Sentences with phrase «first woman in the state»

In 1996, Charlene Brundidge became the first woman in the state to be granted clemency after being convicted of and imprisoned for killing her batterer.

In 1950, Pettersen became one of the first women licensed as a practicing architect in the state of New Jersey and, in 1952, she renovated a 200 - year - old barn, turning it into a home and office, becoming the first woman in that state to open her own architectural office.

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At the White House's first United States of Women Summit in 2016, Buffett confessed that he only thought to put a woman on the Berkshire Hathaway board in 2003 — nearly 40 years after taking over the company — by the suggestion of his wife Susie.

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.

The Equal Pay Act, first passed by Congress in 1963, mandated that men and women be given equal pay for equal work, and, some states, like Minnesota, have equal - salary policies.

The law, which was first introduced by Congresswoman Bella Abzug, technically states that the president is «authorized and requested to issue a proclamation in commemoration of that day in 1920 on which the women in American were first guaranteed the right to vote.»

For the first time since 1977, distillers are sitting on nearly 5 million barrels, significantly more than one barrel for every man, woman, and child in the state of Kentucky.

With support of the CRLA Foundation, she co-founded Líderes Campesinas, in 1992, the first state - based farmworker women's unique grass roots organization that became a movement of campesina leaders advocating on behalf of campesinas.

Here's a conversation we don't want to miss: Black - ish actress and all - around brilliant bae Tracee Ellis Ross will interview our forever first lady, Michelle Obama, this Saturday, May 5, at the United State of Women Summit at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles — and we officially know how we're spending this weekend.

At the age of 14, in 1950, his mother fled North Korea on foot, walked through live combat, reached the United States and proceeded to become, reportedly, the first Korean woman ever to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics.

He starts off the treatise by stating that marriage is an unequivocally good thing, that God willed to create man and woman in friendship, and that the first natural bond of human society is man and wife:

Actually, I believe, He's sorted it out already by stating his love for all women and values each one by who they are in the first place.

lol» In the first and third creation accounts of a man and woman in Ge 1:26 - 29 and Ge 5:1 - 2, the passages clearly states that when the male and female were created, only the male was created in God's imagIn the first and third creation accounts of a man and woman in Ge 1:26 - 29 and Ge 5:1 - 2, the passages clearly states that when the male and female were created, only the male was created in God's imagin Ge 1:26 - 29 and Ge 5:1 - 2, the passages clearly states that when the male and female were created, only the male was created in God's imagin God's image.

My agency was launching the first housing program in the state for women and children infected with the HIV virus, and projected cuts in state housing subsidies would have reduced its potential size.

In preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she liveIn preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she lived.

Though he stated that men are not superior to women, he claimed that men are «first in sequence» in the divine order and thus bear a «primacy of service» before God.

Concert in an Egg, in regards to Genesis 1:27, which was written by the Priestly Source, stating the first man and woman were created simultaneously, whereas the Genesis 2 creation story, written by the Yahwist, which is the older of the two creation stories, has Eve formed from Adam's rib, there are other early Jewish myths that provide an explanation, i.e., that Eve was not the first woman Yahweh provided for Adam.

This reveals a painful lack of understanding of what it means for a woman to live in a patriarchal culture in which she is considered property, first of her family and then of the state.

In her book One Woman's Fight, published by the Freedom from Religion Foundation, she said she was sure that «I fought not only for what I earnestly believed to be right, but for the truest kind of religious freedom intended by the First Amendment, the complete separation of church and state.»

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.

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.

Does the state have the right to prohibit a woman from terminating an unwanted pregnancy by abortion in the early stages — say, the first trimester of pregnancy?

In John Paul II's analysis of the first chapters of Genesis, he describes the state of «original innocence», in which the man and the woman are free to perceive the full reality of the person of the opposite sex without the «shame» that arose after the first siIn John Paul II's analysis of the first chapters of Genesis, he describes the state of «original innocence», in which the man and the woman are free to perceive the full reality of the person of the opposite sex without the «shame» that arose after the first siin which the man and the woman are free to perceive the full reality of the person of the opposite sex without the «shame» that arose after the first sin.

In January, Shakyla Hill, a guard for Grambling State's Women's Basketball Team, recorded the first quadruple - double in nearly 25 years in women's basketball in the Lady Tigers» win over Alabama StatIn January, Shakyla Hill, a guard for Grambling State's Women's Basketball Team, recorded the first quadruple - double in nearly 25 years in women's basketball in the Lady Tigers» win over Alabama SWomen's Basketball Team, recorded the first quadruple - double in nearly 25 years in women's basketball in the Lady Tigers» win over Alabama Statin nearly 25 years in women's basketball in the Lady Tigers» win over Alabama Statin women's basketball in the Lady Tigers» win over Alabama Swomen's basketball in the Lady Tigers» win over Alabama Statin the Lady Tigers» win over Alabama State.

• In 1984, when she was named athletic director at San Diego State University, Mary Alice Hill, 46, became the first woman to head the athletic department of a Division I school.

The first woman to win a gold medal in wrestling for the United States hopes that her perfect trip to Rio de Janeiro changes the landscape of the sport without the need to make a transition to mixed martial arts (MMA) to show how effective it can be.

He won the United States» first men's marathon medal since Frank Shorter's silver in 1976; Keflezighi's silver, combined with Deena Kastor's bronze, marked the first time the U.S. has won a men's and a women's marathon medal in the same Games.

That match was considered a huge upset, and Maroulis will go down as the first woman from the United States to win a gold in wrestling.

A yoga instructor threw out the first - pitch before a Lamigo Monkeys and Brother Elephants baseball game, and unlike every ceremonial first - pitch in the United States, the woman didn't keep her shirt on to toss the pitch.

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.

In 2013, Randall and Diggins won a world championship gold medal — the first for the United States — by taking the women's team sprint by almost eight seconds.

United States About Website The Equalizer was founded in 2009 with a goal of bringing first - class media coverage to women's soccer.

First of all, let me state emphatically that those countries in which women are stoned for adultery are not exactly the paragons of justice in the world.

Another speaker at the press conference was Ashleigh Clare - Kearney, a two - time national champion in gymnastics and the first Louisiana State University student athlete to earn the distinction as an NCAA Woman of the Year finalist in 2009.

For example women who suffer with PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome, in some cases have a delay on the state of lactation so they may struggle to make enough milk in the first week or so after giving birth.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) shared just today what I think is their first policy statement specific to homebirth, and as one would anticipate, they concur «with the recent statement of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists affirming that hospitals and birthing centers are the safest settings for birth in the United States while respecting the right of women to make a medically informed decision about delivery» (2013, 1016, abstract).

The St. John Center for Women's Health offers the only NICU in Oklahoma with all - private rooms — one of the first 25 such facilities in the United States.

It's never an easy decision, even for a woman who so publicly wrote about the demise of her first marriage in a book and then addressed her reluctance to tie the knot again in her 2010 follow - up book, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, but ultimately did in order to keep him in the States.

Lactation induces a state of infertility and protects the woman from another pregnancy (especially in the first 6 months) so that the new baby can benefit from a period of sustained breastfeeding.

The postpartum period encompasses the first six weeks after delivery, a unique and somewhat fragile period of time in which a woman's body returns back to its pre-pregnant state.

While the average age of first - time mothers and childbearing women in the United States has risen steadily over the past few decades, many women still become mothers in their early twenties.

The percentage of women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy was 73.7 percent among the 36 states and District of Columbia that reported this information in 2011 — only 6 percent of pregnant women received prenatal care late in pregnancy or not at all.

The American Pregnancy Association states that pregnant women should avoid high - risk fitness activities in the first trimester.

What's particularly striking about this observation by MacDorman is that more women than ever in the United States are delaying having their first child until their 30s, according to President Obama's «Women in America» rewomen than ever in the United States are delaying having their first child until their 30s, according to President Obama's «Women in America» reWomen in America» report.

In a Kinsey Institute study of sexual satisfaction in the United States, Germany, Spain, Brazil and Japan, women in committed relationships report feeling more sexually satisfied after 25 years, much more so than in they do in the first 10 yearIn a Kinsey Institute study of sexual satisfaction in the United States, Germany, Spain, Brazil and Japan, women in committed relationships report feeling more sexually satisfied after 25 years, much more so than in they do in the first 10 yearin the United States, Germany, Spain, Brazil and Japan, women in committed relationships report feeling more sexually satisfied after 25 years, much more so than in they do in the first 10 yearin committed relationships report feeling more sexually satisfied after 25 years, much more so than in they do in the first 10 yearin they do in the first 10 yearin the first 10 years.

In 2018, Transgender Health reported that a transgender woman in the United States breastfed her adopted baby; this was the first known case of a transgender woman breastfeedinIn 2018, Transgender Health reported that a transgender woman in the United States breastfed her adopted baby; this was the first known case of a transgender woman breastfeedinin the United States breastfed her adopted baby; this was the first known case of a transgender woman breastfeeding.

* 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

That vast majority of women will see it fade in the first months postpartum as hormone levels return to a pre-pregnant state.

In 2018, a transgender woman in the United States breastfed her adopted baby; this was the first known case of a transgender woman breastfeedinIn 2018, a transgender woman in the United States breastfed her adopted baby; this was the first known case of a transgender woman breastfeedinin the United States breastfed her adopted baby; this was the first known case of a transgender woman breastfeeding.

According to the most current study, the number of women who choose to breastfeed in the United States continues to rise, with 77 percent of new moms reporting they at least breastfed their babies for the first few months of their life, if not for a year — or years.