Women of Interest
Taylor Swift
Taylor SwiftSinger, Songwriter, Businesswoman Taylor Swift was born in 1989 in Pennsylvania. She was named after singer, songwriter, James Taylor. At age 9 Swift became interested in musical theater. She also traveled regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons and began professional songwriting at age 14. Taylor is not an overnight success!…
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Queen Elizabeth Stylish Icon
Queen Elizabeth1926 – 2022 Queen Elizabeth had style! Looking at pictures of the Queen, when she was a young woman, reveals that she was quite glamorous and always feminine. During her reign she went from a more stylish look to more classic looking clothes. Three designers, Normal Hartnell, Hardy Amies, and Angela Kelly, get credit…
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Cathie Wood
Cathie Wood, Founder and CEO of Ark Investment Management Cathie Wood was born in 1955 and graduated from Notre Dame Academy in LA and then graduated summa cum laude from University of Southern California with a B.S. degree in finance and economics. She has 2 daughters and a son. She is divorced from Robert Wood,…
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Leylah Annie Fernandez
Leylah Annie Fernandez is a Canadian tennis player ranked #73 in the world (but not much longer) that seems to have come from nowhere to reach the finals of the 2021 US Tennis Open Tournament in New York. She was born on September 6, 2002, in Montreal, Canada, and just turned 19 years old. Leylah is 5…
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Serena sets a fashion trend on the tennis court!
During her career, Serena Williams has appeared in a number of fashion statements at tennis matches. She has done it again wearing an asymmetrical, one-legged bodysuit (catsuit) in black, pink, and red when she made her debut at the 2021 Australian Open. Her outfit was a tribute to the late exceptional athlete Florence Griffith Joyner who still holds the 100m and 200m world records she set in 1988.
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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Woman of Interest Shakira Pop Sing, Dancer, Songwriter, Philanthropist Born in 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. ‘Shakira‘ means grateful in Arabic. Shakira speaks four languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English and Italian and recently graduated with a degree in ancient philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. She took classes during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.…
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Dolly Parton
Woman of Interest Dolly Parton Singer, Song Writer, Actress, Philanthropist Did you know that Dolly Parton was a philanthropist? Dolly has always been involved in charity work. She has a foundation that started The Imagination Library which distributes high-quality books to more than 1 million children under the age of 5 every week. Lately, she…
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Samantha Cristoforetti, Astronaut
Woman of Interest Samantha Cristoforetti, Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is 43 years old, born in 1977, and the first Italian woman in space. She grew up in the Italian Alps in the small village of Male. Samantha speaks four foreign languages. She has a BA in Aeronautical Sciences and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to…
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Jane Fraser, President, CEO
Woman of Interest Jane Fraser, President of Citi Bank & CEO of Global Consumer Banking. Jane was born in 1967 in St. Andrews, Scotland. She is married with two sons. Jane has a master’s degree in economics from Cambridge University. After she graduated at 20, she worked at Goldman Sachs in London as an M&A analyst. …
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Deborah Birx, M.D.
Deborah L. Birx, M.D. is board certified in internal medicine, allergy and immunology, and diagnostic and clinical laboratory immunology. She received her medical degree from the Hershey School of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, and trained in internal medicine and basic and clinical immunology at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health.
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