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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
26: ...Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
29: *[[Arthur Adamov|Adamov, Arthur]], (1908-1997), dramatist, author
65: ...(1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
69: ...[[Thomas Adams (architect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner
70: *[[Tony Adams (actor)|Adams, Tony]], (born 1940), British actor - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: | [[Image:ac.thequeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrai...
9: ...current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
14: [[Image:Time-magazine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet"...
20: ...] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]].
23: ...e King won't leave under any circumstances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, ad... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
6: She divorced her first husband, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved to En...
8: ...Astor'' and she became ''Viscountess Astor''. Her husband automatically became a member of the [[House...
10: ... Chamberlain]] to resign and supported [[Winston Churchill]] as his replacement. Her son [[David Astor... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...Image:Eleanor_Roosevelt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[human rights]] activist, [[diplomat]] and as the wif...
5: ...', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ... his late brother in giving Eleanor's hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six c...
13: ...Eleanor not only snagged her cousin Franklin as a husband, but that Franklin, and now Eleanor, were me... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
5: ...]] to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, [[Clyde Smith]]. She served in the House un... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldman-4.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Emma Goldman, c. 1910]]
3: ...[[1869]] – [[May 14]], [[1940]]) was a [[Lithuania]]n-born [[anarchism|anarchist]] known for her...
6: ...h family in [[Kaunas]](known then as Kovno), [[Lithuania]], where her family ran a small inn. In the p...
10: [[Image:Goldmanberkman.jpe|thumb|240px|right|Goldman and Alexander Berkman]]
25: ...at seventeen abortions are committed in every one hundred pregnancies."'' - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
1: [[Image:MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg|thumb|Margaret Sanger.]]
5: ... from [[Claverack College]] in [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], Sanger trained as a [[nurse]] and worked f...
13: ...d Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in her honor in 1940). That year, she also formed the National Committ...
24: ...n. An [[atheist]], Sanger attacked the Christian church for its opposition to her message, blaming it ...
29: ... for her times, her thoughts on the psychology of human sexuality place her squarely in the pre-[[Freu... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
11: ...n 1925 and 1952 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[1946]]). She died in [[Leningrad]] in 196... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
13: ...rradiates Joycean epiphanies on the universals of human condition. The intensity of Virginia Woolf's p...
15: ... [[Rodmell]]. She left a [[suicide note]] for her husband: "I feel certain that I am going mad again: ...
52: *''Roger Fry: A Biography'' ([[1940]]) - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: [[Image:JosephineBakerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
13: ...lf and escaped from the chalet through a laundry chute. After the war, Baker was awarded the [[Croix d...
17: [[Image:Josephinebaker.jpg|thumb|left|Josephine Baker, photographed by Carl Van ...
21: ...ly binding), French sugar magnate Jean Lion (1937-1940, divorced), French orchestra leader Jo Bouillon (... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ... Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
20: ... but the marriage was later annulled. Her second husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [...
90: *1970 ''[[Ella in Budapest, Hungary]]'' - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: [[Image:Billie_Holiday.jpg|right|thumb|<small>Billie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Va...
24: ... that she began intravenous use sometime around [[1940]]. - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ... Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefulness and success have been cr...
9: ...She left for [[Hungary]], where in [[February]] [[1940]] she persuaded a skeptical prewar Polish [[Olymp...
11: ...Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]].
15: ...stanbul]], [[Turkey]], during their flight from [[Hungary]], to charm transit visas through French-man...
24: In the meantime Krystyna's husband, Jerzy Giżycki, when informed that Wilk... - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
7: ...d Violette to offer her services to the SOE. Parachuted into France by the SOE, near [[Cherbourg]] she...
13: ...warded the [[George Cross]]; this was awarded posthumously on [[December 7]] [[1946]]. The [[Croix de ... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
2: ...de]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
6: In the early 1940s, Deren used some of the inheritance from her fat...
10: During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Deren became heavily involved i... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
1: [[image:Lucyheadshot.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Lucille Ball (1911~1989)]]
2: ... Love Lucy]]. A 'B-grade' [[movie star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular s...
7: ...to [[MGM]] (after little success at RKO) in the [[1940s]], but never achieved great success in films. Sh...
9: In [[1940]], Ball met Cuban bandleader [[Desi Arnaz]] while...
11: ...cille was cast as a wacky wife in ''[[My Favorite Husband]]'', a radio program. The program was succes... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vec...
2: ...ress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
4: ...Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[J...
55: *[[Thunder Below]] (1932)
75: *1922 [[Her Temporary Husband]] - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: ... films in the [[United States]], Bergman joined [[Humphrey Bogart]] in the [[1942]] classic film ''[[C...
7: ...)|Stromboli]]'' ([[1950]]). Bergman left both her husband and daughter for Rossellini and they married...
15: Bergman was honored posthumously with an [[Emmy Award]] for Best Actress in ...
33: * [[June Night]] (1940) - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
2: [[Image:bettedavis.jpg|thumb|right|208x240|]]
5: Davis was born in [[Lowell, Massachusetts]]. Her parents divorced when she was seven y...
7: ...o Played God]]'', and she became a star in ''[[Of Human Bondage]]''. The Motion Picture Academy failed...
9: ...gned. Her career began to stagnate through the [[1940s]], but her performance in ''[[All About Eve]]'' ...
17: ...vis's only natural-born daughter was by her third husband, William Grant Sherry, and is named B.D. Hym... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
21: ...iope]] the [[Amazon]] princess in [[The Warrior's Husband]] (an update of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which d...
37: [[Image:Hepburnphiladelphiastory.jpg|right|thumb|Hepburn and James Stewart in ''The Philadelphia...
38: ...talked with reporters who had invaded her and her husband's cabin on the [[City of Paris]]. A reporte...
44: ...e reviews. On the advice of millionaire [[Howard Hughes]], who at the time was her lover, she purchas...
58: ...tor [[Howard Hughes]]. At one point, Hepburn and Hughes were engaged to be married, but at the last m...
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