Susans are Great!!
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Why I'm Proud to be a Susan
When I was a teenager, I wanted so badly for my name to be anything but Susan. I dreamed of being named something more romantic or exotic. I've come to embrace my "Susan-ness" over the years and am proud to share my name with some truly amazing women who have changed the world and been outstanding role models.
Why are Susans so great? Well,
- Susans are practical and hard-working and have touched the lives of many through the arts, science and literature.
- Susans are intelligent, independent thinkers.
- Susans are practically minded and committed to excellence.
- Susans are creative and ground-breaking.
- Susans are loyal and dedicated.
- Susans are passionate and world-changing.
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The Susans You'll Find Here
I found many, many women named Susan in several fields. I've listed the ones here that I personally admire, whether for their intelligence, determination, business savvy or practicality.
- Susan B. Anthony
- Prominent suffragette and civil rights leader.
- Susan Walker
- Sensible, sexy and confident leader of the pack on Coupling.
- Susan Faludi
- Controversial feminist and author.
- Susan Robinson - Sesame Street
- Mother figure to all the muppets living on the world's most famous street.
- Susan Lucci
- Actress best known as her soap opera alter-ego, Erica Kane.
- Suze Orman
- Financial advisor, author and celebrity.
- Susan Butcher
- Multiple winner of the Iditirod dog sled race.
- Susan Sto Helit
- Granddaughter of Death in Terry Prachett's Discworld series.
- Susan G. Komen Foundation
- Raising money for breast cancer research and awareness.
- Susan Helms
- Brigadier general, former Shuttle astronaut and space station resident.
- Susan Polgar
- Chess grandmaster and Olympic gold medalist.
- Susan Pevensie
- The sensible sibling in the Chronicles of Narnia.
- Susan Tedeschi
- Blues and folk singer.
- Susan Bradley
- Character played by Judy Garland in the movie "The Harvey Girls."
- Dr. Susan Lewis
- One of the original characters from the TV series "ER."
- Dr. Susan Calvin
- Robo-psychologist from the famed Asimov robot short stories.
Proud to be a Susan!!
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Susan Bradley
In the 1946 musical The Harvey Girls, Judy Garland plays Susan Bradley, an Ohio girl heading to Flat Rock, New Mexico because she answered a bridal ad and has committed to marrying a man she's never even seen. During her train trip, she falls in with a group of girls from all across America, heading west to work at one of the Harvey House restaurants on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway line.
Upon arriving, Susan finds her fiancé an ill-educated, unbathed cowboy who likewise has second thoughts about marrying because, now that he's gotten himself a woman, he doesn't seem quite sure what to do with her. They call off the wedding amiably and Susan decides to throw in her lot with the Harvey girls. Problem is, across the street from the brand new Harvey House is the Alhambra saloon and dance hall (and probably bordello) run by a dashing (in a Caesar Romero sort of way) but shady entrepreneur named Ned Trent (John Hodiak). The Harvey girls soon square off against the Alhambra tramps and their leader Em (Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Wrote)."
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Susans of the World, Unite!!
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tandemonimom
Jan 16, 2009 @ 9:32 pm | delete
- 5* lens! Did you know Sigourney Weaver is a Susan? Like you, she disliked her name as a child, changed it, and got famous! I don't know how she feels about it now that she's older though. Great idea for a lens!
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stargazer00
Jan 16, 2009 @ 2:02 pm | delete
- I once knew someone who disliked her Susan name so much that she changed it to Alsatia. I think Susan is a fine name! I know lots of nice Susans.
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Treasures-By-Brenda
Jul 23, 2008 @ 3:37 pm | delete
- My sister-in-law has Susan as a middle name. I'll forward your lens to her. It is nicely put together; a great find for anyone with Susan as a name.
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Ushuaia
Jun 16, 2008 @ 8:11 pm | delete
- Great content, and I agree! Yay to your lens.. . bummed I didn't think of it first! ;)
Please do chk out my lens, and your feedback is greatly appreciated.
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poddys
May 16, 2008 @ 9:45 am | delete
- Cool great idea for a lens. Well if you hated Susan, I hater Tony, and even more so Anthony! I bet Susan B. Anthony thought her parents had it in for her from day one...
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