Resultados para "memorias de martha" en Mujeres

From housewife to billionaire CEO, Martha Stewart is not just the businesswoman with the Midas touch, she is also a lightning rod for many of the most important and controversial social and economic issues of post-WWII American life. In the unauthorized Martha Inc.: The Incredible Story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, business writer and columnist Christopher Byron traces Martha's journey from the troubled world of a working-class family in New Jersey to the pinnacle of fame and power.

Quel était donc le secret de Marthe Robin, cette petite paysanne qui, malade, paralysée, vivant loin de la célébrité dans une discrétion absolue pendant 60 ans, a reçu plus de 100 000 personnes...

Documenting multiple challenges at every turn - as a target for racism from society at large and sexism both inside and outside of the Negro League - this is the unique story of the first woman to play professional baseball on a men's team, breaking barriers in sports while believing, "There's got to be a first in everything. Maybe it will be me." The text explains that as players began to leave the Negro League for major league teams, Toni Stone seized her only opportunity to play professional ball and replaced Henry Aaron on the Negro League's top team.

En un testimonio que abarca los últimos cincuenta años, Marina Castañeda, autora de los títulos clásicos La experiencia homosexual y El machismo invisible, relata cómo ha vivido la homosexualidad en sus aspectos personales, sociales y profesionales, en paralelo con los avances históricos del movimiento de liberación gay desde su inicio.

Eine fast französische, nicht ganz deutsche Familie. Meine Großmütter hießen Marthe und Mathilde. Ihre Vornamen begannen mit denselben Buchstaben. Sie sind im selben Jahr, 1902, geboren. Mathilde am 20. Februar, Marthe am 20. September. Sie sind beide im Jahr 2001 gestorben. Mit ein paar Wochen Abstand, ganz am Anfang des neuen Jahrhunderts, kurz vor ihrem hundertsten Geburtstag. Marthe und Mathilde haben das zwanzigste Jahrhundert Seite an Seite durchwandert. Sie waren Freundinnen, seit sie sechs waren.

Martha Hughes Cannon (1857–1932) may best be known as the first female state senator in the United States, elected in Utah in 1896, nearly a quarter century before most women in the country could vote. She was also a suffragist, physician, gifted speaker, plural wife, faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and mother of three.

Some might wonder how Martha could have clung to hope at all. In 1948, on the day of the funeral of her adored older brother, Gaston, a quick victim of the great polio epidemic, Martha was struck with the same dreaded disease. After a year in polio hospitals, she was sent back to her home in the village of Lattimore in the cotton-growing hills of western North Carolina. She was completely paralyzed, with only her head protruding from an 800-pound yellow metal cylinder that breathed for her.

Martha Washington was the original First Lady of the United States and, of course, the wife of General and President George Washington. Yet as much as history has kept her lingering in the shadows of her husband, she has her own unique story to tell. This biography delves into her early life in colonial Virginia, her first marriage to Daniel Parke Custis, and the untimely death that left her a young widow managing a vast estate. The narrative then charts her storied courtship and subsequent marriage to George Washington, the man who would become the father of a burgeoning nation.

Corruption in the Division of Corrections: Vol. II captures the ongoing events in the life of a female ex-correctional officer II who was victimized inside the corrupt system of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services from 2015 to 2020. It exposes the obstacles she encountered on her road to seeking justice as a result of the wrongful termination of her appointment, denial of medical treatment, unpaid wages, and illegal medical documentations. The book further exposes the rot in other critical institutions—the Federal EEOC and the Civil Rights Commission.

Recetas de vida para mujeres con grandeza es una obra deliciosa coescrita por la chef Martha Ortiz y la periodista y editora Laura Raquel Manzo. En estas páginas encontrarás más de cuarenta mujeres notables en diversas disciplinas: activismo, negocios, política, actuación, arquitectura, escritura y diseño por nombrar algunas. Cada perfil revela los ingredientes vitales y las experiencias que han sazonado sus vidas, acompañados de recetas de cocina significativas para cada una de ellas.

Martha Howald grew up on a farm, and she loved spending time with her dad. Even when he was loading manure onto a spreader, there she'd be with a little pitchfork, doing her part to clean up the mess from the cows and hogs. In fourth grade, she was thrilled when her older brother returned home from the army and started dating her favorite teacher - Miss Hill. The two would end up getting married, and Martha couldn't have been happier. Join Martha as she recalls funny moments, challenges conquered, and lessons learned over a life that's been not-so politically correct.

Una impactante historia personal sobre la lucha de una madre por vencer su codependencia y desarrollar la fortaleza necesaria para liberar a su hijo de las drogas. Te voy a contar una historia, que me pide ser contada. Una historia verdadera sobre drogas, sufrimiento, y redención. Sobre el infierno y el cielo; sobre el tormento y la culpa; sobre la fe y los milagros; sobre el poder del amor.

Publicado originalmente em 1965, Hospício é Deus mescla memórias de infância com relatos de sucessivas internações em hospitais psiquiátricos. Um depoimento brutal escrito em primeira pessoa por um dos nomes mais instigantes da literatura brasileira do século XX. "Não creio ter sido uma...