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  Ashkhen Hovakimian (Agnes Joaquim), a prominent Singaporean Armenian horticulturist, creator of the first hybrid orchid and the creator of Singapore’s National Flower Vanda 'Miss Joaquim'. Ashkhen Hovakimian (Agnes Joaquim) was born on 7 April 1854, in Singapore. She was the eldest daughter and the second child of Parsick (Basil) Joaquim, an Armenian merchant and commercial agent, and Urelia Joaquim. Agnes was an avid gardener as was her mother. Besides her interest in gardening, Agnes was also an active member of the Armenian Church and a skilled embroiderer. Agnes Joaquim won prizes at annual flower shows and famously won the prize for the rarest orchid at the 1899 annual flower show. The first prize was for a hybrid that was named after her, Vanda 'Miss Joaquim'. Already suffering from cancer at the time, she died three months after receiving this prize. In 1947, Vanda 'Miss Joaquim' was chosen as the most fitting emblem for the nascent Progressive Party. I...

 You learn more from the comments on news from discussions, here is one of them about women and how it used to be in Iran: Shohré Vakili I want to clarify a point raised by a few, mostly men! about this post. In 1936 Reza Shah banned the veil and encouraged Iranians to adopt European dress in an effort to promote nation-building in a country with many tribal, regional, religious, and class-based variations in clothing. It was the policy of the Shah to increase women's participation in society as a method of the modernization of the country, in accordance with the example of Turkey. The Queen and the other women of the royal family assisted in this when they started to perform public representational duties as role models for women participating in public society, and they also played an active part as role models in the Kashf-e hijab. The unveiling of women had a huge symbolic importance to achieve women's participation in society, and the shah introduced the reform gradually s...

 Various information and articles regarding news TV channels, media and journalists: Ex-NY1 women anchors allege former employer refuses to nominate them for prestigious Emmys By  LARRY MCSHANE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS   "... Shaughnessy, at the time of the lawsuit, alleged that NY1 was moving from its trademark local-friendly coverage to a slicker, more superficial approach. The court filing alleged the change in approach came in 2017 after Charter-Spectrum absorbed NY1′s then-parent company Time Warner in a $65 billion mega-merger...."   New update Feb 24, 2021: ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP Commentary on all things Catholic, Roman that is! Skip to content Home 2 ABOUT ME AN ORDINARY’S NOT SO ORDINARY LIFE, CHAPTER NINETEEN Home I BELIEVE I WAS ORDAINED A BISHOP USING A PRE-VATICAN II RITE OF ORDINATION MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY MY ECCLESIASTI...