She was the daughter and sole heiress of either a cattle baron or an oil millionaire and, having arrived in New York with a big bank roll, became a dabbler in various fields.

She became aware that two Italian workmen, carrying a large azalea pot, were standing before her and wanted her to move so that they could begin arranging a new row of the display.

She called him, " an intelligent, philosophic, modest man " and found his views on education " very attractive ". Locals in Cheshire were less supportive and became suspicious of his methods.

She converted to Islam and became known as Umm Habiba ( Little Mother of the Beloved ).

She became Tiberius's first wife and was the mother of his natural son Drusus Julius Caesar.

She became involved in politics in Tiberius ’ imperial court, became an advocate for her sons to succeed Tiberius, and opposed Tiberius ’ natural son and natural grandson Tiberius Gemellus for succession.

She became a national figure in 1991 when she alleged that U. S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had made harassing sexual statements when he was her supervisor at the U. S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1987 general election as member for the constituency of Maidstone ( which became Maidstone and The Weald in 1997 ).

She became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3: 3 as Δαλουια, Dalouia.

She started her acting career in 1952 and, after appearing in 16 films, became world-famous due to her role in her then-husband Roger Vadim's controversial film And God Created Woman.

She became a vegetarian and raised three million francs to fund the foundation by auctioning off jewellery and many personal belongings.

She became the sister-in-law of her friend and colleague, Édouard Manet, when she married his brother, Eugène.

She also drew Manet into the circle of painters who soon became known as the Impressionists.

Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit publishing it first privately in 1901, and a year later as a small, three-colour illustrated book with Frederick Warne & Co. She became unofficially engaged to her editor Norman Warne in 1905 despite the disapproval of her parents, but he died suddenly a month later, of leukemia.

She won so much land for her father's kingdom that Zeus became enraged and changed her into a monster.

She won the Logan Medal of the arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, and became a member of the National Academy in 1902.

She became known in the 1970s in films such as Hester Street ( for which she received an Academy Award nomination ) and Annie Hall.

She quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actresses, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.

She became a member of the Communist Party in 1938, and married Deng a year later in front of Mao's cave dwelling in Yan ' an.

She became the top-ranking female box office star of all time and is currently ranked sixth among the top 10 box office performers ( male and female ), as of 2012.

She also later became a moon goddess, supplanting Titan goddess Luna.

She also became the goddess of childbirth and ruled over the countryside.

She continued to have hits with " Heartbreaker " ( 1978 ), " Baby I'm Burning " and " You're the Only One " ( both 1979 ), all of which charted in the pop singles Top 40, and all of which also topped the country-singles chart ; 1979's " Sweet Summer Lovin '" became the first Parton single in two years to not top the country singles chart ( though it still nonetheless reached the top ten ).

She made headlines and became part of the national debate over troubled child stars, particularly given the difficulties of her Diff ' rent Strokes co-stars, Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges.

She was elected Maine's second female Senate Majority Leader on December 4, 1996.

She does not receive a mitre nor is given a crosier as part of the ceremony ; however, by ancient tradition, she may carry a crosier when leading her community.

She expressed reservations over the eventual winner David Cameron, feeling that he did not, like the other candidates, have a proven track record, and she was later a leading figure in parliamentary opposition to his A-List policy, which she has said is " an insult to women ".

She followed with another leading part in the thriller film Trapped ( 2002 ), alongside Kevin Bacon and Charlize Theron.

She was asked to provide information for Defence Secretariat 19 about leading CND personnel but was instructed to include only information from published sources.

She was the first actress to win an Academy Award for a performance in any foreign language, and the second Italian leading lady Oscar-winner ( after Anna Magnani ).

She perceives and models reality according to the stereotypes and typical plot structures of the Gothic novel, leading to a series of absurd events culminating in catastrophe.

She then confirmed her status as one of the world's leading players, narrowly failing to qualify for the Candidates Tournaments at the rival FIDE and PCA Interzonal tournaments.

She serves in the honorary position of ambassador for the program leading the federal government's effort to give women a " wake up call " about the risk of heart disease.

She went on to establish herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses, acknowledged her accomplished dancing.

She is shown to be fiercely protective of her marriage to Victor, becoming easily suspicious and jealous, for example, of a Dutch marionette that Victor becomes occupied with repairing in the episode " Hole in the Sky ", eventually leading her to destroy it.

" She shared a Best Actress award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival with five of her co-stars, as well as receiving a Goya Award and European Film Award, and was nominated for the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role.

She was one of the important advocates in leading the way for women's rights to be acknowledged and instituted in the American government.

She was the leading portrait painter in Genoa until she moved to Palermo in her last years.

She said: " The opinion of a leading sexologist, who maintains that this series has no negative effects on a child's psychology, is perfectly credible.

She renewed her support for a defeat of the Confederacy, and before long she was leading a band of scouts through the land around Port Royal.

She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day.

She was commonly known as the leading beauty of the Russian Empire.

Regardless of the reasoning behind its introduction, Elizabeth transformed “ her court into the country ’ s leading musical center .” She would spare no expense in its regard, importing leading musical talents from Germany, France, and Italy.

She was expected by tradition to spend money on her attire, so as to outshine other women at Court, being the leading example of fashion in Versailles ( the previous queen, Maria Leszczyńska, had died in 1768, two years prior to Marie Antoinette's arrival ).

She became the romantic interest for some of MGM's leading male stars, among them Ramón Novarro, William Haines, John Gilbert and Tim McCoy.

) She was murdered in 1382 by her cousin and heir, Charles of Durazzo, who started a new war, leading to the separation of Nice, Puget-Théniers and Barcelonnette from Provence in 1388, and their attachment to the territories of Savoy.

She was a personal friend and niece of Segismundo Moret, a leading Spanish progressive thinker and the boss of the liberal party's right hand.

She was forced to wear ship instead of tack and the leading Spanish vessel came close enough to threaten her with a broadside.