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  1. King Arthur (22450 bytes)
    1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
    5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
    7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
    9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
    11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L...
  2. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
    1: ...ril 13]] [[1919]] - [[1995]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Ath...
    4: ...to divorce his wife to marry Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn...
    7: ...ble-reading at public schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Lif...
    9: ...ses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution | First Amendment]] public policy." ...
    11: ...church and state in violation of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son ...
  3. 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...
  4. Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
    4: ...d by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] and [[Max Jacob]]. In [[1941]], she quit her work as a lawyer to consecrate he...
    6: ...hel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]], one of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau r...
    10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]]
  5. 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 ...
  6. Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
    2: ...'' ([[July 1]], [[1903]] – [[January 5]], [[1941]]) was a famous English [[aviatrix]] who was born...
    8: ... Australia]] on [[May 24]] after flying 11,000 miles. Her aeroplane for this flight a [[De Havilland]]...
    16: ...ine Sands]], South [[Wales]], to the [[United States|USA]] in 1933. The plane ran out of fuel and cras...
    20: ...ary. Although she was seen alive in the water, a rescue attempt failed and her body was lost.
  7. Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
    3: ...([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
    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.
  8. Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
    3: ...([[January 25]], [[1882]] – [[March 28]], [[1941]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] an...
    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...
  9. Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
    2: ...e fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
    5: ...helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
    8: ...helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres and was the basis of her doctoral degree in physi...
    9: ...hanging her mind and staying. Unfortunately, Jacques Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy about her de...
    12: ... a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill.
  10. Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
    3: ...r in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
    5: In [[1943]] she joined the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] and was assigned to work with [[Howard Aike...
    7: ...[[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]]-[[John Mauchly|Mauchly]] Compu...
    9: ...lish rather than in [[machine code]] or in languages close to machine code, such as the [[assembler]]s...
    12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at the end of [[19...
  11. Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
    3: '''Martha Argerich''' (born [[June 5]], [[1941]]) is a [[pianist]] of [[Argentina|Argentinian]] ...
    5: ...lzano within a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
    7: ...es|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'' remain yardsticks for these works. Although she has been criticised over her...
    9: ...ductor]] [[Charles Dutoit]], with whom she continues to record and perform.
    11: ...nger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appear as member of the jury of import...
  12. Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
    1: ...kerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
    3: ...can American]] dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France...
    7: ...llar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding...
    9: ...ul films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
    11: ...y binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and becam...
  13. Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
    3: ..., such as [[Gaspare Spontini|Spontini]]'s ''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] ope...
    5: ...al debut at the [[Athens Opera]] on [[July 4]], [[1941]], as [[Tosca]], going on to sing [[Cavalleria Ru...
    7: ...higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
    9: ...was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
    11: ...|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]].
  14. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    4: ... born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She w...
    6: ...to hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. S...
    8: ...the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
    10: ...ctly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
    12: ...George Gershwin]] (with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jero...
  15. Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
    3: ... Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of all time. Born '''Eleano...
    7: ... be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. A hardened and angry child, she dropped out of s...
    9: ...t was hardly a responsible father. In the rare times Billie did see him, she would shake him down for ...
    11: ==First success==
    14: ...Hammond was the first). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ev...
  16. Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
    1: [[Image:BessieSmith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
    2: ... [[USA]] was the most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] and [[30s]], and a huge inf...
    5: ...to sing but probably helped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [...
    7: ...s around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], a...
    9: ...panied by members of [[Fletcher Henderson]]'s orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a string section-...
  17. Julia Child (8199 bytes)
    2: ...he Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which premiered in 1963.
    6: ...(OSS) after being turned down by the [[United States Navy | Navy]] for being too tall.
    8: For a year, she worked at the OSS Emergency Sea Rescue Equipment Section in [[Washington, D.C.]], whe...
    10: ...hild as an exhibits officer with the [[United States Information Agency | U.S. Information Agency]] in...
    14: ...ned the women's cooking club [[Cercle des Gourmettes]] where she met [[Simone Beck]] who, with her fri...
  18. Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
    3: '''Hannah Szenes''' (or '''Chana Senesh''') ([[July 17]], [[1921]] - [[November 7]], [[1...
    7: ...e continued to live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
    9: Szenes entered a private protestant girl's school open – with increased [[t...
    11: ...the [[Haganah]]. February 4, 1942 she visited [[Caesarea]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army. ...
    13: ... group]]. In May 13th, 1944, Hannah and her comrades crossed the Hungarian border in small groups. She...
  19. Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
    3: ...success have been credited with influencing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy...
    7: ...atrimony. A first marriage, at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On ...
    9: ...lympics|Olympic]] [[skier]], [[Jan Marusarz]], to escort her across the snow-covered [[Tatra Mountains...
    11:
    13: ...to why the Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor.
  20. Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
    1: ...], [[1942]]) is an [[United States|American]] actress, producer and director.
    9: ...ed several successful feature [[film|motion pictures]] since the mid-[[1980s]], including ''[[Big]]'',...
    12: As Actress:
    16: *''[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted)
    18: *''[[1941]]'' (1979)

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