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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...lizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...d Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ... second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thail...
11: ...], and is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ..."Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]] - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...64]]) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family]].
4: ...us as a 20th-century tastemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colef...
6: ...Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where in 1906, she married [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor|Waldo...
8: ...st woman member to actually take her seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Consta...
10: ...ewssheet ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set." - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
5: ... her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...ilderen, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations ...
11: ...e Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...cratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...st woman to have her name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 [[United States Republi...
5: ...onflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: ...ated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill Cohen]]).
9: ...ential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ...e was the first (and as yet only) woman chair of the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...English language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federacinarquista Ib鲩ca|CNT-FAI]].
6: ...which sowed the seeds for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude.
9: ... remained legally married, allowing her to retain her American citizenship.
13: ...pular with the authorities. Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to him) was jailed for fourteen y...
15: She also become friends with [[Hippolyte Havel]] at t... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...ng the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...tricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the following year, followed in subsequent years by a...
7: ...tock Law of 1873]] which outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and de...
9: ...tates Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
11: ...her Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public nuisance]]." - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...e [[pen name]] of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one of the most significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist...
3: ...n, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalinism]].
5: ...Her childhood does not appear to have been happy; her parents separated in [[1905]].
7: ...]] in [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian [[Lev Gumilyov]].
9: ...ms written in the form of correspondence between the two. - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...igure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Group]].
7: ...its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...y and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as ...
11: ...language "a little further against the dark," and her literary achievements and creativity are influen...
13: ...he art, sexual ambivalence and meditation on the themes of flux of time and life, presented simultaneo... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...nd singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]...
5: ...during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
7: ...ans, adding yet another element of excitement to the show.
9: ... also starred in several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935...
11: ...ot legally binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ... Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ...rn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
4: ...raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
6: ...ry rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
8: ... the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra." - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...ay.jpg|right|thumb|<small>Billie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
3: ...''', she had a difficult childhood which affected her life and career.
7: ...move to [[New York]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
9: ...ke him down for money by threatening to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
14: ... Goodman]]; her first-ever recording was "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" ([[1933]]). - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ... and success have been credited with influencing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's p...
7: ...ki|Jerzy Giżycki]] {[[1899]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...Polish courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [...
11: ...Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]].
13: ...he Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...hell Szabo''', [[George Cross|G.C.]], [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E.]], [[Croix de Guerre|CdG]] ...
5: ... Marks]], who gave her what is now thought of as the definitive World War II [[Poem code|code-poem]] '...
7: ...ers on the factories producing war materials for the Germans were extremely important to establish bom...
9: ...then sent to [[Ravensbr?ncentration camp]] where she was forced into hard labour and suffered terribly...
11: ...other female members of the SOE were executed by the Germans: [[Denise Bloch]], [[Cecily Lefort]], and... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...de]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
4: ...s very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...ant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...xperimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
10: ...panying documentary was edited and produced after her death. - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
1: [[image:Lucyheadshot.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Lucille Ball (1911~19...
2: ...movie star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular stars in American history. ...
4: ...ocal bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enroll in the
5: ... decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ...r with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king". - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: ...ge:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]],...
4: ...46]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[...
6: ...parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ... member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid." - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...Intermezzo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illust...
5: ... St. Mary's]]'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (mov...
7: ..." One of Rossellini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ... on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
11: ...e speaks five languages, and can't act in any of them." - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: ... article is about '''Bette Davis''' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
5: ...sent her classmate [[Lucille Ball]] home because she was "too shy"), and became a star.
7: ...''tour de force'', and such was the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Aca...
9: ... which she received another Oscar nomination, put her back on top.
11: ...wford ever worked together onscreen in either of their careers, was a smash hit and a top-grosser that... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
1: [[Image:KH_40s-10.jpg|frame|right|Katharine Hepburn]]
2: ..., the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
4: ==Hepburn's early years==
5: ...edly liberal family, who she credited with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...ms such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
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