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Marvelous Marlene |
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By Susan Macaulay
Like many other amazing women entertainers of the twentieth-century, Marlene Dietrich was beautiful, charismatic and willful.
She began reinventing herself from the age of about 11, when she
created the name Marlene (pronounced mar-lay-na) from parts of her two
given names Marie and Magdalene.
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From Poverty to Penmanship |
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By Susan Macaulay
Frances Hodgson Burnett, an English-American playwright and author was
an amazing woman – some might say the J.K. Rowling of the late 19th
century.
Born into an impoverished family in Manchester, England, in 1849, from
the age of 18 she would use her vivid imagination and writing skills to
pen popular children’s books, novels and plays to support her brothers
and sisters.
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Amazingwomenrock.com & I |
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By Susan Macaulay
The seeds of amazingwomenrock.com were sown one spring afternoon in
1993, when my husband Bob stepped off the shuttle bus that brought him
home from work.
It was a typical May day in Abu Dhabi – sweltering. I was off to the
gym, striding purposefully across the parking lot where the bus had
stopped to disgorge its tired and sweaty load.
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Record Breaking Runner |
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Lornah Kiplagat’s running career was born out of necessity. When the
chore of milking her father’s cattle made her late, she ran the 14
miles to school to get there on time.
She has since gone on to become one of the world’s fastest women.
Originally Kenyan, and now a Dutch citizen, she is an accomplished
long-distance road, cross country and track and field runner.
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Fighting for Girls' Rights |
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By Susan Macaulay
Betty Makoni was beaten and raped as a child. When she was nine, her
father killed her mother. But she is not a victim. She is a survivor,
activist and leader who turned her devastating childhood experiences
into a force for good in her native country Zimbabwe.
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Meg's Loving It |
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By Susan Macaulay
Driven, dynamic, and yet totally down to earth, New-York-based fashion
designer Meghan Kinney loves what she does and does what she loves.
“I’m a great big believer in figuring out what you love and then doing
it,” she says. “No one’s saying you have to do one thing for the rest
of your life, but figure out what makes you happy and sort out how to
fulfill yourself doing it.”
And that's EXACTLY what Meghan has done.
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No Holds Barred |
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By Susan Macaulay
It’s strange to hear Nadia Wehbe talk about balance. Because when she
does something, she does it 100 per cent, all in, no holds barred.
When she decided four years ago to get involved with The Palestine
Children’s Relief Fund (PRCF), for example, she didn’t start with a few
hours a week raising money or giving support. Not Nadia. She went
directly to Palestine to see for herself what was needed “on the
ground.”
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