ziani de Ferranti (9 April 1864 – 13 January 1930) was a British electrical engineer and inventor who pioneered high-voltage AC power in the UK, patented the Ferranti dynamo and designed Deptford power station. Gertrude de Ferranti and Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti are Burials at Hampstead Cemetery and Ferranti family.

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St Dominic's Priory Church

St Dominic's Priory Church (formally named "Our Lady of the Rosary and St Dominic") is one of the largest Catholic churches in London.

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Upper Basildon

Upper Basildon is a small village in the civil parish of Basildon (where the United Kingdom 2011 Census population is included), near to Pangbourne, in the English county of Berkshire.

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Valerie Hunter Gordon

Valerie Hunter Gordon (née Valerie Ziani de Ferranti; 7 December 1921 – 16 October 2016) was the British inventor of PADDI, a sustainable nappy system considered to be the world's first disposable nappy, and Nikini, an early sanitary towel system. Gertrude de Ferranti and Valerie Hunter Gordon are Ferranti family.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_de_Ferranti

Also known as Gertrude Ziani de Ferranti.