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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - 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...
21: * [[1922]] - In [[Egypt]], [[United Kingdom|British]] arch... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
4: *[[Viktor G. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor G.]], (1922-1994), Russian editor
10: *[[Alphonso I of Portugal|Afonso I Henriques of Portugal]], (1109-1185), first king of Portuga... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ge:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bon...
3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...rently the chairwoman of the ruling [[United Progressive Alliance]] in the [[Lok Sabha]].
7: ...e|married]] in [[1968]], after which she took up residence in India. The name Sonia was given by her m...
11: ...ok Sabha elections, assuming the helm of the Congress Party. With the charisma of the family name behi...
13: ...nt]] which was subsequently named the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
15: ...e lawmakers, despite pleas by members of the Congress party for Gandhi to reverse her decision. Gandhi... - 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...
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...
12: ...r]] from April 1919 to Jan 1922, in the [[Ministries of the First Dᩬ|Second Ministry]] and the [[Thi... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
2: ...y [[women's rights]] movement in the [[United States]].
4: ...nd women are created equal. She also proposed a resolution, that was voted upon and carried, demandin...
6: ...thology reached six volumes by various writers in 1922. Stanton was also active internationally, and in...
9: ...t sex. It is produced by the same cause, and manifested very much in the same way''."
12: ...of the newsletter ''The Revolution.'' Stanton suggested that solutions to abortion would be found, at ... - 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 ... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaking new gr...
8: .... With financial help from some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her first [[airplane]], a [[Kinner...
10: ...tape parade in New York and a reception held by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] at the [[White House]]. ...
14: ...dal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...nia]]. Later that year she soloed from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to [[Newark, New Je... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools of [[Acmeist p...
8: ...) concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Polish]] ancestry on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to...
10: ...ather was kind, but deeply wrapped up in his studies and distant from his family. He was also still de...
12: ...ls she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
14: ...d critic [[Maximilian Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a L... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ...n [[1904]], she and her sister, [[Vanessa Bell|Vanessa]], moved to a home in [[Bloomsbury, London|Bloo...
9: ...ained some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]].
11: ...motives of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chronology. She has, i...
13: ...itation on the themes of flux of time and life, presented simultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation...
15: ...do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness... I can't fight it any longer, I know that I am... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ...e world. Ms. Coleman was married briefly to Charles Wilson Pankey.
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4: ...ed such materials as chalk and pencils. Nevertheless, Coleman graduated from eighth grade and briefly...
6: ...turning home from [[World War I]]. They told stories about flying in the war and Coleman started to fa...
8: ... of the Chicago Defender, and Jesse Binga, a real estate promoter. Coleman received financial backing ... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...;width:200px;margin-left:5px"><center>[[Image:AimeeSempleMcPherson.jpeg|150px|Photograph of McPherson]...
7: ...n hired to nurse his wife during her terminal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in the...
9: ...ple who worked with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [...
11: ...;margin-right:5px;text-align:center">[[Image:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</s...
13: ... 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]]. - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ... she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...], ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' (1943). ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal Ame...
8: ...6mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
12: ...]]. Some have speculated that her death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
14: ...'[[The Changing Light at Sandover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Der... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Hun...
4: ...House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. Bankhead II]] ([[1872]...
6: ...Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to let her move to New Yo...
8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral me...
10: ...d]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ...tafsson''' in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson...
7: ==Becoming an actress==
10: ...[stage name]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[Germany]].
12: When Stiller went to the [[United States]] in [[1925]] to work for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: ...]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
6: ...] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor [[George C. Scott]], in the mid-[[19...
8: ... was nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
12: ...den, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]], [[Engla...
16: ... a film by [[Martin Scorsese]] about [[Howard Hughes]]. - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...[[United States of America|American]] [[actor|actress]] and [[singer]].
5: ...ecome one of the most famous and beautiful actresses of the late [[19th century]] and early [[20th cen...
7: ...nsible for some of the biggest stars in show business. Russell's appearance caused such a stir that sh...
9: ...nt gifts of [[diamond|diamonds]] and [[gem|gemstones]].
11: ...ed with a variety of [[opera company|opera companies]] including the company of the [[Casino Theater]]... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...nglen1920.jpg|thumb|right|Suzanne Lenglen, sometimes labelled the ''[[diva]]'' or ''[[prima donna]]'' ...
3: ...ed ''La Divine'' (the divine one) by the French press.
8: ...e he would lay down a handkerchief at various places on the court, to which his daughter had to direct...
10: Only four years after her first tennis strokes, Lenglen played in the final of the [[1914 in spo...
16: ... body. Staid Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the French woman who also casually sipped [[b...
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