Adah
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Adah may refer to:
- Adah, PennsylvaniaAdah, PennsylvaniaAdah is an unincorporated community in German Township, Fayette County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is known as a patch town as it was created to support a coal mine. Adah is the home of the Palmer Mine, one of Henry Clay Frick's holdings....
- Adah, the first wife of either Lamech or of Esau
- The name of Jephthah's daughter according to the Order of the Eastern StarOrder of the Eastern StarThe Order of the Eastern Star is a fraternal organization that both men and women can join. It was established in 1850 by Rob Morris, a lawyer and educator from Boston, Massachusetts, who had been an official with the Freemasons. It is based on teachings from the Bible, but is open to people of all...
- ADAH, acronym for the Alabama Department of Archives and HistoryAlabama Department of Archives and HistoryThe Alabama Department of Archives and History is the official repository of archival records for the U.S. state of Alabama. It was created by an act of the Alabama Legislature on February 27, 1901 with a primary mission of collecting and preserving artifacts relating to the history of the state...
People with the name
- Adah Isaacs MenkenAdah Isaacs MenkenAdah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet.-Life and career:There are significant inconsistencies in the various accounts of Menken's early life. In her autobiographical "Some Notes of her life in her own Hand,", Menken claimed she was born Marie Rachel Adelaide de Vere Spenser...
, American actress, painter, and poet - Adah Belle ThomsAdah Belle ThomsAdah Belle Samuels Thoms was an African American nurse who cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, was acting director of the Lincoln School for Nurses , and fought for African Americans to serve as army nurses during World War I...
, African-American nurse of World War I