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- 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. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...in]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could r...
3: ...ated by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the ea...
5: ... the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...iversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
9: ...Scandinavians, Columbus's voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the ex... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...reedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ...le in [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. ...
14: ...Peace Prize in the following one. She used the Nobel Peace Prize's [[US$]]1.3 million prize money to e...
16: ...e would be denied re-entry. When her husband Michael Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[pro...
18: ...her supporters. Suu Kyi fled the scene with the help of her driver, Ko Kyaw Soe Lin, but was arrested... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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59: ...ressured to take up a career in politics. She was elected as a member of Parliament in her father's [[...
67: ...(after Soviet disintegration) as compared to its relations with the US. [[Image:Indira_and_Nixon.JPG|...
69: ...ork of banks Gandhi created are successful and widely trusted institutions today.
70: ...e payments to India's princely states, which she felt were anachronistic given India's democratic post... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
11: ...e the [[1998]] Lok Sabha elections, assuming the helm of the Congress Party. With the charisma of the ...
13: ...he [[Indian general election, 2004|2004 Lok Sabha election]]. On [[May 16]] she was unanimously voted ...
15: ...Party]], which had been voted out of power in the elections, threatened to launch a nationwide agitati... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...w partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]]
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
13: *Minister of Justice [[1990]]–[[1991]]
18: ...ed a [[Master of Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She served as the social secr... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
13: |[[Colin Powell]]
27: ...Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
29: ...ovember 2004]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as Secretary of State. On [[January 26]] [[2005]...
31: ...rm. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to ...
34: ...1014fa_fact3] (Alma Powell is married to Colin Powell.) - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator...
5: ... a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
9: ...s Constitution]] in [[1913]], U.S. Senators were selected by the state legislature). No former Michiga...
11: ...th Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ran...
15: ...[[Spencer Abraham]] | title=[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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27: ... of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...gn relations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and forme...
31: ...eurial culture. She also aimed to cut back the [[welfare state]] and foster a more flexible labour mar...
36: ... Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which affected hi... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
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 ...
18: In [[1991]] when ''Ms.'' magazine revived, she became its c...
21: ...a great sense of satisfaction at the changes she helped bring about, Ms. Steinem encourages people to... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...n and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...f the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 d...
6: ... In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where t...
8: ...ucation, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ere she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood G...
4: ...he [[ghost story]]. Some critics say her first novel, ''[[The Edible Woman]]'', which examined female ...
6: ... [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
8: ...an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
10: ...e Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', champi... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...he [[Bone]] Cell Research experiment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA...
5: ...n to her extensive background in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies...
7: ...d [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her medical practice, working with...
11: ...ee camp. She completed her internship at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center]] in 1982.
13: ... projects include: Alpha, (TM) a satellite based telecommunication system to improve health care in We... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
5: ... of more than four hundred applicants, five were selected: [[Tatiana Kuznetsova]], [[Irina Solov'yova]...
9: ...idium]] of the Supreme Soviet, from [[1969]] to [[1991]] she was in the [[Central Committee of the CPSU|...
11: ...1929–2004) and gave birth to their daughter Elena in [[1964]], who is now a doctor. They divorce... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...rammer]] for the [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compiler]] for a computer prog...
3: ...i Beta Kappa]] from [[Vassar College]] with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics in [[1928]]...
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.]]. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... [[rock]], [[blues]], [[pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[gospel]], and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] ...
6: ...ost notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted her as a jaz...
8: ...[[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they j...
10: ...uble LP of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it ...
12: ...s era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman", "Think", "Baby I Love You"... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...s a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ...er studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternat...
7: ...reja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomo...
9: ...orium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual ma...
15: * "I am a religious person...and by 'religion' I mean re-ligio, the re-tying of a bond...r... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...es Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: '''Joni Mitchell, [[Order of Canada|CC]]''' (born '''Roberta Joan...
5: ...sly "poetic", her songs were strengthened by Mitchell's extraordinary wide-ranging voice (with a range...
7: ...rst two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...Also of interest, "For Free" is the first of Mitchell's many songs focusing on the dichotomy between t... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...ngers such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]] among others.
21: ...ldren's television show ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]'', shot in Ottawa, her hometown. Morisse...
23: ...nd a relentless desire to succeed, Morissette traveled with Howe to [[New York City]] to meet with rec...
32: ...rissette flew to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to appear on the show, but lost after one rou...
36: ...on the Canadian charts. The subsequent singles "Feel Your Love", "Walkaway" and "Plastic" were also mo... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
1: ...jpg|thumb|''The Very Best of Sheryl Crow'' album released October 2003]]
7: ...ecruited to perform as a backup singer for [[Michael Jackson]] on his ''Bad'' tour, where she was forc...
9: ...ed up with [[record producer|producer]] Bill Bottrell and other musicians to form what they called "Th...
11: ...s "Run, Baby, Run" and "Strong Enough" were also released. Crow received several [[Grammy]] awards in ...
13: ...re political, with songs about [[abortion]], [[homelessness]] and [[nuclear war]]. The debut single "I...
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