Advertisements
Search results
Create the page "Self-made Men and Women" on this wiki! See also the search results found.
- '''American writer and feminist''' ...es who adopted her. She was raised in poverty on a farm in the rural South and now farms in Pennsylvania.2 KB (244 words) - 04:43, 4 March 2018
- '''Also known as Marta Skavronskaya and EkaterinaAlexeevna''' ...advisor, and married him in 1712. She was crowned empress-consort in 1724 and when Peter died without leaving a son, she was proclaimed the first empress2 KB (293 words) - 03:22, 26 February 2018
- ...wo angelic beings transported him to Heaven, where he met God face to face and was told he would be able to foretell the future. ...organizations: Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, and Jewish World Outreach, and is particularly concerned with evangelizing other Jews.2 KB (246 words) - 19:52, 3 March 2018
- ...ather was a wastrel and a vagabond, her mother died in 1895, and Gabrielle and a sister were then abandoned in an [[orphanage]] until adulthood, while two ...fashions of the day. She soon rose to be the queen of Paris haute couture and remained the most powerful figure there for six decades, at one time employ2 KB (362 words) - 06:01, 28 February 2018
- '''American pilot, journalist, and businesswoman''' ...ht years old), whose mother beat her birth children as well as Jacqueline, and was working when she was eight, so she never had a proper education, teachi3 KB (475 words) - 01:54, 1 March 2018
- '''Irish hero figure and supreme champion of Ulster''' ...n each eye and 14 fingers and toes. He was sent to be fostered by the best men in Ulster, according to ancient Irish custom.2 KB (359 words) - 04:09, 26 February 2018
- ...kholm. She was [[adopted]] there by an American family of Swedish heritage and emigrated with them to the USA when she was 10. ...ut turned to singing in her teens. She studied in [[New York]] and Berlin, and made her professional operatic début in Cologne in 1895 as Azucena in Il T3 KB (363 words) - 20:14, 3 March 2018
- ...re all put into care and George also spent time in reform school (borstal) and prison. ...e should have been born a girl, having previously thought he might be gay, and at the age of 24, while a catering manager in a London hospital, George Rob2 KB (320 words) - 18:24, 28 May 2014
- ...erwards, probably also of smallpox, in 1781. Jackson was now still only 14 and an [[orphan]] with no near relatives. ...boy in 1809 (his wife's nephew, (Andrew, Jr.), raised three other nephews, and also raised a Creek [[orphan]] boy whose parents had been killed in a war d3 KB (378 words) - 03:57, 24 February 2018
- Massow was adopted aged 12, after four previous families and two other names. He is dyslexic and left school with only two 'O' levels, but he is now a multi-millionaire fin1 KB (188 words) - 16:02, 27 May 2014
- ...ts]]. He spent the rest of his childhood in institutions, often physically and emotionally abused. He was apprenticed to a tool-maker and eventually owned his own tool-sharpening company.1 KB (173 words) - 17:20, 20 May 2014
- ...years later he was sent to live on a farm because of problems between him and his mother. ...high school class, but he showed business flair from an early age, and he and his brother bought a failing pizza parlor in 1960 for $975, which became th2 KB (260 words) - 04:14, 5 March 2018
- Morley was orphaned at the age of 11 and sent to a naval training ship. ...e was chairman of Mecca Ltd. (responsible for introducing Bingo to the UK) and director of the Grand Metropolitan Group.951 B (131 words) - 06:38, 27 February 2018
- ...d management group and non-executive chairman of [[Guardian]] Media Group, and was appointed head of the UK Treasury review of institutional investment in [[Category: Business and Industry]]1 KB (161 words) - 17:00, 2 June 2014
- ...s are available. Children are screened for HIV when they enter orphanages, and traditionally only those who were HIV negative were approved for [[adoption ...e allowed to [[adopt]], but there have been cases in which single American men were approved to [[adopt]]. There is no official upper age limit on parents3 KB (403 words) - 20:51, 28 May 2015
- Fertility refers to the ability to conceive and carry a child to birth. [[Infertility]] is a disease of the reproductive [[ ...ize the egg. Then the fertilized egg must be able to implant in the uterus and grow into a healthy embryo/fetus in an environment that supports its develo2 KB (394 words) - 20:54, 28 May 2015
- ...her tests that are available for the home include the Cervical Mucus test, and an Ovarian Reserve Test. ...a comprehensive medical exam of both the woman and the man and will order and complete several tests for both partners in order to come up with the diagn3 KB (477 words) - 21:46, 29 May 2015
- ...eas secondary [[infertility]] is when a couple has had a child or children and has later found themselves not able to become pregnant or carry a child to ...e both just as likely to be the cause of the [[infertility]] as the other, and sometimes it can't be pinpointed who is the one with the [[fertility]] issu3 KB (537 words) - 22:06, 29 May 2015
- ...ome common, with thousands of children being [[adopted]] by single men and women every year. ...ut 5 percent are by singles. While the bulk of these adoptions are done by women, approximately 10 percent of the membership of one single parent adoptive s2 KB (390 words) - 22:56, 29 May 2015
- ...nsonby was 13. Her stepfather took no interest in the now destitute child, and she was fostered by her father's cousin, Lady Betty Fownes, although she sp ...Robert Southey. They remained at the house, which they renamed Plas Newydd and considerably enlarged, until their deaths.3 KB (391 words) - 05:09, 4 March 2018
- ...ily which had lost three sons in wars (the couple also had a surviving son and two daughters), who named him Oninga. .... But in 1653 he did escape and rejoin white society, becoming an explorer and fur trader.3 KB (418 words) - 00:31, 4 March 2018
- ...nd and learned to read and write. On his release he decided to go straight and went into business. He bought Darlington football club with the promise to build a new grandstand and keep ticket prices stable for the next 20 years.1 KB (162 words) - 06:12, 28 February 2018
- ...temporary foster families before finally being [[adopted]] by a pharmacist and his wife in 1927. ...f many. His novels include The Carpetbaggers (1961), The Inheritors (1969) and The Dream Merchants (1949).1 KB (206 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2018
- ...hs old and his mother left home, leaving him to be brought up by his uncle and aunt, a poor farming family in [[Maine]]. His uncle died when he was seven. ...in Boston. He had already begun his lifetime habit of ceaseless curiosity and learning.2 KB (325 words) - 23:59, 3 March 2018
- ...no family back-up. During the following four years she gradually saw less and less of him, but married a well-to-do man who wanted Albert to be part of t ...then seven years old and spent the rest of his childhood being emotionally and physically abused in institutions.1 KB (215 words) - 20:17, 14 May 2014
- ...ler was born to a poor family in Exeter. He was orphaned at the age of six and placed in St. John's Hospital, a school for destitute young children. He wa ...lict estate near Newton Abbot, Devon, called Stofford Manor and Teign Buer and built Stover House, which is now a private girls' school.1 KB (208 words) - 17:29, 28 May 2014
- '''Founder and CEO of Wendy's''' ...is adoptive mother died when he was five. His father remarried three times and Thomas had an unsettled childhood.3 KB (352 words) - 00:47, 4 March 2018
- ...took up a lot of space. This represents, for most portion, a merely verbal and ideological humanism. Weapons ought to only be objects of defense. A cable5 KB (819 words) - 00:30, 7 May 2014
- ...whom was 24 when he was born. His father, a tailor's cutter, died in 1929 and his mother in 1934. Initially he was looked after by his brothers, then by ...he University of London in statistics and has become one of the wealthiest and most powerful industrialists in the UK, turning GEC from a small appliance2 KB (264 words) - 04:05, 24 February 2018
- ...sources of information. Fairway - This is the area in between the tee box and the placing location.5 KB (784 words) - 01:33, 6 May 2014
- ...Migrants]]. He spent the rest of his childhood in Australian institutions and the next 24 years in dead-end jobs. He decided to go to university, did well, and is now a millionaire, with a chain of video shops.804 B (106 words) - 20:34, 21 May 2014
- ...-class Lancashire Pentecostal couple who wanted a child to dedicate to God and she had a bizarre upbringing, portrayed in her autobiographical novel Orang Her lesbianism estranged her from the church and her family, but her negative account of her childhood is disputed by her fa2 KB (245 words) - 05:30, 1 March 2018
- ...and fashionable presently as well. Enterprise visa solutions at embassies and consulates.5 KB (850 words) - 00:06, 7 May 2014
- ...thing like that would happen to us. You can post flyers on bulletin boards and in nearby stores that sell electronics.<br><br>Guys these days are hunting4 KB (674 words) - 02:03, 7 May 2014
- The age difference between the prospective parents and the prospective adoptive child must be at least 30 years. ...tion. Single women between the age of 35 and 55 may also [[adopt]]. Single men may not [[adopt]].955 B (137 words) - 05:55, 25 February 2015
- ...rashtra, Bogams in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and '''Basavis''' in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...devadasi also become devadasi. There are still many thousands of girls and women in devadasi positions.2 KB (273 words) - 04:11, 24 February 2018
- ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...si]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.2 KB (244 words) - 02:56, 26 February 2018
- ...roops stationed in the country. [[Vietnam]], [[Philippines]], [[Thailand]] and other countries followed. ...is a large Chinese community in Seoul's southwestern area (Daerim/Namguro) and a smaller but established community in Seongnam. This community, known as H7 KB (1,034 words) - 21:13, 27 March 2015
- ...n Maharashtra, Bogams in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...devadasi also become devadasi. There are still many thousands of girls and women in devadasi positions.2 KB (270 words) - 04:33, 26 February 2018
- ...his determination is the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Learn more. ...to be 25 years old. In practice, newborns are assigned to younger couples and older children to older couples.2 KB (272 words) - 03:12, 3 September 2014
- ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...si]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.2 KB (244 words) - 05:51, 1 March 2018
- ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...si]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.2 KB (244 words) - 19:55, 3 March 2018
- ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...si]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.2 KB (244 words) - 20:03, 3 March 2018
- ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...si]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.2 KB (244 words) - 04:12, 5 March 2018
- ...r. White, and became part of his family. He became thoroughly acculturated and never attempted to rejoin Aboriginal society. He joined the crew of the Investigator, under Matthew Flinders, in 1803 and was an influential interpreter for the Europeans.1 KB (185 words) - 20:01, 3 March 2018
- ...y just about every culture which had the opportunity, was powerful enough, and needed the labor slaves could provide. ...cases slavery was degrading psychologically and physically for its victims and morally brutalizing for its practitioners.6 KB (877 words) - 03:49, 5 March 2018
- '''Also known as William Aelxander Clarke and Alejandro Bustamanti''' ...h father, and spent some years in the USA, apparently without legal papers and for some of the time under an assumed name.3 KB (364 words) - 04:29, 5 March 2018
- ...as written by Justin Lhérisson and composed by Nicolas Geffrard in French and [[adopted]] in 1904. The Haitian Creole version was an adaptation by Raymo Mow, water, women and men2 KB (366 words) - 06:23, 20 November 2014
- ...09, "after 1911," "last reported living in Rome in 1911," 1911?, and "date and place of her death are unknown." ...college in 1859. She was accused of trying to poison two fellow-students, and in spite of being acquitted (her lawyer was [[John Mercer Langston]]), she4 KB (553 words) - 05:06, 27 February 2018
- ...f yellow fever. She was then raised for several years by her older brother and sister, but married for the first time when she was 14. ...aby daughter, and soon moved to St. Louis, where she worked as a laundress and attended night school.3 KB (379 words) - 19:09, 3 March 2018