<P> Rhoda is a female given name, originating in both Greek and Latin . Its primary meaning is "rose" but it can also mean "from Rhodes", the Greek island originally named for its roses . The name was mostly used in the 18th and 19th centuries but goes back at least to the first century as it is recorded in the New Testament of the Bible (see Rhoda (biblical figure)). </P> <Ul> <Li> Rhoda Grant (born 1963), Scottish Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament </Li> <Li> Rhoda Fox Graves (1877--1950), American suffragist, woman's rights activist, and pioneering female Republican politician </Li> <Li> Rhoda Jacobs (born 1937), American member of the New York State Assembly </Li> <Li> Rhoda Perry (born 1943), member of the Rhode Island Senate </Li> </Ul>

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