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  1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
    108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
    153: | [[1935]], [[1977]] (wings)
    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 explorers (24013 bytes)
    1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
    6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
    7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
    12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
    17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
  3. 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.
  4. George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
    19: ...] ([[1981]]–[[1989]]). He is the father of the current president [[George W. Bush]].
    22: ...the prominent investment banking firm [[Brown Brothers Harriman]].
    24: ... Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta
  5. King Arthur (22450 bytes)
    1: ...liest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer to him as ''[[du...
    3: ==The Arthur of history==
    5: ...tre of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
    7: ... scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Breton...
    9: ... Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to have becom...
  6. List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
    7: *[[Ajit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer
    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]]
  7. 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.]]
  8. Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
    3: ...n consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
    6: ...ngue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
    8: ...that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as a baby.
    10: ...t is on display at the Louvre. Within a month of their marriage, [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had d...
    12: ... the campaign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader.
  9. Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
    28: | [[March 24]], [[1977]]
    51: ...[[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassination]] in [[1984]].
    55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]].
    57: ...be a passive leader, but her actions proved her otherwise.
    59: ...he emerged to be one of the strongest leaders in the history of independent India.
  10. Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
    1: ...nd|Finnish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
    3: ...mmon-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
    7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]&n...
    9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]]
    11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[1990]]
  11. Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
    27: ...d African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to se...
    29: ...confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
    31: ...) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
    34: ...d on weekends; Rice's mother, Angelena, was a teacher." [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021014...
    35: ...University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is ...
  12. 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...
  13. Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
    2: ...n's rights. She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.
    5: ...a cared for her ill mother and helped to support them both.
    8: ...ive, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]] and left to study in [[Indi...
    9: ...e [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Pla...
    12: ...nd. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Florync...
  14. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
    2: ...She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976...
    4: ...been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
    6: ...especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[De...
    8: ...), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
    10:
  15. Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
    3: ...h]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Afric...
    5: ...ile serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
    7: ... the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
    9: ...eudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
    11: ... for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband.
  16. Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
    1: ...r''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
    3: ... or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
    5: ...efore her 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
    7: ...da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the life of Macab顬 a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, ...
    11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart
  17. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
    4: ...d freedom, but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
    6: ...ture]]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
    8: ...d the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American woman to receive this priz...
    10: ... currently the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
    12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays ...
  18. Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
    3: ...on, she worked in various jobs in [[aviation]]. She married Robert Maclure Love in [[1936]].
    5: ...testing various aircraft modifications including the new [[tricycle landing gear]].
    7: ...commander. In [[1943]] the squadron merged with the
    8: [[Women?s Flying Training Detachment]] to become the
    9: ...ancy was named executive director of the WASP at the age of 28.
  19. Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
    1: ... She was also the first black licensed pilot in the world. Ms. Coleman was married briefly to Charle...
    4: ...iversity, Oklahoma (now Langton University) until her funds ran out.
    6: ...ze about being a pilot. Her brother used to tease her by commenting that French women were better than...
    8: ...r beauty to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause.
    10: .... However, she learned quickly: in seven months, she was granted a pilot's license.
  20. Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
    3: ...t Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the first woman to fly in [[outer space|space]], aboa...
    5: ...Aeroclub]]. In [[1962]] she was selected to join the female cosmonaut corps. Out of more than four hun...
    7: ...tlana Savitskaya]] flew into space. None of the other four in Tereshkova's cosmonaut group ever flew.
    9: ...] she was retired from the [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by presidential order.
    11: ...2]], though their marriage collapsed long before. Her second husband, Dr. Shaposhnikov died in [[1999]...

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