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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang. - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...ew England colony. The Middle Colonies were also known as the "bread basket" colonies because of their...
7: ...ies for the most part resembled the Dutch form of dress. [[Quakers]] wore neat and simple clothing as the...
11: ...’s. Until then, many people received little or no schooling. Wealthy families hired private tutors ...
13: ...nd bowling were popular with the men, as they are now. The women enjoyed visiting with friends and rel... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ist of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but h...
20: ...ge|Eton]], and also learned modern languages. She now speaks fluent [[French language|French]], as she...
23: ...]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had been evacuated.
27: ...itary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ... of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...ercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that ...
17: ...d to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ...npopular and despotic James II. Princess Anne did not endeavour to support her father; instead, she qu...
22: ...Princess Anne was then stripped of her guard of honour, and the guards at the royal palaces were forbi... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...France]] and Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793...
4: ...[[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official ...
13: ...cation. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred ...
19: ... Flora". The entire city was illuminated in her honour and a few days later, she began the journey to ...
22: ...nt. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or romantic relationships to prepare him f... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...e first elected president in the office's history not to have the support of Fianna Fᩬ. She is credi...
16: <tr><td>'''Nominated by:'''</td><td>Labour, Workers Party</td><...
23: ...career as a judge in the Colonial Service; while another relative was a [[Catholic]] nun. Some branche...
31: ... agree to 'second' the initiative and so it could not be further discussed. As a senator she served on...
37: ...orm]] with future Trinity College senator [[David Norris]]. Coincidentally, just as [[Mary McAleese]] ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...in [[Allegheny City]], [[Pennsylvania]], which is now part of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]],...
8: ...r vocation, and paid only for her basic needs but not her art supplies. She returned to Europe in [[18...
14: ...n against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of h...
21: ...mpler, straightforward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identified herself with any art movement a...
27: ... the ancient art, and her brother's death she did not paint until [[1912]]. - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...e a member of the [[Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female arti...
12: ...ino Tassi]] to decoration of the "volte" of ''Casino della Rose'' inside the [[Pallavicini Rospiglios...
18: ..., Artemisia also painted the ''[[Madonna col Bambino]]'' (''"The Virgin Mary with Baby"''), currently ...
20: ..., Prudenzia slipped into obscurity and little is known of her subsequent life.
24: ...sy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancestor, he asked Artemisia to realize a pa... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
7: ...al [[compiler]] work was done. The compiler was known as the A compiler and its first version was [[A...
14: ...in the 1980s by the National Bureau of Standards, now [[NIST]].
18: ...on of her remarks. She always wore her Navy full dress uniform to these lectures.
20: She was laid to rest with full military honors in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].
22: ...rial park in front of her former residence and is now owned by Arlington County, Virginia. - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
2: ...]] and the only woman to receive the [[Medal of Honor]].
6: ...cluded such binding clothing as [[corsets]], were not healthy and advocated looser fitting clothing.
8: ...id not flourish, as female doctors were generally not trusted or respected at that time.
10: ...g the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]] and in [[Chattanooga]] after the [[Battle of Chickamauga]]. Finall...
12: ...m T. Sherman]] and [[George Henry Thomas]]. On [[November 11]], [[1865]], President [[Andrew Johnson]... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
6: ...xas for [[San Francisco]] in [[1963]], lived in [[North Beach]] and in [[Haight-Ashbury]]. For a while...
8: ...Holding Company]], a band that was gaining some renown among the nascent [[hippie]] community in [[Hai...
16: ...[[The Dick Cavett Show]] in [[1970]], where she announced that she would attend her 10-year high schoo...
24: Janis Joplin is now remembered best for her powerful, distinctive vo...
26: ...fame continued to grow after his death, Janis did not enjoy a significant revival of public interest u... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
7: ...and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
10: [[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-L...
12: ... private prayer that he had made the previous [[1 November]], although he additionally insisted on hav...
14: ...iers, [[Jean de Dunois|Jean d'Orleans (Count of Dunois)]],[[La Hire]], and [[Poton de Xaintrailles]]. - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
8: ...e department store where she worked. That led to another short movie, which was seen by comedy directo...
19: Having achieved enormous success as a silent [[movie star]], she was ...
21: ...鬠John Gilbert, whose popularity was waning, did not fare as well after the advent of sound and his [...
23: ...n for always having a closed set to all visitors. No one could watch as her scenes were shot. Garbo ap...
25: ...n film|1935]], but she insisted on being cast in another screen version of [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy's]] c... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ... illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Ricc...
7: ... in the early 1950s playing bit parts in mostly minor Italian films, but she had an early brush with [...
13: ...r category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language performance.
15: ...r best-known films of this period are [[Peter Ustinov]]'s ''[[Lady L]]'' with [[Paul Newman]], [[Charl...
23: In [[1991]], Loren received an honorary Academy Award for her contribution to world c... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...rway|Norwegian]] [[Martin Edward Mortensen]], was not her true biological father. The most likely cand...
8: ...riously considered adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...tal near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]].
12: ...rwise she would have had to return the orphanage. Norma Jeane had come to think little of herself, yet...
16: No other actor has reached the spectacular heights o... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
8: ...rtment of the [[Oise]]), some 70 [[kilometre|km]] north of [[Paris]]. During her youth, she suffered f...
14: ...s Chambers]] in the final. The close match, later noted to be one of the hallmarks in tennis history, ...
16: ...media when she appeared at the Wimbledon with her dress revealing bare forearms and cut just above the ca...
18: ...hen teamed up with [[Max Décugis]] to win another gold medal in the mixed doubles. She was elim...
24: ...y several exhibition matches against the [[Norway|Norwegian-born]] US Open champion, [[Molla Bjurstedt... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
5: ...obox divisio entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: ...{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
13: ...ection trinomial botany | color = lightgreen | trinomial_name = Viola tricolor hortensis | author = }}
20: ...he wild [[Heartsease]] (''Viola tricolor'') with another native violet (''V. lutea'') and eventually o...
28: ...ming in the spring in the Northern Europe and the north of the [[United States]], and in winter in war... - Oil painting (1776 bytes)
1: ...oRedDress.jpg|Right|thumb|240px|"'''Girl With Red Dress'''", Oil on wood panel painting by [[Angel Botell...
3: ...ra]] paints. Many [[Renaissance]] sources credit northern European painters of the [[15th century]] w...
7: ...ly true oils (the medium is an unidentified "non-drying synthetic oily liquid, imbedded with a he... - Society (6217 bytes)
10: ...on objective. As such, society is often used as synonymous with the collective citizenry of a [[countr...
15: ...cientists identify [[hunter-gatherer]] societies, nomadic [[pastoralism|pastoral]] societies, [[hortic...
20: .... This type of ''generosity'' can be seen in all known cultures; typically, prestige or other cultural...
22: ...rger group in the form of some name, or title, or dress, or monetary reward, etc. Males especially are su...
24: ...shared risk/reward, in common with other more technology-based civilizations. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]...
20: ...ost extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White H...
30: ...as sometimes been called the ''"[[List of people known as the father or mother of something|father of ...
32: ...uality of wine now being made in Virginia, to say nothing of the rest of the country.
41: ...y him with an insistence that only his words and "not a word more" be inscribed, reads,
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