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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
26: ...s|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
9: ...f state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
14: ...eft|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
15: ... of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary...
17: ...t the time of her birth, she was third in the [[Order of succession to the British throne|line of succ... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...stemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
8: ...lection. Elected on [[November 28]], [[1919]], in December she became the second woman elected, and th...
10: ...''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set." - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...eled around the United States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [...
5: ...hts|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady...
9: ...lorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ed from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...n afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: '''Margaret Chase Smith''' ([[December 14]], [[1897]] – [[May 29]], [[1995]]...
5: ...that investigated problems encountered by the War Department in rapidly establishing bases across the ...
7: ...thaway only served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill ...
9: ...d the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]]...
11: ...ully intervened in Senate elections defeating key Democrats, but in 1954, when he attempted to challen... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ... language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federacinarquista Ib鲩ca|CNT-FAI]].
6: ...for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude.
9: At the age of 17 she emigrated with her elder sister, Helene, to Rochester, NY, to live with t...
10: ...anberkman.jpe|thumb|240px|right|Goldman and Alexander Berkman]]
13: ...attempted assassination of [[Henry Clay Frick]] made her highly unpopular with the authorities. Berkma... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
1: [[Image:MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg|thumb|Margaret Sanger.]]
5: ...ew York|Corning]], [[New York]]. Her mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] who ...
7: ...he dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...first of its kind in the United States. It was raided by the police and Sanger was arrested for violat...
11: ...ulius]] "[[Little Blue Books]]." It not only provided basic information about such topics as [[menstru... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
5: Akhmatova was born in [[Bolshoy Fontan]] near [[Odessa]]. Her childhood does not appear to have been ...
9: ...ith several poems written in the form of correspondence between the two.
11: ...n 1925 and 1952 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[1946]]). She died in [[Leningrad]] in 196...
13: There is a museum devoted to Akhmatova at the Fountain House (more pro...
16: *[http://www.imwerden.de/akhmatova.html Akhmatova's poetry in MP3 format] - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ... in dialogue with Bloomsbury, particularly its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) tow...
9: ...the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artists in thi...
11: ...erimented with [[stream-of-consciousness]], the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives ...
13: ...nd visual impressions; Woolf is at her best in rendering self-soliloquizing existences whose perpetual...
15: ..., near her home in [[Rodmell]]. She left a [[suicide note]] for her husband: "I feel certain that I am... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...ddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she entered [[vaudeville]] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New ...
7: ... acts. Already a star, she performed in a skirt made only of [[banana]]s, often accompanied by her pet...
11: ...ime she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contempo...
13: ...ker was awarded the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity.
15: Yet despite her popularity in France, she was never real... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ... Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
6: ...[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She recorded several hit songs with them, including "(If You ...
8: ...bb died in [[1939]], the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Or...
10: ... other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and t...
12: ...iddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pablo R... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...'''[[Jazz royalty|Lady Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of al...
7: ...ng as a [[prostitute]] with her mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother sometim...
9: ...er as a "[[Frank DeViese]]". Some historians consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by a hospital...
16: ...ormance, with pianist (and then-lover) [[Bobby Henderson]], did much to solidify her standing as a jaz...
20: ...songs, her unique tone and emotional commitment made her performances special. - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ... Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefulness and success have been cr...
7: ... at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On [[November 2]], [[1938]], at...
9: ... [[Germany|German]] occupiers would eventually murder her at one of their [[concentration camps]]. An...
11: ...Horthy|Miklorthy]].) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]...
13: ...pt]], it came as a shock to them that they were under suspicion due to Krystyna's contacts with a Poli... - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ..., [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E.]], [[Croix de Guerre|CdG]] ([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[Fe...
5: ...t of as the definitive World War II [[Poem code|code-poem]] ''[[Yours (poem)|Yours]]''.
7: In [[1940]], Violette married Etienne Szabo, a French offic...
9: ...nce with her [[Sten]] gun. She was interrogated under [[torture]], then sent to [[Ravensbr?ncentration...
11: ...embers of the SOE were executed by the Germans: [[Denise Bloch]], [[Cecily Lefort]], and [[Lilian Rolf... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
2: ...de]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
4: Deren was born in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. In [[1922]...
6: ...m. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...eography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Crea... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ... Love Lucy]]. A 'B-grade' [[movie star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular s...
4: ...a romance with a local bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enroll in the
5: ...on sentence. Right then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ..."royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
9: ...ivorced in [[1945]], but remarried the same year, deciding to patch things up. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...rockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[a...
4: ...Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
10: ...affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West E...
12: ...Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics ...
16: ...he cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight f... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ..., [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived...
5: ...eived her first Academy Award nomination for [[Academy_Award_for_Best Actress|Best Actress]] for the f...
7: ...e of Rossellini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ... final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances. - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: ...), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United States|American]] [[ac...
5: ...ed insincere. So, she enrolled in [[John Murray Anderson]]'s dramatic school (who sent her classmate [...
7: ... received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...gned. Her career began to stagnate through the [[1940s]], but her performance in ''[[All About Eve]]'' ...
11: ... rival [[Joan Crawford]], earned her another [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nomination. The film, which was t... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ...
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