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- History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
5: ...KeepEmDownOnTheFarm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A 1919 sheet music cover]]
7: ...e increasingly mechanized with widespread use of the [[tractor]], so fewer farmers were needed to prod...
9: ...gue of Nations]] without success, as the mood of the nation rejected Wilson's brand of interventionism...
11: ==The Roaring Twenties==
14: ...ing]], who promised a "return to normalcy" after the traumatic years of World War I. - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
3: ==The Cold War==
4: ''Main article: [[The Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s|Cold War (1953-1962)]].''
6: ===The origins of the Cold War===
8: ...er the Soviets had demanded it. In the meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous casualties, as high as t...
11: [[Image:Chrost.jpg|250px|thumb|The "Big Three" Allied leaders at Yalta: British Pri...
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...s of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people toda...
7: ...l center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was fo...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
14: ...三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...d beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view...
5: ...arlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...ormation). The nature and extent of ''China'' is the subject of ongoing political disputes on [[Chines...
14: ...o the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary stat... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet
17: ...[[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
21: ...d Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]]
27: ...Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]] - 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." - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ze for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
6: ... was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rivals in the same year.
8: ...Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim.
10: ...ng mother. In that year, the long-time leader of the [[socialist]] ruling party, General [[Ne Win]], s...
12: ...ered freedom if she would leave the country, but she refused. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: :Mary Robinson ''is also the name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poe...
3: ...end of her term of office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
17: <tr><td>'''Other candidates:'''</td><td>[[Fianna Fᩬ]]: Brian Le...
23: ... mix of rebels against the Crown and servants of the Queen.
25: ...sor William Binchy]], and, the current holder of the position, abortion rights campaigner [[Ivana Baci... - 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 Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: ..."font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
3: ...#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:thatcher.jpg]]
25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ...in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellati...
29: ...e the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]]. - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...nder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
4: ... another son (Jon Garth Murray) by a different father.
6: ==An American atheist==
7: ...ife'' magazine]] referred to Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
9: ...rst [[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Garth. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: :''For the Chilean politician and daughter of [[Salvador All...
4: ...ges. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and t...
6: ...ocated with their three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953.
8: ...re she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
10: ... returned to Chile, and her son Nicol᳠was born there that year. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...t of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: ...sexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...s three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [...
11: ...nce]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
12: ...is]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic. - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ... important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruse...
5: ...ttle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...l degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...had been equally involved in the work. It seemed she had little choice but to return to England.
12: ...over by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - 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) ... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...[[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholic]] nun and war heroine.
3: ... her convent to store weapons and ammunition for the [[Mouvements Unis de R鳩stance]] (MUR).
5: ...ivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended.
7: ...the "''Salle Elise Rivet''" was named for her at the [[Institut des Sciences de l'Homme]] in Lyon. - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...n shore of the [[Lake of Tiberias]]. The life of the historical Mary is a subject of ongoing debate.
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...to them, "I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God."'"
8: This is the last entry in the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala...
10: ==The ''Gospel of Mary''== - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
3: ...y 5]], [[1945]] in [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[World War II]].
5: ...rator [[Brian Stonehouse]] until his arrest near the end of October that year.
7: ...altar]] and eventually London. There, SOE trained her as a wireless operator in preparation for a retu...
9: ...]] and at [[Konisberg]] in [[Brandenburg]] where she suffered great hardship from exposure, cold, and ...
11: - 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: ...([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[February 5]]?, [[1945]]) was a [[World War II]] secret agent.
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: ...t-garde]] [[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.
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