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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is publi...
14: ...es G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
16: ...] - [[City & South London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway...
21: ...ish]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in ...
22: ...ellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
25: ...n|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
44: ...[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
44: *[[Douglas Adams|Adams, Douglas]], (1952-2001), British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to ...
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
14: ...Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
35: ...nnish theologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language
50: ...ilio]], (1869-1964), [[Philippines]] independence fighter
54: *[[Jenny Agutter|Agutter, Jenny]], (born 1952), English actress - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...equeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occas...
9: ...ited Kingdom|King George VI]] on [[6 February]] [[1952]]. She is the longest serving current Head of Sta...
20: ...s]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied history with C. H. K. Marten, Prov...
23: ...stances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had b...
27: ...her than have them educated at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...y, especially during State occasions. She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her ...
13: ...s May was close to her mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and so...
17: ...d sense of duty. Albert Victor was Princess May's first cousin once removed; May was the daughter of H...
28: ... <td>[[14 December]] [[1895]]<td>[[6 February]] [[1952]]<td> married [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Lady Elizabe...
42: ...ng [[Australia]], the Duke and Duchess opened the first session of the Australian Parliament, when the... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Communist]] revolutionary, first as a member of the [[Menshevik]]s, then from [...
7: ...ditions of women's lives in the [[Soviet Union]], fighting illiteracy and educating women about the ne...
13: ...tion to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in [[1952]].
15: Alexandra Kollontai is an unusual figure in the history of the [[Soviet Union]], as sh...
17: Kollontai was the subject of the 1994 TV film, ''A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kol... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active sup...
5: ...]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive...
9: ...marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost...
11: Eleanor and Franklin were fifth cousins, once removed. They descended from [[C...
15: ...ok returned and lived in the White House with the first family in [[1940]]. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support ...
7: ...ly risked scandal and imprisonment by acting in defiance of the [[Comstock Law|Comstock Law of 1873]] ...
9: ... and Sanger was arrested for violating the post office's obscenity laws by sending birth control infor...
13: ... many states. In 1927, Sanger helped organize the first World Population Conference in [[Geneva]].
15: ... of the Birth Control Federation of America. From 1952 to 1959, she served as president of the Internati... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
8: In [[1952]] Steinem entered [[Smith College]] as a scholars...
9: When she returned to the U.S., she was unable to find a job as a journalist because editors wanted ma...
21: Gloria is regarded as a 'mother' figure to many young women who recognize the role sh...
25: ... [[Irina Dunn]]: "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...] of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one of the most significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist poets]].
3: ...nd memory, the fate of creative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of [[S...
11: ...enced, unable to publish poetry, between 1925 and 1952 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[19...
13: ...re Akhmatova lived from the mid [[1920s]] until [[1952]]. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...e was 2 months old. In [[1944]] she published her first novel ''Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem'' (Close to ...
7: ... Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
14: *Alguns Contos (1952) - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.
6: ... education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucr...
8: ... married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recognized the valu...
10: ...ts to men only. Cochran pressed the issue until officials relented and allowed her and fellow aviatrix...
12: ... British Air Transport Auxiliary, recruiting qualified women pilots in the United States and taking th... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...ider]] aerobatic and endurance records, being the first woman to fly the Alps in a glider, and was rat...
6: ...ke-Wulf Fw 61|Focke-Achgelis Fa 61]], the world's first [[helicopter]]. This made her a star of the Na...
8: ... one of only two women awarded the [[Iron Cross]] First Class during world War 2, and the only woman a...
10: ...ved in testing the [[V-1 Flying Bomb]], which was fitted with a cockpit in order to be used during gli...
12: ...scaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fire. - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...portant contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]]...
5: ...], as [[Home Secretary]] in 1916. He was also the first High Commissioner (effectively governor) for t...
8: ...ork helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres and was the basis of her doctoral degree in p...
12: ...iday when Franklin arrived, and so he returned to find that his research project had been taken over b...
15: ...mented that 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so ye... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: ...] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]],...
9: ...lbanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emig...
13: ... Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious ...
17: ...was joined by voluntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the ...
24: With the help of Indian officials she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ... Skarbek''' ([[May 1]], [[1915]] - [[June 15]], [[1952]]) was a [[Poland|Polish-born]] [[World War II]] ...
7: ...ngly entered the worlds of work and matrimony. A first marriage, at eighteen, to businessman Karol Ge...
11: ...part of a leg in a prewar hunting accident, was exfiltrating Polish and other Allied military personne...
13: Upon their arrival at [[SOE]] offices in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], it came as a shock to...
15: ...]. Only German spies, some Polish intelligence officers thought, could have gotten the visas. - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ... [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
6: ...' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya...
8: ...and Prix Internationale]] for 16mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''...
10: ...e Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The accompanying documentary was e...
14: ...ill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...ermezzo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrio...
5: ...emy_Award_for_Best Actress|Best Actress]] for the film, ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' ([[1943]]). Th...
7: ...She fell in love with him while performing in his film ''[[Stromboli (movie)|Stromboli]]'' ([[1950]])....
9: ...her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on the big screen. It is consider...
11: ...llow actor [[John Gielgud]]'s remark, "She speaks five languages, and can't act in any of them."
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