She was instrumental in promoting Mantua to a Duchy, which was obtained by wise diplomatic use of her son's marriage contracts.

She also obtained the backing of the Workers ' Party of Ireland which was strong in Dublin and was considered crucial to getting working class votes.

She later obtained one, and the trio started rehearsing in Deal's apartment.

She began to study Art History in the University of Helsinki in 1962 but in autumn 1963 she changed her studies to law, and obtained her Master of Laws degree in 1968 specializing in criminal law.

She obtained a master's degree ( MA ) from Radcliffe in 1962 and pursued further graduate studies at Harvard University for two years but never finished because she failed to complete her dissertation on “ The English Metaphysical Romance.

She obtained first-class honours in her final exams, though women were not at that time admitted to degrees at Oxford.

She also obtained a first class honours degree from London University.

She received her undergraduate degree from Chapman College in Orange in 1982, obtained her MBA from American University in Washington, DC in 1984, and was a financial analyst until entering the House.

She obtained a BA in Social Studies and later a Ph. D. in Sociology and Personality Psychology at Harvard University.

She obtained work at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, where she performed in elaborate musical sequences that were related to and served as prologues for the feature film.

She returned to Hong Kong at the age of 18 in 1982 for vacation, but ended up staying for modeling assignments and other commitments ; she also shortly obtained a sales job at Lane Crawford department store.

She obtained her file from the hospital with the help of a lawyer.

She obtained employment as a violinist in a Salt Lake City, Utah, theater.

She obtained a legal divorce on July 21, 1942, during which Wallace withdrew his request for separate maintenance, and West testified that she and Wallace had lived together for only " several weeks.

She moved to the United States in 1982 and obtained a M. S.

She obtained British nationality by marrying and divorcing Englishman James Turner in Beirut ; Turner died a year later of alcoholism.

She obtained a B. A.

Jemison obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1981 from Cornell Medical College ( now Weill Medical College of Cornell University ) She interned at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center and later worked as a general practitioner.

She obtained a corresponding drawing of an average male face.

She went to Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth and afterwards obtained a first class honours degree in modern languages at Somerville College, Oxford.

She then attended the University of Arkansas Medical School, where she obtained her M. D.

She then soloed and within two years obtained her commercial pilot's license.

She obtained her PhD in 2009 from history / historical anthropology at the University of Primorska with a thesis entitled Memory and Remembrance.

She obtained BA from history at the University of Ljubljana ( 1997 ), and took the position of a postgraduate young researcher at the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis ( abr.

She is in Madame Tussard's Waxworks in London, a princess of the Kiowa tribe and an honorary colonel in many states.

She holds honorary doctor of letters degrees from the University of Bath, and Middlebury College, Vermont, both awarded in 2002.

She holds honorary degrees from the University of Toronto, York University, McMaster University, Trent University, and the University of British Columbia.

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 was christened the U. S. Navy's official " Little Sister "; the Army named two cannons after her and made her an honorary colonel.

She has also been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Yale University, Harvard University, Williams College, and Smith College.

She was among the youngest in Yale University when she received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in 1987.

She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus and was an honorary member of the faculty at the University of Bologna.

She became a pupil of Antonio Bagioli of Cesena, Emilia – Romagna, and later of the composer Gioachino Rossini, when he was ' perpetual honorary adviser ' in ( and then the principal of ) the Liceo Musicale, now Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini, in Bologna.

She was a Patron of the International Red Cross Committee, honorary chair of the British United Aid to China Fund, and First Honorary Member of the Bill of Rights Commemorative Society.

She was granted three honorary doctorates by Sacred Heart University, Niagara University and Ohio State University.

She was the recipient of honorary lifetime awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1981, the American Film Institute in 1987, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Golden Globes, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Screen Actors Guild.

She was granted an honorary LLD by St. Andrew's University in 1905, awarded a damehood ( GBE ) in 1925, and died four years later, in 1929.

She has been awarded honorary doctoral degrees from Howard University, Temple University and Smith College.

She was made an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Kent in July 1994.

She has received many honorary Degrees, including Doctor of Civil Laws from the University of Western Ontario in June 2000, Doctor of Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University in May 2001, and Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of British Columbia in November 2001, the University of Waterloo in October 2006, in June 2009 from the University of Alberta and University of Guelph, and from Simon Fraser University in October 2009.

She serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund ( CDF ) and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation.

She acts as a spokeswoman for Avon's cosmetic products and serves as the honorary chair of the Avon Foundation, a charitable organization that supports women and focuses on breast cancer research and the prevention of domestic violence.

In 2002, Raitt signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the U. S. A. She has visited children in the program and sits on the organization's board of directors as an honorary member.

She is on the board of trustees of the Berlin-based AIDS-Hilfe ( AIDS-Help ) group, and is an honorary member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation and the Angelo Roncalli Committee within that organization.

She holds honorary degrees from Brandeis University ( 1996 ); the University of Washington ( 2002 ); Smith College ( 2003 ); University of Winnipeg ( 2005 ); the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( 2007 ), and Knox College ( 2008 ).

She was a long-time Methodist missionary and honorary citizen of Brazil.

She has also been recognized with several honorary doctorates, including a 1978 doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a 1986 doctorate from the Professional School of Psychological Studies.

She is also a supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, of which she is an honorary board member.

She is the holder of honorary doctorates in literature from the University of Huddersfield and the University of Sheffield, and is an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.