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- 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... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...[[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship co...
2: ...x|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...r whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck i...
5: ...t voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the gen...
7: ...ay" ([[12 October]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ..., Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons...
18: ...l operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang?
21: ...cognition of Suu Kyi's 60th birthday, which took place on June 19, 2005. The protests received interna...
23: ...banned by the Junta. Other artists such as [[Coldplay]], [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]], and [[Damien Rice]]... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
11: ! Place of Birth:
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
31: | [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]].
59: ...ister in the cabinet of Congress Prime Minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]. Shastri died in office in [[1... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ... India. The name Sonia was given by her mother-in-law [[Indira Gandhi]]. The couple had two children, ...
11: ...r her marriage and her lack of fluency in [[Hindi language|Hindi]].
13: ...Sabha]] in [[1999]], and in the [[2004]] election launched an aggressive campaign to unseat the ruling...
15: ...inister's post who was eventually accepted by the lawmakers, despite pleas by members of the Congress ...
17: ...two volumes of letters exchanged between [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] from [[1922]] to [... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...nd politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ...f Laws]] degree. She married her long time common-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was ...
5: [[Image:Finland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|President...
7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2...
10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
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19: |[[Birmingham, Alabama]]
29: ...mination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
34: ... father and her uncle were the principals of two black high schools in town. Rice's father, John Wesle... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ator [[Spencer Abraham]] (whom [[George W. Bush]] later named [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secr...
5: ...house. She also served in the State Senate from [[1991]]-[[1994]]. She was elected to the [[United State...
9: ...state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], ...
11: ...ts' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], who lost a re-...
15: ...ressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumb... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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10: |[[James Callaghan]]
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19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]] - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
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...
18: In [[1991]] when ''Ms.'' magazine revived, she became its c... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ... 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
8: The family later moved to [[Bolivia]] and then to [[Lebanon]]. ...
10: ...gium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to ...
12: ...en's stories, "La abuela Panchita" and "Lauchas y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''C... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ollege]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she ret...
10: ...ion of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the co...
12: ...as said in interviews that the device will be available by [[2006]].
21: :''[[Lady Oracle]]'' ([[1976]])
24: ...]'' ([[1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] - 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... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: '''Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova''' ({{lang-ru|Валент&#...
5: ...lennikovo]], a small village in the [[Yaroslavl Oblast]]. After school she worked in a tire factory, a...
7: ...ts it took 19 years until the second woman, [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] flew into space. None of the other...
9: ...idium]] of the Supreme Soviet, from [[1969]] to [[1991]] she was in the [[Central Committee of the CPSU|...
11: ...ey divorced in [[1982]], though their marriage collapsed long before. Her second husband, Dr. Shaposhn... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming language.
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...
14: ... to significant convergence among the programming language [[dialect|dialects]] of the major computer ... - 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 ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...6;улина''', [[Tatar language|Tatar]] '''Sofia ijğ䴠qızı ...
3: ...took further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1...
5: ...g her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alter...
7: ...up with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: ...'[[Offertorium (Gubaidulina)|Offertorium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using th... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...st highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
5: ... her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
9: ... [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]] and...
11: ...ll strong on her next two albums made for her new label Asylum. ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972), whose t...
13: ...e Rolling Thunder Revue tour headlined by [[Bob Dylan]]. - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
1: [[Image:alanis.jpg|thumb|Alanis Morissette]]
2: '''Alanis Nadine Morissette''' (born [[June 1]], [[1974]...
6: ...such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]] among others.
10: ...wa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette. She has an older brother...
12: ...over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day and I want to be f... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
7: ...ound work as a [[backup vocalist]] for many major label acts. She was recruited to perform as a backup...
9: ... music|pop]] sound of the record and implored the label to allow her to start anew; they agreed. She t...
11: ...her friends, including the first single, "Leaving Las Vegas". The album was slow to garner attention u...
17: ...ake]]", was rumored to be about him, though Crow claims otherwise. The album won Best Rock Album at th...
19: ...ding [[Stevie Nicks]], the [[Dixie Chicks]], and Clapton.
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