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- 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
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam
95: ...], (born 1969), British women's boxing world champion - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promo...
25: ...kerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
61: *[[Julio Acosta|Acosta Garc� Julio]] (1872-1954)
64: ...la]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - 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]] - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
12: ...i Ahmadullah|Ahmadullah, Qari]], [[Taliban]] interior minister
15: *[[Esko Aho|Aho, Esko]], (born 1954), Finnish prime minister - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...cial portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden J...
9: ...f Mann, has two-->; she has reigned in these positions since the death of her father, [[George VI of t...
11: ...in the other [[personal union|personal union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is ma...
17: ...f succession to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle,...
19: ===Education=== - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
27: ...ted States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|President]] ...
29: ... States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later t...
31: ...sh's [[United States National Security Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She ... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
5: ...sal Declaration of Human Rights|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]]...
9: ...[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
13: ... viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President.
16: ...oodwin]], who wrote a [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning biography of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, disagree...
20: ...to a live audience of 70,000, and a nationwide radio audience. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...r name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 [[United States Republican Party|Republica...
5: ...esolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: ...liam Dodd Hathaway|Bill Hathaway]], the only election she ever lost in the state of Maine. (Hathaway ...
11: ... Senate elections defeating key Democrats, but in 1954, when he attempted to challenge her seat, the Mai... - 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. - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...erican Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
4: ...f Law]] but never practiced. On[[ 16 November]] [[1954]] she gave birth to another son (Jon Garth Murray...
7: ...blic schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Life magazine|''Life...
9: ...f [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution | First Amendment]] public policy." She acted as...
11: ...tion of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son William converted to [[Ch... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
9: ...cribed so as to mimic the actual speech of the period, and thus it embraces the dialect and culture of...
11: Quote:"Dat's a big ole resurrection lie, Ned. Uh slew-foot, drag-leg lie at dat, an...
13: ...r her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ...Langston Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not ...
20: ...e'', Hurston was wrongly accused of child molestation. In her defense she presented her passport, whic... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...y 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ... driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store...
6: ... Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]] and [[1954]] the [[Associated Press]] named her "''Woman of ...
8: ...ears later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line o...
10: ...win the event. With her growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently inter... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
5: ...(Source: ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', Fifth Edition, 1993.)
7: ...ted as a graduate student, but her position as a pioneering anthropologist--one who wrote clearly and ...
14: ... they pass through adolescence as "unavoidable periods of adjustment." Boas felt that a study of the ...
16: ...e pp. 6-7, American Museum of Natural History edition of 1973.)
20: ...onal or psychological distress, anxiety, or confusion seen in the United States. [See [http://www.live... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
9: ... most sensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in s...
15: ...e was never really able to obtain the same reputation at home. Upon a visit to the United States in [[...
21: ... not legally binding), French sugar magnate Jean Lion (1937-1940, divorced), French orchestra leader J...
23: Baker wrote several autobiographies, each containing a different story about ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ... for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]...
10: ...certs were often enriched by some hilarious imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able t...
12: ...by Riddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pab...
14: ...[[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" of... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...[[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...iano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduating in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at t...
5: ...ostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken pa...
7: ...lina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vy...
9: ...ium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual mast... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...he Johnson Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
3: ... [[CBS]], and signed to [[Columbia Records]] in [[1954]]. With her mainstream success came an inevitabl...
5: ...en she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. Jac...
7: ...humously inducted into the [[Gospel Music Association]]'s [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] in [[1978]].
11: ...shtml Biography at FemBio ? Notable Women International] - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...les since the [[19th century]], became an inspiration to [[Allies|Allied]] forces during the [[World W...
4: ...on of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
5: ==Biography==
7: ...e English to make swift gains. There were two factions of the French Royal family: the [[Burgundy|Burg... - 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... - 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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