Ergebnis für "Conni" in Frauen

When her husband suffered a catastrophic fall at a gas station, Connie’s world unraveled. Surgeries, infections, months of hospital stays, and the threat of amputation became their new reality. As a full time caregiver and the family’s only provider, Connie was forced to walk away from a career she loved—trading banking for bandages, and retirement dreams for hospital prayers.

An African American woman doctor, fresh from her residency training in 1975, Dr. Cornelia Davis chose a less traveled path, a decision that would have profound global ramifications In a historic endeavor by the World Health Organization (WHO) to eradicate smallpox, a disease that had tormented humanity for millennia, Davis was thrust into the heart of India. There, she confronted deeply ingrained sexism and caste discrimination while relentlessly hunting for the last vestiges of this brutal illness.

More of: You can't make this stuff up. A collection of short true stories from the experiences that made me who I am, including the most deadly indoor terrorist attack. Some are serious, some funny, some sad, some empowering. Beginning with prehospital care going to home health care. Next was a haunted nursing home, then the ER. There are stories that show WHY I can relate and some of the lessons I've learned. These stories are told in the first person because they all happened to me.

Courageous Women: Stories of Czech Women in the Fight for Freedom uncovers the untold stories of remarkable women who played pivotal roles in Czechoslovakia's national revolution and fought tirelessly for independence. In this captivating book, historian and translator Kytka Hilmarova presents a collection of biographical sketches that shed light on the courageous and often overlooked heroines who shaped the course of history.

Her time as the ambassador's wife in Tehran on the eve of the Iranian Revolution is especially telling, as she witnesses the charming but deeply flawed Shah slowly lose his way with his own people. Her "inside the beltway" observations are no less captivating, especially when her husband was being vilified by ambitious congressmen for events that happened long ago and far away and in a completely different national security context.

Raised in a broken family and emotionally overlooked, Sherry Gore grew up without a solid foundation, a prisoner of her own poor choices, and at times without hope. A series of terrible mistakes left her feeling wrecked and alone and a sudden tragedy threw Sherry into an emotional tailspin too...