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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitr...
10: ...[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
12: ...bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Republican]... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
56: *[[Mercedes de Acosta|Acosta, Mercedes de]] (1893-1968) - 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... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...al monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. S...
9: ...]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impat...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|ho...
16: ...on after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Successio...
18: ...daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbish... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...he tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially dur...
9: ... was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger d...
11: ...f Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid their [[credito...
13: ...odge]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] as a residence. Princess May was close to her mother and acte...
17: ...May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], whose father, HRH The [[Prince Ad... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...n]], and an international leader in [[sustainable development]] and [[public health]].
5: She was born in [[B沵m]], became a social democrat at the age of 7, and was educated Medical d...
7: ...he 1992 [[Earth Summit]] / [[UNCED]], that was headed by [[Maurice Strong]], who had been a prominent ...
9: .... She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
11: ... syndrome|SARS]]. Gro Harlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jo... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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31: ...able of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the...
35: ...1983]], and Campbell married [[Howard Eddy]] in [[1986]].
39: ...n in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Par... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ... a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
7: ... predominantly Irish neighbourhood on the south side of Indianapolis. Her father, Paul, served as coun...
9: ...e, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful campai...
13: ...anagement Act of 1990]], which required cities to develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiat...
15: ...e to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]]. - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: '''Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo''' ([[January 18]],[[1930]]-[[July 10...
3: ...sidential election, 1986|ran]] for President in [[1986]] and served in the [[European Parliament]] from ... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
6: |'''Order'''
12: |'''Predecessor'''
27: ...[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
34: ...icle for the ''[[New Yorker]]'', Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at [[Colum...
35: ...d an administrative position at the University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] m... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ... Kesteven" -->''', [[Order of the Garter|LG]] [[Order of Merit|OM]] [[Privy Council|PC]] [[Royal Socie...
29: ...he Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kingdom ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ... a spokeswoman for women's rights. She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.
9: ...riter]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
12: ...e media seemed to appoint Gloria as a feminist leader. In this role, Gloria managed to organize her le...
14: ... different owners since Steinem and the other founders sold it, she remains on the Masthead as one of ...
16: In [[1974]] Steinem founded the [[Coalition of Labor Union Women]]. In [[197... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...She was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], and attended school at [[Victoria University in the Universit...
4: ...ave feminism]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literatur...
6: ...he [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
8: ... fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or for her [[Booker P...
10: ...he French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
6: ...udents, and the slow pace of her courses, she decided to study the [[Old Masters|old masters]] on her ...
8: ...she lived with her family, but art supplies and models were difficult to find in the small town. Her f...
14: Upon seeing pastels by [[Edgar Degas]] in an art dealer's window, though, she knew she was not alone ...
16: ... circle until [[1886]], she remained friends with Degas and [[Berthe Morisot]].
21: ... of techniques. Nearly one third of her paintings depict a mother and child portrayed in intimate rela... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...ember 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the [[Denmark|Danish]] author '''Karen Blixen'''. Blixen ...
5: ...the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian...
7: ...uple separated in 1921, and the Baron returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in 1925. Karen Bl...
9: ...he pseudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
15: ... Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola) - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...a Hamnett''' ([[February 14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, k...
3: ...[[France]] to study at [[Marie Vassilieff]]'s Academy.
5: ... with many of the leading members of the avant-garde living there at the time. In Montparnasse she als...
7: ... during [[World War I]] including at the Royal Academy in London as well as the ''[[Salon d'Automne]]'...
11: ...oto shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...itzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her ...
6: ...ture]] or [[Hispanic Literature]]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Li...
8: ...d the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], t...
12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope o...
29: *[[Dreaming Emmet]] (performed 1986) - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: ... ([[November 15]], [[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist b...
4: ...chiefly known for her landscapes and paintings of desert flowers, which are often interpreted as [[Yon...
6: ... and the [[Art Students League of New York|Art Students' League]] in [[New York City]]. She began teac...
12: ...le with travel. Her trips west gave her the solitude she required to pursue her art.
14: ...anta Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] until her death in 1986. Her home was in [[Abiquiu, New Mexico]]. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
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8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ... values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase...
14: ... values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
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