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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - 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]]. - 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: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Sa...
12: ...ria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Princ...
14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...d to serve as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]].
5: ...akerville, Tennessee]] in [[Humphreys County, Tennessee|Humphreys County]].
7: ...[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] and moved with him to [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] where she cared for their childre...
9: ... [[1921]] when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] where he served until he died in office ...
11: ...oming the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]]. (''see also: [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]]... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...conservative political office. She resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of...
7: <caption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
12: <tr><td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>[[Patrick Hillery]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''Successor:'''</td><td>[[Mary McAleese]]</td></tr>
15: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ...[feminism|feminist]] and [[journalist]] and a spokeswoman for women's rights. She is the founder and o...
5: ...tates, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]], and Gloria went to live with her mother in Tol...
8: ...cholarship winner. She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adla...
9: ...!'' magazine and also freelanced for other magazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance w...
12: ...n this role, Gloria managed to organize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...x|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria...
3: ...ligious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...o Gentileschi]], one of the greatest representatives of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was in...
12: ...promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ...the [[feminism|feminist]] view of Atermisia Gentileschi during the [[20th century]] - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the li...
11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart
15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961) - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...- [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
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]].
15: ...recruited by the U.S. Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. entry into - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
8: In [[1923]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectro...
10: ...ein|Einstein]], who had the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, ...
12: ... as "Woman of the Year" by the National Women's Press Club (USA) in 1946; received the Max Planck Meda...
17: ...t Frisch, (ed.) 1959. ''Trends in Atomic Physics: Essays Dedicated to Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max von...
19: ...n Physics'', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ISBN 0520089065 - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...herson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
3: ...[October 9]], [[1890]] – [[September 27]], [[1944]]), also known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply ...
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... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
3: ...ight evil and began to hide refugees from the [[Gestapo]] and eventually used her convent to store we...
5: ... 1944 she and her assistant were arrested by the Gestapo and taken to the prison at Fort Montluc in Ly...
7: ...''" was named for her at the [[Institut des Sciences de l'Homme]] in Lyon. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: ...-teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
2: ...e at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]...
6: ...], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
9: ...r parents had three children, and Teresa was youngest. The family was ethnically [[Albania|Albanian]].... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
5: ... radio operator [[Brian Stonehouse]] until his arrest near the end of October that year.
7: ...entually London. There, SOE trained her as a wireless operator in preparation for a return to France.
9: ...]. However, in June, both she and Benoist were arrested and Denise Bloch was interrogated and tortured... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...sh''') ([[July 17]], [[1921]] - [[November 7]], [[1944]]) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]]ish woman w...
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: ...a]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army. In 1944 she begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for...
13: ... group]]. In May 13th, 1944, Hannah and her comrades crossed the Hungarian border in small groups. She... - 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...
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13: ...to why the Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - 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...
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