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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
109: | [[1896]] — [[1902]], [[1909]] — [[1912]] (wings added) - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ell as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese c...
7: ... craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the ...
11: ...ou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...ou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|C...
18: ...0 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged ... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...e establishment of the [[Republic of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by w...
7: ...ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: :''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...(or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, surro... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader - List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
5: ...on Aehrenthal|Aehrenthal, Alois Lexa von]], (1854-1912), [[Austria-Hungary|Austria-Hungarian]] statesman
18: *[[Aetion]], (circa 4th century BC), Greek painter - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ry I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...ted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]...
16: ...der the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]].
18: ...d to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and remained her confidante a...
20: ...tic, glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...mes, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the first woman member to actually ta...
10: ...t of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critica...
12: ...oiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, ...
20: # [[David Astor|Francis David Langhorne Astor]] (1912-2001) - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
9: ... [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] in [[1912]] and served in that office until [[1921]] when h...
11: ...9]], [[1931]] and was confirmed by a special election of the people on [[January 12]], [[1932]] becomi...
13: ...hes on the floor of the Senate but built a reputation as an honest and sincere Senator.
15: ...tuation to announce that she would run for reelection. Populist [[Louisiana]] politician [[Huey Long]...
17: ... a successful coalition of veterans, women, and union members. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...rmany]] and took part in an unsuccessful [[revolution]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]]. The uprising ...
10: ...er fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]],...
12: ...ts in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament foc...
14: ...tions under [[socialism]], which later caused tensions with [[Vladimir Lenin]].
16: ...rging with Lithuania's social democratic organisation. Despite living in Germany for most of her adult... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
5: ...'s arrest and was herself imprisoned on many occasions for her principles.
7: ...er the end of [[World War I]], she ran as a Coalition candidate for Parliament in the Smethwick riding... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
7: ...ll-time with the [[Women's Social and Political Union]] with her sister [[Christabel Pankhurst|Christa...
9: ...ion]] and then to the [[Workers' Socialist Federation]]. She founded the newspaper of the WSF, ''[[Wom...
11: ...t Party]], British Section of the [[Third International]]'' although in fact it was nothing of the sor...
15: ... at the time and attended meetings of the International in [[Russia]] and [[Amsterdam]] and also meeti...
17: ... Observer'', which reported on many aspects of Ethiopian life and development. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support of the public ...
7: ...cene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...U.S. and resumed her activities, launching the periodical ''The Birth Control Review and Birth Control...
11: ...basic information about such topics as [[menstruation]], but also acknowledged the reality of sexual f...
13: ...27, Sanger helped organize the first World Population Conference in [[Geneva]]. - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
7: ...olay Gumilyov]] in [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian [[Lev Gumilyov]].
17: ...jill/akhmatova/index.html Akhmatova website with biography, video]
18: ...rs.org/the_great_poets/fe/eu/aa Anna Akhmatova ] Bio and Poetry - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...ssatt grew up in an environment that valued education. Her parents believed travel was a way to learn...
6: ... her family's objections to her becoming a professional artist, she began studying painting at the [[P...
8: ...[[1871]] when the archbishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, aft...
14: ..., though, she knew she was not alone in her rebellion against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my ...
16: ...mpressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friends w... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...en, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. S...
9: ...llars a year (the first male actor who made a million dollar deal was [[Charlie Chaplin]]), and one of...
11: ... Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" b...
18: ...h]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
5: == Biography ==
12: From 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who ...
13: Stein, a [[lesbian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with...
15: ... and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubist art. She owned early works of [[Pablo...
19: ...rges Braque]]. She coined the term "[[Lost Generation]]" for some of these expatriate American writers... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools...
7: === Biography ===
8: ...(This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the P...
10: ...rticularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]]...
12: ...eople would have had some influence on the impressionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...for Poetry]]. She was also known for her unconventional and Bohemian lifestyle and her many love affai...
3: ...holarship to [[Vassar College]]. After her graduation in 1917, she moved to New York City.
7: ...the poet [[George Dillon]], fourteen years her junior, for whom a number of her sonnets were written.
9: ...orting democracy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fascism."
22: ...rdy]] once said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vinc...
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