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- Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ... alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
8: ...d chemical partner such as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals wi...
11: ...ng this process, leading to a patterned layering known as [[pearlite]] due to its [[pearl]]-like appea...
15: ...hat the transformation to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation int...
19: ...s so critical to the end result, this process is known as '''[[tempering]]''', source of the term '''t... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
2: ...]] of [[classical architecture]], the other two canonic orders being the [[Doric order|Doric]] and the...
4: ...he southwestern coastland and islands of [[Asia Minor]] settled by Ionian Greeks, where an Ionian dial...
6: Unlike the Greek Doric order, Ionic [[column]]s normally stand on a base (''but see illustration, le...
9: ...|thumb|right|An archaic Greek Ionic capital, in ''Nordisk familjebok'', 1910]]
10: ...luted on the Roosevelt memorial at the [[American Museum of Natural History]], New York, for an unusual im... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
1: ...75px|Carved sphinx with face of Hatshepsut, Cairo Museum]]
2: ... not certain to have ruled). She was the first ''known'' female to take the title Pharaoh, though, aga...
10: ...|Temple of Karnak]] over her two brothers who did not live into adulthood. She apparently also had a l...
20: ...rting her right and position as King or Ruler and not ''King's Wife'' or ruler's wife of Egypt. Histor...
27: ...me=Hatshepsut|praenomen=<hiero>ra-mAat-kA</hiero>|nomen=<hiero>i-mn:n-W9:t-F4:t-B7</hiero>}} - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...a]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A cousin to [[Gustav III of ...
5: ...ox]] faith. The marriage was unsucessful - it was not consummated for 12 years due to Peter III's impo...
11: ...on, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored nobles and granted them serfs. She also encouraged t...
13: ...e censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class.
16: ... coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
9: ...Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Wi...
12: ...rathearn, like many other sons of George III, did not marry during his youth. The eldest son, the [[Ge...
16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...fayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
3: ...Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...on of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
11: ...[[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s.
13: ...cess May was close to her mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
9: ...The bus, now a museum exhibit at the [[Henry Ford Museum]]]]
10: ...of the negro community, headed by a relatively unknown minister ([[Martin Luther King]]) gathered to d...
19: ...ed in her autobiography, ''My Life'', that it was not true that she was physically tired but was "tire...
21: ... portray her as an average, middle-aged woman and not a political activist.
23: ...n wanted her to give up her seat. That is, it was not a matter of protest on any level when she sat do... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
5: ...shoy Fontan]] near [[Odessa]]. Her childhood does not appear to have been happy; her parents separated...
13: ...o Akhmatova at the Fountain House (more properly known as the [[Sheremetev Palace]] in [[St Petersburg... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
2: ...on).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: ...of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her ficti...
5: ...dison's disease]], the cause of which was then unknown. She travelled to [[Winchester, Hampshire|Winch...
7: ...[[Northanger Abbey]]'', pokes fun at the [[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann Radcliffe]], Austen is most famous...
9: Her novels were fairly well received when they were publ... - 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...
10: By [[1872]], after studying in the major European museums, her style matured, and in Paris, she studied wi...
14: ...n against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of h...
20: ...'. ([[1880]]). [[Mary Cassatt]]. Oil on canvas. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]] - 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...
16: ...ne"'') ([[1612]]-13), stored in the [[Capodimonte Museum of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portr...
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. - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: '''Georgia O'Keeffe''' ([[November 15]], [[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]...
4: O'Keeffe is chiefly known for her landscapes and paintings of desert flow...
18: * [http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/ Georgia O'Keeffe Museum]
20: ...omen/georgia-o-keeffe.shtml Biography at FemBio - Notable Women International] - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: Having graduated with a BA Economics from the [[University of Sheffield]], Johnson...
8: ... be seen in the [[Science Museum_(London)|Science Museum in London]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in...
16: ...llison, she flew a [[De Havilland Dragon Rapide]] nonstop from [[Pendine Sands]], South [[Wales]], to ...
18: The Mollisons also flew nonstop in record time to [[India]] in [[1934]] in a...
26: ...seum.org.uk/on-line/amy-johnson/index.asp Science Museum exhibit on Amy Johnson] - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: '''Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: &#...
5: ...try|Symbolist]] movements in Russia. Her work was not looked kindly upon by [[Stalin]] and the then Bo...
8: ...r III Museum, which is now known as the [[Pushkin Museum]] of Fine Arts. Tsvetaeva's mother, Maria Alexand...
10: ...a tragic love affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly di...
12: ... her imagination in childhood games. It should be noted that there were many Russian ''魩gr駧 revolu... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
1: [[Image:SValadon.jpg|150px|none|right]]
8: ...that she posed for ''City Dance.'' In [[1885]] Renoir painted her portrait again as ''Girl Braiding H...
12: ...ce Utrillo]], he became one of Montmartre's well known artists.
14: ...ition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best known for her candid female nudes.
16: ...908]]). [[Suzanne Valadon]]. Pastel. 60x49 cm. Grenoble: [[Mus饠des Beaux Arts]].]] - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
5: ...naut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, and medical research. In additi...
9: ...[[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
11: ...ine in 1981. In medical school, her interest and knowledge in [[Third World]] countries evolved into a...
13: ... suited to the social, political, cultural and economic context of the individual, especially for the ... - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ...us]]'s ''Conics'' and on [[Ptolemy]]'s works, but none have survived. Letters to her by her pupil [[S...
4: ...he city in [[391]], which may have included the [[Museum]] and certainly included the [[Serapeum]] (a temp...
8: ...s a life-long virgin. These later accounts should not be seen as strict historical records, though, as...
12: ...n consequence of the cultivation of her mind, she not unfrequently appeared in public in presence of t...
18: ...enturies); led by a charismatic, zealot "Peter". Another point of view holds that Hypatia was part of ... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...aret Mead''' ([[December 16]], [[1901]] – [[November 15]], [[1978]]) was an [[United States|Amer...
5: ... curator, eventually serving as its curator of ethnology from 1946 to 1969. In addition, she taught a...
7: ...nthropologist--one who wrote clearly and vividly enough for the general public to read and learn from ...
9: She died in [[New York]] on [[15 November]] [[1978]], aged 76.
13: ...tandards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected way... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: '''Clarissa Harlowe Barton''' (better known as '''Clara Barton''') ([[December 25]], [[1821...
14: ...ere she studied analytic geometry, calculus, astronomy, mathematics and natural science in addition to...
17: ...ywhere, and as a [[Christian]] he charged me to honor God and love mankind.''"
21: ...ond. Barton delivered aid to soldiers of both the North and South. In [[1864]] she was appointed by Un...
31: ...ent. When she began this organizing work in 1873, no one thought the U.S. would ever again face an exp... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...– [[August 13]], [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pionee...
7: ...er (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed woman...
9: ...e for the legions of the poor and indigent. She announced her decision to her family in [[1845]], evok...
31: ...ion]]s were common, many of them fatal. There was no equipment to process food for the patients.
35: ...litz. It was restored and transferred to the Army Museum in [[Aldershot]].
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