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Bookmark or Share- Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii, - National Gallery of ArtAmong the most memorable characters in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's hugely popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) is Nydia, a blind flower seller. In love with the noble-born Glaucus, who is engaged to Ione, Nydia knows the hopelessness of her position and endures her suffering with quiet courage.
- Congresswoman Nydia VelázquezVelázquez Reintroduces Legislation to Support Liver Cancer Research and Prevention. May 31, 2024.
- Biography | Congresswoman Nydia VelázquezCongresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez is currently serving her sixteenth term as Representative for New York's 7th Congressional District. In the 118th Congress, she is the Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee, a senior member of the Financial Services Committee and a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of PompeiiBlindness is not always apparent in the eyes. The novelist Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who created the character Nydia in his popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), made the point that her eyes were unmarked by blindness, without flaw, indistinguishable from sighted eyes.
- Nydia Velázquez - WikipediaNydia Margarita Velázquez Serrano ( / ˈnɪdiə / NID-ee-ə, Spanish: [ˈniðja βeˈlaskes]; born March 28, 1953) is an American politician serving in the United States House of Representatives since 1993. A Democrat from New York, Velázquez chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus until January 3, 2011.
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