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  1. 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...
  2. Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
    1: ...al, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
    3: '''Melisende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) was [[...
    5: ...She had three younger sisters: [[Alice of Antioch|Alice]], [[Principality of Antioch|princess of Antioch]...
    9: ...reginam, cui jure hereditario competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III...
    11: ...hter as a capable successor to himself and Melisende enjoyed the support of the ''[[Haute Cour of Jeru...
  3. Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
    1: ...Melisende of Jerusalem|Queen Melisende]] had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant...
    5: ... former Queen [[Melisende of Jerusalem]], who founded the convent of St. Lazarus in Bethany for her si...
    9: ...t cousin of Sibylla, arrived in [[1177]] and demanded to have the princess married to one of his own v...
    11: ...tween the princess and his prisoner, Saladin demanded a large ransom, which Baldwin himself could not ...
    19: ...he accord between Jerusalem and Egypt. Baldwin IV deposed Guy as regent in [[1183]] and attempted to h...
  4. Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
    5: ...V of Toron]] in [[1183]] (the contract had been made several years earlier, as a sort of thanks to Hum...
    7: ... pointed out to him. Thereupon Saladin gave out orders throughout his army that no attack should be di...
    9: ...er Sibylla's position for the entire period. In order to prepare for the future after Baldwin IV, Isab...
    11: ...s settlement, both Sibylla and Isabella were considered equally entitled to succeed.
    13: ...ion. Now, that both Baldwin IV and Baldwin V were dead, it was easier to resurrect that legal grounds ...
  5. Constance of Antioch (2293 bytes)
    1: ...och]] (a [[crusader state]]) from [[1130]] to her death.
    3: ...of the regency had secretly summoned from Europe; Alice was tricked into believing Raymond was going to m...
    5: *[[Bohemund III of Antioch]], who succeeded her in 1163
    12: * Alice, married [[Azzo V d'Este]]
    16: {| align="center" cellpadding="2" border="2"
  6. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
    12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
    16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
    18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
    20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten...
  7. 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...
  8. Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
    1: ...ian.jpg|220px|thumb|Petra Kelly on the cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''Eine t?che Liebe'']]
    8: ...1983]] and [[1990]], she was a member of the [[Bundestag]] (West German Parliament) for the Greens.
    12: ...lly unexpected and occurred without her consent. (Details of this event are discussed for instance at ...
    14: ...international Petra Kelly Prize [http://www.boell.de/en/10_preise/1460.html] for [[human rights]], [[e...
    16: ...so|Dalai Lama]]: "Petra Kelly was a committed and dedicated person with compassionate concern for the ...
  9. 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.
  10. Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
    5: ...studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
    7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural a...
    11: ... me too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash ...
    13: ...ng a caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critics ha...
    17: ...rk was groundbreaking: She was among the first academics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Hai...
  11. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    5: dead=dead |
    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.
  12. Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
    1: ...laywright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life ...
    3: ...in.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
    7: ...sburgh|Allegheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]...
    9: ...by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
    13: ...klas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was support...
  13. Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
    2: ...n]] [[actress]]. Farrow was born '''Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow''' but has always been known as ...
    16: ...nically about famous mothers and their children modeling the latest fashions for families.
    21: ...ct of the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] song "[[Dear Prudence]]".
    39: *''[[Death on the Nile]]'' ([[1978]])
    52: *''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' ([[1989]])
  14. Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
    5: ...d a BA in literature, graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 1985.
    7: ...e age of 14, she earned a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her rol...
    9: ...n Globe]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy Awards]] as Best Actress for her role as a gang...
    11: ...exual orientation]]. Her brother's [[biography]] identifies her as such, but since the book is unautho...
    13: ...esident of the United States of America|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to impress Foster.
  15. 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 ...
  16. John Tyler (18019 bytes)
    1: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><t...
    2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
    4: ...t:center">[[image:Seal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
    5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
    8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[James Knox Polk]]</td></tr>
  17. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...ba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
    16: government_type = [[Parliamentary democracy]] |
    17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
    18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
    22: area_magnitude = 1 E10 |
  18. Arizona (24367 bytes)
    25: DensityRank = 36th |
    26: 2000Density = 17.43 |
    27: AdmittanceOrder = 48th |
    30: Latitude = 31?20'N to 37?N |
    31: Longitude = 109?3'W to 114?50'W |
  19. Kentucky (15076 bytes)
    21: DensityRank = 23rd |
    22: 2000Density = 39.28 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 15th |
    26: Latitude = 36?30'N to 39?9'N |
    27: Longitude = 81?58'W to 89?34'W |
  20. Salem witch trials (12402 bytes)
    2: ...ing and [[Puritan]] [[paranoia]] which led to the deaths of at least 25 people and the imprisonment of...
    6: ...chusetts|Manchester]], [[Malden, Massachusetts|Malden]], [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]], [...
    9: ...at last one concluded that it was the hand of the Devil on them; in other words, they were possessed. ...
    11: ...nal interpretations of the trials, there is no evidence that she was anything but Native American.
    13: ...rminer|Court of Oyer and Terminer]] (to "hear and determine"). By then, Sarah Osborne had died in jail...

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