There's Toni Morrison, who is quoted as saying, "Bit by bit, she had claimed herself.
But when Mauresmo stayed at the baseline, it was Davenport who took the initiative and moved forward, dictating games that the No3 should have claimed herself.
When the newest Disney princess, Moana, proclaims in the movie "I am Moana" she is not simply claiming herself.
Why not give Lilith her rightful place in history as the first feminist, who claimed herself equal to Adam and refused to become subservient, who saw Adam's relationship with Eve as an unacceptable betrayal.
She is not a Muslim Everywoman; it is not a role she would ever claim for herself.
A more coherent piece than "Imperceptible," it was also more willfully provocative, Parks's attempt to stake a claim for herself within the discourse of race and gender studies.
"One of the things the research says is that third-culture kids tend to be extremely empathetic, and because they've usually lived in at least one other foreign country, they somehow feel a global alliance, almost... " Gun tails off, as if embarrassed to make too grand a claim for herself.
A fashion stylist and costume designer, Ms. Phillips has staked a claim for herself at the intersection of the fashion, film and music worlds, rising to prominence as the stylist of choice for risk-taking celebrities like Madonna, Lenny Kravitz and Courtney Love, and the costume designer for films like "Swept Away," "One-Hour Photo" and "Girl, Interrupted".
A Schwartz paralegal, Norma Foster, filed a false claim for herself; she now is a cooperating witness in a government investigation into the Mississippi settlements.
Bachmann Claim: Declaring herself a professional meteorologist, Bachmann explains that climate change cannot be real because "CO2 is a natural byproduct of nature".
