31 Days of Notable Women- Sarah Culberson, woman world leader, actress

Sarah Culberson, Co-Founder and president of the Kposowa Foundation, was honored at the 50/50 Leadership & UNA’s 4^th Annual Women of the World Awards and World Leadership Day. Culberson was born in Morgantown, West Virginia to an African father and a white mother. As an infant, she was given up to foster care, adopted by a loving white family, and grew up contemplating her identity and her biracial roots. In early childhood, Culberson fell in love with theatre and later won an acting scholarship to attend West Virginia University. She earned her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and joined the Los Angeles acting community.

Source: http://www3.saintmarys.edu/news-events/news-coverage/sarah-culberson-is-multiethnic-commencement-celebration-speaker-2012

31 Days of Notable Women- Kathy Bates, director, actress, singer

“My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been looking for it ever since.” – Kathy Bates

Actress Kathy Bates ( born June 28, 1948) has been involved in the arts in one way or another since graduating from Southern Methodist University. Among the Memphis native’s earliest jobs were a stint as a singing waitress in a Catskill resort and a sojourn as a gift shop cashier in New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Source: http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/kathy-bates/1025220/biography

31 Days of Notable Women- Ellen Snortland, Director, Actress, Advocate

As a writer, producer, director, humorist, actor, dormant lawyer, women’s and children’s self-defense advocate, and feminist-homemaker, Ellen Snortland has the unique ability to speak and write with authority on subjects ranging from knitting and cooking, to S.W.A.T. team methods of close-quarter hand-to-hand combat to the opportunities and obstacles of the professional American woman.

Source: http://www.snortland.com/EllensBio.html

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31 Days of Notable Women- Eva Le Gallienne, actress turned director

Eva Le Gallienne was a 20th century English actress, producer, and director, known for her support of repertory theater and her classical roles and productions.

Source: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/filmdirectors/Women_Film_Directors_and_Producers.htm

31 Days of Notable Women- quotable Elizabeth Robins

“I am conscious that in talking and writing to my nearest and most trusted friends I sometimes suppress and I sometimes embroider.” – Elizabeth Robins-1895

Elizabeth Robins was an American actress, author, playwright and women’s freedom fighter (1862-1952).

http://www.jsu.edu/depart/english/robins/erchron.htm

31 Days of Notable Women- Leni Riefenstahl, dancer, actress, director

Leni Riefenstahl’s (1902-2003) show-biz experience began with an experiment: she wanted to know what it felt like to dance on the stage. Success as a dancer gave way to film acting when she attracted the attention of film director Arnold Fanck, subsequently starring in some of his mountaineering pictures. With Fanck as her mentor, Riefenstahl began directing films. Her penchant for artistic work earned her acclaim and awards for her films across Europe.

Source cited: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726166/bio