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AMAZING WOMEN celebrates women who make a difference in the lives of others.

I started this show to share how women accomplish, encourage, legislate, live, and love. What we leave behind isn’t as important as how we live! Whether it's healthcare, education, business, politics, or entertainment, their personal and professional stories will teach, empower and inspire you.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." -- Anais Nin

"Be the change you want to see in the world. " -- Gandhi

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just the first step." -- Martin Luther King, jr.

"Our ideologies my separate us, but our dreams and anguish bring us together." -- Eugene Ionesco

"TYesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Hope has two daughters-- Anger and Courage. They are both lovely." -- Saint Augstine

Deb Ruggiero and AMAZING WOMEN, winner of Associated Press Public Affairs show of the year!

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Amazing Women Part 1

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Calendar of Events - July 2009
"This Month's Lineup"

Sunday Mornings

8:30am on 630 WPRO AM
6:30am on 92 PROFM
6:00am on LITE ROCK 105 FM

July 5th

JUDY BARRETT LITOFF, a history professor at Bryant University, discusses her research of 30,000 wartime letters written by American women in uniform and on the home front. She lectures around the world bringing the stories of ordinary people to a new generation.

July 12th

LISA STAR, Rhode Island's Poet Laureate, is a Block Island innkeeper, mother, and basketball coach. She discusses the gathering of US Poet Laureates in Rhode Island as well as what inspires her to write poetry

July 19th

Some of the most lucrative careers are in health sciences and medicine. Dr. ANNIE DE GROOT is president/ceo of EPIVAX, which works on tools for vaccines for HIV/AIDS. She is now directing URI's Institute for Immunology and Informatics.

July 26th

Meet two Rhode Island women who are breast cancer survivors. BARBARA MANNI from Cranston started a business called 'kare chiefs' where she make head scarves for women with cancer. DANA PAOLANTONIO is a hair dresser from North Providence who lost her hair from chemotherapy treatments and found a new attitude and a new life thanks to 'kare chiefs'.

Deb Ruggiero
Host of Amazing Women

Deb Ruggiero is a businesswoman, broadcaster, and community leader. She understands 'the art of business' and the 'business of art.'

Deb graduated from Boston College in 1980 and spent the first ten years of her broadcasting career on-air as a news anchor and talk show host at CBS radio and WMJX radio in Boston.

Since 1990, she's worked in TV and radio sales management as national sales manager for WPRI TV 12/ FOX64 and as local sales manager of WBDC-TV in Washington, DC.

Currently, Deb is Director of Community Development for Citadel Broadcasting. She's intent on guiding broadcasters to better community service. She is the creator and host of "AMAZING WOMEN", a radio talk show that celebrates the accomplishments of Rhode Island women who make a difference in our community -- how women accomplish, encourage, legislate, live, and love.

"I'm so blessed to be able to share the stories of so many 'Amazing Women' who make a difference every day. It's inspirational to learn how many women contribute to this state in terms of economic, educa-
tional, professional, and social achievements. You'll hear the stories of the women you recognize, but also the stories of the unsung heroes who don't always make the headlines."

Deb Ruggiero is a founding board member of The Women's Fund of RI, past president of the board of the American Lung Association of Rhode Island, and serves on the philanthropic committee for the Rhode Island Foundation. She has been an instructor at Providence College since 1992, teaching Broadcast Advertising and Marketing Research.

Deb lives in Jamestown, is an avid golfer, and loves to cook.

If you know an Amazing Woman, e-mail me at: debruggiero@amazingwomenri.com

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