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1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
   57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
   64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
   69: ...[[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
   81: ...1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings added)
   95: | [[Minnesota]]
2. November 4 (10686 bytes)
   7: ...|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
   9: ...[[1677]] - The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orang...
   12: ...ombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
   14: ...ublican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive term...
   22: ...d as the first woman governor in the [[United States]].
3. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
   1: '''Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor''' ([[May 19]], [[1879]] – [[May 2]]...
   4: ...renfell]] was a noted British monologuist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], becam...
   8: ...House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention...
   10: ... and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set."
   19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975)
4. Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
   1: ...sh_Stamp_Countess_Markievicz.jpg|right|thumb|Countess Markiewicz]]
   4: ...ved as a child at the [[Anglo-Irish]] family's ancestral home, Lissadell House in [[County Sligo]]. C...
   6: ...ist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
   8: ...e imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
   10: ...m prison in 1919. Instead she joined her colleagues assembled in Dublin as the [[First Dᩬ|first inc...
5. Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
   1: ...g eText 13715.png|thumbnail|right|250px|'''Annie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophis...
   2: '''Annie Besant''' ([[October 1]], [[1847]] - [[September 20]]...
   4: ... both her children behind. She fought for the causes she thought were right, starting with [[freedom o...
   7: ...cal Society, but also to India's freedom and progress.
   9: ...iety in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous president [[Henry Steel Olcott]].
6. Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
   3: ...vil War]] in [[1936]] as the English language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federaci󮠁narqui...
   6: ...ran a small inn. In the period of [[political repression]] after the [[assassination]] of [[Russian Ts...
   9: ...e emigrated with her elder sister, Helene, to Rochester, NY, to live with their sister Lena. Goldman ...
   13: ...ick]] made her highly unpopular with the authorities. Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to him)...
   18: ... the one year sentence, she developed a keen interest in nursing.
7. Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
   3: ...h]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of l...
   5: ...name ''Osceola''. Her younger brother [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French...
   7: ...a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in 19...
   9: ...ish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Av...
   17: * ''The de Cats Family'' (1909, published in ''[[Tilskueren]]'')
8. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
   5: ...in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
   9: ... reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
   11: ... star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving and ...
   13: ...plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with...
   15: ...tress's life. Before he died, he sent Pickford a message saying simply, "By the clock." Upon hearing o...
9. Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
   4: ...[[1932]], she wrote her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[Jean-P...
   6: ...hel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]], one of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau r...
   10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]]
10. Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
    1: ...74]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|femin...
    13: ...rted by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
    17: ...returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by t...
    19: ...eight, she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature ...
    21: ...o "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn ...
11. Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
    4: ...artre]] quarter of [[Paris]] she pursued her interest in art.
    8: ...rre-Auguste Renoir]] and [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], and she had affairs with all of them. The mos...
    10: ..., Valadon received acclaim and some financial success during her lifetime.
    12: Despite her achievements, she lived in the shadows of...
    14: ...was, however, best known for her candid female nudes.
12. Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
    3: ...- [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
    5: ...]. She attended [[Vassar College]], graduating in 1909.
    7: She entered graduate studies at [[Columbia University]] in [[1919]], studying ...
    11: ...ar in every human society. (Her critics dismiss these patterns as a "tiny subset" of the whole.)
    13: In 1936 she was appointed an [[associate professor]].
13. Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
    1: ... - [[August 7]], [[1974]]) specialised in [[anesthesia]] and childbirth. She graduated from [[Columbia...
    3: ...inutes after birth, and sometimes also at 10 minutes.
14. Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
    1: ...62]] in [[Montour Falls, New York]], [[United States]] ? died [[April 15]], [[1919]] in [[Savenay]], [...
    4: ...ting an appointment as the Superintendent of Nurses at University Hospital in [[Philadelphia, Pennsyl...
    6: ... in her being named president of the American Nurses Association and chair of the National Committee o...
    8: ...her nurses played vital roles with the United States military.
    10: ... Jane Delano and the 296 nurses who lost their lives during World War I.
15. Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
    3: ... [[central United States]] during the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow...
    5: ...]] press and its readership during what is sometimes referred to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1...
    9: ...t the pairing was short-lived. Noted for homesickness throughout her short adult life, she longed to b...
    11: ...mited to logistics support. At only 4 feet 10 inches, she was a stalwart and loyal companion to Clyde ...
    15: ...rate far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang.
16. Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
    1: ... [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
    2: ..., [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a ...
    4: ... a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]]...
    7: ...the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making t...
    10: ...[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of ...
17. Relic (11473 bytes)
    1: ...sonal item of a [[saint]]. A [[shrine]] that houses a relic is called a [[reliquary]].
    7: ...d chooses to do miracles through the sleeping bodies of His holy servants, or both. Also cited is the...
    9: ...made relics much sought after during the Middle Ages.
    11: ...several others, claims to possess the relic of [[Jesus]]' [[circumcision]] - the [[Holy Prepuce]].
    14: In his introduction to [[Gregory of Tours]] Ernest Brehaut analyzed the Romano-Christian concepts t...
18. Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
    2: ... [[Robert Peary]] in [[1909]]. However, some have estimated that Peary's party missed the pole by up t...
    6: ...enland]] expedition when they were in their eighties.
19. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    1: ...x|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
    3: ...f]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
    5: ...During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a ...
    7: ...emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
    9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
20. Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
    2: ... twenty-eighth [[Vice President of the United States of America]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] from [[1913...
    5: ...ening to future President [[Benjamin Harrison]] present a case. Marshall studied law at [[Wabash Coll...
    7: ...ut was not successful in passing much of his progressive platform through the state legislature, nor i...
    9: == Vice Presidency ==
    11: ...], was reelected in [[1916]] and served as Vice President until [[1921]]. It is said that Marshall in...

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