Smilemaker is proud of her homegirl:)

Sila María Calderón Serra (born September 23, 1942) was the seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first and to date only woman ever elected to that office. Prior to being Governor, Calderón held various positions in the Government of Puerto Rico, including Secretary of State and Chief of Staff. She was also Mayor of San Juan, the Capital of Puerto Rico.

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
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Anna Quindlen

Is there a female doctor in the house?

1832 Elizabeth Blackwell receives her M.D. degree from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y., becoming the first woman in the U.S. with a medical degree.

The art of medicine is in amusing a patient while nature affects the cure."
Voltaire

this is the real holy Teresa of Avila:)

If this is the way you treat your friends, it's no wonder you have so few!”

St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)


“Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright thee; all things are passing; God never changeth.”
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St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)



“We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can / namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.”
St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)




“Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.”
St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)



“How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?”

St. Teresa of Avila quotes

Thank you Patsy:)

Patsy Sherman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1930. After college graduation, she joined 3M as a research chemist and was assigned to work on fluorochemical polymers. Patsy Sherman was one of very few women chemists to work for a major corporation when she was hired by 3M in 1952. Her work was an essential part of the introduction of 3M’s first stain repellent and soil release textile treatments which have grown into an entire family of products known as Scotchgard ® protectors.

If you think things can't get worse it's probably only because you lack sufficient imagination.

I love Westside;)

They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them.”
Rita Moreno quote

Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931) is a singer, dancer and an Academy Award-winning actress and the first female and only Puerto Rican actress in history to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award.[

a real smile:)

Beware if you are judgemental and super religious do not read today's motivational women:)
but remember we will all be in heaven together:)






Candis Cayne is an American actress and transsexual performer best known for her appearances in the New York City club scene.[1] Nationally, she appeared in the independent films Wigstock: The Movie, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and Stonewall. As of October 2007 she plays transgender mistress Carmelita on ABC's primetime soap Dirty Sexy Money making her the first transsexual to play a transsexual in prime time.

Conceal me what I am, and be my aid For such disguise as haply shall become The form of my intent.
V from V for Vendetta

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
Gordon Deitrich from V for Vendetta

When I grow up:)

Esmeralda attended the University Harvard on a full scholarship. She graduated from Harvard in 1976. After studying film production Esmeralda and her husband Cantor started a film and media production know as cantomedia. Cantomedia has won many awards for excellence in documentary filmmaking.

She also found time to write some great books, one of my favorite: When I was Puerto Rican
When I grow up I want to be like her.

Smilemaker loves Hearts at home:)

Jill Savage is an author and speaker who is passionate about encouraging families. She is the founder and executive director of Hearts at Home, an organization designed to encourage and educate women in the profession of motherhood.

Hannah Solomon :)

Solomon was not only the celebrated founder of the National Council of Jewish Women, but also an important force for reform in turn-of-the-century Chicago. Her work grew out of her sense that "woman's sphere is the whole wide world." But at the same time she believed a woman's primary responsibility was to her family. For Solomon, there was no more powerful role than that of the Jewish mother.

Above all, Solomon's commitment and energy were legendary. As one sister quipped, "We know that it is useless to attempt to stop you in your mad career, that ere the winter has passed, the only field of your activity will be a spot marked by a marble slab bearing the inscription, 'Gone to another meeting. Locality uncertain. Return indefinite!'"

Smilmemaker's smile for the day:)

As an artist with Hallmark™ since 1970, John Wagner created Maxine in 1986 as a new character line for the Shoebox Greetings™ card division. He created a brazen older woman with a stooped back, a mop of curly gray hair and abrasive personality. Wagner's mom, grandmother and unmarried aunts provided inspiration for the comic creation. Maxine took on an individuality of her own, taking sheer delight in making high-spirited, crabby remarks about almost everything. Though she was truly funny, the character had the staff at Hallmark™ concerned. and after so many years who is still around:)


I have a one-step program for dealing with stress. Well, one step and a kick to be exact.
-Caffine is for people who feel they aren't irritable enough on their own.
-The greatest thing about cordless phones is instead of hanging them up on people, you can just throw them.
-Sometimes the days just fly by--except for the day when you have to wait for the cable guy.
-My idea of a high-stress job is any job where you have to work with other people.
-Found something at the swimsuit shop I was really comfortable in. The dressing room.

She makes me smile:)

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, radio host, TV personality, game show host, and author.
She is one of only ten individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. She is the second African American female performer to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie McDaniel). She has won two Golden Globe Awards and two Saturn Awards for her performances in Star Trek Generations and Ghost.


“We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.”
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Whoopi Goldberg

she is a strong woman

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama (center)
Born January 17, 1964 (age 44)
Chicago, Illinois
Residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
Education A.B. in sociology (Princeton University) cum laude
JD (Harvard Law School)
Occupation Vice President for Community and External Affairs at University of Chicago Hospitals
Religious beliefs Christian
Spouse Barack Obama (1992–present)
Children Malia and Sasha
Parents Frasier Robinson and Marian Robinson
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964)[1] is an American lawyer and the wife of Illinois senator Barack Obama, who is a candidate for the 2008 Democratic Party nomination for United States President. She was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois and then educated at Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

hotlantic mayor:)

Shirley Clarke Franklin (born May 10, 1945) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and, since January 7, 2002, the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, a nonpartisan office. The 58th mayor of Atlanta, she was the first female to hold the post and became the first black woman to be elected mayor of any major Southern city.[1] Franklin is the fourth black mayor of Atlanta, the latest in a line of African American mayors that stretches back to 1974

this quote reminds me of Shirley:

just do what must be done. this may not be happiness,but it is greatness: bernard shaw

keep on smiling

Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.



Louisa May Alcott

smilemaker loves art:)

Frida Kahlo[1](July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as European influences that include Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits that symbolically express her own pain. Kahlo was married to and influenced by the Mexican/Spanish muralist Diego Rivera and shared his Communist views. Although she has long been recognized as an important painter, public awareness of her work has become more widespread since the 1970s. Her "Blue" house in Coyoacán, Mexico City is a popular museum, donated by Diego Rivera after his death in 1957.


some fab quotes from Frida:)
Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly?
Frida Kahlo
I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy as long as I can paint.
Frida Kahlo
I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior.
Frida Kahlo
I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.
Frida Kahlo
- More quotations on: [Death]
I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
Frida Kahlo
- More quotations on: [Art]
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
Frida Kahlo
They are so damn 'intellectual' and rotten that I can't stand them anymore....I [would] rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those 'artistic' bitches of Paris.
Frida Kahlo, (on Andre Breton and the European surrealists) letter to Nickolas Muray, 02-16-1939
People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibition have been a failure, because the rich - don't want to buy anything.
Frida Kahlo, Letter to Nickolas Muray, 02-27-1939
- More quotations on: [War]

a great cause:)

When her mother, Rita Hayworth, died as a result of Alzheimer's Disease, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan could have chosen to lead her life out of the public eye. She chose, instead, to use her name and position to help fight this most misunderstood and fatal disease.

Yasmin Aga Khan is a moving, viable force in the fight against Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders. Her yearly celebrity gala is the most successful fund raising event for the disease research. Her untiring devotion to the cause keeps Alzheimer's Disease research moving forward. She knows that someday a cure will become a reality.

The queen mother:)

Rita Owens is the mother of Rapper, Singer And Actress Queen Latifah. In Addition to being best known as Queen Latifah's mother she runs her record company
Mother: Rita Owens
Born in 1949; once ran a jazz and poetry club in Newark, NJ; senior vice president of Flavor Unit, Latifah's recording label, talent management and video production company, based in Jersey City, NJ


I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.
Queen Latifah

always support your dauthers because they will all be queens:)

smilemaker Diva/Spy:)

Silver Screen superstar Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Kiesler Markey) with the help of composer George Antheil invented a secret communication system in an effort to help the allies defeat the Germans in World War II. The invention, patented in 1941, manipulated radio frequencies between transmission and reception to develop an unbreakable code so that top-secret messages could not be intercepted. The technology called spread spectrum, now takes on many forms. However, all the spread spectrum that we use today directly or indirectly, flows from the invention created by
Hedy Lamarr.

Hedy Lamarr was truely a movie star and an inventor.

sometimes beauty is not just skin deep:)

smilemaker loves evita:)

María Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of Argentina President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) and the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita, which literally translates into English as "Little Eva".


I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.
Evita Peron

I bet you did not know:)

Before becoming a famous chef, Julia Child, seen here in 1944, worked for the OSS. She helped the U.S. spy agency develop shark repellent, a critical ingredient in protecting explosives used to sink German U-boats during World War II.

the only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook”