Article: Filipina joins iconic women.(Main News)

A Jolo-born entrepreneur/humanitarian recently joined the ranks of iconic women Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Toni Morrison, Aung Sang Suu Kyi, and Audrey Hepburn.Rosalind L. Wee, a food ingredients formulator cum socioeconomic advocate, is the 2009 Pearl S. Buck International Woman of the Year. Two years ago it was Bush, in 1999 Clinton, in 1997 Nobel Peace Prize awardee Suu Kyi of Burma, in 1994 Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner in literature Morrison, and in 1993, Audrey Hepburn.Pearl S. Buck International president Janet L. Mintzer cited Wee for “an impressive turnaround of the Pearl S. Buck Philippine office under her leadership and her outstanding commitment to ...

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