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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - 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 - 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...
28: ...ed, "After I signed, I cried. When I studied American history as a schoolgirl and I read about those w... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
24: |'''[[Political party|Political Party]]'''
30: ...od, Reno's mother, raised her children and then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News. J...
32: ...New York]], where she majored in [[chemistry]], became president of the [[Women's Self Government Asso...
34: ..., she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
38: ...d State [[Attorney General]] for Dade County (now called Miami-Dade County). She was elected to the Of... - 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...
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...
22: ...cism), she was the connection to the African-American population and helped Mr. Roosevelt win a lot of... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: ...5]], [[1882]] - [[September 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] movement.
7: ...ork full-time with the [[Women's Social and Political Union]] with her sister [[Christabel Pankhurst|C...
9: ...''[[Women's Dreadnought]]'', which subsequently became the ''[[Workers Dreadnought]]''.
17: ...la House, 1955). Having moved to Addis Ababa in [[1956]], with her son, [[Richard Pankhurst]], she found...
19: ... died in 1960, and was buried in front of Trinity Cathedral in [[Addis Ababa]]. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...[[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|American Civil Rights Movement]], most famous for her ref...
3: ==Civil rights and political activity==
4: ...skegee, Alabama]], daughter of James and Loeona McCauley. She grew up on a farm with her grandparents,...
6: ...so attended the [[Highlander Folk School]], an education center for workers' rights and [[racial equal...
8: ... for [[disorderly conduct]] and for violating a local ordinance. - 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: ...[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]] and left to study in [[India]] for two years.
9: ...a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working ...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism == - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...ebruary 14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, known as the '''Quee...
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|... - 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... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
5: ... she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[chor...
7: ...ical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
9: ...956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
11: ...ed her internship at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center]] in 1982.
13: ...The Earth We Share, (TM) an international science camp for students ages 12 to 16, that utilizes an ex... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ...rald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ..." improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...d several hit songs with them, including "(If You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was...
10: ...uite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...ngers) toured [[Europe]] and North America, classically opening their shows with the famous Ellington'... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...eatest female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1...
6: ...ild, Franklin and her sisters, [[Carolyn Franklin|Carolyn]] and [[Erma Franklin|Erma]], sang at her fa...
8: ...tist and a symbol of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this perio...
12: ...ance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]].
14: ...'"Angel",'' written by her sister Carolyn which became a soul classic. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...ght|thumb|<small>Billie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
3: ...a difficult childhood which affected her life and career.
7: ...ed by herself in her autobiography published in [[1956]]. She was born in [[Philadelphia]] but grew up i...
9: ...rnity. This stems from a copy of her birth certificate in Baltimore archives that lists the father as ...
14: ...by [[record producer]] [[John Hammond]] at a club called Monette's (there is still some dispute among ... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...pied France. She left her three daughters in the care of her husband.
7: She made a landing near [[Cannes]] in [[1942]], where she made contact with he...
11: ... June 1943 and sent to [[Ravensbr?[[Concentration Camp]]. She survived the war and testified against t...
13: ...ed Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: ...ulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
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.
14: ..."first choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]]. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...1915]] – [[August 29]], [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|ac...
5: ...eceived her first Academy Award nomination for [[Academy_Award_for_Best Actress|Best Actress]] for the...
7: ...y married and had a son. The affair caused was a scandal in both Hollywood and with the public; Bergma...
9: ...''H?onaten'') for which she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performan...
11: ...elgud]]'s remark, "She speaks five languages, and can't act in any of them." - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
1: ...:Catherine deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
2: '''Catherine Deneuve''' (born [[October 22]] [[1943]]) ...
4: ...car crash). Her breakthroughs came with the [[musical film]] ''[[Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]]'' (''Th...
6: ...(movie)|Indochine]]'' and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same perform... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: ...nuary 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
4: ...rth Carolina|Grabtown]], [[Johnston County, North Carolina]], the last of seven children of poor [[tob...
6: ...bullfighter [[Luis Miguel Dominguin]] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor ...
8: ... nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
12: ...and bedridden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]...
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