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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
7: | [[Alabama]]
8: | [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]
11: | [[Alaska]]
12: | [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]]
35: | [[Delaware]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and ...
7: ...h itself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically signif...
14: ...this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: s&...
15: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
18: ...stors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
9: ...misepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
34: ...gail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
44: ..., British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
45: ...to Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
61: ...[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
69: ...rchitect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
10: *[[Andre Agassi|Agassi, Andre]], (1970-), tennis player
12: ...z, Louis]], (1807-1873), work on [[ice age]]s, [[glacier]]s
34: *[[Georg Agricola|Agricola, Georgius]] (1490-1555)
35: ...eologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language
36: *[[Johannes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
7: ...mmed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
9: ...1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
10: *[[Clay Aiken|Aiken, Clay]], (1978-), singer
13: ... 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
19: ...959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[baseball]] player - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[1626]] – [[1689]]) or '''Kristina''', later known as '''Maria Christina Alexandra''' and s...
15: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Birth'''<td>[[Stockholm]]
17: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Death'''<td>[[Rome]]
18: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Rom...
22: ... when not riding pillion). This has caused her to later become an icon of the transgendered community.... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: '''Gloria Steinem''' (born [[March 25]], [[1934]]) is a [[US]] [[feminism|feminist]] and [[journa...
8: ...es and became politically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]...
9: ...her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
12: ...is time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Florynce Rae ("Flo")...
16: In [[1974]] Steinem founded the [[Coalition of Labor Union Women]]. In [[1977]] she participated in... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...th in [[Danish language|Danish]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in ...
5: ...ish periodicals in 1905 under the pen name ''Osceola''. Her younger brother [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the...
7: ... continued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to aba...
9: ...s'' (a collection of short stories) in English in 1934. She would go on to publish several other works s...
15: ...published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
5: Hurston was born in [[Notasulga, Alabama]] and grew up in [[Eatonville, Florida]]. She...
7: ...urston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural and polit...
9: ... and thus it embraces the dialect and culture of Black America of the early 20th century. For example...
13: ... praised her for her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ... aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink into obscurity. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...and her novels ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' and ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''. Her philosophy and her fiction bot...
19: ...o has a quotation from Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name R...
22: ...e The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]). - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of mode...
3: ...|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...n she was three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduatin...
13: ...bian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude ...
17: ... to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by the French government for this work... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...lot's licence at the [[London Aeroplane Club]] in late [[1929]].
8: ...lane for this flight a [[De Havilland]] [[De Havilland Gipsy Moth|Gipsy Moth]] (registration G-AAAH) n...
10: ...ying from [[England]] to [[Japan]] in a [[De Havilland]] [[Puss Moth]] co-piloted with [[Jack Humphrey...
12: ...], [[South Africa]], also in a Puss Moth. She was later to regain this record, this time flying a [[Pe...
16: ...les]], to the [[United States|USA]] in 1933. The plane ran out of fuel and crashed in [[Bridgeport, Co... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
11: ...ns of Culture'' ([[1934]]) expresses [[cultural relativism]] in describing behaviors said to appear in...
15: ...o were recruited by the U.S. Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. entry int...
20: ... in society of the [[Emperor of Japan]], and formulating the recommendation to President [[Franklin D....
24: ...tly racist", it is still generally regarded as a classic whose value continues even despite the post-w... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...rly field of [[radiology]] and a two-time [[Nobel laureate]]. She founded the [[Curie Institute|Curie ...
5: ...marked by the death of her sister and, four years later, her mother. She was notable for her diligent ...
7: ...ed from it. By [[1898]] they deduced a logical explanation: that the pitchblende contained traces of s...
9: ...ing the radioactive components, and eventually isolated initially the chloride salts (refining radium ...
13: ...ie intentionally did not [[patent]] the radium isolation process, instead leaving it open so the scien... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming language.
3: ...ree in the same two subjects in [[1930]] and in [[1934]] became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in ma...
5: ... development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculators.
7: ...the A compiler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[...
9: ... to English rather than in [[machine code]] or in languages close to machine code, such as the [[assem... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...cer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citize...
5: ... the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
7: ..., Chiquita, who was adorned with a [[diamond]] collar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchest...
9: ... several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
13: ...use herself and escaped from the chalet through a laundry chute. After the war, Baker was awarded the ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], ...
2: ...e and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...e [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
8: ...the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ... hilarious imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marily... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...ly 17]], [[1959]]), also called '''[[Jazz royalty|Lady Day]]''' is generally considered one of the gre...
7: ...er to be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. A hardened and angry child, she dropped out...
9: ...oliday: Wishing on the Moon'', ISBN 0306811367). Clarence Holiday accepted paternity, but was hardly a...
14: ...er first-ever recording was "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" ([[1933]]).
16: ... Shortly thereafter, Holiday began performing regularly at numerous clubs on [[52nd Street]] in [[Manh... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: ...founders of the [[Red Army Faction]] (in [[German language|German]]: ''Rote Armee Fraktion''), which i...
5: ...he radical left paper ''konkret''. She married [[Klaus Rainer R?], a [[communism|communist]], in [[196...
7: ...uced, including the concept of the [[urban guerrilla]], decrying what she called the exploitation of t...
9: ...n]] government claimed she had hanged herself, a claim that was supported by a governmental inquiry pa...
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