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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
29: | [[1886]] — [[1907]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
8: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Ahlfors, Lars Valerian]], ([[1907]]-[[1996]]), Finnish mathematician - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
5: *[[Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
9: ...al writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
16: ...[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
28: ...[[Joseph Aiuppa|Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...ress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastemaker and the own...
8: ...d on [[November 28]], [[1919]], in December she became the second woman elected, and the first to take...
10: ...s his replacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, wou...
12: ...arlene Dietrich]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The Ballad Of The D-Day Dodgers".
18: # [[William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor]] (1907-1966) - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
4: ...eave both her children behind. She fought for the causes she thought were right, starting with [[freed...
5: Her conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'' by [[...
7: ...voted much of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and progres...
9: ...lected president of the Theosophical Society in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous president [[Henr...
11: ...y courted Hindu opinion more than former Theosophical leaders. This was a clear reversal of policy fr... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...government. Luxemburg and hundreds of others were captured, tortured, and killed.
6: ... Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
14: ...tion for nations under [[socialism]], which later caused tensions with [[Vladimir Lenin]].
19: ...g insisted that the critical difference between [[capital]] and [[labour (economics)|labour]] could on...
21: ...ks on German [[militarism]] and [[imperialism]] became heftier as she foresaw the approach of war, and... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...er account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Africa]]''.
5: ...Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ...ron Bror von Blixen-Finecke]], and the couple relocated to Kenya where they operated a [[coffee]] plan...
15: * ''The Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osc...
16: * ''The Ploughman'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osc... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ..., [[France]] to study at [[Marie Vassilieff]]'s Academy.
5: ...ose friends with [[Amedeo Modigliani]], [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Serge Diaghilev]], and [[Jean Cocteau]], ...
7: ...in England, she taught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After div...
11: During her 40 year career, Hamnett also worked with [[Bloomsbury group|...
13: ...ets that formed the area's epicentre. Home of the caf頬ife in Montparnasse, it was Nina Hamnett's fav... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ..."the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ... melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...ther of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], w...
9: ...nt film era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but ret...
11: ...-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple w... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...oet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and litera...
7: ...1897 followed by two years at [[Johns Hopkins Medical School]].
9: ...eft|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
12: ...he lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
13: ...et her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. Du... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...her doctorate degree, she went to [[Berlin]] in [[1907]] to study with [[Max Planck]] and the chemist [[...
10: ...w a [[chain reaction]] leading to an explosion. Because this could be used as weapon, and the knowledg...
12: ... to the USA in 1946 she was treated to total American press celebrity treatment, with the usual press ...
14: Meitner died in [[Cambridge]], [[England]] in [[1968]]. Element 109 is...
17: ...to Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max von Laue on the Occasion of their 80th Birthday''. New York: Interscie... - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
8: She received her doctorate in [[1907]] under [[Paul Gordan]], and rapidly built a worl...
9: .... Said Hilbert, "I do not see that the sex of the candidate is against
12: ... generalized transformations of physical systems, called [[symmetry|symmetries]] by physicists, into ... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
3: ...inist]], the first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain.
5: ...s]] allowed her to enter for the Licence of Apothecaries' Hall, which she obtained in [[1865]].
7: ...tution started to enable poor women to obtain medical help from qualified practitioners of their own s...
9: ...t of the East Anglian branch of the [[British Medical Association]].
11: ...he movement for the admission of women to the medical profession, of which Dr Anderson was the indefat... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...], [[1820]] – [[August 13]], [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', wa...
9: ...oncerned with the appalling conditions of medical care for the legions of the poor and indigent. She a...
11: ...]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
13: ...d was greatly impressed by the quality of medical care and by the commitment and practises of the sist...
17: ...ge would interfere with her ability to follow her calling to nursing, Nightingale continued to reject ... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
7: ...rminal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to ...
9: ...the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local clergy, etc.
13: ...hortly thereafter, the two embarked on an evangelical tour, first to [[Europe]] and then to [[China]],...
19: ...n 1913, she embarked upon a preaching career in [[Canada]] and the U.S. By June 1915 she had left hom...
21: ...r">[[Image:GospelCar.jpeg]]<small><br>The "Gospel Car", 1918</small></div> - Edith Cavell (1802 bytes)
1: ...ct Gutenberg eText 14676.jpg|frame|right|'''Edith Cavell''']]
2: ....cavell.JPG|thumb|234px|Statue in memory of Edith Cavell, opposite the [[National Portrait Gallery, Lo...
3: ...ead2.jpeg|thumb|234px|A propaganda image of Edith Cavell]]
5: '''Edith Louisa Cavell''' ([[December 4]], [[1865]] - [[October 12]]...
7: ...the war [http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/edith_cavell.htm]. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: ...ulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
4: ...ad]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
8: ...wn as a hard-partying girl-about-town. She also became known for her wit, although as screenwriter [[A...
10: ...y affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West...
12: ... that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...an 70-year acting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest act...
5: ...n children became well-versed in social and political issues. Once a very young Katharine Hepburn eve...
7: ...e would later be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own prat...
10: ...r got a degree from BM in history and philosophy; can this be a mistake? other sources say her degree ...
12: ...e married, the couple separated. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and t... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ...n [[June 27]], [[1862]] in [[Whitby, Ontario]], [[Canada]] ? died [[October 22]], [[1938]] in [[New Yo...
3: [[Image:Irwin postcard.jpg|thumb|May Irwin]]
4: ...] in December of 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed to where they were booked to a...
6: ...where she made her first appearance on the theatrical stage. An immediate success she went on to make ...
8: ...production, [[The Kiss (film, 1896)|The Kiss]], became the first screen kiss in cinematic history.
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