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  1. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    4: ...Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-19...
    52: ...m Abdo|Abdo, Hussam]], (born 1989), Palestine suicide bomber
    71: ...[[George Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
    114: ...(circa 1000 BC), Biblical figure, third son of David
    118: *[[Abu Nidal]], (1937-2002), Syrian terrorist
  2. Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
    3: ...t and most powerful women in Europe during the [[Middle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[Fr...
    8: ...well versed in music and literature, and enjoyed riding, hawking, and hunting. She became heiress to [...
    10: ...ble heiress in Europe. These were the days when kidnapping an heiress was seen as a viable option for...
    12: ...she illegally married Raoul of Vermandois; the incident started a war and caused conflict between Elea...
    14: ... believed that it was really her directive. This did nothing for her popularity in [[Christendom]].
  3. Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
    35: ...trustee. Campbell and Divinsky were divorced in [[1983]], and Campbell married [[Howard Eddy]] in [[1986...
    47: ...ing much the same attitudes and positions of her widely detested predecessor epitomised in the activis...
    51: ... herself failed to hold onto her [[Vancouver]] [[riding]]. This was despite the Convervatives having ...
    63: ... General of the organization's secretariat in Madrid.
    65: ...day, in addition to her duties at the Club of Madrid. She also is the director of several publicly tra...
  4. Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
    7: ...a predominantly Irish neighbourhood on the south side of Indianapolis. Her father, Paul, served as cou...
    9: ...degree, she moved to [[Seattle, Washington]] in [[1983]] to campaign for [[Alan Cranston]]. She then mov...
    15: ...te to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]].
    19: ...ankees]] baseball game in 1995. (Cantwell is an avid Mariners fan.) She became a multimillionaire as t...
    21: ... personal names, private email addresses, and [[GUID]]s to RealNetworks servers, contrary to the compa...
  5. Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
    3: ...ian National Congress]] (Congress Party) and the widow of former Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. She ...
    7: ...[1971]]). She adopted Indian [[citizenship]] in [[1983]].
    15: ...r in the elections, threatened to launch a nationwide agitation if Sonia became the [[Prime Minister o...
  6. Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
    6: ...n Commission]] ([[Brussels]], Belgium, [[1971]]-[[1983]]), she participated in numerous peace and enviro...
    8: ... ''Die Gr?, the [[German Green Party]]. Between [[1983]] and [[1990]], she was a member of the [[Bundest...
    14: With the goal of letting Petra Kelly's ideas and political message live on, the Petra Kelly...
    16: ...ed in our time. Her spirit and legacy of human solidarity and concern continue to inspire and encourag...
  7. Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
    3: ...nservative political office. She resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of o...
    7: ...aption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
    17: <tr><td>'''Other candidates:'''</td><td>[[Fianna Fᩬ]]: Brian Lenihan, T...
    23: ...to [[Ireland]] with the Norman invasion, it was said of the Bourkes that they ended up "more Irish tha...
    25: ...he title have included her successor as Irish president [[Mary McAleese]], Irish Human Rights Commissi...
  8. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    29: ...9|1979]], [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|198...
    31: ... increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occur...
    38: She did well at school, going on to a girls' [[grammar sc...
    41: ...950]] she was the youngest woman Conservative candidate but fought in the [[safe seat|safe]] Labour se...
    43: ...of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in support of her [[Private M...
  9. Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
    10: ... buses for 381 days. Dozens of public buses stood idle for months until the law legalizing segregation...
    14: ...from [[1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
    21: ...ol]] in an attempt to portray her as an average, middle-aged woman and not a political activist.
    25: ...interstate bus travel. The Rosa Parks case is considered ''the'' landmark because it applied to all se...
    27: The [[NAACP]] had additionally considered but rejected some earlier protesters deemed u...
  10. Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
    12: ...cal assignment covering [[George McGovern]]'s presidential campaign. This led to a position in a New Y...
    23: ...ash;on [[September 3]], [[2000]] she married [[David Bale]], father of actor [[Christian Bale]]. Howev...
    31: * ''Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions'' (1983)
  11. Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
    13: ...sued to work with former slaves. She also met President [[Abraham Lincoln]].
    15: ...buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek. In [[1983]], she was inducted into the [[Michigan Women's H...
    26: ...ttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1044&pt=Sojourner%20 Truth Burial site]
  12. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
    6: Though widely known for her fiction, Atwood has also continu...
    8: ...]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or f...
    10: ...ench language|French]] translation of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included ...
    12: ... well as interact via video and audio. She has said in interviews that the device will be available b...
    17: <div style="float:left; width:49%;">
  13. Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
    5: ...h political and religious. Her models are [[Thucydides]], [[Polybius]] and [[Xenophon]], and her style...
    12: ...rth: Penguin, 1969. (This print version uses more idiomatic English and has more extensive notes)
    13: ...irst Crusade]", ''Reading Medieval Studies'' v.9 (1983)
    14: ...hp=dGLbVtb-lSzBS&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=373640abd792303fadf8061c83c90f8b&ie=f.pdf ...
  14. Marie de France (1845 bytes)
    3: ... of France and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
    9: ...he Breton Lais" in ''Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages'', Roger S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press...
    10:
  15. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
    12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope ...
    26: *''[[Recitatif]]'' (1983)
  16. Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
    1: '''Sally Kristen Ride''' (b. [[May 26]], [[1951]] in Los Angeles CA) w...
    3: [[Image:SallyRide.jpeg|right]]
    5: ... the first American woman in space as part of a [[1983]] [[Space Shuttle]] ''[[Challenger]]'' crew of [[...
    7: In [[1987]], Ride left [[NASA]] to work at the [[Stanford Universi...
    9: ... to serve on both panels investigating Shuttle accidents, the [[STS-51-L|''Challenger'' explosion]] an...
  17. Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
    5: ...hysician]], teacher and [[astronaut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, ...
    7: ...dical Group. She then spent two and a half years (1983-85) as an Area [[Peace Corps]] Medical Officer fo...
    13: ...itical, cultural and economic context of the individual, especially for the developing world. Current ...
    15: ...ge. The Institute was established as an agent for identifying, assessing, researching and implementing...
    23: She resides in [[Houston, Texas]] with her cats Sneeze and ...
  18. Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
    9: ... IBM equivalent, the COMTRAN. However, it was her idea that programs could be written in a language th...
    16: ... led to her promotion to Commodore by special Presidential appointment. By [[1985]] she became a [[re...
    18: ...capacity was as a goodwill ambassador, lecturing widely on the early days of computers, her career, an...
    20: She was laid to rest with full military honors in [[Arlington ...
    22: ...s a small memorial park in front of her former residence and is now owned by Arlington County, Virgini...
  19. Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
    7: ... essentially completed the study of [[rotating solid]]s, applying the then-new theory of [[Abelian fun...
    11: ... mathematical bent. Some came from her father, accidentally; he had studied calculus in the army, and ...
    22: ..., Revolutionary</cite> (Rutgers University Press, 1983)
  20. Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
    7: ...ring anthropologist--one who wrote clearly and vividly enough for the general public to read and learn...
    14: ... women) as they pass through adolescence as "unavoidable periods of adjustment." Boas felt that a stu...
    16: ...present a different picture?" She found that it did. (See pp. 6-7, American Museum of Natural History...
    26: In [[1983]], five years after Mead had died, [[Derek Freema...
    28: ...nism as the people Boas and Mead once shocked. In 1983, the [[American Anthropological Association]] pas...

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