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- 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 ... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
66: *[[John Jacob Abel|Abel, John Jacob]] (1857-1938), pharmacologist
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
10: *[[John A. M. Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
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.
21: ...tion Commission]] and to the [[Employees Compensation Appeals Board]]. - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
19: |[[July 21]], [[1938]]
27: '''Janet Reno''' (born [[July 21]], [[1938]]) was the 78th [[United States Attorney General|...
29: ==Biography==
32: ...resident of the [[Women's Self Government Association]], and earned her room and board.
36: ...ida court system. In [[1973]] she accepted a position with the Dade County State's Attorney's Office. ... - 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]]. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...She began publishing fiction in various Danish periodicals in 1905 under the pen name ''Osceola''. Her...
7: ...ined in Kenya and continued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 ...
9: ...multaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitl...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suffered for many years from [[syphili...
20: ...[[Out of Africa]]'' (1937 in Denmark and England, 1938 in USA) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for...
11: ...vist philosophy#Ethics: rational self-interest|rational self-interest]]", and [[capitalism]]. Her nove...
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
16: ==Biography== - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
5: == Biography ==
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...
23: ...gmatism; thus at the opening of the German occupation of France she favored collaborative Vichy govern... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
3: ...e education, she worked in various jobs in [[aviation]]. She married Robert Maclure Love in [[1936]].
5: ... Car Company]], testing various aircraft modifications including the new [[tricycle landing gear]].
7: ...s ferrying division. She then convinced the division to establish the [[Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Sq... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
8: ...n]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in recognition of this achievement.
18: ...]] air race. Johnson was to divorce Mollison in [[1938]].
27: ...tp://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/famous_folk/amyjohnson/biog1.shtml BBC Humber site for Johnson centenary] - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: ...[[September 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]) was a French [[painter]].
14: ...andscapes that are noted for their strong composition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best known...
18: ... relationship with Valadon would be the only relationship of the kind in his life, leaving him, he sai...
20: ...he [[Soci鴩 Nationale des Beaux-Arts]]. A perfectionist, Valadon worked for 13 years on her oil paint...
24: ...wear a corsage of carrots, kept a goat in her studio to "eat up her bad drawings", and fed caviar to h... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ....E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: She began writing professionally in [[1905]], initially for the ''[[Times Lit...
11: ...ll as emotional motives of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chrono...
13: ...resented simultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and symbolic na...
17: ...xamination of Woolf's life, updating the earlier biography by Woolf's own nephew, [[Quentin Bell]]. - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
6: ... Nazi party, always looking for publicity, and in 1938 she flew the Fa 61 every night inside the arena o...
8: ...several larger [[bomber]]s on which she tested various mechanisms for cutting [[barrage balloon]] cabl...
12: ...s to join together in mass suicide when it was obvious that the war was over. She also hoped to fly ou...
16: ...tsch''' won third place in the world gliding championship in Spain (and was the only woman who compete... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ... [[crystallographer]] who made important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of ...
5: ...tary]] in 1916. He was also the first High Commissioner (effectively governor) for the [[British Manda...
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ...t the ''British Coal Utilization Research Association'' studying the fine structure of coal and charco...
9: ...ring, her mentor, had been unhappy about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the pape... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: ...Austria]]n [[physics|physicist]] who studied [[radioactivity]] and [[nuclear physics]].
4: ...Hahn and Meitner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her knowledge of physics and his kn...
8: ...[[1923]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger...
10: ...], and [[Eugene Wigner]] together jumped into action, persuading [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], who ha...
12: ... She was honored as "Woman of the Year" by the National Women's Press Club (USA) in 1946; received the... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...utterance of her name "Mary" recalled her to consciousness, and she uttered the joyful, reverent cry, ...
12: ...ples ask questions of the risen Savior (a designation that dates the original no earlier than the [[Se...
14: ...elivers - at Peter's request - a vision of the Savior she has had, and reports her discourse with him,...
16: Her vision does not meet with universal approval:
18: ...g what she said. For I do not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are of ... - Marina Raskova (5055 bytes)
5: ...f these record flights occurred in [[1937]] and [[1938]], while she was still teaching at the Air Academ...
7: .... From the start, the goal was to set an international women's record for a straight-line distance fl...
9: ...n were decorated with "The [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]" award, the first females ever to receive it a...
11: ...the three regiments received their formal designations as follows:
13: ...le regiments and participated in 4,419 combat missions (125 air battles and 38 kills) under Tamara Kaz... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...ing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy of recruiting increasing numbers of wom...
5: ==Biography==
7: ... soon ended without rancor. On [[November 2]], [[1938]], at age twenty-three, she married the choleric ...
9: ...amps]]. An achievement of the Polish courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret...
11: ...ng side of Krystyna's aunt and of the aunt's relation, the Hungarian Regent [[Miklos Horthy|Miklor... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
4: ==Biography==
5: ...e took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ...is not documented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
13: ... and ignorant about their atrocities—a position which many of her critics dismiss as ridiculous....
15: ... personally funded. <!--This needs a source. Her biopic and imdb list _no_ films after Tiefland-->As a...
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