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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
53: | [[1905]] — [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
205: ...]], [[1915]] — [[1917]] (House & senate chambers) - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
13: === Abba - Abbe ===
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
16: ...ge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
23: *[[Ernst Abbe|Abbe, Ernst]], (1840-1905), physicist
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...e of a [[Princess]] of Teck in the Kingdom of [[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']...
5: ...of her successors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events, Queen Mary's va...
9: ...he Empire of [[Austria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsbu...
11: ...nited Kingdom]], Princess May was only a minor member of the [[British Royal Family]]. Her father, the...
13: ...d were given use of [[White Lodge]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] as a residence. Princess May was... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
6: ...They settled in [[Dublin]] in [[1903]], where she became involved in radical politics through the [[su...
8: ...ed herself to the cause of [[socialism]]. As a member of the ICA she took part in the [[1916]] [[Easte...
10: ...blin St Patrick's as one of 73 [[Sinn Fé©®]] [[Member of Parliament#United Kingdom|MP]]s. This made he...
12: ...lding cabinet rank from April to August 1919, she became the first Irish female [[Cabinet Minister]]. ... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
3: ...aria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator.
5: ...am is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
7: She is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Budget]], the ...
9: ...mendment to the United States Constitution]] in [[1913]], U.S. Senators were selected by the state legis... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...d took part in an unsuccessful [[revolution]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]]. The uprising was carrie...
6: ... the fifth child of the [[Jew]]ish wood trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (m...
8: ...death and the party was broken up. Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of t...
12: ...espite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament focused more and more on gaining ...
14: ...Russia]]. She maintained that the struggle should be against [[capitalism]] itself, and not for an ind... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
1: ...ge:Cpankhurst.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|'''Christabel Pankhurst''']]
3: '''Christabel Harriette Pankhurst''' ([[September 22]], [[1880]] – [[February 13]], [[1958]]...
5: ...WSPU) swelled following their [[trial]]. Emmeline began to take more [[militant]] action for the suffr...
7: ...ved to the [[United States]] where she eventually became an [[evangelist]].
11: Christabel Pankhurst died in [[Los Angeles, California]] an... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: '''Rosa Louise Parks''' (born [[February 4]], [[1913]] as '''Rosa Louise McCauley''') is a retired [[A...
6: In the early [[1950s]], Parks became active in the [[American Civil Rights Movemen...
8: ...to make extra seats for whites. Rosa was tired of being treated as a second-class citizen and stood fi...
10: ...King]]) gathered to discuss the proper actions to be taken after Mrs. Parks arrest. What ensued next w...
14: Afterwards, Parks became an icon of the civil rights movement. She mov... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...a's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Holly...
5: .... She subsequently played in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...so in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage na...
9: ...he sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films f...
11: ...on-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...#1123;таева) ([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) w...
5:
8: ...ts roots in the depths of her displaced and disturbed childhood. Her father was Ivan Vladimirovich Tsv...
10: ...'s poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor...
12: ...luence on the impressionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This state of affairs was allowed... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
1: [[Image:BessieSmith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
2: ... Smith''' ([[April 15]], [[1894]] – [[September 26]] [[1937]]) in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], [[...
5: ...nce. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'s "81" Theatre and by [[1920]] ...
7: ...(traveling in her own railroad car), Bessie Smith became the highest-paid black entertainer of her day...
9: ... film, she sings the title song accompanied by members of [[Fletcher Henderson]]'s orchestra, the Hall... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...herson''' ([[October 9]], [[1890]] – [[September 27]], [[1944]]), also known as '''"Sister Aimee"...
7: ... Mildred Ona Pearce, 36 years his junior, who had been hired to nurse his wife during her terminal ill...
9: ...er, she became an avowed [[Atheism|atheist]], and began her public speaking career at the age of 13 in...
11: ...-align:center">[[Image:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div>
13: ...irth to a daughter, Roberta Star Semple, on September 17, after which she returned to the [[United Sta... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
2: ...''Mata Hari''' ([[August 7]], [[1876]]–[[October 15]], [[1917]])
5: ...sed as a princess from [[Java (island)|Java]] and became an exotic dancer, performing "[[Orientalism|O...
7: ...nes of entire nations resting on Mata Hari should be regarded as myths.
9: ... blew a [[kiss]] to her killers before the firing began. A third tale claims that not only did she fli...
11: ...ly. The tale is highly unlikely to be true, as it bears a suspicious resemblance to [[Puccini]]'s popu... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ...and fundraiser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[racism]].
5: ...round 1820, but that data cannot be authenticated because there are no records of her birth. Harriet h...
9: ...[Underground Railroad]]. She herself was later to become famous as "Moses", one of the most successful...
13: ...d assume the ineffectual chicken chaser could not be the cunning slave stealer.
15: ...that the retreat into enemy territory would never be anticipated by her pursuers and later resumed her... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
1: [[Image:Vivlei.jpg|thumb|Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)]]
3: ...ehampton]], England, along with fellow actress-to-be [[Maureen O'Sullivan]]. She then went on to gradu...
5: She was married in [[1932]] to Herbert Leigh Holman, and they had a daughter, Suzanne,...
7: ...se to be cast as [[Margaret Mitchell]]'s Southern belle.
9: ... [[Jill Esmond]] who was pregnant when the affair began). - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
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16: ...nus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left|A purple bearded iris]]
23: ...le or branched, solid or hollow. These stalks may be flattened or have a circular transverse section. ...
25: ...er. They are united at their base into a floral tube, that lies above the [[ovary]]. The [[flower|styl... - Rose (15436 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen| name = Rose}}
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
21: ...oup of generally thorny [[shrub]]s or [[liana|climbers]], and sometimes trailing plants, reaching 2-5 ...
25: ... yellow or red. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.
27: ...aining 5-25 [[seed]]s (technically [[achene]]s) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose h... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...erson on Earth, and is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], ...
12: ...s adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
14: ...move or amend this requirement, but none have yet been successful.
16: ...on]]. Incumbent President [[George W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current t...
19: ...ent, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President. - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...ates of America]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] from [[1913]] to [[1921]].
5: ...ege]]. He was admitted to the bar in [[1875]] and began his career as a lawyer in [[Columbia City, Ind...
7: ...as [[Governor]] of [[Indiana]] from [[1909]] to [[1913]]. He was a popular speaker and active in local ...
11: ...urned down the nomination, assuming the job would be boring.
13: ...t (who serves as President of the Senate) as a go-between with the Senate; Wilson took advantage of th... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
8: [[Image:Lincoln.jpg|Abe Lincoln]]
42: ...called '''Abe Lincoln''' and nicknamed '''Honest Abe''', the '''Rail Splitter''', and the '''Great Ema...
44: ...idential election]] further polarized the nation. Before his [[inauguration]] in [[March]] of [[1861]]...
46: ...omatic handling of the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in his defeat of a congre...
48: ... social institutions. The most important may have been setting the precedent for greater centralizatio...
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