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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 ... - 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
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
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
41: ...above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological cha...
14: ...he occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|Germ...
16: ... would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', ...
18: ...h young Victoria, and that he entered into a relationship with her in order to gain social status (he ...
20: ... [[Order-in-Council]] partially reversed the decision by granting [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom... - 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.
19: She ran for a final time in [[1944]] and was defeated by [[J. William Fulbright]]. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ... of office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
7: ...SON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
15: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</td>...
23: ...many who came to [[Ireland]] with the Norman invasion, it was said of the Bourkes that they ended up "...
25: ...]], and, the current holder of the position, abortion rights campaigner [[Ivana Bacik]].) - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...er vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...elations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a ...
31: ...lth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured that led to...
33: ...use of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...tates, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]], and Gloria went to live with her mother in Tol...
7: == Education and Early Career ==
9: ...ull-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working as ...
12: ...ern]]'s presidential campaign. This led to a position in a New York magazine. She also became politica...
14: ...l Women's Political Caucus]] and the [[Women's Action Alliance]]. In 1972 she founded the feminist mag... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...the first female artist to paint history and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes we...
5: ==Biography==
7: ...ly inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was just as heavily influenced in tur...
9: ...humb|200px| Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...e, Artemisia assimilated the realism of [[Caravaggio]] without being indifferent to the language of th... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...s published, many claimed that her stream-of-consciousness writing style was under heavy influence of ...
5: ... was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ... de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
9: == Bibliography ==
11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
11: ...resses [[cultural relativism]] in describing behaviors said to appear in every human society. (Her cri...
15: ... Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. entry into
18: ...fficiency, approvals needed for its full distribution did not come.
20: ...[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that permitting continuation of the Emperor's reign be part of the eventual s... - 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... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...herson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
3: ...[[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Chu...
7: ...hodist]], and Mildred Ona Pearce, 36 years his junior, who had been hired to nurse his wife during her...
9: ...riting letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local clergy, etc.
13: ...ing at the urging of her father. After her conversion and a short courtship, they were married on Augu... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
3: ...ally used her convent to store weapons and ammunition for the [[Mouvements Unis de R鳩stance]] (MUR).
5: ... [[Berlin, Germany]]. There, stripped of her religious garments, she was forced into hard labor. With ... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: ...ipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...ial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty...
6: ...n [[1996]] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[Octobe...
11: ...an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...er final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious title ''Mother Teresa''. - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
5: ...ve]] (SOE). She began resistance work with SOE radio operator [[Brian Stonehouse]] until his arrest ne...
7: ...SOE trained her as a wireless operator in preparation for a return to France.
9: ... great hardship from exposure, cold, and malnutrition.
11: ... As one of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" ... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...sh''') ([[July 17]], [[1921]] - [[November 7]], [[1944]]) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]]ish woman w...
5: ==Biography==
9: ... a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student organization.
11: ...ning in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
13: .... She was captured before she could begin her mission and was interned in the [[Horthy Miklos Prison]]... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...ing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy of recruiting increasing numbers of wom...
5: ==Biography==
7: ... miles from [[Warsaw]], to Count Jerzy Skarbek, scion of one of Poland's oldest noble families, and St...
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... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ... citizen]]. By [[1935]] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
8: ...tures." In 1947 she won the [[Grand Prix Internationale]] for 16mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]...
14: ...er]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films.
20: *''At Land'' (1944) photographed by [[Hella Heyman]] and Alexander H...
22: ...ransfigured Time'' (1946) Choreographic collaboration with Frank Westbrook and [[Rita Christiani]].
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