Sentences with phrase «first woman speaker»

Nancy Pelosi had become the first woman speaker of the House.

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Where women attempt to teach men, the oral message is largely received / framed as first relevant to the speaker and conjoined in the present.

She was a stay - at - home mother who launched a full - time career as a political activist and public speaker from nearly the day her first child was born, doing a neat end - run around the feminists who claimed to have invented the idea that a married woman could have a professional life.

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.

Speakers include: Laura Abbott, University of Hertfordshire — Having a baby in prison: women's need to love, care and breastfeed their baby Dr Amy Brown, Associate Professor Child Public Health, Swansea University - Examining psychological, social and cultural barriers to responsive breastfeeding Helen Crawley, First Steps Nutrition Trust - The constituents of formula milk: busting the myths.

Elmira native Eileen Collins, a retired NASA pilot and the first woman to pilot the space shuttle, will address the convention tonight as part of Trump's «Make America First Again» lineup of speafirst woman to pilot the space shuttle, will address the convention tonight as part of Trump's «Make America First Again» lineup of speaFirst Again» lineup of speakers.

The conference runs through the end of the day Saturday and features such other speakers as Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian - American woman in the House, and activist attorney Zephyr Teachout.

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson began his first round of Council staffer firings last Friday, gutting the public tech division — a unit created under the previous speaker and the only unit in the Council to be headed by a Latina woman.

Atkins, 55, is in her first four - year term as a senator after six years in the Assembly, where she also set a milestone as the first openly gay woman to serve as speaker.

SUNNYSIDE — Queens Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan is jumping into the ring for assembly speaker, vying to replace Sheldon Silver, who was arrested last week on federal corruption charges, and become the first woman in that role.

First, as the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, Pelosi is concerned that «the bulk of people who get hurt — the main Democratic casualties in the court map — are women, namely Reps. Kathy Hochul and Louise SlaugFirst, as the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, Pelosi is concerned that «the bulk of people who get hurt — the main Democratic casualties in the court map — are women, namely Reps. Kathy Hochul and Louise Slaugfirst woman to serve as speaker of the House, Pelosi is concerned that «the bulk of people who get hurt — the main Democratic casualties in the court map — are women, namely Reps. Kathy Hochul and Louise Slaughter.

At 1 p.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray will be the keynote speaker at the Children's Health Fund 2016 Women's Leadership Luncheon, Eventi Hotel, 851 Ave. of the Americas, Manhattan.

NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson began his first round of Council staffer firings last Friday, gutting the public tech division — a unit created under the previous speaker and the only unit in the Council to be headed by a Latina woman.

She said that for the first time, the caucus will interview the speaker candidates and have them fill out questionnaires to get them to speak on their vision for tackling women's issues.

As the first African - American woman to hold citywide office, James unintentionally cleared the path for one of the white male candidates vying to become the next council speaker.

The first openly gay Council speaker also had the entire gay political establishment behind her, including the Empire State Pride Agenda, the Stonewall Democratic Club, Lambda Independent Democrats, the Gay & Lesbian Democrats, the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, and the Human Rights Campaign, along with women's organizations such as Emily's List and the National Organization for Women -women's organizations such as Emily's List and the National Organization for Women -Women - NYC.

If elected, she would become the first woman to hold the title of speaker.

While speaking on the floor, Barron said «it's time for a black speaker» and referred to the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm — the first African - American woman elected to Congress, the first black candidate for a major party nomination and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Of the 23 invited speakers, five were women — two of whom had risen through academic ranks using their initials instead of their first names.

The speaker in this talk even has a story at the end where he talks about how he first helped a woman to lose weight.

Though the movie takes place in the homes of two seventeen - year - old women, intricate camerawork and editing using shot - reverse - shot techniques to close in on first one speaker and then the next help to open the play for the big screen.

I sat in the audience of a fifty - two - year - old woman who had worked with a voice coach for two years to become a more fluent and compelling public speaker, watched the dress rehearsal of a play written by a sixty - three - year - old new playwright, and enjoyed the debut performance of a fifty - eight - year - old former schoolteacher at the conclusion of his first year of studying acting.

Manzano is the keynote speaker for the YWCA of Rochester's Empowering Women Luncheon on Wednesday, but first, she joins us on Connections.

Friday, March 6, 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM APPA Professional Women's Network Breakfast Located in Room W209 Super model turned pet product innovator Kathy Ireland is returning as the guest speaker of the APPA PWN Breakfast, where she will provide an update on her first year in the pet industry.

Jade Raymond will be the first woman to deliver the lecture, following previous speakers including Will Wright, Peter Molyneux, Hideo Kojima, Drs Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk and David Cage.

«In 1957, the year I entered university, I knew only one woman in law,» said keynote speaker Margaret Atwood Continue reading → The post The Circuit: The 8th Annual Young Women in Law Charity Gala appeared first on Precedent.

She was the first Hispanic woman to establish a private criminal defense practice in San Diego and is a frequent volunteer, speaker and advocate for women and minorities.

Virtually everyone uses verbal fillers, though the frequency can vary greatly from person to person.18 A study of one language database showed that speakers produced between 1.2 and 88.5 uhs and ums for every thousand words, with a median filler rate of 17.3 per thousand words.19 Other databases show anywhere from three to twenty uhs and ums for every thousand words, placing uh and um thirty - first in a ranking of most commonly used utterances, just ahead of or and just after not.20 A British study showed that, contrary to popular expectations, the use of verbal fillers does not indicate a lack of education or manners; instead, the use of uh and um increases with education and socioeconomic status, a finding with particular implications for the legal profession.21 Older people use more uhs and ums than younger people, and, curiously, men consistently use verbal fillers more often than women — a finding that has been replicated across several studies.22 Women, for their part, appear to use a higher ratio of ums to uhs than their male counterparwomen — a finding that has been replicated across several studies.22 Women, for their part, appear to use a higher ratio of ums to uhs than their male counterparWomen, for their part, appear to use a higher ratio of ums to uhs than their male counterparts.23

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