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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
29: | [[1886]] — [[1907]]
104: | [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
6: *[[Alf Ahlberg|Ahlberg, Alf]], Swedish writer
8: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Ahlfors, Lars Valerian]], ([[1907]]-[[1996]]), Finnish mathematician - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: ...chel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
7: ...d|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
9: ..., ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e...
15: ...[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer
20: ...Ainger|Ainger, Nicholas Richard]], (born 1949), British Labour MP - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...] – [[May 2]], [[1964]]) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family...
4: ...ury tastemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]...
8: ...] as MP for [[Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton]]. Nancy Astor then became ...
10: ...eplacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, would neve...
12: ...e and the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, they composed a sarcastic so... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
2: ...eosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[writer]] and [[orator]].
4: ...m]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
5: ...trine]]'' by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] in [[1889]] and writing a review on this book.
9: ...lected president of the Theosophical Society in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous president [[Henr...
11: ...lon, and their promotion of Buddhist revival activities on the subcontinent (see also: [[Maha Bodhi So... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...the monarchist army and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which...
6: ... on her CV for Z?University, but her [[1887]] [[Abitur]] certificate says she was 17, in which case sh...
8: ...put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined o...
10: ...]]. She studied [[philosophy]], [[history]], [[politics]], [[economics]] and [[mathematics]] simultane...
12: ... able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...s]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First Worl...
7: ...ed a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in...
9: ...tions of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', under the pseudonym ...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suffered for many years from [[syphi...
15: * ''The Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osc... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...h; [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, known as the '''Queen of Bohemia'''.
3: ...h Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] she studied at the [[Pelham Art School]] and th...
5: ...octeau]], she stayed for a while at [[La Ruche]] with many of the leading members of the avant-garde l...
7: ...rcing Kristian, she took up with another free spirit, composer [[E.J Moeran]].
11: ...he like. The photo shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pion...
5: ...oduction of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and...
7: ...]] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. D...
9: ...ies of disappointing roles and the public's inability to accept Pickford in roles that reflected her o...
11: ...ame secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbank... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...nd catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her love...
7: ...legheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and the...
9: ...image:Stein_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
11: ...o [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]]. - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lise_Meitner.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lise Meitner]]
2: ...]]n [[physics|physicist]] who studied [[radioactivity]] and [[nuclear physics]].
4: ...ner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her knowledge of physics and his knowledge of ch...
8: ...n [[1923]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Aug...
10: ... Einstein|Einstein]], who had the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning le... - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
1: ...[mathematician]]s of the early [[20th century]], with penetrating insights that she used to develop el...
6: any early precocity at mathematics — as a teenager she was mor...
8: ...y built a world-wide reputation, but the [[University of G?ngen]] refused to let her teach, and her co...
9: ...s under his own name. A long controversy ensued, with her opponents asking what the country's soldiers...
10: ...nd joined the faculty at [[Bryn Mawr]] in the [[United States]]. - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
3: ... first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain.
5: ...ns, and many other examining bodies refused to admit her to their examinations; but in the end the [[S...
7: ...these two positions she found to be incompatible with her principal work, and she soon resigned them.
9: ...d president of the East Anglian branch of the [[British Medical Association]].
14: ... London -- this is the modern name of the New hospital mentioned above. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ... [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nu...
7: ...r older sister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-...
9: ...was particularly concerned with the appalling conditions of medical care for the legions of the poor a...
13: ...sed by the quality of medical care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters.
17: ...vinced that marriage would interfere with her ability to follow her calling to nursing, Nightingale co... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...eaking career at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution...
13: ...September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
15: ...er in this work. While so occupied in [[New York City|New York]], she met her second husband, Harold S...
23: ...ullhorn. On the road between sermons, she would sit in the back seat typing sermons and other religio...
25: ...filed for separation. His petition for divorce, citing abandonment, was granted in 1921. - Edith Cavell (1802 bytes)
1: ...roject Gutenberg eText 14676.jpg|frame|right|'''Edith Cavell''']]
2: ...[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]], [[London]]]]
3: ...ca dead2.jpeg|thumb|234px|A propaganda image of Edith Cavell]]
5: '''Edith Louisa Cavell''' ([[December 4]], [[1865]] - [[O...
7: ...out the war [http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/edith_cavell.htm]. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ..., [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and...
4: ...ad]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: ...ily to let her move to New York. She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in ...
8: ...e known for her wit, although as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "S...
10: ... End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all t...
5: ...her unabashedly liberal family, who she credited with giving her a sense of adventure and independence...
7: ...ould later be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfal...
8: ...ormation about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''. - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ...[October 22]], [[1938]] in [[New York City]], [[United States]], was an actress, singer and major star...
4: ... the [[Tony Pastor]] Theatre, a popular New York City music hall.
8: ... into that of a leading [[vaudeville]] performer with an act known at the time as "Coon Shouting" in w...
10: ...y," with music written by [[George M. Cohan]]. In 1907 she married her manager, Kurt Eisfeldt, the same ...
12: ...t the time and combined with her charming personality, for more than thirty years she was one of Ameri...
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