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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]]
104: | [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]
116: | [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson 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... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...st as a member of the [[Menshevik]]s, then from [[1914]] on as a [[Bolshevik]]. She was effectively exil...
5: ...Lenin]] in [[1903]], Kollontai did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislike aspects...
7: ...omen's lives in the [[Soviet Union]], fighting illiteracy and educating women about the new marriage, ...
11: ...after which Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined.
15: ...me, though as a diplomat serving abroad, she had little or no influence in government policy or operat... - 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 ... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: ...hurst", more than any other, which is associated with the struggle for votes for women in the period i...
5: ...amous for its militancy which began in [[1905]]. Its members included the notorious [[Annie Kenney]],...
7: ...to fruition: the right to vote for women in the United Kingdom. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...ol]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support of the publi...
5: ... ten years in the affluent New York suburb of [[White Plains]]. In [[1902]], she married William Sange...
7: ...hould Know." Distributing a pamphlet, ''Family Limitation'', to poor women, Sanger repeatedly risked s...
9: ...e also contributed articles on health for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper,...
11: ...ed the reality of sexual feelings in adolescents. It was followed in 1917 by ''What Every Mother Shoul... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
1: ...y Cassatt]]. ([[1893]]). Oil on canvas. [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. ]]
2: ...[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ... she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], an...
6: Despite her family's objections to her becoming a profes...
8: ... commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe. - 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... - Marguerite Duras (1799 bytes)
1: [[Image:Marguerite Duras.png|right|]]
3: ...better known as '''Marguerite Duras''', was a [[writer]] and [[film director]].
5: ...nts' native country, to study law, but became a writer instead. She changed her name in [[1943]] for '...
7: ...film ''[[India Song]]''. She was also the screenwriter of the [[1959]] French film ''[[Hiroshima mon a...
9: ...s associated with the [[Nouveau roman]] French [[literary movement]]. Her films are also experimental ... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...h; [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, known as the '''Queen of Bohemia'''.
3: ...the [[London School of Art]] until [[1910]]. In [[1914]] she went to the [[Montparnasse]] Quarter in [[P...
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. - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: ...[[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist born in [[Sun Prai...
4: ...ure style stressed contours and subtle tonal transitions, which often transformed the subject into a p...
6: ...in the public schools in [[Amarillo, Texas]] in [[1914]]. In [[1916]] started teaching at [[Columbia Col...
8: ...some of them. Stieglitz was especially impressed with O'Keeffe's interpretations of landscapes in the ...
10: ...is wife divorced. In [[1924]], O'Keeffe and Stieglitz married. - 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]]. - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
1: ..., [[1914]] - [[October 22]], [[1976]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[aviator | pilot]] and squad...
7: ...dron commander. In [[1943]] the squadron merged with the
11: ...illies]], a [[B-17]]. She was certified in 16 military aircraft, including the [[Douglas C-47]] and t...
13: ... the women in her squadron to be recognized as military veterans. They were recognized in [[1977]], s... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...1]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...e of language. Among her themes were female sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; sh...
8: ...magination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of M...
12: ...and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages. - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
8: ...[1889]] Toulouse-Lautrec painted her in the portrait ''The Hangover''.
10: Degas impressed with her bold line drawings and fine paintings, encou...
12: ...ws of her artist son born in [[1883]] whose paternity she never divulged. Named Maurice Valadon at bir...
14: ... landscapes that are noted for their strong composition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best kno...
18: ...that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sadness." - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
1: ...adar.jpg|thumb|275px|'''Sarah Bernhardt''' (portrait by [[Nadar]])]]
4: ...t herself, she combined the career of an actress with that of a [[courtesan]] - at the time, the two w...
6: ...ation as a serious dramatic actress, earning the title, "The Divine Sarah"; arguably, she may have be...
8: ...the [[1880s]]. Multi-talented, she was involved with the [[visual art]]s as well as acting, painting ...
10: ...arried a Polish princess, Maria Jablonowska, 1863-1914). Later lovers included several artists ([[Gusta... - 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: ...songs, including "Hot Tamale Alley," with music written by [[George M. Cohan]]. In 1907 she married he...
12: ... was one of America's most beloved performers. In 1914, she made her second [[silent film]] appearance, ... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...le tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
3: ...ng athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport ...
8: ...en, the owner of a carriage company, decided that it would be good for her to compete in tennis and ga...
10: ...pped most national and international tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on h...
16: ... outfits covering nearly all of the body. Staid Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the French...
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