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  1. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    4: ...bacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-199...
    9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
    50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
    52: ... Abdo|Abdo, Hussam]], (born 1989), Palestine suicide bomber
    55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah᝝, (died 1921), religious leader
  2. 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]]
  3. Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
    4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
    6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
    7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
    9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
    11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands...
  4. Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
    1: {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right...
    2: |+'''Madeleine Albright'''
    4: ...n="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madeleine Albright]]
    6: | '''Order:'''
    12: | '''Predecessor:'''
  5. Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
    3: ...servative political office. She resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of of...
    5: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><t...
    6: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
    7: ...ption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
    10: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[3 December]] [[1990]] - [[12 September]] [[1997]]</td>...
  6. Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
    3: ... language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federaci󮠁narquista 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...
  7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
    4: ...ed a resolution, that was voted upon and carried, demanding voting rights for women.
    6: ... rights newsletter ''The Revolution'', which included frequent contributions from Stanton. Starting i...
    8: [[Image:ElizabethCadyStanton-Veeder.LOC.jpg|left|thumb|Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her...
    12: ...ue in an 1873 letter to [[Julia Ward Howe]], recorded in Howe's diary at [[Harvard University]] Librar...
    14: ...nce and abolition movements. Henry Stanton was a journalist, an antislavery orator, and, after their marriage...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
    2: ... enormous "museums of madness" that served as the deserving targets for later reformers&#8217; zeal.
    6: ...ide her heart "scope for its affections," she decided to go to the jail to see if she could be of help...
    8: ...ood of [[abuse]] and [[neglect]], she became a student of the [[Unitarian]] reformer [[William Ellery ...
    10: ...n her career, it is plausible to see her becoming depressed as she perceived the limited opportunities...
    12: ...United states she brought an enthusiasm for this idea with her.
  11. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Toriamos-dent.jpg|right|thumb|Tori Amos]]
    3: ...ed following. She is probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professio...
    10: ...Al Stewart]]) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm" for the film [[Chi...
    13: ...ovie soundtrack. A remix of the song is also included on the soundtrack.
    15: ===''Under The Pink''===
  12. Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
    3: ...rmee Fraktion''), which is also known as the ''Baader-Meinhof gang''.
    7: ...including the concept of the [[urban guerrilla]], decrying what she called the exploitation of the com...
    9: ...d have given her life imprisonment, she was found dead in her cell on [[May 9]], [[1976]], hanging fro...
  13. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
    2: ...lavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
    5: ...oth her mother and grandmother were strong role models that allowed her to mature into a nonconformist...
    7: ...o have entered [[Tibet]] to study with the [[Ascended Master]]s for two years. She returned to Russia ...
    9: ...out of nothing. Though she was apparently quite adept at these feats, her interests were more in the ...
    11: ...cott]]; he was a lawyer, agricultural expert, and journalist who covered the [[Spiritualist]] phenomena. Soon ...
  14. Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
    7: ...family in [[Hungary]]. Her father, B鬡 Szenes, a journalist and playwright, died when she was six years old. ...
    9: ... ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student organization.
    11: Szenes graduated 1939 and decided to move to study in the Girls' Agricultural Scho...
    13: ... Hannah and her comrades crossed the Hungarian border in small groups. She was captured before she cou...
    55: :''Happy is the blaze that burnt inside the hearts.''
  15. Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
    3: ...fore the [[Special Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefulness and ...
    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|Mikl󳠈orthy]].) 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...
  16. 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...
  17. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
    6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
    8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
    10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
    12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent...
  18. Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
    1: ...hile 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
    7: ...by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
    11: ...ar she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach advised her...
    13: ... Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, although as a sprinter, not a mid...
    17: ...y 2, 1940, a week before the Netherlands were invaded by German troops.
  19. Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
    3: ...nis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the [[United States]] in [[1975]] and be...
    11: ...utine to get herself into shape that eventually made extreme levels of fitness and conditioning a hall...
    13: ... York City]] and informed them that she wished to defect. Within a month, she received a [[Green Card]...
    15: ...She beat Evert in the final again to successfully defend her Wimbledon title in [[1979]].
    17: ...tilová won her third Grand Slam singles title by defeating Evert in the final of the Australian Open,...
  20. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=John Quincy Adams
    3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
    4: | order=6th President
    7: | preceded=[[James Monroe]]
    8: | succeeded=[[Andrew Jackson]]

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