tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166313612011-12-02T08:21:54.480-08:00Dedicated to all the gutsy women in the world who have shown, by example, that life's challenges can be overcome and that women have a powerful role in society. Go Girls!Michele Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909114748512695295noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16631361.post-83539669033282476092011-06-03T08:13:00.000-07:002011-06-03T08:28:19.539-07:00

Hannah wanted a child badly.  She had been married to Eli for many years and had been unable to get pregnant.  She was depressed, cried and even refused to eat.  Other mothers taunted and teased her about her inability to bear a child.  She was miserable!  She and Eli did, however, have a strong faith.  Each year they would travel quite a distance, much like going on a spiritual retreat.  In

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On Friday, May 27, 2010 Oprah aired one of her last shows and did an update on Tererai Trent.  Now, here's a gutsy woman!  Born in rural Zimbabwe she had no future as a young girl.  Her wish was to be able to go to school but instead, her father forced her to marry at age 11.  By age 18 she was a mother of three.  If she told her husband she wanted an education, he beat her.  In 1991, Jo Luck,

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Recently I learned about Rebecca Neuenswander Welsh while doing some Internet surfing. Her story is compelling … While travelling abroad Rebecca was horrified to witness orphans begging for food in the streets of the cities she visited. The faces of these young children burned into her memory and even after returning home to the USA she could not get the faces out of her mind. As a martial arts

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Take just a few minutes to "oil your lamp" by clicking on the book below and watching a movie that can help to change your life forever!  Share this link with all your friends.

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Watch this movie from Simple Truths - it is a great way to spend the next 3 minutes!The book also makes a great gift. 

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Anne Hennis was born in Liverpool, England in the early 1740's.  As a teenager she came to America with her family who settled in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.    In 1774 and during the Battle of Point Pleasant Anne's husband was killed.  She sent her 7-year old son to live with relatives and began her career as a frontier scout.  As a scout she became famous as a skilled

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"Wouldn't it be wonderful to find one gift that you didn't have to dust, that had to be used right away, that was practical, fit everyone, was personal and would be remembered for a long time? I penciled in 'Gift Certificate for a Flu Shot.'"~ Erma Bombeck

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Mukhtar Mai is not a college graduate, in fact she is barely literate. And yet a New York Times columnist said, "There is no one person who has been more courageous - or more effective - in the struggle for women's rights in the developing world." Mukhtar truly is a Gutsy Woman. In June, 2002, in her villege of Meerwala in Pakistan, and at the age of 33 years, she was gang-raped by four men

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"I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome."~ Golda Meir

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This is a fantastic website! L'Oreal of Paris has created a website and gives awards to "Women of Worth" for their contributions to their communities. Now these are the gutsy women of today! Click on the title to this post and go check out their website!

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Juanita Lucy Autherine Foster was born October 5, 1929 in Shiloh, Alabama the daughter of Hosea and Milton Lucy. As one of ten children she went to public schools through junior high. She worked in the cotton fields and also helped to raise watermelon, sweet potatoes and peanuts for her family. She graduated from Linden Academy (high school) in 1947.Lucy’s undergraduate years were spent at

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Not too long ago my friend Karen told me that she is facing a serious illness and some major surgery coming up next month. Throughout the whole ordeal she has not lost her sense of humor, graciousness or strength. I know that deep down she is fighting her own "demons" and may even be frightened (although she would never admit it!) I care about my friend very much and am a better person for

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The majority of people in Guatemala are descendants of Mayan Indians. It is into this culture that Rigoberta Menchu Tum was born in 1959 in a small village of Chimel. She began work as a very young girl and educated herself. Sadly, her mother, father and a brother were killed during a time of political unrest in Guatemala because her father supposedly "opposed the landowners." Her father was

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Calamity Jane was born around 1852 in Missouri, as Martha Jane Cannary. When the Gold Rush began she moved to Deadwood, Dakota in the Black Hills of what we know now as South Dakota. Calamity told folks that she and Wild Bill Hickok had married and that he was the father of her child, but nothing is known about the child and it is presumed to have been given up for adoption. Sadly, her true love,

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Facts:Born 1918Died 1999 Year Inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame: 1991Recognized for her achievements in scienceGertrude Elion is one of the nation's most distinguished research scientists, and her Nobel Prize in 1988 capped a career devoted to research to combat some of the world's most dangerous diseases. Elion, working predominantly with George Hitchings, has created drugs to combat

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Maria Mitchell was an astronomer in an era when women were not even allowed to vote, or show their ankles below the hemlines of their dresses, much less be influential in a profession dominated by men.She was born August 1, 1818 in Nantucket, Massachusetts USA. Although she attended Cyrus Pierce's School for Young Ladies, in her younger years she was primarily taught by her father and then

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This post on Abijah Collins was removed today following receipt of feedback from a relative as shown below. Although there was no malice or intent on my part to offend anyone, I have chosen to delete the article as originally written by myself and refer all future blog guests directly to the source of information.The purpose of this blog is to share with others the lives of incredible and "gutsy"

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Frances Perkins was born in Boston, Massachussetts on April 10, 1882. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College and later worked as a social worker in Worcester and a teacher in Chicago. While living in Chicago, Illinois she became involved in Hull House, a settlement house founded by Jane Addams. Later she moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she worked closely with immigrant girls.Frances

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Virginia Hall was born in Baltimore, Maryland USA on April 6, 1906 where her father was a cinema owner. She earned her college degree at Radcliffe College where she also developed a keen interest in languages. She was fluent in French, Italian and German.In 1931 Hall was appointed to the staff of the American Embassy in Poland. Over the next few years she worked in Estonia, Austria and Turkey.

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LADD, Catherine Stratton (28 Oct. 1808-30 Jan. 1899), educator and writer, was born in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of James Stratton and Ann Collins. Her father, a native of Ireland, had been in the United States for only two years when, just six months after Catherine's birth, he fell off a boat and drowned. Catherine Stratton was educated in Richmond at the same school attended by Edgar

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Born Arhondula Skapetorahis in Doumenia, Patras, Greece on March, 1892, Margaret lived in Greece during her middle school and high school years. She grew up in a very domineering family and with her determination and drive, she decided to disobey her family and not honor the marriage they had arranged for her. She escaped to New York in 1917. From this point forward, she was self-educated and

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"We look into mirrorsbut we only see the effects ofour times on us -- not our effects on others."--Pearl Bailey

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Valaida Snow was born into a family of musicians on June 2, 1903 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Her mother taught Valaida, her sisters and her brother how to play multiple instruments. She and all her siblings eventually became professional musicians. Valaida learned to play the cello, bass, violin, banjo, mandolin, harp, accordion, clarinet, saxophone and trumpet.With her musical talent Valaida was

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Elizabeth Van Lew was born October 17, 1818 in Richmond, Virginia to a prominent, wealthy family. She gained her education in a Philadelphia Quaker school where she eventually became an abolitionist. When she returned to her family's home in Richmond she convinced her mother to free the family's slaves.After the Civil War started, she openly supported the Union. She took items of clothing, food

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Hazel Mountain Walker, born February 16, 1889 was the daughter of Chrles and Alice Mountain. As a young woman she attended Cleveland Normal Training School and in 1909 earned a Bachelor's and Master's in Education from Western Reserve University. During the summer break, when she was not teaching, Hazel worked towards a Law Degree at Baldwin-Wallace College where she earned her degree and passed

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Abbie Burgess was born in 1938 in Maine, she was one of ten children. She had two older sisters, one older brother, five younger sisters and her youngest sibling was a boy. She had limited formal schooling and was, instead, home-schooled by her mother. She could read and write.In 1853, Abbie's father, Sam Burgess, was appointed Lighthouse Keeper at Matinicus Rock. As a young woman she married

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Born on May 4, 1844 in Martinsburg, Virginia, Belle (as she was called) came from a typical Southern family. Her father, Ben, was a store merchant and grocer. Unfortunately, several brothers died before the Civil War. Later, Belle's father joined the Virginia Cavalry and she was left with her sister Mary Jane, age 10, her brother Bill, age 4, her mother and grandmother. Between the ages of 12 and

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Born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania Rachel Carson was the youngest of three children. She had a rugged childhood living in a simple farmhouse outside the western Pennsylvania river town. She credited her mother with introducing her to the wonders of nature that became her lifelong passion.After her education was completed Rachel joined the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries as the writer of a

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Born 1818/9 to George and Agnes Hobbs in Hillsborough, North Carolina, Lizzie, as she was referred to, had no formal education. Her parents were slaves and her father had a different master than her mother and lived 100 miles from Lizzie. Lizzie's father was allowed to visit only at Easter and Christmas. After age 7 or 8, she never saw her father again as his master moved away, taking George with

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Mary Edwards Walker was definitely a "gutsy" woman. She has the distinction of being a prisoner of war during the Civil War, writer, doctor, fashion trend-setter and the only female to receive the Medal of Honor.She was born November 26, 1832 in Oswego, New York. She was the youngest of five daughters and one son, born to Alvah and Vesta Walker. Her father was a carpenter-farmer and abolitionist

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There were quite a number of women who made their mark on history in the 19th and early 20th century. Victoria Woodhull was one of those "gutsy" women.Born in September, 1838 in Homer, Ohio and was one of nine children. At the age of ten she began believing that she experienced "visions" and she began believing that she possessed spirits. In 1853, at the age of 16 years, she married a Cincinnati

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Florence Kling Harding, wife of President Warren Harding, was born August 15, 1860 in Marion, Ohio. She was the eldest child of three, with two younger brothers. Her father owned a hardware store, which led to owning other businesses and banks, making him the wealthiest man in Marion. Unfortunately, he was also tyrannical and her mother, depressed and submissive. If the Kling children did not

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Josephine Baker was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906 to parents Carrie McDonald and Eddie Carson. At the age of 12 she dropped out of school although we can see by her accomplishments that this did not stop her from being a "gutsy" woman.Overcoming the limitations society put upon her because of the color of her skin, she became one of the world's most versatile entertainers, performing on

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Margaret Bourke-White is a woman of many "firsts." She was a forerunner in the newly emerging field of photojournalism, and was the first female to be hired as such. She was the first photographer for Fortune magazine, in 1929. In 1930, she was the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet Union. She was born on June 14, 1904 in The Bronx, NY. She attended several universities throughout

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(excerpt taken from http://www.amcivilwarbiography.homestead.com/hodgers.html)"Jennie Hodgers was one of the several women who served in the Civil War. She is noted as holding the record for documented service for female soldiers in the war, having completed a three-year term in the 95th Illinois Infantry Regiment. Other women may have served for a longer period of time, perhaps having moved from

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Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from medical school (M.D.); pioneer in educating women in medicineBorn in England, Elizabeth Blackwell's early education was by private tutor. Samuel Blackwell, her father, moved the family to the United States in 1832. He became involved, as he had been in England, in social reform. His involvement with abolitionism led to a friendship with

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Lou Henry Hoover, wife to President Herbert Hoover, was another gutsy woman. This information was found at: http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery08/gallery08.html "Born in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1874, the future Lou Henry Hoover learned to love the outdoors from her banker father. Speaking of her parents she wrote, "They would not want me to stay meekly at home." The day after her

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Rachel Cormany was originally born in Canada but moved to Chambersburg with her husband, Samuel, during the war. She began writing in her diary well before the war. Her diary entries for the war years vividly describe her life as a woman on the home front. Alone while her husband served in the Union Army, Rachel often complained of depression and boredom. After the war, the Cormanys moved to

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Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller (or Grammy Miller) lived to be 90 years old. She was a Scotch/Yankeee who lived with her husband and four boys on Mountain and Lake View Farm in West Newbury, Vermont. During an interview with Rebecca M. Halley, she was asked, "Did you ever have to do work that the men usually did?" Here's her response:"One fall we had a five hundred and fifty pound dressed hog hanging in

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At 7-feet, 7-1/4 inches, Sandy Allen is the world's tallest women. Although being the tallest has some advantages, it also has disadvantages as well, but Sandy has managed to laugh at the disadvantages. She has created a video titled, "It's OK To Be Different," in which Sandy challenges kids to make the best of obstacles they face and to always treat others with respect. When Sandy was ten years

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Lydia was a women ahead of her time. She lived in about A.D. 50 and was a business women from Thyratira. In her business she sold purple cloth, which at that time, was associated with high social rank and great wealth. Now, dyeing cloth was a lot harder to do in AD 50 than it is now. The purple dye was obtained from the shells of the murex, an ocean molusk. Because it was difficult to produce,

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Corrie ten Boom was a brave woman who hid and witnessed to many Jews in Holland. She risked her life to help these people during World War II. She was also part of the Dutch Underground and Resistance. In 1944 the ten Booms were caught and Corrie and her sister were sent to a concentration camp in Berlin. After a few years in the camp she was mysteriously released and found her way back home.

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Susan Cobb Milton Atkinson’s concern about education for young women led to the establishment of the Georgia Normal and Industrial School, which later became Georgia State College for Women, now Georgia College & State University, in Milledgeville. The day her husband introduced a legislative bill to establish the school, she provided him with petitions of endorsement from 200,000 Georgia men,

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Blinded at only six weeks old by an incompetent doctor, Fanny Crosby could have spent her life wrapped in bitterness and depression. Instead, she declared that her blindness was “. . . the best thing that ever happened to me. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me.” Fanny not only sang hymns, she wrote them -

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"The military, which prided itself on the records it kept in Vietnam -- counting the enemy number of weapons captured, for example -- cannot to this day say with certainty how many women served. The army that sent them never bothered to count them. The estimate most frequently given is that a total of 7,500 served in the military in Vietnam."Laura Palmer, "Shrapnel in the Heart"

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Vivian Bullwinkel (1915-2000) was the sole survivor when the Japanese massacred 21 army nurses and one elderly civilian woman on Bangka Island, now part of Indonesia. She was taken POW and survived the hell camps of Sumatra, going on to become one of Australia's most distinguished women.

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Sarah F. Adams was born in England in the winter of 1805. Even as a child she was the center of attention and dreamed of being an actress. In 1834 she married Williams Bridges Adams, a civil engineer. They lived in London so that Sarah could be near the great theatres of that time. In 1837 she played "Lady MacBeth" in the Richmond Theater in London and received rave reviews. Unfortunately, her

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Welcome to GutsyWomen.Blogspot.com!I just started this blog but I've been thinking about it for quite a while. You may be wondering what this is going to be about?Well, I've always been a firm believer in having mentors, teachers and other people in my life that influence and challenge me to be my best or to achieve more. That's what Gutsy Women will be about. Each week we'll review a woman who "

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