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- Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
8: ...ine of cosmetics "''Wings''," she flew her own airplane around the country promoting her products. Yea...
20: ... of the United States]] in [[1952]] and she would play a major role in his successful campaign. Close ...
22: ...the first woman to be honored with a permanent display of her achievements at the [[United States Air ...
26: Her aviation accomplishments never gained the continuing media attenti... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
7: In [[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]]-[[John Ma...
14: In the 1970s, she pioneered the implementation of [[standards]] testing of computers, ...
26: ... Young Computer Professionals" was established in 1971 by the [[Association for Computing Machinery]].
38: ... is famous for her ''nanoseconds'' visual aid. People (such as generals and admirals) used to ask her ... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
9: ...] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ... to one of her biographers, Nicholas Gage, the couple had a child, a boy, who died hours after he was ...
15: ...ung singers, this seems unlikely. A more likely explanation is Callas' overuse of [[quaaludes]]. Devet... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
91: *1971 ''[[Ella A Nice]]''
111: ==Samples==
112: *[[Media:How High The Moon.ogg|Download sample]] of "How High the Moon" - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
53: *[[1970]] ''[[Don't Play That Song]]''
56: *[[1971]] ''[[Aretha Live at the Fillmore West]]''
57: *[[1971]] ''[[Young, Gifted & Black]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ..., her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. S...
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
23: *String Quartet No. 1 (1971) - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
5: ...ded her career with a concert in [[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final t... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...e:Janis Joplin-In Concert.jpg|right|thumb|Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live ...
2: ... bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ... in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and ...
6: ...ovement was still in its infancy at this time - Joplin styled herself in part after her female blues h...
10: ...together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of the la... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...garette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain the unique texture to her voice, which was esp...
11: ...ses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "For Free", sold well, su...
13: ..."). The album was stylistically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the ...
15: ...dominated by the lengthy part-improvised "Paprika Plains". The album received mixed reviews: some enj...
17: ...rles Mingus]], who died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band fe... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize...
22: ...nted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are...
24: ... she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free...
29: ...ity Brothers was founded in [[1963]], and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in [[1976]]. ...
31: ...ful for God'' by [[Malcolm Muggeridge]] and his [[1971]] book of the same title, which is still in print... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
10: ... to fine cuisine. She learned to cook in order to please him and entertain their large social circle. ...
24: ...demonstrated on the show. It was soon followed in 1971 by ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume ...
28: ...ion Workshop]] program, [[The Electric Company]] (1971-1977).
34: ...rs during a series of [[stroke]]s in 1989. The couple did not have children. - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
5: Penny played the role of the wise-cracking brewery worker ...
7: ...s married to actor and director [[Rob Reiner]] ([[1971]]-[[1979]]).
16: *''[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted) - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
4: ...n of Honour]]. She has also occasionally directed plays.
13: ...the [[National Theatre]] in London. She is a multiple winner of the main awards for performances on th... - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
32: *''[[Blind Terror]]'' ([[1971]])
46: *''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'' ([[1985]]) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
5: ...], helped to found the organization that became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunc...
7: ...nging Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ...ed. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong ...
17: Hepburn cut her acting teeth in plays staged at Bryn Mawr and later in revues staged...
19: ... almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in small stock company r... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...ew up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: Loren began her film career in the early 1950s playing bit parts in mostly minor Italian films, but...
9: ...ized her voluptuous physique (she even appeared topless in the films ''[[Two Nights with Cleopatra]]''...
11: ...hony Perkins]] (based upon the [[Eugene O'Neill]] play), ''[[Houseboat (movie)|Houseboat]]'' (a romant...
15: ...''[[Lady L]]'' with [[Paul Newman]], [[Charles Chaplin]]'s final film, ''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
9: ...old Andrews he didn't feel she packed the gear to play in My Fair Lady. After beating Hepburn for the ...
11: ...]]'', and ''[[S.O.B.]]'', in which she appeared topless, she was seen very rarely on screen during the...
13: ...haracter of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in [[New York City]]. In [[2004]], she...
15: ...s|USA]] at the end of [[2002]] with [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Charlotte Church]], [[Max Howard]], and...
17: ... and, perhaps most notoriously, in ''S.O.B.'' she plays a character very similar to herself, who agree... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...he is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players and female athletes in history.
5: Billie Jean King won the triple crown for singles, doubles, and mixed doubles in...
7: ...ss, clay, indoor, and hard.) She is one of only 9 players to hold a singles title in each of the [[Gra...
9: In 1971, King (while still married) began an affair with ... - Furniture (1728 bytes)
42: ...Making of Old Furniture. London: Evans Brothers, 1971.
48: *[[G-Plan]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
62: ...yramid_complex|Giza Pyramids]], the [[Karnak]] Temple and the [[Valley of the Kings]]; the southern ci...
67: ...-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), the name of a temple of the god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]...
69: ...y and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by [[desert]]s to ...
73: Following the completion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt bec...
86: ...for the fire, used as part of their predetermined plot to overthrow Farouk.
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