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.
She just let a self-congratulatory impulse to claim herself as a "non-racist" white person get the better of her.
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.
That it actually became one may be a measure of the genius Stein claims for herself throughout the book.
Ms. Arnold admits to being a fan of Mr. Loach, but is hesitant about making claims for herself as a social realist.
It means the freedom that Isabel Archer claims for herself at the outset of "The Portrait of a Lady," when her aunt tells her that she has transgressed English social norms by sitting up late talking with the gentlemen.
The same cannot be said for Ms. Skinner, who boldly claims for herself the role immortally played by Harlow, that of Kitty Packard, the tarty wife of a newly rich vulgarian from Montana.
And in spite of her well-established history of dishonesty, Mr. Feuerzeig makes no great effort to challenge — or even to verify — her claims about herself or anyone else.
The woman at the center of an elaborate GoFundMe scam that used a fictitious feel-good story to compel people to donate money to a homeless veteran claims she herself was tricked into participating in the fraudulent scheme.
