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She and works
She had, of course, been exposed to and enjoyed a music appreciation course which had included the better known classical works such as `` Tristan und Isolde '', `` Candide '', `` Oklahoma '', `` Nozze de Figaro '', the atomic age singers, Eileen Farrell, Elvis Presley and Geraldine Todd, as well as the curious rhythmic progressions of the Venusians, Capellan visual chromatics and the sonic concerti of the Altairians.
" She spent the next three years investigating the law of God according to the Bible, especially in the words and works of Jesus.
She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously.
) The She ' iltot was influential on both subsequent works.
She also bought more than 400 works by Dutch artist Bart van der Leck, but his popularity did not take off like van Gogh's.
She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny.
She began creating works of fiction at a very early age.
She was well-read in the works of René Descartes and Baruch Spinoza.
She developed this in in Isis Unveiled ( 1877 ) and The Secret Doctrine ( 1888 ), her major works and exposition of her Theosophy.
Anna Pinney, a young woman who sometimes accompanied Anning while she collected, wrote: " She says the world has used her ill ... these men of learning have sucked her brains, and made a great deal of publishing works, of which she furnished the contents, while she derived none of the advantages.
She symbolizes regrowth when she helps the starving stranger ( see also Roman Charity, works of art based on the legend of a daughter as wet nurse to her dying father ).
She also employed other mystical ascetic works such as the Tractatus de oratione et meditatione of Saint Peter of Alcantara, and perhaps many of those upon which Saint Ignatius of Loyola based his Spiritual Exercises and possibly the Spiritual Exercises themselves.
She became acquainted with her husband, the poet and author Johann Christoph Gottsched, when she sent him some of her own works.
She wrote several popular comedies, of which Das Testament is the best, and translated The Spectator ( 9 volumes, 1739 – 1743 ), Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock ( 1744 ) and other English and French works.
She supports Lucien, a childlike young man who works for Mr. Collignon, the bullying neighborhood greengrocer ; by playing practical jokes on Collignon, whose confidence she undermines until he questions his own sanity.
She was showcased by the famed Japanese animation film company, Studio Ghibli, which is known for works such as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.
She was on good terms with her mother-in-law, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, with whom she discussed religious works, such as the one written by Mechtilde of Hackeborn.
She works with the Robert and Heather Urich Fund for Sarcoma Research at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
She commissioned works such as terracotta busts of the kings and queens of England from Michael Rysbrack, and supervised a more naturalistic design of the royal gardens by William Kent and Charles Bridgeman.
She becomes complicit in Peter's actions by posting works alongside his as " Demosthenes ".
She has also published four collections of stories and three collections of unclassifiable short prose works.
She read the Odyssey at the age of nine and enjoyed the works of John Bunyan, especially his 1678 story The Pilgrim's Progress.
She engages in charitable works and attempts to guide her girls ' morals and to shape their characters, usually through experiments.
She also meets and becomes deeply involved with several characters: Rosa, a young nun who works in a shelter for battered prostitutes and is pregnant by Lola ; Rosa's mother ; Huma Rojo, the actress her son had admired ; and the drug-addicted Nina Cruz, Huma's co-star and lover.
She returned with some of her works near completion, but settled in Quebec to earn a living as a sketch artist while continuing to write.

She and humanitarian
She was known in the community as a naturalist and humanitarian.
She has frequently supported LGBT rights and has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, Asians, and the LGBT community.
She went on to become a wealthy landowner, humanitarian and philanthropist.
She is involved in humanitarian activities in Darfur, Chad, and the Central African Republic.
She is widely respected for her humanitarian activities.
She is also a part of Plan USA, a humanitarian organization which helps children in need around the world.
She works for humanitarian and human rights organizations for 10 years after she first travels to Ethiopia, and eventually works for the UNHCR and acts as a regional representative for the United Kingdom.
She is an international advocate for women ’ s and children ’ s rights and in 1997 was made a British dame for her humanitarian work.
She joined humanitarian associations and worked with marginalized people and pupils.
She also devotes much of her time to humanitarian work and charities.
She became an honorary citizen of South Africa for her humanitarian work there.
She successfully navigates the murky waters of UN politics, setting up a UN Security Council resolution to end the ( real-life ) humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
She has won awards from the Croatian Journalist Association for her work, as well as from the European Community for her humanitarian work.
The United States policy, following the recent humanitarian crisis in Gaza, dictates the need for a ceasefire, stating that the US would “ work diplomatically and through other means to try to support efforts to ensure that the ceasefire is lasting, and in that context for border crossings to be open and be available for humanitarian as well as day-to-day economic development imperatives .” Later, Ambassador Susan E. Rice claimed that the Palestinian civilians required “ urgent humanitarian and reconstruction assistance .” She also called on Israel to investigate claims of humanitarian abuse made by Palestinians.
She has received several awards: My Place won the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission humanitarian award in 1987, the Western Australia Week literary award for non-fiction in 1988, and the 1990 Order of Australia Book Prize.
She is known for her philanthropic and humanitarian work, but has been criticised for making allegedly ostentatious displays of generosity as well as self-promotion.
She is a spokesperson for the Smile Network, a Minnesota-based humanitarian organization that provides reconstructive surgeries and related health care services to impoverished children and young adults in developing countries.
She is regularly involved with humanitarian efforts, animal rights, cancer research, the environment and children.
She a nurse and humanitarian activist from Barbados.
She used this position to further her humanitarian efforts in Rochester, starting eight companies, including a construction company that built houses for the middle class.
She subsequently moved to Croatia and has supported Croatian humanitarian causes in the U. S. and Europe.
She is the vice-president of the humanitarian organization CARE France and represents her country on the Board of Directors of CARE International.

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