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- 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: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
44: ...[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
37: ...drew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
7: *[[Ajit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empi...
26: ...tana Agnesi|Agnesi, Maria Gaetana]], (1718-1799), Italian polymath
27: ..., Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[...
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...nd the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ited Kingdom|King George VI]] on [[6 February]] [[1952]]. She is the longest serving current Head of Sta...
11: ...d is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...[Princess]] of Teck in the Kingdom of [[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To h...
5: ...itish Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions...
9: ...s]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Roy...
11: ...taly]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]e...
13: ...f Cambridge]]). May wrote to her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embas... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...ulian calendar|O.S.]]), [[1872]] - [[March 9]], [[1952]]) was a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Communist]] revo...
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.
13: ...tion to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in [[1952]]. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eleanor_Roosevelt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...e United States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]...
5: ...tion]] and [[Freedom House]]. She chaired the committee that drafted and approved the [[UN Universal D...
9: ...urvived infancy. However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations outside marriage by FDR ...
13: ...ce viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - 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... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...amily split in [[1944]], and Gloria went to live with her mother in Toledo. As a child in Toledo, Glor...
8: .... She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s c...
9: ... In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous under...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism ==
12: ...eground. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Fl... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
3: ...ative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalinism]].
9: ...oetess [[Marina Tsvetaeva]], with several poems written in the form of correspondence between the two.
11: ...enced, unable to publish poetry, between 1925 and 1952 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[19...
13: ...re Akhmatova lived from the mid [[1920s]] until [[1952]].
17: ....com/jill/akhmatova/index.html Akhmatova website with biography, video] - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...cember 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
3: ...ia Woolf]] or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
7: ...iro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
13: *A Cidade Sitiada (1949)
14: *Alguns Contos (1952) - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ...]]. There, she used her looks and driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Sak...
6: ...ucation, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucrati...
8: ... savvy marketer who recognized the value of publicity for her business. Calling her line of cosmetics ...
10: ...about being adopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family. - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
1: ...image:Hanna_Reistch.jpg|thumb|right|288px|Hanna Reitsch in the Fa 61]]
2: ...]] [[Germany|German]] [[test pilot]], and a favourite of the upper echelon of the [[Nazi]] party.
6: ... star of the Nazi party, always looking for publicity, and in 1938 she flew the Fa 61 every night insi...
8: ... the Luftwaffe Combined Pilot and Observer Badge with Diamonds. She survived many accidents and was b...
10: ..., dropped from a [[Heinkel He 111]] bomber. Later it was suggested that similarly equipped V-1 would b... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ... 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[crystallographer]] ...
5: ...h Commissioner (effectively governor) for the [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. Her aunt Helen was mar...
8: ...oing war, [[World War II]], she worked at the ''British Coal Utilization Research Association'' studyi...
9: ... equally involved in the work. It seemed she had little choice but to return to England.
12: ...ng out X-diffraction analysis of DNA in the Unit (it was one of his photos, shown at a meeting in Napl... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ... [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcu...
6: ...80]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [[1996]] (one of only six). She was...
9: ...though most Albanians are [[Muslim]] and the majority of their native Macedonia are [[Macedonian Ortho...
11: ...Loreto]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...al vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious title ''Mother Teresa''. - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy of recruiting increasing numbers of women.
7: ...899]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...and. Arriving in [[Warsaw]], she vainly pleaded with her [[Jew]]ish mother to leave a [[Poland]] whos...
11: ...eigning symptoms of pulmonary [[tuberculosis]]. (It did not hurt her cause that the Gestapo had not b...
13: ...s were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...n various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...cognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: Upon her return to [[New York City]] in 1943 her social circle included the likes o...
10: ...itive source. The accompanying documentary was edited and produced after her death.
16: ...a Kudlacek]] released a documentary about Deren, titled ''[[In the Mirror of Maya Deren]].'' - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: ... a third consecutive nomination for Best Actress with her performance in ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]...
7: ...ffair caused was a scandal in both Hollywood and with the public; Bergman was branded as "Hollywood's ...
9: ...nd made her final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
11: ...English language|English]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] fluently, which caused fellow actor [[John...
13: ... She was cremated in Sweden, her ashes scattered with a part kept to be interred in the [[Norra begrav...
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