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- 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... - 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar - 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 - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...a period of great social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the l...
14: ...[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her gove...
16: ...king was childless, the young Princess Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the...
20: ...ecause like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victor...
25: ...anover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. As the young q... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: '''Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway''' ([[February 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21...
3: [[image:Caraway_hattie.jpg|left|Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to US Senate]]
5: Hattie Caraway was born near [[Bakerville, Tennessee]] in [...
7: ...her husband practiced law and started a political career.
11: ...the [[United States Senate]]. (''see also: [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]]''). - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...d and liberalised a previously conservative political office. She resigned the presidency four months ...
7: ...OBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
13: <tr><td>'''Successor:'''</td><td>[[Mary McAleese]]</td></tr>
17: <tr><td>'''Other candidates:'''</td><td>[[Fianna Fᩬ]]: Brian Leniha...
23: ...as therefore born into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and servants of ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
27: ...oviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation tha...
29: ...al election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[20t...
31: ...early 1980s, her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...er mother in Toledo. As a child in Toledo, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to support them ...
7: == Education and Early Career ==
8: ...tically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]] and left to stud...
9: ...a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working ...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism == - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...ith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Flore...
3: ...irst female painter to become a member of the [[Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She wa...
7: ...er father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was just ...
10: ...e of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...iosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unf... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3:
5: ... and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ...cab顬 a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart
35: *Cartas perto do Cora磯 (2001) (letters exchanged wi... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...ember 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
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... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
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...
19: ...ner: A Life in Physics'', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ISBN 0520089065 - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...herson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
3: ...[October 9]], [[1890]] – [[September 27]], [[1944]]), also known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply ...
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]],... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...,[[1945]], [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholic]] nun and war heroine.
3: ...re Dame de Compassion" in [[Lyon]]. In 1933 she became "M貥 Marie Elisabeth de l'Eucharistie," the co...
5: ...efore being shipped to [[Ravensbr?[[concentration camp]] near [[Berlin, Germany]]. There, stripped of ... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...harity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely repo...
6: ... may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
9: ... Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of ...
11: ...and|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...of Loreto because of their vocation to provide education for girls. After a few months training at the... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
7: Following Stonehouse's capture, she went into hiding until early 1943 when ...
9: ... contact with SOE agent and Benoist's fellow race car driver, [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]]. However, in Jun...
11: Eventually shipped to [[Ravensbr?ncentration camp]], sometime between January 25 and February 5, ... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...as a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]]ish woman who became a [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisan]].
9: ...mitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student org...
11: ...a]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army. In 1944 she begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for...
13: ...sed the Hungarian border in small groups. She was captured before she could begin her mission and was ...
15: Szenes communicated with other prisoners with large cut-out letter... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...pable of all SOE's women agents. (She actually became a British agent months before the [[Special Ope...
7: ..., and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...tually murder her at one of their [[concentration camps]]. An achievement of the Polish courier missi...
11: ...rthy]].) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]]...
13: ... contacts with a Polish intelligence organization called the "[[Musketeers]]." This group had been fo... - 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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