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Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno (1956-2017) [1] was an American poet, teacher, and contributing editor to The American Poetry Review.. [2] Bonanno received a Knights Foundation Grant in 2011 (selected from 1700 submissions) to create a literary arts center in Philadelphia, PA, called Musehouse: a Center for the Literary Arts.
Marie Claire Tchecola - Ebola Survivor. Marie Claire Tchecola is a nurse and Ebola survivor from Guinea.She is an activist who educates about disease and fights stigma against those who suffer from disease.
The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience is a book co-authored by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former U.S. first lady, senator, and secretary of state, and her daughter Chelsea Clinton. It is Hillary Clinton's eighth book with her publisher, Simon & Schuster.
International Women of Courage Award in 2017 Veronica Simogun (born 1962) is a Papua New Guinea activist for women's rights and against violence. She was awarded an International Women of Courage Award in 2017.
Suraya Pakzad (Dari: ثریا پاکزاد) is an Afghan women's rights activist. [1] In 1998 she founded the organization Voice of Women, which began by teaching girls how to read, and now provides women with shelter, counseling, and job training. [2] [3] The organization worked in secret until 2001 because of the Taliban.
Janette Steeves was born in Champion, Alberta, [4] to Canadian prairie farmers Fred and Amy (née Ruggles [5]) Steeves, during the Great Depression years. [6]Oke graduated from Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta, where she met her future husband, Edward Oke, who later became the president of that college. [7]
Many dogs feel their best when they have a have a job to do, whether it's a quick task or an all day undertaking. In fact, plenty of dogs were bred to do jobs, like the Siberian Huskies who pull ...
Sharmin Akter is a Bangladeshi activist against child and forced marriages.She resisted her mother's efforts to get her married at the age of 15 to a 32-year-old man and fought to continue her education.