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- Steel (28384 bytes)
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28: ... largest piece of the meteorite to the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in [[New York City]] in [[18...
32: ...copper-smelting sites on the [[Sinai Peninsula]], dated to about 3000 BC. Some iron oxides are effect...
34: ...] died in [[1323 BC]] and was buried with an iron dagger with a golden hilt. An [[Ancient Egyptian]] [...
40: ...artifact is a knife found on [[Cyprus]] at a site dated to [[1100 BC]]. - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ... first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments d...
6: ...sided Ionic capital, which became so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually r...
8: ...ollow flutes in the shaft settled at 24. This standardization kept the fluting in a familiar proportio...
10: ...luted on the Roosevelt memorial at the [[American Museum of Natural History]], New York, for an unusual im... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
1: ...75px|Carved sphinx with face of Hatshepsut, Cairo Museum]]
10: She was the daughter of [[Thutmose I of Egypt|Thutmose I]] and [...
11: ...ed tremendous influence. Thutmose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Meritre, but ...
22: ...sful military campaign in [[Nubia]] and in modern-day [[Israel]] and [[Syria]] early in her career.
24: ...here it was made, and where it still lies to this day. - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...[1729]] - [[November 6]], [[1796]] ([[Julian calendar|O.S.]])), born ''Sophie Augusta Fredericka'', kn...
5: ...osed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-date on current events in Russia and the rest of Eur...
9: ...eccaria-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine d...
16: ... coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]]
25: ...ulminated in the [[Battle of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. T... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...h. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than that of any other British monarch....
12: ...future King George IV), did marry, but had only a daughter, [[Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales]]. W...
14: ...French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
20: ...f the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Winds...
25: ...ugustus I of Hanover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. ... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...fayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
3: ...ne Claudine Agnes) ([[May 26|26 May]], [[1867]] – [[March 24|24 March]], [[1953]]) was the [[Que...
9: ...e of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambr...
11: ...[[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s.
17: ...cess May's first cousin once removed; May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridg... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
4: Rosa Parks was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], daughter of James and Loeona McCauley. She grew up o...
9: ...The bus, now a museum exhibit at the [[Henry Ford Museum]]]]
10: ...re black community boycotted public buses for 381 days. Dozens of public buses stood idle for months u...
19: Standard accounts of Parks' act of [[civil disobedience]...
32: [[Image:Parkstoday.jpg|frame|Rosa Parks in the year 2000]] - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
13: There is a museum devoted to Akhmatova at the Fountain House (more ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
2: ...on).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: '''Jane Austen''' ([[December 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[Englis...
5: ...ster, Hampshire|Winchester]] to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her malady t...
12: ... view of life seems largely genial, with a strong dash of gentle but keen satire: she appeals rarely a...
39: Reference: David Cecil, ''A portrait of Jane Austen'' (1978) - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' ([[May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|...
4: ...ittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], she was the daughter of a well-do-to businessman. Cassatt grew u...
10: By [[1872]], after studying in the major European museums, her style matured, and in Paris, she studied wi...
20: ...'. ([[1880]]). [[Mary Cassatt]]. Oil on canvas. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]]
25: ...eventually donate their purchases to American art museums. Although instrumental in advising the American ... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...ileschi''' ([[July 8]], [[1593]] - [[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[...
10: ...elden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the realism of [[Carava...
12: ..., so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unfortunate effect was that ...
14: ...apped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularly cruel torture to a painter. Bot...
16: ...ne"'') ([[1612]]-13), stored in the [[Capodimonte Museum of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portr... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: ...'Georgia O'Keeffe''' ([[November 15]], [[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|A...
18: * [http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/ Georgia O'Keeffe Museum]
19: * [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/okeeffe_g.html ''American Masters: Georgia ... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
2: '''Amy Johnson''' ([[July 1]], [[1903]] – [[January 5]], [[1941]]) was a famous English ...
8: ... be seen in the [[Science Museum_(London)|Science Museum in London]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in...
26: ...seum.org.uk/on-line/amy-johnson/index.asp Science Museum exhibit on Amy Johnson] - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...ева) ([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[p...
8: ...r III Museum, which is now known as the [[Pushkin Museum]] of Fine Arts. Tsvetaeva's mother, Maria Alexand...
10: ...ed of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poe...
18: ... same year as her father's project, the [[Pushkin Museum]] of Fine Arts was ceremonially opened, attended ...
20: ... for five years. During the [[famine]] one of her daughters died of starvation. - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: ...'Suzanne Valadon''' ([[September 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]) was a French [[painter]...
4: ...-sur-Gartempe]], [[Haute-Vienne]], [[France]] the daughter of an unmarried laundress, Suzanne Valadon ...
8: ...[[1883]], the same year that she posed for ''City Dance.'' In [[1885]] Renoir painted her portrait ag...
24: ...Roman Catholic Church|good Catholic]]" cats on Fridays.
28: - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
5: ... [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]].
15: ...r Advancing Technology in Developing Countries at Dartmouth College. The Institute was established as ...
19: ...rner Trumpet Award (1993); and Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth (1993); Kilby Science Award (1993); Induct... - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ...;πατία'') (?[[370|370]]–[[415]]) was a [[neo-Platonism|neo-Platonic]] [...
4: ...ertainly included the [[Serapeum]] (a temple and "daughter library" to the Great Library). In [[391]],...
12: :"There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such att...
18: Theories, without sufficient data, (in the ancient world it is common for "histor...
26: ...reat church, named Caesarion. Now this was in the days of the fast. And they tore off her clothing and... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: '''Margaret Mead''' ([[December 16]], [[1901]] – [[November 15]], [[1978]]) was an [[United Sta...
5: ... [[Polynesia]]. In 1926 Mead joined the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, as assistant c...
13: ...ot universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected ways.
14: ...women) as they pass through adolescence as "unavoidable periods of adjustment." Boas felt that a stud...
16: ...?" She found that it did. (See pp. 6-7, American Museum of Natural History edition of 1973.) - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ...she was born the day before Christmas, the 24th)–[[April 12]], [[1912]]) was a pioneer American ...
6: Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day 1821 to Stephen and Sarah Barton in [[Oxford, Ma...
17: ...h all I had, even with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted [[Mason]], he bade me seek a...
41: ...Imperial Russia and the International Red Cross Medal. Her final act was founding the National First A...
43: ==Clara Barton's Birthplace House and Museum== - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore...
31: ...arly in November [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale ...
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