Women Who Inspire Victory
About Women Who Inspire
Each month the Victorious Woman Project honors a woman who has shaped her personal challenges into victories. Like the women whose stories you loved in Victorious Woman! Shaping Life’s Challenges into Personal Victories, these women have been there too. Each of them want you to know that – just as they did – YOU CAN overcome your trial or hardship. You CAN become the leader of your own life and not just survive, but THRIVE. And, more often than you’d suspect, the very thing you think is the worst that can happen, turns out to be a door opening to something more and better. Here’s this month’s Victorious Woman.
2011 Honorees
December
The Prosperity Ladies
October
Suzanne Whang
Overcoming Cancer
September
Lisa Marie Platske
Essay Contest – 2nd Prize
Sheila A. Caruso
Essay Contest – 1st Prize
Kelly Saello
April
Dr. Sharron Stroud
February
Darlene Tarnoski
2010 Honorees
December
June Davidson
November
Janey
Women Warriors of Iraq & Afghanistan
Essay Contest – 3rd Prize
Carol-Ann Hamilton
Essay Contest – 2nd Prize
Revvell Revati
Essay Contest – 1st Prize
Karen Flam
Flam’s Fabulous Career Transformation
April
Eileen Connolly Robbins
Wizardess of Reinvention
2009 Honorees
November
Charron Walker
October
Carol Kivler
September
Mary Jo Buttafuoco
Getting it Through My Thick Skull
Essay Contest – 3rd Prize
Donna Johnson
Essay Contest – 2nd Prize
Amalia Starr
Essay Contest – 1st Prize
Amy Sherman
May
Veuve Clicquot
Pop the Cork and Take a Sip of the Bubbly
April
Jean Shipos
Cancer: Five Years and Counting
March
Kay Presto
Women’s Heritage Month Honoree
February
Rosemarie Rossetti
Resilience Triumphs Tragedy
January
Connie Harryman
Poverty to Prosperity
Victorious Woman Honorees
December 2011
The Prosperity Ladies
The recession socked quite a punch to Carole Algier. For nearly thirty years the glass artist ran a successful business with her spouse, John. Her work was featured in several magazines and on HGTV’s “Smart Design” show. But when people started cutting back, the stained glass window treatments for which Carole [...]
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October 2011
Suzanne Whang Overcoming Cancer
When she first found out she had breast cancer, she shocked her doctor with her, “Wow, this will be great material for my comedy act! Are you sure? I mean, my tits are so small…” But as a comedian, Suzanne Whang’s mind naturally went for the funny. The former host of [...]
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September 2011
September 1, 2011
Lisa Marie Platske
Designed Destiny
A marriage that works. That’s what every woman is looking for when she marries. Lisa Marie Platske was no exception. But when she got engaged to a man who lived in another state, her desires and her values were suddenly at odds with each other. That’s when Lisa Marie decided [...]
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