Sentences with phrase «american woman of the time»

Some historians believe that the Dinah reference in this song is to a cook, while others think it is to an African American woman of the time.

Not exact matches

But the reality is, women have been contributing big time to the American and global business world for hundreds of years.

According to a press release by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), new U.S. Census Bureau data revealed that women working full time on average «still make 80 cents compared to every dollar men make.&rWomen (AAUW), new U.S. Census Bureau data revealed that women working full time on average «still make 80 cents compared to every dollar men make.&rwomen working full time on average «still make 80 cents compared to every dollar men make.»

American Express» 2017 State of Women - Owned Businesses Report estimates that from 1997 to 2017, the number of women - owned firms increased by a rate of roughly more than 2.5 times the national average (114 percent vs. 44 percWomen - Owned Businesses Report estimates that from 1997 to 2017, the number of women - owned firms increased by a rate of roughly more than 2.5 times the national average (114 percent vs. 44 percwomen - owned firms increased by a rate of roughly more than 2.5 times the national average (114 percent vs. 44 percent).

She's practiced the «Oops, I did it again'thousands of times in training, and on Thursday her signature trick was worth its weight in Olympic gold as American Jocelyne Lamoureux - Davidson's shootout winner broke a Canadian 16 - year stranglehold on the women's ice hockey title.

There was a time, less than two years ago, when women seemed poised to overtake men and become the majority of the American workforce.

The company is also very closely tied to right - wing Republicans, including Rebekah Mercer, co-owner of Breitbart News — a publication known for regularly publishing what The New York Times calls» «hate news» — a toxic mix of lies, white - supremacist content, and bullying that can inspire attacks on Muslims, gay people, women, African Americans, and others.»

According to data from the American Community Survey, in 2014, the pay gap for full - time workers was smallest in Washington, D.C. (There, women were paid 90 percent of what men earned.)

Nancy Gibbs, the first woman to serve as editor of TIME, interviewed Earle, Kathryn Smith (the first female coach in the NFL), Maya Lin (the first woman to design a memorial on the National Mall) and Carla Hayden (the first woman and first African American to be Librarian of Congress) about their journeys at Tuesday's event.

In 2014, 29 percent of African American women, 28 percent of Latinas, and 20 percent of Asian American women worked part time involuntarily, compared with only 16 percent of white women.

At the same time, women and minorities are being shut out of one of the fastest - growing, highest - paying sectors of the American economy.

By the early 2000s, 25 % of employed men and 10 % of employed women were working 50 or more hours per week.24 And 35 - 40 % of Americans were working outside regular hours (9 am to 5 pm) and / or days (Monday to Friday).25 Average commute time rose from 40 minutes in 1980 to 50 minutes in the late 2000s.26

Numerous other luminaries and inspiring women and men joined us onstage, including U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Lisa Murkowski, best - selling author and principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre Misty Copeland, award - winning actress and star of Dietland Julianna Margulies, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Dr. Fozia Alvi, a volunteer in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.

Dawn Huckelbridge, director of American Bridge's Women's Rights Initiative, released the following statement in response to the US Senate's vote on a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and threaten doctors with jail time:

Republicans fall for it because the have no real connection with most Americans... the need it to get control of the country... Christians fall for it because they use the black and white issue of abortion and gay and lesbian marriage... while completely ignore the harvest field of the Muslim world because they have guns adn will kill you if yo uso much as fart while Muhammad is takign a dump... there's billion Muslims and very few Christians willin to go there... it's obvious a job for a million Christians a real million man and woman army willin gto die for Jesus Christ and stop talkign all the time about abortin abortion abortion and the gay thisn and anythinng else..

For example, a Heritage Foundation document titled «Time to Repeal Federal Death Taxes: The Nightmare of the American Dream» emphasizes stories that rarely, if ever, happen in real life: «Small - business owners, particularly minority owners, suffer anxious moments wondering whether the businesses they hope to hand down to their children will be destroyed by the death tax bill,... Women whose children are grown struggle to find ways to re-enter the work force without upsetting the family's estate tax avoidance plan.»

Terror was created in the raids for heads and women in Africa, Assam and Iryan Jaya, the raids for pillage by Vikings, Vandals and Visigoths, and the raids for land by nearly every people from the time of Genghis Khan to the settling of the American frontier to the development of logging companies in contemporary Brazil.

Yet the basic social and cultural patterns that today condemn men and women to death, in accordance with the wishes of 65 per cent of the American public, remain in some ways remarkably unchanged from ancient times.

Janet Reno, the Attorney General of the United States at the time, authorized and ordered the use of UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES, WITH THEIR MILITARY ASSUALT ARMAMENT, to MURDER seventy - six American men, women and children in their own home in the U.S.....

The great American Puritan John Cotton declared in more than one sermon that it was God's good will that men and women should spend most of their time and energy working.

Your experience with the woman recognizing your prayer time reveals the religious tolerance of the American people.

Spelled out in a lengthy lead editorial entitled «Evangelicals in the Social Struggle,» as well as in books such as Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Henry's understanding of Christian social responsibility stressed (a) society's need for the spiritual regeneration of all men and women, (b) an interim social program of humanitarian care, ethical proclamation, and personal, structural application, and (c) a theory of limited government centering on certain «freedom rights,» e. g., the rights to public property, free speech, and so on.18 Though the shape of this social ethic thus closely parallels that of the present editorial position of Moody Monthly, it must be distinguished from its counterpart by the time period involved (it pushed others like Moody Monthly into a more active involvement in the social arena), by the intensity of its commitment to social responsibility, by the sophistication of its insight into political theory and practice, and by its willingness to offer structural critique on the American political system.

Duru and his research team devised an eight - week, faith - based intervention program for 62 African - American women, age 60 or older, who reported engaging in 30 minutes of exercise less than three times per week.

The fight that is going on for the civil rights for gays is the same time of fight that happen with African Americans and women.

For she was a remarkable and gifted woman who lived in the United States during a time of national strife, yet overcame personal tragedies and discrimination to become the first American - born saint.

Though deeply entrenched, well - financed, and of course enormously powerful, these blackguards are nevertheless routed by a small but dedicated band of courageous, freedom - loving women and their equally virtuous allies, who appear to spend most of their time selflessly pursuing noble causes and making life more beautiful and meaningful for all Americans, especially the downtrodden.

Today, only half of Americans 18 and over are married and the age of people entering their first marriage has reached an all - time high among men and women.

Men and women nurtured in Protestant churches during the flowering of the American Dream long for a return to a time when all Americans seemed to share their vision of good citizenship and family life.

Gardner recorded one of the fastest times for an American woman ever, leading an NBC Sports» commentator to declare that it was «one of the greatest races you'll ever see.»

Recently, an ordained African American woman posted on Facebook, «Pretending to be happy when you are going through a difficult time in life is just an example of how strong a person you really are.»

Schubert waspleased to see greater depth in the 200 free at Irvine — four women broke 1:59 in the preliminaries in the event, which Coughlin won in 1:58.11 — and improvedspeed from 20 - year - old Amanda Weir of Lawrenceville, Ga., who shaved.41 of asecond off Coughlin's American record in the 100 free with a time of 53.58.

Shank was a three - time All - American, and all three women are in the Women's Basketball Hall of women are in the Women's Basketball Hall of Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

She heard no accurate splits after her halfway time of 1:11:20, thought she had slowed too much for any kind of mark and then finished sprinting in an American women's record 2:26:11, the third - best marathon time ever run by a woman.

Their Sylvia Pankhursts were their great golfers who could not fail to be imitated by other women and to be admired by the men: Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, a Scots girl, who (circa 1910) won the Scottish, British, Canadian and American championships; Cecil Leitch, the first woman who decided that there was no reason a woman shouldn't attack the ball forcefully like the best men players, and who did so with such a natural dash; the incomparable Joyce Wethered, who succeeded Miss Leitch after World War I as the queen of the British links and is remembered as the most consummate of women stylists; Glenna Collett, the pertinacious girl from Providence, the first great American champion, who won our national title six times between 1922 and 1935, and in more recent years such superb players as Patty Berg and the majestic Babe Didrikson Zaharias who «made» women's professional golf after she had become in 1947 the first American to win the British Ladies Championship.

CC: You've been seen training with Shalane and Amy, who just finished third at the Tokyo Marathon and became the fifth - fastest American woman of all - time.

Getting that message out, she said, means battling the influence of well - financed formula companies, brief maternity leaves that allow little time for mother and baby to get in sync, workplaces with no place or time for working mothers to pump, and an American society squeamish about a woman's breasts providing a child's food.

Since it has taken some time, and a ton of coaxing and money from big businesses (ie - formula manufacturers) to convince the majority of American women NOT to breastfeed, I have no problem with an «in your face» advocacy that is attempting to put breastfeeding back where it belongs, at the TOP of the list, as a first and most important choice.

Since women can run off at any time for any reason and take half of a man's assets and since half or more of marriages end in divorce (usually initiated by women) then a man would have to be a fool to marry a woman, especially an American feminist.

Every year since 1983 no fewer than one in five American women has given birth via major abdominal surgery.22, 34 Today one in four or 25 % of women have a cesarean for the birth of their baby.22 The rate for first - time mothers may approach one in three.9 Studies show that the cesarean rate could safely be halved.11 The World Health Organization recommends no more than a 15 % cesarean rate.34 With a million women having cesarean sections every year, this means that 400,000 to 500,000 of them were unnecessary.No evidence supports the idea that cesareans are as safe as vaginal birth for mother or baby.

Our current contract — «until death» — might have worked when people didn't live all that long (according to the American sociologist and author Stephanie Coontz, the average marriage in colonial times lasted under 12 years); or when many women died in childbirth, freeing men to marry multiple times (which they did); and when men of means needed women to cook, clean and caretake, and women needed men for financial security.

Married men and women, on average, have sex with their spouse 58 times a year, a little more than once a week, according to data collected from the General Social Survey, which has tracked the social behaviors of Americans since 1972.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Like many women who decide to nurse their children, London had to make time for baby at work, and now that the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that most women nurse their babies for at least a year, more women may find themselves searching for creative ways to pump at the office.

And at a time when over 17 million American children are growing up in food - insecure households, the House GOP proposes a cut of «about $ 650 million — or 10 percent — from the Women, Infants and Children program that feeds and educates mothers and their children.»

According to the American Pregnancy Association, a woman's ovulation typically occur anywhere from 11 — 21 days since the last menstrual cycle, so with a little bit of calculation, it is possible to find out when your ovulation occurs so that you can time your intercourse to increase your odds of conception.

«During the most intimate time of their life, women need support beyond what their doctors, and often their husbands, can offer during labor and delivery,» says Leslie Ludka, M.S.N., senior technical advisor at the American College of Nurse - Midwives and a certified nurse - midwife who has attended the births of nearly 4,000 babies.

According to studies that were conducted by the American Academy of Periodontists, if you have a gum disease, then your chances of having an underweight or a premature baby is four times more likely as compared to a woman who has healthy gums.

The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that women breastfeed until a year or longer, but despite what anyone can tell you, it is important that you choose a timing that feels the most natural.

«We do know that there are demographic and environmental risks,» Dr. Moon says, noting that African - American and Native American babies die of SIDS at two to three times the national average, for example, and babies who are born to women who smoked during pregnancy or to very young women are at a higher risk.

Thankfully, both medicine and doctors have evolved with the times, realizing that a whopping 90 % of women who delivered by c - section were candidates for a VBAC with their next baby, according to American Pregnancy.