Women in Profile

Former prostitute works to save women from streets

In the early morning hours, Dee Dee Perry, 45, gets in her car and does "spiritual drive-bys" along International Boulevard in East Oakland, Calif. She drives up and down the busy corridor known as the "track" looking to proselytize to prostitutes.

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Bowling beers is right up her alley
May. 6th — By her count, Theresa Fenner has flung about 160,000 beers down the bar at Western Lanes. Schlitz. PBR. Miller. She sent so many cans skidding toward thirsty bowlers that the yellow countertop is scuffed white.
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The queen of Croc
Designer builds empire on exotic handbags
Apr. 19th — There is a universe in a single scale of a crocodile, if it's one of Nancy Gonzalez's. It ripples and glistens, melting into tiny slivers of gold, silver, salmon or scarlet.
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A place for experimenting and family; at home with Kathy Ireland
Apr. 9th — "Every home needs happiness," says the queen of a billion-dollar home furnishings empire. No, not Queen Martha. That was Kathy Ireland talking.
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Weak market creates brisk business for renovation specialist
Jan. 30th — Ilene Techner founded her renovation business seven years ago when her frustrated family threatened to leave her if she didn't stop moving them. Techner, 55, has a knack for renovating. She's redone all seven houses the family has lived in.
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Counseling career has taken woman into criminals' minds
Jan. 22nd — When Shari Julian opened her counseling practice, in the mid-1980s, she thought she would talk to depressed housewives twice a week and raise her three sons the rest of the time. But it didn't turn out that way.
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A successful operation: From teen mom to doctor
Apr. 27th — She works 12 to 30 hours with no sleep. Often, she skips lunch. But Dr. Karen Morris-Priester doesn't mind. An unwed teenage mother who grew up in a Harrisburg, Pa., housing project, she has gone through much tougher circumstances to achieve a lifelong goal of becoming a doctor.
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Mother of Jayhawk hero explains feeling when son hit three-pointer
Apr. 14th — If you think you were nervous when Mario Chalmers released that 3-point attempt at the end of regulation last Monday night, imagine being Mario's mother. Almarie Chalmers has had more than her fair share of excitement this year, and at that gut-wrenching moment, she found the faith to be confident in her son.
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She's in the business of selling things for others
Mar. 31st — A typical day for Betty Lou Donnelley involves washing other people's dishes, dusting their light fixtures and organizing their closets, but she is not a maid.
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'Auntie Anne' richer now in a life of helping others
Jan. 24th — Her name is as familiar and cozy as the hot pretzels and cold lemonade she used to sell. Auntie Anne. So easy to imagine her in an apron, arms open for a hug. From Buffalo to Bangkok, Anne Beiler built her fortune, kiosk by kiosk, food court by food court, on a deceptively simple recipe.
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Jewelry designer Tiana Wages sparkles with her 22-karat designs
Jan. 20th — At 62, Tiana Wages has long intertwined her aesthetic visions. She was raised in Belgrade, capital of the former Yugoslavia, today Serbia, and was introduced early on to a multicultural world thanks to summers spent in Italy and Paris. Even today, she's able to speak six languages.
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