Sentences with phrase «only woman in»

Sarah T. Hughes (1896 - 1985), lawyer and federal judge, is the only woman in the history of the United States to swear in a President — she swore in Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One after the assassination of President Kennedy.

At our client event, I was the youngest, I knew no one — and I was the only woman in the room.»

From Sheila Bair on often being the only woman in the boardroom.

What's it like to be the only woman in the room during corporate board meetings?

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, the only woman in Abbott's cabinet, wrote a column in 2011 in which she picked quotes from contrarian scientists to argue that climate change might not be caused by humans.

Too associated, perhaps: she was the only woman in an iconic photograph of the so - called irascibles, including Pollock, Reinhardt, Motherwell and de Kooning, co-signatories of a momentous letter objecting to the aesthetic conservatism of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1950.

In 1958, she was the youngest artist and only woman in the museum's exhibition, «The New American Painting,» which traveled to eight cities in Europe.

In 1991 I was the only woman in my graduate school class, so I have an inkling of what Mia Westerlund Roosen must have felt like among this group of guys; still I find the photo shocking.

Although the sculptors Louise Bourgeois and Mary Callery were among the signers of the letter, Hedda Sterne was the only woman in the photograph.

Ms. Sterne, who died in 2011 at 100, was best known during her lifetime — and to her dismay — for being the only woman in a photograph published in Life magazine in 1951 that depicted «The Irascibles,» a group of artists who had written a letter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art protesting «American Painting Today — 1950,» an exhibition that neglected the burgeoning New York School.

Jackson Pollock is seated in the middle, surrounded by Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, Adolph Gottlieb, William Baziotes, James Brooks, Bradley Walker Tomlin, Jimmy Ernst, Ad Reinhardt, Richard Pousette - Dart, Theodoros Stamos, Clyfford Still and Hedda Sterne, the only woman in the group also in the picture.

Hedda Sterne is the only woman in the photo among a large group of men that includes Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning, and Ad Reinhardt.

Brandt, the only woman in the school's metal workshop, is known for geometric teapots and tea infusers, one of which (Model No.

An active member of the New York School of painters, Sterne was also one of the artists known as the «Irascibles», who protested against the Metropolitan Museum of Art's policy on American painting of the 1940s and who was included in a now iconic photograph for Life magazine in 1951; Sterne, notably, is the only woman in the image.

Khadiga El - Gawas, a brave artist from Egypt and the only woman in our selection, thrives on writing out cryptic messages in Arabic with pure light.

Hartigan, who later received attention for her work seeming to resemble Willem de Kooning's figurative compositions, was the only woman in MoMA's 1958 «New American Paintings» exhibition among 16 male artists.

When Chicago went to auto - body school to learn how to spray paint in the 1960s, she was the only woman in a class of 250 men.

Hedda Sterne (born Hedwig Lindenberg) was an artist best remembered as the only woman in a group of Abstract Expressionists known as «The Irascibles» which consisted of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, and others.

By that time she was an acclaimed painter, the only woman in the business too, and she was fascinated by nature and the vastness of the desert.

Ms. Tompkins is so far the only woman in the pantheon of great self - taught artists — among them Bill Traylor, Henry Darger, Martín Ramírez and James Castle — whose achievements came to light in the second half of the 20th century and have altered the shape of American art history.

The playful sculptures and paintings of the only woman in the Arte Povera movement have a distinctly steely edge

Hedda Sterne is famous for being the only woman in Life magazine's group portrait of abstract expressionists.

I insist on not being the only woman in a show: I really don't care who else they put in, but I want other women to be in shows with me.

2007 was a great year for Patty as it was the culmination of the love for diving and discipline that earned her the title of PADI Course Director becoming the only woman in Belize to achieve such a title.

Mrs. Weinberger won a silver medal at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris for her wine, and was the only woman in California to bring home this coveted award.

Dr. Kagan is the only woman in the history of American Education to receive its three most prestigious awards: the 2004 Distinguished Service Award from the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the 2005 James Bryant Conant Award for Lifetime Service to Education from the Education Commission of the States (ECS), and the Harold W. McGraw, Jr..

In a seeming paradox of empowerment, the confidence the girls gain in an all female environment will prepare them to succeed in fields where they will be the only woman in the room.

Vignarajah is the only woman in the crowded seven - way Democratic primary for governor, and her...

Killer Women, an adaptation of the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, follows the only woman in the Texas Rangers, a ballsy, beautiful badass who knows how to get to the truth and isn't afraid to ruffle a few feathers on her way there.

This February, sources told Variety that two - time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain was in negotiations to play Beverly Marsh, the only woman in the upcoming Stephen King movie adaptation.

The men treat Megan like any recruit, and in Iraq, where she is the only woman in the deployed canine unit, she faces no great difficulties beyond skepticism about her ability to do the job.

Somewhere in Boston, in about 1978, some IRA hoodlums (Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley) meet an American crime boss (a hairy Armie Hammer) to buy a vanload of automatic rifles from an idiotic South African arms dealer (Sharlto Copley), with the only woman in the film, cool Justine (Brie Larson) acting as intermediary.

She's a stranger in a strange land, and repeatedly throughout the movie, the only woman in the room; Emily Blunt's slender physique draws an almost immediate contrast with the bulky destructive men around her, as her character is not only lonely but consistently kept out of the loop as to what the real mission may be.

The boys all seem to love her «Sue Storm,» but probably because she is ONCE AGAIN, the only woman in a room packed full of dudes.

[POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: We incorrectly say that Jennifer Jason Leigh's character is the only woman in this film.]

You know, she's the only woman in the film and she's getting her butt kicked.

While Rachel McAdams earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination, benefiting from being the only woman in a guy - heavy flick, both Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton failed to get SAG and Golden Globe mentions, presumably because they kept canceling each other out.

«If you're the only woman in the room it isolates you and prevents you from sharing stories so if there are predators you don't talk to each other.

SF: And I think you could also add Emily Blunt in Sicario, where she is literally the only woman in a film totally dominated by men, but it's all through her eyes.

director Dee Rees will likely be seen as a best director snub, but she is nominated for best adapted screenplay - the only woman in the category this year.

Gershon is the only woman in the movie who plays any kind of active role in the story, and hers is both tiny and evil.

Streep, speaking in an imperious nasal singsong, makes Graham irresistibly knowing yet, beneath the tea - party bluster, secretly unsure of herself: the only woman in a boardroom of men, and therefore an executive who has to fly solo to find her own way.

Time and again, Spielberg pictures her as the only woman in the room, initially disempowered.

Of course, when you're together, focus all your attention on her and make her feel like she's the only woman in the room.

I like to meet people and treat a woman like she is the only woman in the world who deserves plenty of...

I love to please and make a woman feel like she's the only woman in the world.

I am romantic and enjoy being pampered, spoiled and being treated like the only woman in the world.

With me, you will feel like the only woman in the world, all...

This is because you're not the only woman in his life so he never has any intention of introducing you.

I think I am the only woman in America who doesn't use an eye lash curler but I know they produce gorgeous results!