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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ...cond-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand...
15: ...hmore. She was named after her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-gran...
23: ..., I wouldn't leave without the King, and the King won't leave under any circumstances". In [[1940]] Pr...
27: ...ctually serve in the military, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks.
35: ... otherwise have been entitled to. Otherwise they would have been styled merely as children of a duke.... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...ransferred to her from her mother, who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father...
17: ... second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]]. Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII's chief advisor, managed to secur...
19: ...led. In [[1533]], Henry secretly married another woman, [[Anne Boleyn]]. Shortly thereafter, [[Thoma...
26: ..., who had been persecuting Mary. The only way he would grant her his favor was if she accepted humili...
28: ...ther, the Prince Edward, Duke of Cornwall). Both women, however, remained legally illegitimate. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
16: ... in Greenwich Palace, on September 7, 1533. Henry would have preferred a son to ensure the Tudor succe...
18: ...welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] ...
24: [[Image:ElizabethTudorAt13-woc-0475.jpg|thumb|left|Elizabeth at the age of 13 b...
25: ... was [[Deposition_(politics)|deposed]] less than two weeks later. Armed with popular support, Mary rod...
27: ...owed to return to court at Philip's behest, as he worried that his wife might die in childbirth, in wh... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...tricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-operate. The [[Act of Union 1707]] (which u...
12: ...nne's reign was marked by the development of the two-party system. Anne personally preferred the [[Tor...
15: ...n Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important gene...
17: ...lic successor, suggested to Princess Anne that he would try to make her his heir if she converted to C...
26: ... of William III by any future marriage, the Crown would go to [[Sophia of Hanover|Sophia, Electress of... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
16: ...ria's mother, the Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, would act as Regent during the queen's minority. Ign...
25: ...d, no regency was necessary. By [[Salic law]], no woman could rule [[Hanover (state)|Hanover]], a real...
27: ...toria as "Mrs Melbourne".) The Melbourne ministry would not stay in power for long; it was growing unp...
39: ... on [[21 November]] [[1840]]. Eight more children would be born during the exceptionally happy marriag...
43: ... punishable by death. Feeling that such a penalty would be too harsh, Prince Albert encouraged Parliam... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...e never having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthri...
13: ...ntal cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning biographie...
15: ...eferred to as the most photographed person in the world. To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales wa...
22: ...at-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of [[Charle...
24: ...cated at [[Riddlesworth Hall]] [http://www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath Sch... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...She attracted much attention as she was the first woman member to actually take her seat, since the fi...
10: ...ecame editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, would never forgive Claud Cockburn and his newssheet...
12: ... believed that it was Nancy Astor who, during a [[World War II]] speech, first referred to the men of ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...s, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatc...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
43: ...lthough the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister.
45: ... may be able to remain in government, and if not, would at least be a strong [[parliamentary oppositio...
47: However, Campbell's initial popularity soon wore off. The prime minister appeared to have troubl... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...ted Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 2005]] to serve in that position. She ...
31: ...e]] and foster a more flexible labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditio...
33: ...ness Thatcher'''; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as h...
36: ...ves). When the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts...
38: ... the post. She obtained a second class degree and worked as a research chemist for [[British Xylonite]... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...me Court of Canada]] to answer the question, "Are women persons?" The case came to be known as the ''...
3: The women, all of whom were from [[Alberta]], were:
5: ...]] (the [[British Empire|British Empire's]] first woman judge);
6: ...Parlby]] (farm women's leader, activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and - Asia (16910 bytes)
1: [[Image:LocationAsia.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Asia]]
6: ...s]] to [[Novaya Zemlya]]. About 60 percent of the world's population live in Asia.
12: ...a". It bears a striking similarity to the Semitic word 'erebu', which means "to set". From a Middle Ea...
14: An alternative explanation is that the word Asia is rooted in a [[Greek language|Greek]] te...
66: The country of [[Malaysia]] is divided in two by the [[South China Sea]], and thus has both a m... - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ...ry in [[North America]], the northern-most in the world and the second largest in area (after [[Russia...
75: ... have originated from the [[Huron]]-[[Iroquoian]] word ''Kanata'', meaning "village", "settlement", or...
100: ...ster]] confirmed that no act of the UK parliament would thereafter extend to Canada without its consen...
102: The [[Quebec sovereignty movement]] has led to two [[referendum|referenda]] held in 1980 and 1995, w...
111: ...The northernmost settlement in Canada (and in the world) is Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert on the... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
88: ...it of Hormuz]] makes it a vital transit point for world crude oil. The UAE is considered to be one of ...
90: ...r made public. Therefore the exact border of the two countries is only known to their governments.
103: ...d Cup]], held annually in March. [http://www.dubaiworldcup.com/]
129: ....ae Ajman University of Science and Technology Network]
136: {{commons|United Arab Emirates}} - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
67: ...'s implementation was suspended until after the [[World War I|Great War]]. (The war at that stage was ...
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
73: ...h Commonwealth]] and that [[TD (parliament)|TD]]s would have to swear an oath of fidelity to [[George ...
75: ..., the [[Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) split into two opposing camps. However, through the lack of an e...
85: ...y being implemented, albeit more slowly than many would like. - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
62: ...the fact that after failing to conquer it by the sword the Spanish entered by the cross, with missiona...
91: ...or one-fourth of [[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]], two-thirds of exports, and half of the labor force.
99: ... should remain at the same level in 2000 provided world agricultural prices do not plunge.
108: ...uatemalans have incorporated traditional forms of worship. [[Protestant]]ism and traditional Maya reli...
123: {{commons|Guatemala}} - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
51: ...ganization of the Islamic Conference]], and the [[World Trade Organization]].
62: ...ing an [[Indo-Greek kingdom]] that lasted nearly two centuries, until around [[10 BCE]]. To the south,...
72: ...d formed the [[British East India Company]] which would eventually spearhead a colonial domination ove...
79: ...mmunal riots in the region and perhaps one of the worst in modern history. An estimated 1 to 5 million...
81: ...pendence of its former colonies, various disputes would remain between India and Pakistan involving [[... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...e to editors: if you are thinking of changing the word "country" to "state", "nation", "union", etc, p...
56: ...s territory|overseas territories]] throughout the world, and relationships with several [[Crown depend...
64: ...], and the smaller islands associated with these two, such as the [[Channel Islands]], the [[Hebrides]...
74: ...y saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantlin...
76: ...omic difficulties following adoption of the Euro, would seem to be possible in the future. - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
51: In the 1830s, NH saw two major news stories: the founding of the [[Republi...
53: ... primaries which tended to accurately predict who would be elected [[President of the United States]].
58: ...re is [[John Lynch]] (Democrat). New Hampshire's two U.S. senators are [[Judd Gregg]] (Republican) and...
60: ...ouncil's duties include voting on state contracts worth more than $5,000, on nominations made by the g...
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ... - Space (10661 bytes)
6: ...tal [[abstract]] mathematical [[concept]]ual framework (together with [[time]] and [[number]]) within ...
21: ...eparate dimensions. Einstein's work unified the two into [[spacetime]]. In spacetime, measurements o...
47: ...] framework we need to think (and talk) about the world. Another way to frame this is to ask, "Can spa...
49: ...t rather both are elements of a systematic [[framework]] we use to structure our experience. Spatial ...
51: ...ton's [[bucket argument]] and Poincar駳 [[sphere-world]].
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