Sentences with phrase «generations of women in»

As I talked about in our previous post about this project, several generations of women in my family have looked to Calico Corners to reupholster beloved furniture pieces and create home decor treasures with their own unique style stamp.

Photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier spent the month of May in Flint — a poor, mostly black city — documenting the effects of the contaminated water through the experiences of Shea Cobb, 32, and three generations of women in her family.

«Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt» features seventy spectacular quilts made by four generations of women in Gee's Bend, a small, isolated African American community in southwest Alabama.

Blume tells the story of three generations of women in the 1950s through the eyes of 15 - year - old Miri.

And he uses this trickery to pursue generations of women in Hannah's family.

An increasingly relevant story told with startling lucidity, humor, and an uncanny ear for the intimacies and shorthand of family ritual, America Is Not the Heart is a sprawling, soulful debut about three generations of women in one family struggling to balance the promise of the American dream and the unshakeable grip of history.

She makes many references to Bengali culture, sometimes called Bangla culture, which plays a large part in how all three generations of women in the novel interact with each other and their larger world.

Breast cancer had affected three generations of women in Lindsay's family, and after multiple rounds of rigorous tests, she realized that she did not want to spend her life plagued by fear, waiting for a positive diagnosis.

There are three generations of women in my house each of us have a different view of nutritional eating.

In recognition of the groundbreaking contributions of Dr. Rosalind Franklin, this career development research award is intended to inspire and support new generations of women in the field of genetics.

Four generations of women in my family have used Crisco.

Looking down the pipeline for the next generation of women in tech, the picture isn't rosy.

She said that she is grateful, not just for the support that she received for her research as a fellow, but for the opportunity to «pay it forward for the next generation of women in science.

Meanwhile, a conference focused exclusively on women that took place in Kuwait just two weeks before — Women Leaders in Science, Technology, and Engineering +10 (WLSTE +10)-- drew accomplished women from all over the world, who came together to serve as role models and inspiration for the next generation of women in science.

We exist to create opportunities for the next generation of women in STEM connecting them with leaders in the industry for career support.

My great - great grandmother's old chair had numerous layers of paint to it but it added to the charm and to the personal memories because it reflected how each generation of women in my family had used and loved that chair.

Not exact matches

The dream grew bigger, however, and turned into a desire to create an empire for future generations of women to play a central role in the industry, Sun told CNBC's Dan Murphy at the Credit Suisse Global Megatrends Conference in Singapore.

When I talk to my mother, who is of that same generation, she speaks of the women who attended Seven Sisters» colleges as strong and independent, career - minded, and determined to change society — certainly not the idea I had in my head.

Systemic biases, legacy barriers, and current explosions of inequality conspire to undermine wealth generation among minorities, and especially women in these communities.

As the co-founder of the IRIS - IN program for girls in partnership with the Ghetto Film School,, Olde is nurturing the next generation of diverse women to tell the silver screen's greatest storieIN program for girls in partnership with the Ghetto Film School,, Olde is nurturing the next generation of diverse women to tell the silver screen's greatest storiein partnership with the Ghetto Film School,, Olde is nurturing the next generation of diverse women to tell the silver screen's greatest stories.

But when it comes to locating the wellspring of her entrepreneurial drive, her ex comes in a distant second to the woman known to generations of students as Woj.

Newman didn't like the name, and during a brainstorming session, one of his employees, a Native American woman, came up with a new one — Seventh Generation, a reference to an Iroquois saying that, «In our every deliberation we must consider the impact on the next seven generations.»

«The parents of the Millennial generation grew up in a feminist world, whether they claimed the label or not,» says Freedman «Women brought in a substantial part of family income and aspirations for women's educations changed... Now I think this current generation could be a breakthrough generation for feminism.&rWomen brought in a substantial part of family income and aspirations for women's educations changed... Now I think this current generation could be a breakthrough generation for feminism.&rwomen's educations changed... Now I think this current generation could be a breakthrough generation for feminism.»

As a second - generation winemaker, Mr Pannell knew there was plenty of talent and a whole world of knowledge among the offspring of the men and women who first pruned vines in Western Australia.

The rise is stark when compared to previous generations: less than a quarter of young adults lived at home in the «50s — a time when, it should be noted, the average woman was married before 21.

And her legacy as one of the most influential pop stars and business women of our generation was cemented in April with Lemonade's visual album release on HBO and Tidal, the second of its kind to come from Mrs. Knowles - Carter.

«Thousands of years of men innovating society and a single generation where women start to do better (in school and so forth) and rather than looking at the big picture, we're free to generalize, so long as those generalizations are harmful only to men.»

Early Marker: Joined board of Santander in 1989, putting her in line eventually to become the fourth generation of her family to lead the Spanish banking giant and arguably the third - most - powerful woman in global banking.

The soft power initiative also has involved a coordinated effort to upgrade the quality of China's diplomatic corps, replacing an older generation of media - shy, stiff bureaucrats with a younger group of Chinese men and women, many of whom are fluent in English and comfortable bantering with local journalists.

All alumnae and students will participate in the NextGen event during the National Conference, focusing on building the next generation of the women - owned business network.

Women's History Month is a time to recognize the women before us who paved the way, support our peers in business, and help the next generation of female pionWomen's History Month is a time to recognize the women before us who paved the way, support our peers in business, and help the next generation of female pionwomen before us who paved the way, support our peers in business, and help the next generation of female pioneers.

SmarterCX.com is proud to highlight women in technology who are driving innovation, creating the next generation of customer experience, and inspiring future leaders.

The fact that in western Europe between a tenth and a fifth of each generation never married, combined with a relatively late average age at marriage for women, implied that fertility levels were normally lower than in other societies.

That pioneering approach inspired a new generation of founders from the Gilt ranks, including Zola, Flow, HQ Trivia and now CoEdition, a curated fashion marketplace for women size 10 and up, which launched in March.

At Space Angels, it is our strongly - held belief that, in our generation, the people who carry the mantle of this «answerable courage» are not only the young men and women who are risking their lives to go into space, but also the entrepreneurs who are putting everything they have on the line to build a future in space for all humanity.

The greatest generation of entrepreneurs in Canadian history will retire within the next 10 to 15 years, and these men and women are looking for a way to exit their companies in a way that meets their needs.

How do you empower women in these communities and how do you prevent the creation of a global lost generation?

RELIGION - there has always been this invisible magical man with no explanation, got bored and thought hey i want some company and * POOF * created everything from nothing besides man that he used dirt to make and women that he used a rib to create then for the next generation a lot of incest happened and now we are at 6 billion people in only 6,000 years were the majority of people will suffer for eternity to do not believe in him, even though he could easily save them...

It is therefore no surprise that the Gianna Center, where a woman's fertility is recognized as a gift and not a curse» something that indeed even that allows her, with her spouse, to collaborate with their Creator in the generation of life» opened with a waiting list of over 150 patients.

During the last decade, a resurgence in feminist activism has inspired a new generation of women to fight for equality following a relatively quiet few years for feminist campaigns.

It's all about self control and respecting the dignity of the other person during the most beautiful act a man and woman can engage in, not turning it into the most popular contact sport of our generation.

The many unmarried women of his generation are doomed «bird [s] in an oil slick» awaiting the fast - approaching moment when the «now - prohibitive sagging of [their] flesh» condemns them to «a lasting solitude.»

It will become clear how he identified three essential tasks in Eve's very being, or as he wrote, «the dignity and role of woman is... the guarantee of what «feminine» humanly symbolizes: acceptance, care of man, generation of life.»

It gives me hope to think of the generation rising up in the wake of my generation because I am still rising, too, in the wake of the generation of women who came before me and so it goes.

Pairing feminist theory with women's local wisdom, Jones exposes not only the potential pitfalls of classical doctrines, but also how, with some skillful feminist remapping, doctrines prove capacious enough for new generations of women to inhabit in grace - filled ways.

The number of people below the poverty line, measured in terms of minimum necessary nutritional standards, is said to be going down and yet malnutrition as well as severe physical debilities and destitution are on the increase, especially these affecting women and children, the simple physical capacity of the youngest generation to withstand the strains of living becoming ever more unstable and fragile.»

This year, the red purse contains a # 5 coin, commemorating four generations of royalty, and a 50p coin commemorating the Representation of the People Act 1918, which reformed the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland, giving some women the right to vote for the first time.

It is young men and women such as these that encourage me in my conviction that the world is much safer in the hands of the newer generation than it ever was with those of my own older generation or of the generation between me and those former students.

The Founders» Constitution is, in the editors» words, «an anthology of reasons and of the political arguments that thoughtful men and women drew from, and used to support those reasons» (I: xi) The «reasons» and «arguments» are those of the founding generation and of the works that the» founders read.

Most Mormon women of my generation are college educated (actually were my mother and grandmother), working women or if they are at home, are active in their schools, communities, etc. while they raise their kids.