Tuesday, 28 August 2012

List #3 (People I Find Inspiring)

Natalie Portman
An actress I find admirable in not just skill but character.  She's not only beautiful (the new face of Dior, for example,) intelligent (she has a degree in Psychology from Harvard; "I'd rather be smart than a movie star." -The New York Post,) but charitable as well.

A vegetarian since childhood, Natalie Portman has made remarkable strides for vegan issues.
In 2011, Portman and her then fiancé Benjamin Millipied were among the signers of a petition to President Obama in support of same sex marriage. 
 

A strong supporter of women's rights; I find Mrs. Portman's strength of character amazing.

Surces:  http://www.natalieportman.com/npcom.asp?page_number=5
http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/225-natalie-portman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman#Education 


Hillary Clinton
I do believe Mrs. Clinton shall be president.
Yes; I'm one of those.
I am a proud feminist, and liberal enough to appreciate her political agenda financially not just socially.


It may just be my private impression of her; but I love thinking that she doesn't give a hoot what you think about her.  She fights for women's rights, minority rights and "smart power" applications instead of growing the military-industrial complex further.
She's brilliant; not just a Yale graduate but also of Wellesley College as well.
Everyone sees her various humanitarian works as she goes about her business as Secretary of State and she sticks to her guns even when she disagrees with POTUS.


sources: 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/hillary-clinton/
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&biw=1241&bih=593&tbm=isch&tbnid=_Tzb9zeahyGXcM:&imgrefurl=http://www.perche-quebec.com/files/hillary/individus/hillary_en.htm&imgurl=http://www.perche-quebec.com/files/hillary/images/hillary1.jpg&w=298&h=399&ei=Abo7UI2nE4aq8ASF8oHoCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=979&vpy=144&dur=1019&hovh=260&hovw=194&tx=85&ty=115&sig=112837258762344893300&page=1&tbnh=120&tbnw=90&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:169
https://www.google.com/search?q=hillary+clinton&sugexp=chrome,mod=19&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8



Queen
Elizabeth I
 
I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.
Advancing the arts, religious rights and respect for women; she accomplished so much in a time period when women were generally without any power.

"
Elizabeth Tudor is considered by many to be the greatest monarch in English history. When she became queen in 1558, she was twenty-five years old, a survivor of scandal and danger, and considered illegitimate by most Europeans. She inherited a bankrupt nation, torn by religious discord, a weakened pawn between the great powers of France and Spain. She was only the third queen to rule England in her own right; the other two examples, her cousin Lady Jane Grey and half-sister Mary I, were disastrous."


Source:  http://www.google.com/imgres?start=30&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&biw=1241&bih=593&tbm=isch&tbnid=6gFah9jPn0z2BM:&imgrefurl=http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/religion-of-the-shakespeares.htm&imgurl=http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/images/aaa-queen-elizabeth-1st.jpg&w=222&h=297&ei=xBs9UOSyOJK89gTCuYC4Dg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=745&vpy=212&dur=2139&hovh=238&hovw=178&tx=112&ty=252&sig=112837258762344893300&page=2&tbnh=133&tbnw=100&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:48,s:30,i:49
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/eliz1.html
http://www.biographyonline.net/royalty/elizabeth/queen-elizabeth-I.html 


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