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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]]
116: | [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] - 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
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole...
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
37: ...w Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - 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
27: *[[Chingiz Aitmatov|Aitmatov, Chingiz]], (born 1928), [[Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz]] author - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...ter in the world, as well as the only former American citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin Netanyahu]]...
10: Her father worked as a carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a groc...
14: ...ather when she was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region...
20: ...s there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the kitchen. She a...
22: ...dren: a son, Menachem; and a daughter, Sarah. In 1928, she was elected secretary of the women's labor c... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
5: ... of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor...
15: In [[1928]], Mrs. Roosevelt met Associated Press reporter [...
16: ...here I can look at you most of my waking hours! I can't kiss you [in person] so I kiss your picture go...
20: ... perform at [[Constitution Hall]] in Washington because of her skin color. Mrs. Roosevelt arranged fo... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...ns?" The case came to be known as the '''Persons Case'''.
6: ... (farm women's leader, activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
8: ... women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
9: *[[Henrietta Muir Edwards]] (an advocate for working women and founder of the [[Victoria...
11: ... of Canada|senators]]: "The [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] shall... summon qualified ... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: ...khurst''' ([[July 14]], [[1858]] - [[June 14]], [[1928]]) was one of the founders of the British [[suffr...
5: ...whom would make a substantial contribution to the campaign in different ways.
7: ... going on [[hunger strike]]. Her approach to the campaign did not endear her to everyone, and there w... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...tember 6]], [[1966]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting ...
5: ...mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] who had 11 children before dying of [[tub...
7: ...ation'', to poor women, Sanger repeatedly risked scandal and imprisonment by acting in defiance of the...
9: ...es Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
13: ...dissolution in 1937 after birth control under medical supervision was legalized in many states. In 192... - Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
3: She was her father's favourite and was carefully trained in the study of [[poetry]], [[scie...
5: ...a regards the [[Crusades]] as a danger both political and religious. Her models are [[Thucydides]], [[...
11: ...e Alexiad]'', translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes in 1928 - 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: ...pman, an attorney from Boston, but in November of 1928 announced that the engagement had been broken and... - 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... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compil...
3: ...e same two subjects in [[1930]] and in [[1934]] became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathemati...
5: ...n the development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculators.
7: In [[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]]...
12: ...to an indefinite assignment. She was promoted to Captain in [[1973]] by Admiral [[Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...ember 15]], [[1978]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologis...
5: ...k in [[Polynesia]]. In 1926 Mead joined the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, as ass...
7: ... her premiere work, ''Coming of Age in Samoa'' ([[1928]]), based on research she conducted as a graduate...
12: ...ad's advisor, [[Franz Boas]], wrote of its significance that
13: ...courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive t... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
2: ...d States|US]] [[Army]] nurse nicknamed ''the American [[Florence Nightingale]]''.
8: In the [[Spanish American War]] she organized nurses for the military. Thr...
12: ... textbook: ''Practical Nursing''. Maxwell Hall ([[1928]]-[[1984]]) at Presbyterian Hospital was named fo... - 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. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...erable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. ...
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [...
7: ...Jeanne d'Arc''' or '''Jehanne Darc''' was born circa [[1412]] in the small village of [[Domr魹-la-Puc...
10: ... are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New Y...
12: ... Archangel]], [[Saint Catherine of Alexandria|St. Catherine]], and [[Saint Margaret the Virgin|St. Mar... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...il 29]], [[1917]], '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] the...
4: ...35]] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...f the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopt...
8: ...ernationale]] for 16mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
10: During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Deren became heavily involved in [[Haiti|Haitian]] [[Vodoun|...
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