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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
29: | [[1886]] — [[1907]]
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
8: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Ahlfors, Lars Valerian]], ([[1907]]-[[1996]]), Finnish mathematician
9: ...Olof Ũlstr?hlstr?Olof]] ([[1756]]-[[1835]]), composer
13: *[[Ahn Eak-tae]], (1906-1965), Korean composer - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
5: ...ichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
28: ...Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...mber in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so.
10: ...ement of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely cri...
12: ...lied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, they composed a sarcastic song to the tune of the haunting [[...
18: # [[William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor]] (1907-1966) - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...nie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
2: ...er 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[write...
5: Her conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'...
7: ...she devoted much of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and p...
9: ...lected president of the Theosophical Society in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous president [[Henr... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ..., [[1919]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the mon...
6: ...rg III and his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapp...
8: .... Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...charsky]] and [[Leo Jogiches]]. She studied [[philosophy]], [[history]], [[politics]], [[economics]] a... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...r [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving w...
9: ...ther works simultaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a...
15: ...907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola)
16: ...907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola)
26: * ''Ehrengard'' (posthumous 1963, USA) - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...h Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] she studied at the [[Pelham Art School]] and th...
5: ...gliani, painter and Jew". In addition to making close friends with [[Amedeo Modigliani]], [[Pablo Pica...
7: ...istian, she took up with another free spirit, composer [[E.J Moeran]]. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
7: ...g for stardom, and she landed a leading role in a 1907 [[Broadway]] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', w...
18: ...vered by [[David Wark Griffith]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $...
29: ... alternatives, they settle on ''[[Rosita (movie)|Rosita]]'', in a performance that was praised by crit...
30: ...theatres this year, in Chicago and Detroit. The Los Angeles theatre is now known as the [[University ...
31: ...ning $1.4 million. Her performance earned her an Oscar. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...elopment of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and h...
7: ... [[Paris]] when she was three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[Californi...
13: ...et her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. Du...
17: ...ance and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by the French gove... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...or Chemistry</i>. Hahn and Meitner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her knowledge of ...
8: ...ss transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger effect]], which is named for [[Pierre V...
10: ...the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manha... - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
1: ...]] – [[April 14]] [[1935]]) was one of the most talented [[mathematician]]s of the early [[20th ...
8: She received her doctorate in [[1907]] under [[Paul Gordan]], and rapidly built a worl...
9: university's prospectus under his own name. A long controversy ensu...
14: ...ring]], and proved the existence of primary decompositions for such rings (a result known as the [[Las... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
5: ...ally she studied anatomy privately at the London Hospital, and with some of the professors at [[St And...
7: ...spital for children; but the duties of these two positions she found to be incompatible with her princ...
9: ...(in Hunter Street, WC) having over 200 students, most of them preparing for the medical degree of Lond...
14: ... in London -- this is the modern name of the New hospital mentioned above. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...re equally likely to function as [[cooks]] or [[prostitutes]]. Nightingale was particularly concerned...
13: ...1846]] she visited [[Kaiserwerth]], a pioneering hospital established and managed by an order of [[Nun...
15: == Rejection of marriage proposal ==
17: ... nursing, Nightingale continued to reject his proposal.
19: ...tracted to each other and they became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitatin... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ... of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Church]].
9: ...on Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity|Christian]] beliefs...
13: ...costal]] missionary from [[Ireland]], in December 1907 while attending a revival meeting at the urging o...
15: Her mother "Minnie" had, in the footsteps of her foster parents, remained active with the Salvation Ar...
17: ==Evangelism and Foursquare Gospel == - Edith Cavell (1802 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|234px|Statue in memory of Edith Cavell, opposite the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|Nation...
7: ...t, the [[hospital]] was taken over by the [[Red Cross]]. Nurse Cavell is alleged to have helped hundr... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]]...
4: ...ad]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
8: ...n for her wit, although as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was...
22: ... occasional film, as a highly-popular radio show host, and in the new medium of television. Her appear...
71: *1919 [[Footloose]] - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...urn holds the record for the most [[Academy Award|Oscars]] for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|best a...
10: ...Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''.
19: ...ver her feet and spoke so rapidly that she was almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, ...
30: ...pburn followed through with her threat to walk across the studio lot in her underwear in full view of ...
32: ...ore here on Morning Glory, since it was her first Oscar --> That same year, Hepburn played Jo in the ... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
3: [[Image:Irwin postcard.jpg|thumb|May Irwin]]
8: ... to repeat the scene on film. In 1896, the [[Kinetoscope]] production, [[The Kiss (film, 1896)|The Kis...
10: ...y," with music written by [[George M. Cohan]]. In 1907 she married her manager, Kurt Eisfeldt, the same ...
12: ... more than thirty years she was one of America's most beloved performers. In 1914, she made her second...
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