Her publication of Views of Society and Manners in America was a major turning point, as it brought her new acquaintances, and led to her return to the United States, where she became established as a social reformer.

Her honesty alienates Willie's high society acquaintances and his biggest customer and causes a run on the bank.

Her acquaintances from this period were amazed to learn of her spiritual development during the war years, a period in which she adopted clearly different interests and a different circle of friends, although she did maintain a number of her pre-war contacts.

Her result was considered exceptional considering the strength of the tournament, average 2701, and she was praised for her tactical skills in her game against Ivanchuk.

Her latest and third adult novel Summer Sisters ( 1998 ) was widely praised and has sold more than 3 million copies.

Her performance was praised by a number of critics, including Rob Blackwelder for SPLICEDwire, who wrote about the " dazzling performance by Sarah Michelle Gellar who plunges headlong into the lascivious malevolence that makes Kathryn so delightfully wicked.

Her on screen chemistry with Alec Baldwin was either criticized or praised, with Eye For Film commenting, " The film works best when Baldwin and Gellar are together – aside from the fact that Gellar seriously needs to eat a bun or two ".

Her philosophy was highly praised by Auguste Comte.

Further singles, including the title track, " The Boy in the Bubble " and " Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes ", were not commercial hits but became radio standards and were highly praised.

Her pacifism was influenced by the writings of Immanuel Kant, Henry Thomas Buckle, Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin and Leo Tolstoy ( Tolstoy praised Die Waffen nieder!

Her performance as Annette Hargrove was praised by the San Francisco Chronicle: " Witherspoon is especially good in the least flashy role, and even when called upon to make a series of cute devilish faces, she pulls it off.

Her Star Trek character was groundbreaking in the racist society at the time, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. personally praised her work on the show and asked her to remain when she was considering leaving the series.

Her performance was highly praised by critics and audiences alike.

In 1903, a letter from Her Majesty's Inspector praised the success of the technical subjects.

Her films were shown by James Williamson at Hove Town Hall in November 1900, being included in his catalogue in 1902, and were praised by the film pioneer Cecil Hepworth and the writer E. F. Benson.

Her French companions, especially Henri Tardivat, praised her fighting spirit, amply demonstrated when she killed an SS sentry with her bare hands to prevent him from raising the alarm during a raid.

Her performance was praised by critics, including Paul Clinton of CNN. com, who stated that she " is excellent in this leading role, which proves that her stellar performance in Mulholland Drive was not a fluke.

Her work impressed him, and he praised it highly in a review on articles about women's liberation.

Her novels have been highly praised for their simplicity and charm, the last qualities the circumstances of the writer's life would lead one to expect in her work.

She was praised for her performance as the title character in Bertoldt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children.

Her Swedish lyrics have also been praised.

She played a character named Biddy Blair in a farce called Miss in Her Teens by David Garrick and was praised in the Portland Herald: " Miss Arnold, in Miss Biddy, exceeded all praise ..

Her work was praised by the Dean of Arts for both her broadcasting and academic career.

Her programme was praised by some but it proved unpopular with many who preferred the old mainstream pop fare.

Her voice is praised for its beauty and clarity, as well as its unusual pronunciations.

Her debut novel, In a fishbone church, was published in 1998 and has been widely praised in New Zealand and overseas, winning the Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction in The Montana NZ Book Awards in 1998.

Her performance was also praised by critics, although the production closed sooner than expected.

Her work has been praised by other notable fantasy authors, including George R. R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Hand ,< ref >

Her mother was also named Marie-Madeline, and this plethora of " Maries " may have been the reason she went by Sophie.

Her mother was Ann Sophie Weigall née Hamilton.

Her mother Sophie ( née Marquis ) who died when Rosa Bonheur was only eleven, had been a piano teacher.

Her personality as Sophie is initially somewhat timid, however, by the end of the book she becomes an adept magician and confident young woman.

She was born as the eighth child and sixth daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna ( born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg ), and thus was Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia.

Her sister, Sophie, who was the more attractive child, represented a threat in the struggle for the affection of their father: ' the two young Freuds developed their version of a common sisterly division of territories: " beauty " and " brains "', and their father once spoke of her ' age-old jealousy of Sophie '.

In 1938-1939, she had her own radio program, Sophie Tucker and Her Show, broadcasting for 15 minutes on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays.

Her mother, the well-known Madame Sophie Gay, brought her up in the midst of a brilliant literary society.

Her maternal grandmother, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, and her paternal first-cousin Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom served as sponsors at her baptism ; her second given name came from Princess Augusta Sophie.

* 23 February 1847 – 28 September 1868 Her Royal Highness Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria

Her sisters included Eleonor Magdalene, Holy Roman Empress, Maria Sofia, Queen of Portugal, Maria Anna, Queen of Spain and Dorothea Sophie, Duchess of Parma and mother of the famous Elisabeth Farnese.

Her mother, Sophie, is established to have committed suicide when Susan was a child, which Ivanova blames on the Psi Corps.

Her paternal grandparents were John I, Duke of Lorraine and Sophie of Wurttemberg.

Her stepfather is Sir Nicholas Lloyd, former editor of the Daily Express, and her half-sister, from her father's second marriage, to children's author Cindy Black, is actress Sophie Winkleman, wife of Lord Frederick Windsor.

Her relationship with actor Julian Holloway produced one daughter, model and author Sophie Dahl.

Her partner, Sophie Allouache, a public servant and former University of Adelaide Students ' Association president, attended her swearing-in ceremony along with Wong's mother, Jane Chapman.

Her children were Dorothea Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte Ackermann and Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann.

Her finest moments on disc include her Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Sophie in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.

Her daughter Sophie Grigson ( b. 1959 ) is also a cookery writer and broadcaster.

Her roles at the Met included Susanna in Nozze di Figaro ; Despina in Così fan tutte ; The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute ; Amore in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice ; Marzeline in Beethoven's Fidelio ; Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia ; Adina in Elisir d ' amore ; Norina in Don Pasquale ; Oscar in Ballo in maschera ; Nanetta in Falstaff ; Olympia in Les contes d ' Hoffmann ; Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier ; Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos ; and Adele in Die Fledermaus.

* 3 July 1746-1 October 1766 Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie Magdalene of Denmark and Norway

Her three sisters were soprano Josepha Weber ( 1758 – 1819 ), who premiered the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute ; Constanze Weber the wife of Mozart ; and Sophie Weber.

Her desire to continue her burgeoning career, she used the professional name Mary Gray for a while, and her faltering relationship with her husband prompted her to relocate to Chicago where she was noticed by a talent agent, Frank Westphal, who took her to New York and introduced her to his wife, singer Sophie Tucker.