I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" is a song from the musical "South Pacific", sung by Nellie Forbush, the female lead, originally played by Mary Martin in the 1949 Broadway production. Her character, fed up with a man (Emile De Becque) and singing energetically in the shower, claims that she will forget about him. The song was written by Rodgers and Hammerstein in response to Martin's request. She had starred on Broadway for years and Martin suggested that she wash her hair on stage during the performance. "I'm
Nellie Robinson (politician) on 19 September 1992. Robinson is buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery. In her will, Robinson bequeathed twenty thousand dollars to the Toowoomba Council for the Robinson collection of historic memorabilia held in the local history library in Toowoomba. Nellie Robinson (politician) Nellie Elizabeth Robinson (1915 – 19 September 1992) was elected Queensland's first woman mayor in 1967. Nellie Robinson was born in Toowoomba. Robinson was elected as an Alderman to the Toowoomba Council in 1961 and was elected Queensland's first female mayor in 1967. In the 1972 Queensland state election she was a candidate for the Country Party