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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
6: ...[[Aung San]], who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|ass...
8: ...ed Kingdom]] and at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While in...
12: ...der [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she would leave the country, but she refu...
16: ... He died in March [[1999]]. She remains separated from their children, who remain in the UK. - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
51: ...ary 19]], [[1966]] to [[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassinat...
67: ...-aligned). India subsequently withdrew its forces from west Pakistan, but the independent [[Republic o...
69: ...had collapsed with depositors getting back only a fraction of their money. Moreover a large number of ...
80: ...be removed from her seat in Parliament and banned from running for an additional six years. Rather tha...
84: ... help of the parliament, thus protecting herself from legal prosecution once emergency rule was revok... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
1: [[Image:ac.soniagandhi.jpg|framed|Sonia Gandhi]]
7: ...nd Paola Maino in [[Orbassano]], a town 20 [[km]] from [[Turin]], [[Italy]], she spent her adolescence...
11: ... her husband's [[assassination]] on [[May 21]], [[1991]], there were calls for her to enter politics by ...
17: ...etween [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] from [[1922]] to [[1964]]). - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: Halonen graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has ...
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
13: *Minister of Justice [[1990]]–[[1991]]
18: ...-class quarter. She obtained a [[Master of Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She...
20: ...en she was elected president. In [[1990]]–[[1991]] she was the minister of justice and in [[1995]]... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...of Energy]]) in [[2000]]. She was the first woman from Michigan elected to the U.S. Senate, and along ...
5: ...ted States House of Representatives]] in [[1996]] from Michigan's Eighth District and served two terms...
9: ... served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
15: ...l Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumbent}} - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
9: ...r magazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her in...
18: In [[1991]] when ''Ms.'' magazine revived, she became its c...
33: * ''Revolution from Within'' (1992) - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...[[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents ...
8: ...tion, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
10: From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United ...
12: ...n the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, and from 1973 to 1974 for the children's magazine ''Mamp...
14: ...of a violent coup and died of his wounds (whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
10: ...'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des l...
35: :''[[Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein]]'' ([[1966]])
52: ...''[[Wilderness Tips (book)|Wilderness Tips]]'' ([[1991]])
58: :''[[The Canlit Foodbook: From Pen to palate - A Collection of Tasty Literary ... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ... [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ... in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]...
7: ...cer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her med...
11: ...lled the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell M...
13: ...munication system to improve health care in West Africa; and The Earth We Share, (TM) an international... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
9: ...he Communist Party]]. In [[1997]] she was retired from the [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps b... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...aduated [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Vassar College]] with a bachelor's degree in ...
5: ...for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work on the deve...
9: ... extended her FLOW-MATIC language with some ideas from the IBM equivalent, the COMTRAN. However, it wa...
12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at...
16: ... a [[rear admiral]]. She retired (involuntarily) from the Navy in [[1986]]. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
1: [[Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
2: ...itive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the g...
6: ... jazz singer, the results never gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovativ...
8: ... of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went t...
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
9: ...posed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quart...
32: ... for cello and organ (1979), for bayan and cello (1991)
35: *''Garten von freuden und traurigkeiten'' for flute, viola, harp a...
45: ...;тка)'' for six percussionists (1991)
46: ...ello, orchestra, male choir, and a woman speaker (1991) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: [[Image:Joni Mitchell-Both Sides Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the c...
5: ...singer Chuck Mitchell in [[1965]]. She performed frequently in coffee houses and [[folk clubs]] and b...
9: ...ms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails.
11: ...inspired by stories told by her producer and then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selli...
13: ...y diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]] of [[Bur... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: Alanis's Surname "Morissette" is French in origin. Her [[1995]] international debut ...
12: ...er early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you o...
23: ...he would later write about in songs such as "UR" (from the album ''[[Supposed Former Infatuation Junki...
36: ...sed her debut full-length album, ''Alanis'', in [[1991]]. At the time, Morissette was credited simply as...
38: ...is''. The album attempted to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''N... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
7: ...' tour, where she was forced to wear a 4 1/2 foot fright [[wig]] and change her name to "Shirley". She...
9: ...0]] and was ready to release her debut album in [[1991]]. However, she did not like the slick and well-p...
11: ...eatured many of the songs written by Crow and her friends, including the first single, "Leaving Las Ve...
17: ...uded in her album, "Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park."
19: ...live album called ''Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live From [[Central Park]]''. The record found Crow singi...
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