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Portrait of a Lady: The Biography of Elizabeth Menges Ramirez-Graham

by Stanley B. Graham

Summary

Dear Book Thanks for stopping to look at this book. What is it about? It is the story of a remarkable woman who reared her children in two different cultures--Mexico and the United States--endured some misfortunes and heartache, some happiness, and always challenges on her journey to finding the perfect life. Elizabeth felt that there was nothing extraordinary about her life until I explained that her life--because of her varied work and living experiences in two diverse cultures--was the ideal subject of a biogaphy. It's true that most biographies in the market place are about the lives of celebrities--the rich, the famous, and the infamous--but I feel it is also important to chronicle the lives of ordinary people who have handled the vicissitudes in their own unique ways. Besides being a good homemaker, she worked in the American Embassy in Mexico City, taught Spanish and Fench in American high schools, was a medical transcriptionist, and founded the Greater Akron Chapter of the American Association for Medical Transcription--the first one in Ohio. This book is dedicated to her four children and their heroic attempts to live their lives with an optimistic attitude, with honesty and sincere deciation to their careers and their families, and also to her friends and acquaintances, notably the members of the Great Akron Chapter of the American Association for Medical Transcription. In he late life she married the man she refers to as her "Prince Charming." I am flattered but am happy that I woke up "Sleeping Beauty." Throughout all of her life, Elizabeth has demonstrated remarkable courage, good humor, intelligence, and loving kindness--traits worthy of imitation. I feel that I unearthed the extraordinary in the ordinary. STANLEY B. GRAHAM (Author/Publisher & Her Husband)