She never became famous for her discoveries because she often sold her fossils to get money to support her family.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

She also became known for her outspoken opinions, her clothing and the great pride she had in herself and her race.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

She demands that her racing sponsors be eco-friendly and she is pushing her sport to become more eco-friendly too.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

In the weeks before her death she won her twenty-ninth Blues Music Award, the most for any artist ever.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

with her mother and brother. Safia says she wrote her first poem for a high school English class three years ago.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

She spent her later years turning her home and art collection into a beautiful museum for the public to enjoy.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Each December,she has her students make posters about their own celebrations at home and present them to the class.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

She did for a little while. Then she put her shoes back on and put her old stockings into her bag.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

When his mother learned of his failing grades she required her sons to read two library books every week.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

That night Sylvie's dreams were full of all the wonderful things she and her grandmother could buy for ten dollars.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

She hated her with all the intensity of the blood passed to her through long lines of cruel ancestors.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

She said she changed her name because she did not want her parents to know what she was doing.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

She nodded her head as she touched and smelled the flowers that her father had been so careful to avoid.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Sullivan says when she was writing and recording songs for her album she knew she had to develop her own style.

VOA: special.2009.01.02