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1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
   53: | [[1905]] — [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
   108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
   204: | [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
   209: ...List of current and former capital cities within the United States]]
   219: [[Category:Lists of cities in the United States|* Capital]]
2. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
   6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
   18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
   21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
   36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
   46: *[[Abd-ar-rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain
3. Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
   3: ...[[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
   5: ...ary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
   9: ...ary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Du...
   11: ... for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [...
   13: ...he Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
4. Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
   4: ... the poet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequently visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and po...
   6: ... joining [[Sinn F驮]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fian...
   8: ...to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
   10: ... [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
   12: ...mmunity, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs|Minster for the Gaeltacht]].
5. Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
   3: ...d along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator.
   5: ...e Senate race, but rallied in the final weeks of the campaign to unseat Abraham by a narrow margin (hi...
   7: ...d the [[Medical Equity and Drug Savings Act]] in the Senate.
   9: ...or had served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
   11: ...Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ranking spot.
6. Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
   2: ...in by the government. Luxemburg and hundreds of others were captured, tortured, and killed.
   6: ... growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
   8: ...rs managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
   10: ...ience of [[form of government|forms of state]]), the [[Middle Ages]] and economic and stock exchange c...
   12: ...f parliament focused more and more on gaining further parliamentary rights and on material wealth.
7. Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
   3: ...]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], [[England]].
   5: ... and was herself imprisoned on many occasions for her principles.
   7: ...ngland, she moved to the [[United States]] where she eventually became an [[evangelist]].
   9: She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1936.
   11: ...in [[Los Angeles, California]] and was buried in the [[Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery]] in [[Santa Monica,...
8. Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
   1: ...x|Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
   2: ...a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
   4: ...nts, mother, and brother; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
   6: ...ama]] branch of the [[NAACP]]. She also attended the [[Highlander Folk School]], an education center f...
   8: ...ated as a second-class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorder...
9. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
   3: ... and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
   5: ...n of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became...
   7: ... [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickford'''.
   9: ...s that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
   11: ...s was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped.
10. Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
    5: ...tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools of [[Acmeist poetr...
    8: ...ation, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
    10: ... her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
    12: ... in school, and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
    14: ...'. Voloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor.
11. Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
    1: ...BessieSmith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
    2: ... and a huge influence on the singers who followed her.
    5: ...e had gained a reputation in the South and along the Eastern Seaboard.
    7: ... [[Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], and [[Fletcher Henderson]].
    9: ...ent that is radically different from any found on her recordings.
12. Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
    1: ...ograph of McPherson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
    3: ...930s]], founder of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Church]].
    7: ... caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
    9: ...he age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local...
    13: ...le, on September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
13. Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
    1: ...ic dancer]] and convicted [[espionage|spy]], made her name synonymous with ''[[femme fatale]]'' during...
    3: ...''Margarete Gertrude Zelle''' in English), a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[exotic dancer]] who was accused, ...
    5: ...|Malay]] and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]. She was also a [[courtesan]] who may have had affairs...
    7: ...igence for either side. All of the stories about the fortunes of entire nations resting on Mata Hari s...
    9: ...s, she flung open her long coat and died exposing her naked body.
14. Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
    2: ...r]], [[feminist]] and fundraiser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[ra...
    5: ... intermittent bouts of [[narcolepsy]] the rest of her life.
    9: ...trapped in slavery up to the free states, during the Civil War.
    13: ...sume the ineffectual chicken chaser could not be the cunning slave stealer.
    15: ... be anticipated by her pursuers and later resumed her planned route at a safer location.
15. Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Vivlei.jpg|thumb|Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)]]
    3: ... O'Sullivan]]. She then went on to graduate from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
    5: ...married in [[1932]] to Herbert Leigh Holman, and they had a daughter, Suzanne, in [[1933]].
    7: ...s close to be cast as [[Margaret Mitchell]]'s Southern belle.
    9: ...to actress [[Jill Esmond]] who was pregnant when the affair began).
16. Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
    16: ...t is also applied to various subdivisions within the genus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left|A purp...
    20: ...ecies of ''Iris'', widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone.
    21: ...the Middle East and northern Africa, Asia and southern North America. Elevation is of not much importa...
    23: ...flattened or have a circular transverse section. There are 3 - 10 basal, sword-shaped [[leaf|leaves]] ...
    25: ...yles]] divide towards the apex into petaloid branches (see : pollination).
17. Rose (15436 bytes)
    18: ...ng [[shrub]] of the [[genus]] '''''Rosa''''' and the [[flower]] of this shrub.
    21: ...arely reaching as high as 20 m by climbing over other plants.
    23: ...are [[deciduous]], but a few (particularly in southeast [[Asia]]) are [[evergreen]] or nearly so.
    25: ... or red. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.
    27: .... Some birds, particularly [[finch]]es, also eat the seeds.
18. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    1: ...sdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
    3: ...deral government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
    5: ...dent was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today...
    7: ...]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] o...
    9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
19. Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
    2: ...ates of America]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] from [[1913]] to [[1921]].
    5: ...ed law at [[Wabash College]]. He was admitted to the bar in [[1875]] and began his career as a lawyer ...
    7: ...islature, nor in raising a convention to rewrite the state constitution.
    11: ...l initially turned down the nomination, assuming the job would be boring.
    13: ... have rarely relied on their VPs in dealing with the Senate.
20. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
    33: | '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
    36: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
    42: ...he United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party...
    44: ...ithin their boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].

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