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1. Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
   1: ...tate with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
   3: ..._de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema beach]]
   4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
   5: ...lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
   7: ...an region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
2. Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
   2: ...onymically]], Erik Torvaldsson (or Eiríkr Þorvaldsson).
   4: ...land and Erik the Red has been dubbed the genuine discoverer.
   6: ...sks, and beached whales if they happened to be so lucky.
   8: ...eleven, some turned back, while others were lost at sea.
   10: ...ly before [[Christopher Columbus]] made his fateful journey.
3. Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
   1: ...|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
   3: ...lthough pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
   6: ...nd.jpg|right|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland bagpipes.<br>
   7: 1) Chanter<br>
   9: 3) Stock<br>
4. Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
   1: ...ght|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
   3:
   5: ...le and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
   7: ... we have of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
   9: ==Early works==
5. Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
   2: [[Image:Aung_San_Suu_Kyi.jpg|thumb|Aung San Suu Kyi]]
   4: ...eedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
   6: ...d was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rivals in the same year.
   8: ...ibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim.
   10: ...h were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
6. Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
   1: ...ng to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
   2: ... a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
   3: ==Civil rights and political activity==
   4: ...ther; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
   6: ...ion center for workers' rights and [[racial equality]].
7. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
   1: ...mb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
   2: ...improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
   4: ...ew York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
   6: ... "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
   8: ...e new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
8. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
   1: ...Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
   2: ...publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
   6: ...s. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
   8: ... just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming."
   10: ...er version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
9. Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
   1: ...y photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
   3: ...d a difficult childhood which affected her life and career.
   5: ==Early life==
   7: ...o [[New York]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
   9: ...ell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
10. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    1: ...f her posthumously-released live album ''In Concert'']]
    2: ...for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
    4: ... began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
    6: ..., and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
    8: ...e album being withheld until after their subsequent success.
11. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    1: ...Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
    3: ...cted [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
    5: ...ice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
    7: ...d by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
    9: ...re and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails.
12. Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
    1: ...b|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
    2: ...], and a huge influence on the singers who followed her.
    5: ...utation in the South and along the Eastern Seaboard.
    7: ...Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], and [[Fletcher Henderson]].
    9: ...is radically different from any found on her recordings.
13. Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
    1: ...(album)|Horses]]'', was a photo by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]].]]
    2: ...mother, and these opposing influences have informed much of her work since.
    4: ...n Origin", "The Revenge of Vera Gemini", and "Shooting Shark".
    6: ... spoken piece about fugitive heiress [[Patty Hearst]].
    8: ...nd, although the murky production contributed to its poor reviews.
14. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    1: ...illiams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old World'']]
    2: ...r, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time'' magazine in 2002.
    4: ...or music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
    6: ...er own material. Neither album received much attention.
    8: ...s, including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover the song.
15. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Toriamos-dent.jpg|right|thumb|Tori Amos]]
    3: ...o that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
    6: ===Early years===
    7: ...er that she looked more like a Tori than a Myra Ellen.
    9: ===''Y Kant Tori Read''===
16. Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
    1: ...d [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
    2: ...of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
    4: ...France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
    6: ===Early life and context===
    7: ...infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
17. Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Leni_Riefenstahl.jpg|frame|Riefenstahl circa 1930]]
    2: ...[[World War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
    5: ...t; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
    7: ...d that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
    9: ... railways on the stadium to shoot the stadium crowd.
18. Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Ava Gardner05.jpg|thumb|Ava Gardner]]
    2: ...90]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
    4: ... Carolina]], the last of seven children of poor [[tobacco]] farmers.
    6: ...s rumored to have beaten Gardner during their relationship.)
    8: ...ominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
19. Pansy (10101 bytes)
    1: {{Taxobox begin | color = lightgreen | name = Pansy}}
    2: ..., white, and yellow pansies]] | caption = 5-petaled pansies}}
    3: {{Taxobox begin placement | color = lightgreen}}
    4: {{Taxobox regnum entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
    5: ...isio entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
20. Tibia (10700 bytes)
    1: ...iquity of the femur. It has a body and two extremities.
    3: ...usually Human) shinbone, such as that of a defeated enemy.
    5: == The upper extremity ==
    6: (''''proximal extremity'''')
    7: ...p from the tendon of the Biceps femoris is inserted.

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