AWARDS:
2006 - Vision for Europe Award for her contribution toward greater European integration.
2007 - an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
January 2008 - Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
June and September 2008 - an honorary doctorate from Leipzig University and University of Technology in Wrocław (Poland)
2008 - Charlemagne Prize "for her work to reform the European Union", presented by Nicolas Sarkozy.
20 April 1983
Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968
Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States
WRITINGS:
Wrote a total of 12 published books and several articles.
1891 - The Frost King
1903 - published autobiography, The Story of My Life, with help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband, John Macy, that included words that Keller wrote and the story of her life up to age 21, written during her time in college.
1908 - Wrote The World I Live In, giving readers an insight into how she felt about the world.
1913 - published Out of the Dark, a series of essays on socialism.
1927 - published her spiritual autobiography, My Religion, re-issued as Light in my Darkness.
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TEXT & IMAGE SOURCES:
Angela Merkel, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel [accessed: 7th May 2010]
Miranda Kerr, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Kerr [accessed: 7th May 2010]
Helen Keller, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller [accessed: 7th May 2010]
Being one of the longest-serving leaders among the major powers, she formed a coalition which gave her the chance to enact the liberalizing economic plans she proposed. "There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that in time could be swept away."
While her life has completely changed, her dark and silent world was held in her hand and shaped with her mind and became a triumph over crushing adversity and shattering affliction, "I still feel like the same person, in every way - it is just some of my surroundings have,''.
She took a tough line in months of negotiations and as the crisis threatened to spread, her hand was forced to the more basic task of ensuring stability. It was insatiable; she “devoured everything that has come within the reach of her fingertips”.
Her government became the most vocal who were resisting calls for large-scale spending or deep interest rate cuts to help buoy their own economy, "Right now, I am focused on what I am doing, trying new things and exploring new opportunities''. It was difficult to believe that a person could acquire the profound knowledge and the sensitive perception.
With the powers of articulate speech, she sought to rebuild her standing with ambitious ideas for economic restructuring, "definitely something I am factoring into my future plans,''. With her tremendous accomplishments and the force of assertive personality, she carved out a new role that overtly pursues its own interest as aggressively as any other.
Sources:
Angela Merkel:
The New York Times: "Time Topics - Angela Merkel ", (29 April 2010). http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/angela_merkel/index.html?scp=1&sq=angela%20merkel%20career%20future&st=cse [accessed 8th May 2010]
Miranda Kerr:
Helen Keller:
Alden Whitman, The New York Times: "Helen Keller, 87, Dies", (1 June 1968) http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0601.html#article [accessed 8th May 2010]
