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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Milton, Massachusetts]]
24: ...ps Academy]] in [[Andover, Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leader... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
56: ...abbar|Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem]], (born 1947), US athlete
78: *[[Ralph Abernathy|Abernathy, Ralph]], (1936-1996), US civil rights leader
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the cente...
102: *[[Ralph Abraham|Abraham, Ralph]], (born 1936), mathematician
103: ...ahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: ...ean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974)
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...(on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Can...
7: ...sty|Her Majesty]] '''Queen Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]), st...
14: ...thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age thre...
15: ...her was HRH The Duchess of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George B...
17: ...ghness'']]. Her full style was HRH Princess Elizabeth of York. At the time of her birth, she was third... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...8]], [[1542]] – [[February 8]], [[1587]]), better known as '''Mary, Queen of Scots,''' was the r...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, ...
15: ...ut [[Duke of Albany]], a royal cousin, had lived yet some years ago and died 1536. Had he not died bef...
24: ...rd to the altar and put her gently in the throne set up there. Then he stood by, holding her to keep h...
28: ...child's head, where it rested on a circlet of velvet. The Cardinal steadied the crown and Lord Livings... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ..._(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</sm...
7: ..., '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor...
9: ...I of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous...
11: ...ouncil|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
13: ...r of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...oria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
5: ...mily]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the ...
13: ...g [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany...
19: Despite this setback, Queen Victoria still favoured Princess May a...
28: ...2]]<td> married [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]] ([[4 August]] [[1900]] – [[30... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...ore taking part in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in [[1936]] as the English language representative in [[Lon...
6: ...e area, she decided to work in a factory as a corset maker. It was in that workplace that Goldman was ...
9: ...ersner remained legally married, allowing her to retain her American citizenship.
13: In New York City she met and lived with [[Alexander Berkman]], who was an ...
18: ...erdict off of the testimony of one invididual, a Detective Jacobs. [[Voltairine de Cleyre]] gave the l... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...– [[February 13]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], [[England]].
5: ...n to take more [[militant]] action for the suffragette cause after her daughter's arrest and was herse...
7: ... as a Coalition candidate for Parliament in the Smethwick riding but was defeated. Leaving her native ...
9: ...as made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1936.
11: ...ia]] and was buried in the [[Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery]] in [[Santa Monica, California]]. - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: ... 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] movement.
7: ...her mother Emmeline. But in contrast to them she retained her interest in the labour movement.
9: ...via set up the [[East London Federation of Suffragettes]] (ELFS), which over the years evolved politic...
13: ...the Workers Dreadnought to the party rather than retain it as a personal organ she revolted. As a resu...
15: ...tional in [[Russia]] and [[Amsterdam]] and also meetings of the Italian Socialist Party. She argued wi... - Grazia Deledda (304 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[September 27]], [[1871]] - [[August 15]], [[1936]]), born in [[Nuoro]], [[Sardinia]], was an [[Ita...
4: *[http://members.tripod.com/~GraziaDeledda/ETEXT-F.HTM Works on the Web] - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ... picture]] [[actor|star]], known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became on...
9: ...cademy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series o...
11: ...film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving ...
13: ...h another woman led to a divorce in [[January]] [[1936]].
25: ...tion]]" as a part of [[Paramount Pictures]], she gets about $10,000 a week. She became the first actre... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
11: ...apitalism]]. Her novels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability...
19: ...munist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There is a story told that she named ...
22: ...nd published two novels, ''[[We The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]...
28: ...as Shrugged]]'' is often seen as Rand's most complete statement of Objectivist philosophy in any of he... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and cat...
7: ...a]] and then [[Paris]] when she was three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in...
13: Stein, a [[lesbian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 19...
17: ...with [[Alfred North Whitehead]] in England. They returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies ...
29: ...nd was interred there in the [[P貥 Lachaise]] cemetery. When she was being wheeled into the operating... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...nger sister, Muriel. This time that they spent together sheltered Amelia from her father and his [[alc...
8: ...employed as a social worker in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. During this time, she was able to keep up wi...
10: ...hen the crew returned to the States, they were greeted with a ticker-tape parade in New York and a rec...
14: ...d the Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...y]] and back to [[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delivery of a [[Lockheed 10E]] "Electr... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
3: ...aviation]]. She married Robert Maclure Love in [[1936]].
8: [[Women?s Flying Training Detachment]] to become the
11: ...North American B-25 Mitchell]], and along with [[Betty Gillies]], a [[B-17]]. She was certified in 16...
13: ...men in her squadron to be recognized as military veterans. They were recognized in [[1977]], shortly ... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...ield]], Johnson went to work in [[London]] as secretary to a solicitor. She was introduced to flying a...
10: In [[July]] [[1931]], she set the record for flying from [[England]] to [[Japan...
12: ...his time flying a [[Percival Gull]], in [[May]] [[1936]].
14: ... had proposed to her only 8 hours after they had met, during a flight of theirs.
18: ...[1934]] in a [[De_Havilland_DH.88|De Havilland Comet]] in the England to [[Australia]] air race. Johns... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tsvetaeva.jpg|right]]
3: ...h; [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...cmeist poetry|Acmeism]] and [[Russian Symbolist poetry|symbolism]].
8: ... known as the [[Pushkin Museum]] of Fine Arts. Tsvetaeva's mother, Maria Alexandrovna Meyn, was Ivan's...
10: ...aughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor. - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
6: ... enamored and offered to help her establish a cosmetics business. Despite her lack of education, Ms. C...
8: ...r, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstic...
10: ..." and maintaining the Cochran name, she began competing in both American and international air races, ...
12: In 1939, she set a new altitude and international speed record, re...
14: ...ying the new [[jet engine]] aircraft going on to set numerous records. She still holds more distance a...
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