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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]]
53: | [[1905]] — [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added) - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...to the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as su...
7: ...es were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
11: [[Archaeological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] ...
14: ...20195;; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...orated. Some archaeologists connect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] provin... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...ormality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the first Queen consort to attend t...
9: ...er daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]].
11: ...]]4000 plus ?4000 from her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt...
13: ...f Mecklenburg-Strelitz (n饠[[Princess Augusta of Cambridge]]). May wrote to her aunt every week witho...
17: ... whose father, HRH The [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], was a brother of HRH The [[Prince Edwar... - 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". - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...hus one of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[1930...
5: ...i did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislike aspects of Bolshevism and opted to j...
7: ...cy and educating women about the new marriage, education, and working laws put in place by the Revolut...
11: ...er which Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined. - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...se, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...n]] in [[1903]], where she became involved in radical politics through the [[suffragette]] movement an...
8: ...o the cause of [[socialism]]. As a member of the ICA she took part in the [[1916]] [[Easter Rising]] a...
10: ...s assembled in Dublin as the [[First Dᩬ|first incarnation]] of [[Dᩬ ɩreann]], a new Irish Parliam...
12: ...Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Irish Minister for Community, Rura... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
5: ...WSS]]), a position she held from [[1897]] until [[1919]].
9: ...ously came above the [[senior wrangler]] in the [[Cambridge University]] mathematics examinations. - 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... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...[[atheist]], founder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]...
4: ...Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obta...
6: ==An American atheist==
7: ... Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
9: ...the Supreme Court decision Madalyn founded [[American Atheists]], "a nationwide movement which defends... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...own for their [[realism]] and psychological perspicacity.
5: ...private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Hen...
8: ...and was the leading journal for philosophical radicals. In [[1854]], she published a translation of F...
10: ...ic career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorce...
12: ...ss jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on their [[wedding night]]; he survived. She d... - 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... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ... 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaking new ground for...
4: ==Flying career==
6: ... Amelia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for hi...
8: ...as a weekend hobbyist. She was even featured in local newspapers while she taught English.
10: ...e in New York and a reception held by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] at the [[White House]]. From then ... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
8: ... fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristo...
10: ...Quarrels between the children were frequent and occasionally violent. There was considerable tension b...
12: ...Tsvetaeva's mother contracted [[tuberculosis]]. Because it was believed that a change in climate could...
14: ...g Man'. Voloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor.
16: ...ribed in the essay 'A Captive Spirit.' She also became enamoured of the work of [[Aleksandr Blok]] and... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member ...
7: ...apitulation of the coterie's ideals, Woolf's work can be understood as consistently in dialogue with B...
9: ...ists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]].
11: ...ream-of-consciousness]], the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives of characters, and ...
13: ...central strength: Woolf is arguably the major lyrical novelist in the English language. Her novels are... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...ember 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
7: ... graduate studies at [[Columbia University]] in [[1919]], studying under [[Franz Boas]], receiving her [...
18: ...ed for American troops and stating the scientific case against racist beliefs. Despite the military c...
20: ...s]] considered quite natural: these included American [[prisoner of war|POW]]s' ''wanting'' their fami... - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
9: .... Said Hilbert, "I do not see that the sex of the candidate is against
10: ...se." She was finally admitted to the faculty in [[1919]]. A [[Jew]], Noether was forced to flee [[Nazi]]...
12: ... generalized transformations of physical systems, called [[symmetry|symmetries]] by physicists, into ... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...[[France]], was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross Nursing Service]].
4: ...ive nursing procedures for the patients under her care. Leaving Florida, Jane Delano then spent three ...
6: ...resulted in her being named president of the American Nurses Association and chair of the National Com...
8: ...Association]], the Army Nurse Corps, and the American Red Cross. Through her efforts, emergency respon...
12: ...dication to humanity. She was named to the [[American Nurses Association Hall of Fame]] and at Schuyle... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
1: ...er.jpg|190px|right|thumb|Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, ca 1870. She often wore mens clothes and was arreste...
2: ...[[November]], [[1832]] – [[February 21]], [[1919]]) was a versatile woman — a [[Feminism|fem...
6: ...clothing as [[corsets]], were not healthy and advocated looser fitting clothing.
8: ...s a doctor in [[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, Albert Miller, and they set up a...
12: ...]] signed a bill to present her the medal, specifically for her services at the First Battle of Bull R... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...nger, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]].
5: ..., [[Missouri]], the daughter of Eddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she entered [[vaudeville]] as a tee...
7: ...th a [[diamond]] collar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized th...
9: ...oman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in several successful f...
11: ...test song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contemporary painters and sculptors. - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
5: ...and promoted establishment of [[schools]] and medical centers.
7: ...ing her lifetime she wrote more than 5,000 periodical articles and 40 books; but today, including comp...
13: Her last home, ''Elmshaven'' in [[Saint Helena, California]], is a [[National Historic Landmark]].
17: ...school, and never completed any further formal education.
19: ...y, the association with the Millerites eventually caused her [[Methodist]] church to [[disfellowship]]...
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