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- 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 ...
11: ...Rosenvelt]] who emigrated to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. His grandsons, ... - 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... - 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: ... Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project]]. - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
2: ...rch 14]], [[1851]] - [[January 2]], [[1929]], [[United States|US]] [[Army]] nurse nicknamed ''the Amer...
4: Her pioneering activities were crucial to the growth of professional nur...
6: ...resbyterian Hospital|Presbyterian Hospital]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York]] from 1892-1921.
8: ...sh American War]] she organized nurses for the military. Through her actions the [[Army Nurse Corps]] ...
10: ... giving them recreation for the heat of New York City summers. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940...
2: ...urity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
4: She was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]...
6: ...You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Ti...
8: ...band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra." - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...r mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
9: ...ISBN 0306811367). Clarence Holiday accepted paternity, but was hardly a responsible father. In the rar...
14: ...irst). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ever recording was ...
16: ...gularly at numerous clubs on [[52nd Street]] in [[Manhattan]].
18: ... than compensated for this shortcoming, however, with impecable timing, nuanced phrasing, and emotiona... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: ...te Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ...vis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne]]'s Manhattan Civic Repertory because she was considered insinc...
7: ...and such was the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...me her own roles, with the exception of ''[[Gone With the Wind]]'' in [[1939]]. Davis was elected the...
11: ...onscreen in either of their careers, was a smash hit and a top-grosser that year. - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20...
6: ...''' in the charity ward of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later ...
8: ...red adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardin...
12: ...o think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. Sh... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
5: ...y Louise Streep''' in [[Summit, New Jersey]], [[United States|USA]], and raised in nearby [[Bernardsvi...
7: ...h toward the industry and her own presence within it. As she would say when collecting her [[Emmy awar...
9: ... of [[Isabel Allende]]'s ''[[The House of the Spirits]]'', [[1995]]'s ''[[The Bridges of Madison Count...
11: ...om]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for which she learne...
13: ...Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. That same year, Manhattan Borough President [[C. Virginia Fields]] proclaim... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...comotives, and may be referred to as [[multiple unit]]s or [[railcar]]s; the use of these self-propell...
5: ...and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train in the other.
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ...sons why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in s...
10: * ''Ease of maintenance'' - it is easier to maintain one locomotive than many se... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
29: ...72.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charl...
31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
1: ...an "American" is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of residence.
3: ...other infrastructure are generally the responsibility of the states.
5: ...ederal government playing a much larger role than it once did.
13: ...breviations|traditional abbreviations]], and [[capital]]s, are:
21: ...>Ark.<td>[[Arkansas]]<td>[[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] - Kansas (21369 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] |
21: DensityRank = 40<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 32.9/mi²; 12.7 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 34<sup>th</sup> | - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] |
11: ...[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
21: DensityRank = 19<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 53.29 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 16<sup>th</sup> | - American Psycho (168 bytes)
3: ... [[Bret Easton Ellis]] about a young [[Manhattan]]ite [[serial killer]]. A film adaptation was release... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
3: It includes listings or tabular information for quic...
7: ...vely, instead of copying the link, you could drag it into your bookmarks toolbar, allowing the link to...
10: Please use the new section editing feature if your browser
17: ...es/List_of_et|9,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_hospitals|10,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_mis|11,]] [[S...
28: ...t of subnational entities|Lists of subnational entities]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...47]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and [[businessma...
5: ...s worldwide, including the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. Edison ...
10: ...itish government gave those who had been loyal to it. In 1811, three generations of Edison's took up f...
14: ...m. Sam's family joined him and in [[1847]] grew with the birth of their seventh child, [[Thomas Alva ...
16: ...art in his schooling due to childhood illnesses. It was a late start and a poor start. His mind ofte... - World War II (58065 bytes)
2: ...in [[World War I]] were involved in World War II. It was the most extensive and expensive armed confli...
4: ...ich date the war began is also debated, cited as either the German [[Polish September Campaign|invasio...
6: ... it continued in China. In Europe, the war ended with the surrender of Germany on [[8 May]] [[1945]] (...
8: ...ments in [[Pingfan]]. As a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bom...
10: ... led to its democratization, and China came to split into the Communist [[People's Republic of China]]... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...political conflict between the colonies and the British Parliament, marked the beginning of the Americ...
7: ...to Boston, where local militia were besieging a British Army.
9: ...k was reviewed by Franklin at length and then submitted to the Congress where numerous changes were ma...
11: ...Paris]], which endowed the nascent United States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the At...
13: ...of States, without fully clarifying whether the United States was to be a nation-state or a mere leagu... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...anuary 1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously...
17: ...[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ...d [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]]
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