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 had constantly devoted herself to the service of the church and peace, and to the empire as guardian of both ; she also interested herself in the conversion of the Slavs.

She eventually left the bench in 1998 and devoted herself full-time to her website and books in September 1999.

She enjoyed a happy marriage and in later life, devoted time to Alde House and gardening, travelling with younger members of the extended family.

She was a devoted Catholic who believed that she could turn the clock back to 1516, before the Reformation began.

She was devoted to Jahangir and he forgot all about the world and entrusted all the work of the government to her.

She devoted the last four decades of her life to studying theology ( especially patristics ) and to serving the poor.

She was a very devoted housewife and mother.

She becomes completely devoted to and enamored of Tara, and then manipulates her to avoid conflict when Tara does not conform to what she wants.

She marries George Osborne against the wishes of George's father, and is devoted to him despite his neglect of her and flirtation with Becky.

She is the devoted sister of James Morland.

Alexandra was devoted to her children: " She was in her glory when she could run up to the nursery, put on a flannel apron, wash the children herself and see them asleep in their little beds.

She is devoted and proud, even when she becomes impoverished.

( She seems to have been especially endearing to Xavier Privas, hailed in 1899 as the " prince of songwriters ": several of his songs Is Dead ", " Pierrette's Christmas " are devoted to her fortunes.

She devoted a great deal of time in her autobiography to the importance of her faith throughout her career.

She gave up modeling and devoted her time to erotic photography becoming the first female to shoot Page Three for The Sun ( United Kingdom ).

She devoted the rest of her life to writing, both nonfiction and well-researched fiction.

She had a bronze statue of her late husband constructed, and devoted herself to it.

She devoted the next three years of her life to Biblical study and what she considered the discovery of Christian Science.

She was also depicted as a devoted housewife and attentive mother.

She was born in Tierp, Uppland and was raised in Skövde, Västergötland, and after finishing her academic education she has devoted her time to poetry, as literary critic and a playwright.

She devoted her life to domestic duties and family life.

She was a devoted feminist, often finding men being the root of evil.

She finally swallows her pride and appeals to the devoted first wife of Krishna.

She doubled the size of the magazine, expanding every section, and devoted much of the space in the magazine to feminist ideals.