Articles in Category: Profiles & Bios

Sia Nyama Koroma (Biochemist/Psychiatric Nurse/Current First Lady of Sierra Leone)

sia-nyama-koroma.jpgSia Nyama Koroma (born on March 19, 1958 in Koidu Town, Kono District) is a Sierra Leonean Biochemist and Psychiatric Nurse.

She is the wife of Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma and she is currently the First Lady of Sierra She holds a Master of Science in Organic Chemistry from the University of London and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of London and Fourah Bay College in Freetown.

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Mia Hamm (Soccer Player/Founding Member of Washington Freedom)

mia-hamm.jpgMariel Margaret Garciaparra (born on March 17, 1972, in Selma, Alabama), best known as Mia Hamm, is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom.

Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female, in the history of soccer (158). She is the second most capped female player in history.

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Feist (Singer / Songwriter)

feist1Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known professionally as Feist, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene.

Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with the release Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down). Her albums, Let It Die and The Reminder, were critically acclaimed and sold over 2.5 million copies.

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Janet Guthrie (Race Car Driver/First Woman to Compete in the Indianapolis 500 & Daytona 500)

janet-guthrie.jpgJanet Guthrie (born March 7, 1938, in Iowa City, Iowa) is a retired professional race car driver and the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.

Guthrie was originally an aerospace engineer and after graduating from the University of Michigan, she worked with Republic Aviation. 

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Sarah Palin (Politician/Author/Speaker)

sarah-palin.jpgSarah Louise Palin (born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, author, speaker, and political news commentator who was the youngest person and the first woman elected Governor of Alaska.

She served as governor from 2006 until she resigned in 2009. Chosen by Republican Party presidential candidate John McCain in August 2008 to be his running mate in that year's presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party, as well as the first female vice-presidential nominee of the Republican Party.

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