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- Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...he [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave f...
5: ...Rights|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First L...
9: ...s hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived inf...
11: ...scended from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...s an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...s instrumental in opening the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believe...
7: ...ssemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...ntributed articles on health for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Ca...
11: ...cknowledged the reality of sexual feelings in adolescents. It was followed in 1917 by ''What Every Mot...
13: ...der medical supervision was legalized in many states. In 1927, Sanger helped organize the first World ... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
8: In [[1923]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectro...
10: ... Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project]].
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 - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
2: ... [[1851]] - [[January 2]], [[1929]], [[United States|US]] [[Army]] nurse nicknamed ''the American [[Fl...
4: ...ring activities were crucial to the growth of professional nursing in the US.
6: ...resbyterian Hospital|Presbyterian Hospital]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York]] from 1892-1921.
8: ...nk. She helped design the uniform for US army nurses. During World War I, France awarded her the [[Med...
10: ...and her fellow nurses to be guests on his country estate, Innis Arden,in Sound Beach, Connecticut, par... - 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... - 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... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: ...''This article is about '''Bette Davis''' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
3: ...]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ...vis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne]]'s Manhattan Civic Repertory because she was considered insinc...
7: ...as the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...rved from October to December [[1941]], when she resigned. Her career began to stagnate through the [... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...]] of the [[20th century]]. Her sizzling screen presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]]...
6: ... seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Gifford]], a [[salesman]] for the studio where Marilyn's mother, Glady...
8: ...nia|Hawthorne]], southwest of [[Downtown Los Angeles]], where she lived until she was seven. The Bolen...
12: ...ligent and more unhappy than her screen image suggested.
16: ... mysterious death - she still generates huge interest in her life and brilliant career. - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
5: ...ce]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[1982]]).
7: ...uthful approach toward the industry and her own presence within it. As she would say when collecting h...
9: ...House of the Spirits]]'', [[1995]]'s ''[[The Bridges of Madison County]]'' (largely regarded as her gr...
11: ...''[[Marvin's Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for w... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...alcot.grange.750pix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6...
3: ... train, but are not generally considered locomotives because they have payload space or are rarely det...
5: ...ce is [[push-pull]] operation, where the locomotives push the trains in one direction, and are control...
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ...motive, rather than in self-propelled vehicles. These include: - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
5: | order=1st President
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
17: | vicepresident=[[John Adams]] - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
1: ...of the federal entity and of his or her state of residence.
3: ...cture are generally the responsibility of the states.
12: ==List of states==
13: The states, with their [[U.S. postal abbreviations]], [[Trad...
32: ...td>Iowa<td>[[Iowa]]<td>[[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]</tr> - Kansas (21369 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] |
25: ...Counties are Central except for<br>4 counties on western border.</small> |
30: HighestElev = 4,039 feet; 1,231 |
32: LowestElev = 679 feet; 207 |
34: Website = www.accesskansas.org - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
2: Name = Tennessee |
3: Fullname = State of Tennessee |
4: Flag = Tennessee state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Tennessee]] |
6: Seal = Tennesseestateseal.jpg | - American Psycho (168 bytes)
3: ... a novel by [[Bret Easton Ellis]] about a young [[Manhattan]]ite [[serial killer]]. A film adaptation was rel... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
1: ...k of [[almanac|almanacs]], [[dictionary|dictionaries]] and [[encyclopedia]]s (or an index of them, if ...
3: ...ormation for quick reference, not narrative articles.
7: ...our bookmarks toolbar, allowing the link to be accessible in the future from the toolbar.
9: <!-- [[Wikipedia:Page size]] suggests not to divide lists even large.
16: ...[Special:Allpages/List_of_U|6,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_ar|7]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ... the principles of [[mass production]] to the process of [[invention]].
5: ...[[patent]]s worldwide, including the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]...
7: ...il Edison died. The [[Edison and Ford Winter Estates]] are now open to the public.
10: ...gland when the colonies revolted. That got him arrested and nearly hanged. He and his family fled to N...
14: ... child, [[Thomas Alva Edison]]. The economic success in Milan was soon over, though, and seven-year-o... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...sion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. [[August 9]], [[1945]]]]
2: ... every inhabited continent. Virtually all countries that participated in [[World War I]] were involve...
4: ...ino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue th...
6: ...ctory]] Days), but continued in Asia until [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [...
8: ... of World War II casualties by country|died as a result of the war]], including acts of genocide such ... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...f escalating political conflict between the colonies and the British Parliament, marked the beginning ...
7: ...spatched him to Boston, where local militia were besieging a British Army.
9: ...es were made, including the exclusion of his charges against George III regarding slavery.
11: ...ssippi River, and including the southern Great Lakes region.
13: ... was to be a nation-state or a mere league of States, acting in cooperation. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The G...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
7: ...st known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
15: ...y [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
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