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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...''' (meaning ''River of January'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio d...
9: ...s capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
15: ...reating the village as strategic location for [[Atlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Afri...
17: ...wards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Port... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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9: ... England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
12: ...es|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... States Republican Party|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of ...
15: ...pia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving... - 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 - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...ative-born [[Israeli]] whose family moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to...
12: ...she met Morris Myerson, a sign painter, who would later become her husband.
16: ... [[1917]] and began planning to emigrate to the [[Land of Israel]], then [[British Mandate of Palestin...
20: ...them at [[Histadrut]], the General Federation of Labor. By 1924, her husband tired of the kibbutz li...
22: ...In 1928, she was elected secretary of the women's labor council of Histadrut. This required her to mov... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
2: |+ style="font-size:larger; margin-left:1em"|'''Janet Reno'''
21: |'''Place of Birth'''
32: ... Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]] High School. In [[1956]] Reno enrolled at [[Cornell University]] in [[It...
34: ...rd degree, she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
36: ...fice in [[1976]] to become a partner in a private law firm. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ... States]] from [[1933]]-[[1945]]. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promotin...
5: ...sident [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive trave...
9: ...rations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ed to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. His grandsons, Johannes and Jac...
16: ...sexual]]. Historians disagree about the theory [[Blanche Wiesen Cook]], author of one of Mrs. Roosevel... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
5: ...mmeline Pankhurst]], members of the [[Independent Labour Party]] and much-concerned with women's right...
7: ...contrast to them she retained her interest in the labour movement.
11: ...olsheviks, the CP(BSTI) dissolved itself into the larger, official Communist Party.
17: ...la House, 1955). Having moved to Addis Ababa in [[1956]], with her son, [[Richard Pankhurst]], she found... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
4: Rosa Parks was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], daughter of James and Loeona McCauley. She...
6: ...nch of the [[NAACP]]. She also attended the [[Highlander Folk School]], an education center for worker...
8: ...d convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and for violating a local ordinance.
10: ...s of public buses stood idle for months until the law legalizing segregation in public buses was lifte...
12: In [[1956]] Parks's case ultimately resulted in [[Supreme C... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
8: ...[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]] and left to study in [[India]] for two years.
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...
21: ...e to many young women who recognize the role she played in changing the outcome of their lives. Althou... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...ebruary 14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, known as the '''Quee...
5: ...and [[Jean Cocteau]], she stayed for a while at [[La Ruche]] with many of the leading members of the a...
7: ... the ''[[Salon d'Automne]]'' in Paris. Back in England, she taught at the [[Westminster Technical Inst...
13: ...nd later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]].
15: ... and the publisher for libel over allegations of Black Magic made in her book. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: '''Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Мари
...
5: ..., her eccentricity and tightly disciplined use of language. Among her themes were female sexuality, an...
8: ...y on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to ide...
10: ...d had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. Sh...
12: ...r travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages. - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...n.jpg]]</td></tr></table>'''Dr Mae C. Jemison''' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavo...
3: ...ne]] Cell Research experiment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in Mar...
7: ... her medical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
9: ... born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
11: ...[[Kenya]], and spent a medical clerkship in [[Thailand]] at a [[Cambodia]]n refugee camp. She complete... - 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... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won ...
6: .... In the early [[1960s]], Franklin had a few popular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with...
8: ...in said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat me down at the piano and the h...
10: ...of her most influential full-length releases, the latter a double LP of live gospel music recorded in ...
12: ...awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in ... - 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... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...shman]] Roy Sansom in 1931, moving with him to England. When the [[War Office]] requested all French-b...
7: She made a landing near [[Cannes]] in [[1942]], where she made ...
13: ...ed Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934...
2: ...show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
4: ...H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: At 15, Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & c...
10: ...e [[West End (of London)|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...lost both of her parents and was raised by some relatives; she studied at the [[Royal Dramatic Theater...
5: ... ''[[Casablanca (movie)|Casablanca]]''. Two years later she received her first Academy Award nominatio...
7: ...rgman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ... Orient Express]]'' ([[1975]]). In [[1978]] she played in [[Ingmar Bergman]]'s ''[[Autumn Sonata]]'' ...
11: ...actor [[John Gielgud]]'s remark, "She speaks five languages, and can't act in any of them." - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...o-English production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Roman Polanski]], 1965).
8: ...ara Mastroianni]] (born 1972), by her four-year relationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has be...
12: *1999 - ''Place Vendôme''
22: * ''[[Dancer In The Dark]]'' ([[Lars von Trier]]), (2001)
23: * ''[[Place Vendôme]]'' (1998) - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
4: ...btown]], [[Johnston County, North Carolina]], the last of seven children of poor [[tobacco]] farmers.
6: ...was rumored to have beaten Gardner during their relationship.)
12: ...es. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]], [[England]].
27: * [[Mighty Lak a Goat]] (1942) (short subject)
33: * [[Du Barry Was a Lady]] (1943)
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