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Elaine Parks is the name of the protagonist from the 2016 film “The Love Witch” played by Samantha Robinson.
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In Let’s Go Pikachu! & Let’s Go Eevee!, Elaine is the default name of the female player character.
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Before Harvey Milk, Elaine Noble was perhaps the most prominent LGBTQIA+ politician in the United States.
Noble was born in Pennsylvania in 1944. She earned a BFA from Boston University and graduate degrees in speech and education from Emerson College and Harvard University. She came out as a lesbian while working at a women's school. She also worked in advertising, and produced a radio show called "Gay Way" on local Massachusetts radio. She took part in a televised debate on a local PBS station on the topic of same-sex marriage in 1974.
Noble came to politics by way of local activism. She was a prominent activist in the Boston area, working as an organizer for Boston's early Pride events. She was a founder of the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus and served on the Governor's Commission.
In 1974, Noble ran for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Some of Noble's supporters and allies in the LGBTQIA+ community implored her not to mention her sexual orientation, but she refused. That said, her identity was not central to the campaign. She instead focused on her community activism, and her role as a mediator in local disputes. (She became a voice of calm in the heated battles over integration by busing, roiling the Boston area in the 1970s.)
The campaign was ugly. Her campaign offices, home, and car were all vandalized. Regardless, she was successful, winning in her state district with 59% of the vote.
Noble's election occurred roughly seven months after Kathy Kozachenko was elected to the City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the first openly LGBTQIA+ elected official in the United States. Noble earned far more media attention that Kozachenko, however. Asked about this in 2015, Kozachenko suggested that a city councilwoman would be elected by a far smaller group of people. The reverse was in fact true: Kozachenko was elected to the council with 2,236 votes, and Noble had received only around 1,700 votes.
Noble took office in January 1975. She was the first LGBTQIA+ person elected to a state-level office.
From her vantage point as one of the only openly LGBTQIA+ women in elected office in the United States, Noble became a significant voice in the women's liberation movement, including in the movement's efforts to have the Equal Rights Amendment ratified.
The hostility Noble endured was intense, and it came from multiple quarters. The ascendant religious right, which viewed the whole women's liberation movement as a horror show, spewed particular venom at someone like Noble. But even allies within the women's liberation movement were uncomfortable with lesbianism within their ranks. In 1977, at the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, Noble became an active voice in seeking to add a gay-rights plank in the convention's resolutions. Others, such as former Rep. Martha Wright Griffiths (D-MI, 1955-74, #WomensHistoryinPolitics, Day 26), were uncomfortable with the prospect of supporting lesbian rights; whether this was based in homophobia or in the fact that the it seemed outside the mainstream goals of the conference is something I will let others decide.
Noble served two terms, from 1975 to 1979.
In 1978, Noble decided to run for the US Senate. She came in fifth in a five-person Democratic primary.
Noble continued working in politics, but never again as an elected official. She worked for Boston Mayor Kevin White. She was a delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention, where Gov. Michael Dukakis (D-MA), who had sworn in Noble to the state house, was nominated. She ran twice for the City Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1991 and 1993, but lost both times.
Noble has also worked in healthcare. She founded a healthcare consulting group in the 1980s and founded a Minneapolis LGBTQIA+ alcohol and drug treatment center. She also worked in Massachusetts hospitals.
As of this writing, Elaine Noble is 78 years old and lives in Florida.
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Noble was born in Pennsylvania in 1944. She earned a BFA from Boston University and graduate degrees in speech and education from Emerson College and Harvard University. She came out as a lesbian while working at a women's school. She also worked in advertising, and produced a radio show called "Gay Way" on local Massachusetts radio. She took part in a televised debate on a local PBS station on the topic of same-sex marriage in 1974.
Noble came to politics by way of local activism. She was a prominent activist in the Boston area, working as an organizer for Boston's early Pride events. She was a founder of the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus and served on the Governor's Commission.
In 1974, Noble ran for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Some of Noble's supporters and allies in the LGBTQIA+ community implored her not to mention her sexual orientation, but she refused. That said, her identity was not central to the campaign. She instead focused on her community activism, and her role as a mediator in local disputes. (She became a voice of calm in the heated battles over integration by busing, roiling the Boston area in the 1970s.)
The campaign was ugly. Her campaign offices, home, and car were all vandalized. Regardless, she was successful, winning in her state district with 59% of the vote.
Noble's election occurred roughly seven months after Kathy Kozachenko was elected to the City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the first openly LGBTQIA+ elected official in the United States. Noble earned far more media attention that Kozachenko, however. Asked about this in 2015, Kozachenko suggested that a city councilwoman would be elected by a far smaller group of people. The reverse was in fact true: Kozachenko was elected to the council with 2,236 votes, and Noble had received only around 1,700 votes.
Noble took office in January 1975. She was the first LGBTQIA+ person elected to a state-level office.
From her vantage point as one of the only openly LGBTQIA+ women in elected office in the United States, Noble became a significant voice in the women's liberation movement, including in the movement's efforts to have the Equal Rights Amendment ratified.
The hostility Noble endured was intense, and it came from multiple quarters. The ascendant religious right, which viewed the whole women's liberation movement as a horror show, spewed particular venom at someone like Noble. But even allies within the women's liberation movement were uncomfortable with lesbianism within their ranks. In 1977, at the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, Noble became an active voice in seeking to add a gay-rights plank in the convention's resolutions. Others, such as former Rep. Martha Wright Griffiths (D-MI, 1955-74, #WomensHistoryinPolitics, Day 26), were uncomfortable with the prospect of supporting lesbian rights; whether this was based in homophobia or in the fact that the it seemed outside the mainstream goals of the conference is something I will let others decide.
Noble served two terms, from 1975 to 1979.
In 1978, Noble decided to run for the US Senate. She came in fifth in a five-person Democratic primary.
Noble continued working in politics, but never again as an elected official. She worked for Boston Mayor Kevin White. She was a delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention, where Gov. Michael Dukakis (D-MA), who had sworn in Noble to the state house, was nominated. She ran twice for the City Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1991 and 1993, but lost both times.
Noble has also worked in healthcare. She founded a healthcare consulting group in the 1980s and founded a Minneapolis LGBTQIA+ alcohol and drug treatment center. She also worked in Massachusetts hospitals.
As of this writing, Elaine Noble is 78 years old and lives in Florida.
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One of the songs by ABBA has this name!
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The main female in the 2015 movie Sleeping With Other People is named Elaine, although she went by Lainey. Played by a wonderful actress, Alison Brie, her character is very much a wildcard.
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Before there was Seinfeld, the popular TV show of the late 70s Taxi had Elaine Nardo as their main female character (played by Marilu Henner). This was my reference growing up in the 80s. I prefer the Ee-laine pronunciation versus Ah-laine, which sounds like a Valley Girl sloppy version.
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Elaine Zayak (born 1965 in Paramus, New Jersey) is an American figure skater.
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Elaine is the first name of Dr. Frederick, the sadistic scientist played by Veronica Lake in her sad swan song, Flesh Feast (1970).
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Elaine is a second name of African-American model Toccara Jones, born 13. March 1981, Dayton, Ohio.
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Elaine de Kooning was an American abstract painter, and wife of the artist Willem de Kooning. Shortly before his assassination, John F. Kennedy sat for her; the portrait now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D. C.
Elaine Lobl (E. L.) Konigsburg is the author of several classic children's books, including From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
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Elaine Lobl (E. L.) Konigsburg is the author of several classic children's books, including From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
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Elaine Harper is the name of a character in the play Arsenic and Old Lace. The movie version stars Carry Grant.
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Elaine Risley is the main character in Margaret Atwood's CAT'S EYE.
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Elaine Paige (b. 1951) is a famous English musical actress.
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Elaine Robinson is a character from the film "The Graduate."
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Elaine is the name of one of the characters on the TV show Seinfeld.
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