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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
3: ...o-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema beach]]
7: ...]. The city is famous for the hotel-lined tourist beaches [[Copacabana]] and [[Ipanema]], for the gian...
9: ...nd-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a...
15: ... and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neig...
17: ...city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban mo... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: The '''Puritans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which dev...
4: ...he meaning of "Puritan" in the 17th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism ...
5: ...emselves. The practitioners knew themselves as members of particular churches or movements, and not by...
8: ...These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way).
10: ...e or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of all believers]]. However, in church polity (organizatio... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the n...
3: ...on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple civiliz...
5: ...y|twentieth centuries]], China stagnated and fell behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europ...
7: ...[[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...lated as "Middle Kingdom", but perhaps could also be translated as, "Central State". It literally mean... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...:China_temple.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomcl...
3: ...ion]]s have been practiced in [[China]] since the beginning of its [[history of China|history]]. [[Tem...
5: ...stem as either a religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problematic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism]] a...
7: ...f systems. It is possible for someone to claim to be a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] while living life accordi...
9: ...ven]] and [[yin and yang]]. The Chinese have also believed in such practices as [[Chinese astrology|as... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ... (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Ca...
7: ..., [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[Ne...
14: ...|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age thr...
15: ...ther was HRH The Duchess of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George ...
17: ...British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edward VIII o... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...d by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
13: ...poor health has been theorised by some authors to be from congenital [[syphilis]] transferred to her f...
15: The Princess Mary became an extremely well-educated child under the di...
17: ...ung child, the Princess Mary's marital future was being negotiated by her father. When she was but tw...
21: ...ady Shelton]], to her own infant half-sister Elizabeth, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfi... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
15: ...after her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her det...
22: ... the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "other party" in the Earl and Cou...
24: ..., excelled in [[sports]] and reportedly longed to be a [[ballerina]].
28: ...ady Fermoy, was a longtime friend of [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]] . [[Charles, Prince of Wales...
30: ...d, could not have been previously married, should be, preferably, a virgin, and Protestant. Diana ful... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: [[Image:bbhutto.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was ...
3: ...icated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]].
6: ...as a kind of assistant to him. This seems to have been a formative experience for her, in that watchin...
8: ... of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
11: ...cution, she was placed under house arrest. Having been allowed in 1984, to go back to the [[United Kin... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
2: |+ <font size="+1">'''The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell'''</font>
4: ...ef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:Kim_Campbell.jpg]]
10: | [[June 25]] - [[November 4]], [[1993]]
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...e Minister of Canada]] from [[June 25]] to [[November 4]], [[1993]]. Though she was not popularly elec... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ... from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat...
9: ...Mountlake Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a s...
13: In [[1986]], Cantwell became the youngest woman ever elected to the Washin...
15: In [[1992]], she became the first Democrat elected to the United Stat...
19: ... in 1995. (Cantwell is an avid Mariners fan.) She became a multimillionaire as the company grew. - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
9: | succeeded=Incumbent (2011)
10: | date of birth=[[September 30]], [[1960]]
18: ...[[Arkansas]]. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate.
22: ... Lincoln did not stand for reelection in [[1996]] because she was [[pregnancy|pregnant]], and in [[U.S...
26: ... primarily on issues involving farmers, and rural issues. She is one of the primary advocates of the [[De... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
30: ...Wood, Reno's mother, raised her children and then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News....
32: ..., New York]], where she majored in [[chemistry]], became president of the [[Women's Self Government As...
34: ...ee, she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
36: ...left the state's attorney's office in [[1976]] to become a partner in a private law firm.
38: ...s elected to the Office of State Attorney in November [[1978]] and was returned to office by the voter... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
27: '''Condoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United States Se...
29: In [[November 2004]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as...
31: ...rican (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
37: ... determination against adversity, and the need to be "twice as good" as non-minorities [http://www.rac... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...e is credited by many as having revitalised and liberalised a previously conservative political office...
10: ...:'''</td><td>[[3 December]] [[1990]] - [[12 September]] [[1997]]</td></tr>
11: <tr><td>'''Number of Terms:'''</td><td>1</td></tr>
23: ...born into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and servants of the Queen.
25: ... Professor of Law]] in the college, considered to be a prestigious appointment made to accomplished la... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
16: |[[13 October]] [[1925]]
27: ...on Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), a...
29: ...eral election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[2...
33: ...cher'''; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of th... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ... question, "Are women persons?" The case came to be known as the '''Persons Case'''.
3: The women, all of whom were from [[Alberta]], were:
6: ...ctivist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
7: ...ng]] (a famous [[suffragist]] and member of the Alberta legislature);
11: ...every Person so summoned shall become and be a Member of the Senate and a Senator." - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...ollege of Law]] but never practiced. On[[ 16 November]] [[1954]] she gave birth to another son (Jon Ga...
7: In [[1960]] she began a lawsuit (''[[Murray v. Curtlett]]'') against...
9: ...]] public policy." She acted as its first [[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Ga...
11: ...her son William converted to [[Christianity]] and became [[born again]] at Gateway [[Baptist]] Church ...
13: ...ress she criticized a wide variety of atheists as being unacceptable, seemingly all except those whom ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...''Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood''' (born [[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[novelist]], [[poetry|poet...
4: ...her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the...
10: ...me Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', champ...
12: ... She has said in interviews that the device will be available by [[2006]].
22: :''[[Life Before Man]]'' ([[1979]]) - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
2: Dr. '''Mary Edwards Walker''' ([[November]], [[1832]] – [[February 21]], [[1919]]) w...
6: ...rk]], the daughter of Alvah and Vesta Walker, she believed the fashions of the day, which included suc...
8: .... She married a fellow medical school student, Albert Miller, and they set up a joint practice in [[R...
10: ...he Army of the Cumberland in September, [[1863]], becoming the first ever female U.S. Army Surgeon.
12: ...Sherman]] and [[George Henry Thomas]]. On [[November 11]], [[1865]], President [[Andrew Johnson]] sig... - 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...
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