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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]]...
56: ...abbar|Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem]], (born 1947), US athlete
77: *[[William Aberhart|Aberhart, William]], (1878-1943), Canadian politician
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the cente...
103: ...ahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government ministe...
28: *[[Adamo]], (born 1943), singer
42: ...les Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
60: *[[Leonie Adams|Adams, Leonie]], (born 1899), poet
65: ...22-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...Tarja Kaarina Halonen''' (born [[December 24]], [[1943]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] lawyer and politician...
8: *Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
18: ...rved as the social secretary and organisation secretary of the [[National Union of Students in Finland...
20: ...[1981]] she also served as the [[chairman]] of [[SETA]] (Seksuaalinen Tasavertaisuus RY, ''Sexual Equa...
24: ...n the election. In the previous elections [[Elisabeth Rehn]] came very close to victory. Halonen, who ... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
15: ...'. After a few years away from Washington Hickok returned and lived in the White House with the first ...
25: ...ternment camp]]s on the [[U.S. West]] Coast. In [[1943]] Mrs. Roosevelt, along with [[Wendell Willkie]] ...
29: ...|280px|Eleanor Roosevelt and Mme Chiang Kai-shek, 1943]]
33: ... perspectives focusing on the varied needs of society."''
35: ...d War II, she was instrumental along with [[John Peters Humphrey]] and others in formulating the [[UN ... - Marguerite Duras (1799 bytes)
3: ...([[April 4]], [[1914]] - [[March 3]], [[1996]]), better known as '''Marguerite Duras''', was a [[write...
5: ...''[[Duras]]'', the name of a village in the [[Lot-et-Garonne]] ''[[d鰡rtment]]'', where her father's ...
11: She is interred in the [[Cimeti貥 du Montparnasse]]. - 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 ...
26: ...er best-selling novel ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' ([[1943]]). The novel was rejected by many publishers be...
28: ...as Shrugged]]'' is often seen as Rand's most complete statement of Objectivist philosophy in any of he... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
7: ... [[1942]] with her as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] the squadron merged with the
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 ... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...f was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbur...
9: ...led as one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], ...
13: ...imultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and symbolic narrative en...
15: ...ur life, that without me you could work" (<i>The Letters of Virginia Woolf</i>, vol. VI, p. 481).
20: ...anon and the future of women in education and society. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...'''. She graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Vassar College]] with a bachelor'...
5: In [[1943]] she joined the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] and was a...
9: She later returned to the Navy where she worked on validation s...
12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Comma...
16: ... By [[1985]] she became a [[rear admiral]]. She retired (involuntarily) from the Navy in [[1986]]. - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: '''Janis Lyn Joplin''' ([[January 19]], [[1943]] – [[October 4]], [[1970]]) was an America...
4: ...n [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[...
6: ...crease, and she acquired a reputation as a "[[Amphetamine|speed]] freak" and occasional [[heroin]] use...
8: After a return to Port Arthur to recuperate, she again moved ...
10: ...' featured more raw emotional performances and together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin ... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ... '''Roberta Joan Anderson''' on [[November 7]], [[1943]], in [[Fort Macleod, Alberta|Fort Macleod]], [[A...
5: ...ive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a cigarette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain...
7: ...and ''[[Clouds (album)|Clouds]]'' (1969) were archetypes of the nascent singer-songwriter movement of ...
9: ... Mitchell's many songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, bo...
11: ...he best of this period. Exploring the various facets of relationships, from infatuation on "[[A Case ... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ... and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theol...
6: ...ugh not all, historians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept not...
8: ...raditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]].
13: ...:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...ew 2|Matt. 2]]). Mary apparently remained in Nazareth for thirty uneventful years. During these years ... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
7: ... her as a wireless operator in preparation for a return to France.
11: ... [[crematorium]]. Both [[Lilian Rolfe]] and [[Violette Szabo]], two other female members of the SOE he... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...''Julia McWilliams''', was a famous American gourmet [[cook]], [[author]], and [[television]] personal...
6: ...e home-furnishing firm [[W. & J. Sloane]]. After returning to California in 1937, shortly before her m...
8: ...an Service as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat.
10: ...ily and had lived in [[Paris]] as an artist and poet. Paul joined the [[United States Foreign Service ...
14: ...e met [[Simone Beck]] who, with her friend [[Louisette Bertholle]], had written a French cookbook for ... - Marina Raskova (5055 bytes)
3: ...'' ([[March 28]], [[1912]]–[[January 4]], [[1943]]) was a famous [[Russian]] navigator, often refe...
5: ...a woman. As significantly in the eyes of the Soviet Union which placed its aviators among those of ce...
7: ...msmolosk]] (in the Far East). When finally completed, the flight took 26 hours and 29 minutes, over ...
9: ... women were decorated with "The [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]" award, the first females ever to receive...
11: ...tions tended to be blocked, run through red tape, etc for as long as possible in order to discourage t... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
1: [[Image:Soe_sansom2.jpg|frame|Odette Sansom while in service of the SOE]]
3: '''Odette Sansom''' ([[April 28]], [[1912]] - [[March 13]...
5: ...er]] of the [[Special Operations Executive]] and return to France to work with the [[French Resistance...
7: ...], where she made contact with her supervisor, [[Peter Churchill]]. Using the code name '''Lise''', s...
9: ...Minister [[Winston Churchill]], and that she was Peter's wife. The hope was that in this way their tre... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
9: ...when she was elected to the school's literary society, she could not take the office in the [[anti-sem...
11: ...]]. February 4, 1942 she visited [[Caesarea]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army. In 1944 she beg...
15: ...unicated with other prisoners with large cut-out letters she placed in her window one at the time. She...
17: ...rought to [[Israel]] in 1950 and buried in the cemetery on [[Mount Herzl]], [[Jerusalem]].
23: ==Poetry== - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
7: ...irst marriage, at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On [[November 2]]...
9: ...ions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [[rifle]] which was ...
11: ...r cause that the Gestapo had not been anxious to get on the wrong side of Krystyna's aunt and of the a...
13: ...reason. Several versions exist as to why the Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the Britis...
15: ...cusers might have understood, had they known her better — with which she had managed in [[Istanb... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
6: ...s a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...her social circle included the likes of [[Andre Breton]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[John Cage]], and [[Ana...
14: ...over]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films.
19: *''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' (1943) with [[Alexander Hammid]], music by [[Teiji Ito]...
24: ...Night'' (1952-55) with [[Metropolitan Opera]] Ballet School and Antony Tudor, music by Teiji Ito - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: ... for the film, ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' ([[1943]]). The following year she won Best Actress for '...
7: In [[1949]] Bergman met [[Film director|director]] [[Roberto Rossellini]]...
9: ...r a second time. She would continue to alternate between performances in [[American]] and [[European]]...
38: * [[For Whom the Bell Tolls]] (1943)
39: * [[Swedes in America]] (1943) (short subject)
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