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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
141: | [[1920]] — [[1924]], [[1931]] — [[1934]] (office tower & wing) - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigratio...
7: ...es, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages w...
14: ...shed during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|...
18: ...Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
28: ...ntil [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer...
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
38: *[[Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
46: *[[Evangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...Alexander Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
21: ...gmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architec...
7: *[[Mohamed Farrah Aidid|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
8: *[[Danny Aiello|Aiello, Danny]], (born 1933), US actor
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
24: *[[George Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
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22: ...ith short skirts, stockings and shoes with high heels - all these features being useful when not ridin...
25: ... her difficult birth, or just the horror story itself, may have prejudiced Christina against the prosp...
29: ...hat there were living female lines descended from elder sons of Gustav I Vasa, Christina was the heire...
31: ...an, regent and adviser [[Axel Oxenstierna]], chancellor to her father and until her majority in 1644 t... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: '''Gloria Steinem''' (born [[March 25]], [[1934]]) is a [[US]] [[feminism|feminist]] and [[journa...
5: ...d in Toledo, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to support them both.
9: ...agazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infam...
12: After a series of celebrity interviews, Steinem was eventually able to ...
21: ...a great sense of satisfaction at the changes she helped bring about, Ms. Steinem encourages people to... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
7: ...ated a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated ...
9: ...drezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark)
22: * ''The Angelic Avengers'' (1947)
34: ...Blixen|Asteroid 3318 Blixen]], named after the novelist - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...ist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
13: Many felt that rendering the language this way was making ...
15: ...opular Black authors of the time, such as [[Ralph Ellison]] and [[Langston Hughes]], were aligned wit...
17: ...the first academics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Haiti]] in 1937, and presuming a scienti...
20: ...of the publication of her little regarded last novel, ''Seraph on the Suwanee'', Hurston was wrongly a... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[ph...
11: ...l of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
19: ...icials). There is a story told that she named herself after the [[Remington Rand]] [[typewriter]], but...
22: ...[We The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]). - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...eminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent mos...
13: ... was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
19: ...rge circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art were highly...
21: ...ving the two "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one i...
23: ...rian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled with democratic values ... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...ith a BA Economics from the [[University of Sheffield]], Johnson went to work in [[London]] as secreta...
8: She became well-known in [[1930]] when she was the first woman t...
16: ...ited States|USA]] in 1933. The plane ran out of fuel and crashed in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]].
18: ...lso flew nonstop in record time to [[India]] in [[1934]] in a [[De_Havilland_DH.88|De Havilland Comet]] ... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
11: ...rns of Culture'' ([[1934]]) expresses [[cultural relativism]] in describing behaviors said to appear i...
15: ...ho were recruited by the U.S. Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. entry in...
18: ...s and stating the scientific case against racist beliefs. Despite the military concern that racially ...
20: ...e recommendation to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that permitting continuation of the Emperor's ... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ... early field of [[radiology]] and a two-time [[Nobel laureate]]. She founded the [[Curie Institute|Cur...
5: .... Eventually, with the monetary assistance of her elder sister, she moved to [[Paris]] and studied [[c...
9: ...April 20]], [[1902]]) and then two new [[chemical element]]s. The first they named [[polonium]] after ...
11: ...l]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize.
13: ...dy of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element". In an unusual move, Curie intentionally di... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...rammer]] for the [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compiler]] for a computer prog...
3: ...ree in the same two subjects in [[1930]] and in [[1934]] became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in ma...
5: ...rom the Navy, but she continued to work on the development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculators...
7: ... first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATIC]], [[MATH-...
12: ... was promoted to Captain in [[1973]] by Admiral [[Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.]]. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
7: ...e it terrorized the musicians, adding yet another element of excitement to the show.
9: ... several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ...batino—a Sicilian stonemason who passed himself off successfully as a Sicilian [[count]]—B...
13: ... to drink was poisoned, she managed to excuse herself and escaped from the chalet through a laundry ch...
15: ...6]], she starred in a failed show with the [[Ziegfeld Follies]]; her personal life similarly suffered,... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]]...
2: ...[[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jazz Royalty|Lady]] Ella''', was one of the most important [[jazz]] [[si...
6: ...h she won, adding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Web...
8: ..., the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...arilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...reatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of all time. Born '''Eleanora Fagan''', she had a difficult childhood whi...
7: ...her to be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. A hardened and angry child, she dropped ou...
9: ...would shake him down for money by threatening to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughte...
16: ...cesses as a live performer. On [[November 23]], [[1934]], she performed at the [[Apollo Theater]] to glo...
20: ... that era to perform with white musicians. Nevertheless, she was still forced to use the back entrance... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: '''Ulrike Meinhof''' ([[October 7]], [[1934]], [[Oldenburg]] - [[May 9]], [[1976]], [[Stuttga...
7: ...st's means of struggle, or lack of the same, she helped [[Andreas Baader]] to escape from prison and t...
9: ... members of the [[Red Army Faction]] have always held that she was killed by representatives of the Ge...
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