Sentences with phrase «first woman in the history»

When billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey was 32 years old, she became the first woman in history to own and produce her own talk show.

The rumored casting has been made official, making Brie the first woman in history to play a title character for Marvel.

Kathryn Bigelow today became the first woman in history to win the best director award at the Oscars.

Katherine Bigelow was the first woman in history to win the Oscar for Best Director for «The Hurt Locker» in 2010.

The decision to demolish the work came on the same day that Whiteread was awarded the Turner prize for being the best British artist of the year — making her the first woman in its history — as well as the particularly mean - spirited K Foundation prize for the worst artist of the year.

Baltic's director is Sarah Munro who joined in November 2015, the first woman in its history to hold the position.

Not exact matches

This morning Justin Trudeau was sworn in as Prime Minister, along with the first cabinet in Canadian history to be split 50:50 between men and women.

Less heralded by history was a group of six women who worked in wartime secrecy at the University of Pennsylvania, where John Mauchly and Presper Eckert led a team that was building ENIAC, the world's first programmable, all - electronic, general - purpose computer.

Now, DuVernay is busy making history again as the first black woman to direct a movie with a $ 100 million budget: Disney's A Wrinkle in Time adaptation.

Conway was the first woman in U.S. history to run a winning presidential campaign.

Known as the first openly transgender black woman to be elected to political office in the United States, Jenkins made history this year when she was elected to the Minneapolis City Council.

It's the first time in U.S. history that Lady Liberty will be portrayed as a woman of color, and she is beautiful.

The last of the year's four tennis Grand Slam tournaments crowns its champions this weekend and women's favorite Serena Williams is looking to make history by becoming the first woman to win all four Grand Slam events in the same calendar year since Steffi Graf in 1988.

For the first time in the report's history, the firm found that more than half of new board members at S&P 500 companies (56 percent) were women and / or minorities.

Haspel, who would be the first woman director in CIA history, reportedly oversaw a secret CIA prison in Thailand where a terrorism suspect was waterboarded.

That's including Vicki Hollub, who made history when she became president and CEO of Occidental Petroleum this spring, the first woman to lead an independent oil giant in the U.S.

Wente was not only the magazine's first female editor, she was also only the second woman to hold a senior editorial position in the magazine's 54 - year history.

Reshma Saujani made history in 2010 when she became the first Indian - American woman to run for U.S. Congress.

On Wednesday, Sen. Toni Atkins, D - San Diego, was making history in Sacramento when she took over as California Senate president pro tempore and became the first woman and...

The two first female attorneys - general in BC history were appointed, Our 125,000 + civil service, finance ministry and largest Crown corporation were run by women, and more than a third of our government board appointees were women.

Across the nation, more women are attending college than men, and according to a CNBC article and research from the Institute of Family Studies, 2015 marked the first time in history that wives were better educated than their husbands.

For the first time in our province's history, the majority of Alberta's cabinet ministers are women.

For the first time in history, Saudi Arabian women are competing in the Olympic games.

And it is a dismissive, hurtful way to speak about women, who Piper seems to have forgotten were also created in the image of God, were appointed by God as leaders at critical times in the history of Israel and the Church, and were the first to whom Jesus appeared when he inaugurated his new Kingdom on Resurrection Day.

As a whole, Western women entering the twenty - first century have power, education, and privilege unprecedented in human history.

For the first time in modern history, we have had Popes who as young priests met and worked with women at university as a matter of course and on ordinary terms.

In the first place, his interest in history as the history of suffering and his commitment to solidarity with the oppressed have always run counter to the ignoring of peasants15 and women and the concentration of attention upon urban — industrial development which have characterized most of those who share his focus upon «history»In the first place, his interest in history as the history of suffering and his commitment to solidarity with the oppressed have always run counter to the ignoring of peasants15 and women and the concentration of attention upon urban — industrial development which have characterized most of those who share his focus upon «history»in history as the history of suffering and his commitment to solidarity with the oppressed have always run counter to the ignoring of peasants15 and women and the concentration of attention upon urban — industrial development which have characterized most of those who share his focus upon «history».

In the first place such education, now as always, is concerned with the nurture of men and women whose business in life it will be to help men to see their immediate perplexities, joys and sufferings in the light of an ultimate meaning, to live as citizens of the inclusive society of being, and to relate their present choices to first and last decisions made about them in the totality of human history by Sovereign PoweIn the first place such education, now as always, is concerned with the nurture of men and women whose business in life it will be to help men to see their immediate perplexities, joys and sufferings in the light of an ultimate meaning, to live as citizens of the inclusive society of being, and to relate their present choices to first and last decisions made about them in the totality of human history by Sovereign Powein life it will be to help men to see their immediate perplexities, joys and sufferings in the light of an ultimate meaning, to live as citizens of the inclusive society of being, and to relate their present choices to first and last decisions made about them in the totality of human history by Sovereign Powein the light of an ultimate meaning, to live as citizens of the inclusive society of being, and to relate their present choices to first and last decisions made about them in the totality of human history by Sovereign Powein the totality of human history by Sovereign Power.

Brunei, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are sending women for the first time, while the United States will have more women (269) than men (261) for the first time in history.

«Catholic politicians should build new coalitions in support of protecting innocent human life: Coalitions, first and foremost, with American women» the majority of whom are pro-life» who understand that Roe's abortion license has encouraged irresponsible male sexual behavior more than any other legal act in our history.

Most Likely to Kick Ass: Kacy Catanzaro — the first woman in America Ninja Warrior history to qualify for Mt. Midoriyama

In Dewar's illustrious 170 - year history, Stephanie is only the seventh person to hold the proud title of Dewar's Master Blender — and, she is the first woman.

In 2017 as an athlete, club president and coach for OUTriC she led the club to unprecedented Varsity success, which included Oxford securing the first ever whitewash across all tiers and fielding the largest women's team in the history of the matcIn 2017 as an athlete, club president and coach for OUTriC she led the club to unprecedented Varsity success, which included Oxford securing the first ever whitewash across all tiers and fielding the largest women's team in the history of the matcin the history of the match.

We would welcome all alumni to come down in Hilary to watch history being made as our women's team competes in Varsity for the first time, and to stay and watch our men's team defends its title on home turf.

The Huskies made history in 2004 when both the men's and women's basketball teams won the national titles, the first time that occurred in NCAA Division I history.

Fix it right, he said, because Pat's going to play for the U.S. in Montreal in 1976, when women will play basketball for the first time in Olympic history.

Sarah Attar finished in last place in the Women's 800m Round 1 Heats, but made history — she was the first woman from Saudi Arabia to compete in track and field.

The former Secretary of State, Senator and First Lady is seeking to become the first woman president in American hisFirst Lady is seeking to become the first woman president in American hisfirst woman president in American history.

Most of them will be competing, including the defending champion Anne Quast (see cover) who could be the ninth woman in the 65 - year history of the event to win the title twice or more in a row; and Judy Frank Jablow (page 36) who, having at first announced that marriage and career would prevent her from participating this year, proved that women are still women, even if they are golfers, by changing her mind.

In 2009, Katrin Lehmann made history by becoming the first woman to be involved two European club finals in different sports when she was named as the substitute goalkeeper for Duisberg in their UEFA Women's Club Championship final against Russian side Zvevda, which they won 7 - 1 on aggregatIn 2009, Katrin Lehmann made history by becoming the first woman to be involved two European club finals in different sports when she was named as the substitute goalkeeper for Duisberg in their UEFA Women's Club Championship final against Russian side Zvevda, which they won 7 - 1 on aggregatin different sports when she was named as the substitute goalkeeper for Duisberg in their UEFA Women's Club Championship final against Russian side Zvevda, which they won 7 - 1 on aggregatin their UEFA Women's Club Championship final against Russian side Zvevda, which they won 7 - 1 on aggregate.

In 2018, Marquette women's lacrosse will be looking to qualify for the Big East tournament for the first time in program history as well as attempting to finish over.500 for the first time as welIn 2018, Marquette women's lacrosse will be looking to qualify for the Big East tournament for the first time in program history as well as attempting to finish over.500 for the first time as welin program history as well as attempting to finish over.500 for the first time as well.

By refraining from making first time relationship initiatives, women may be providing evidence to potential long - term mates that they would not make the first move with another man in the future, given their history of not doing so in the past.»

So when I heard this «For the first time in Cirque du Soleil's history, Amaluna features a cast that comprises 70 % women, with a 100 % female band.»

Because of the great rise of layoffs and the recession of the expensive man, now for the first time in history, there are more women in the workforce than men.

While many do get it right away, for others there is a learning curve that takes a few weeks to get into your groove, and sometimes extra support is needed - especially if its your first experience and you are not surrounded by mamas breastfeeding, as women were throughout history since the beginning of time, and still are in many parts of the world.

granted today's hospitals are more sterile than hospitals even as recent in history as the 70's, but back when women were first brought into the hospitals to give birth the places weren't even as clean as your garage floor today!

Women who have a history of twins in the family, are older when they get pregnant or are using fertility treatments to conceive are more likely to have twins in the first place.

And as you note, Hanna, the relative safety of today's commercial infant formula does allow women, for the first time in history, to choose whether they will breast or bottle - feed.

Some natural and nothing - to - worry - about factors that can contribute to your baby being born late include: first time pregnancy, history of late - born babies, women in the family delivering babies late, and if you were a late - born yourself.

For all women included in the study, we collected data on their age, height, weight before pregnancy, body mass index, income quintile, drug and alcohol use (v. no use) during pregnancy, smoking status, status of parenthood (single v. other), parity, gestational age at first prenatal visit, number of antenatal visits and history of ultrasonography before 20 weeks» gestation.