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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...es Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer
69: ...[[Thomas Adams (architect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...arbuda]], [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica...
9: ...rd of Mann, has two-->; she has reigned in these positions since the death of her father, [[George VI ...
15: ...fter her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of...
20: ...French]], as she has shown on several occasions, most recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[Fr...
23: ...e King won't leave under any circumstances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, ad... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...mber in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so.
10: ...to Hitler about his treatment of the [[Jew]]s. In 1940 she urged Prime Minister [[Neville Chamberlain]] ...
12: ...lied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, they composed a sarcastic song to the tune of the haunting [[... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...[President of the United States]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], the longest serving [[First Lady of the U...
5: ...ctive in the formations of numerous institutions most notably the [[United Nations]], [[United Nations...
9: ... outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johann... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ... Senate|Senator]] from [[Maine]], and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was...
5: ...e War Department in rapidly establishing bases across the nation, she was instrumental in resolving co...
7: ...away|Bill Hathaway]], the only election she ever lost in the state of Maine. (Hathaway only served on...
11: ...rning McCarthy's permanent ire and the nickname "Moscow Maggie" from his staff. Her speech, although ... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...n''' ([[June 27]], [[1869]] – [[May 14]], [[1940]]) was a [[Lithuania]]n-born [[anarchism|anarchis...
6: ...re, after a revolutionary sentiment had spread across the area, she decided to work in a factory as a ...
21: ... a course of study in anarchist ideas. Leon Czolgosz was found guilty of murder and executed.
29: ... directing the hearing, called her ''"one of the most dangerous anarchists in America."''
32: ...ssia at this time (during a period when it was impossible to leave the country); they may even have sh... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...trol]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support of the pub...
5: ...ried William Sanger. Although stricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the following year, fo...
9: ...on by mail. Sanger fled to [[Europe]] to escape prosecution. However, the following year, she returned...
13: ...d Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in her honor in 1940). That year, she also formed the National Committ...
23: ==Philosophy== - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...pen name]] of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one of the most significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist poe...
11: ...n 1925 and 1952 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[1946]]). She died in [[Leningrad]] in 196... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
9: ...ists of the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artist...
11: ...emotional motives of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chronology. ...
13: ...maginative and symbolic narrative encompassing almost entire English history.
15: ...best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness... I can't fight it any longer, I ...
22: In [[2002]], ''[[The Hours]]'', a film loosely based on Woolf's life and her novel ''[[Mrs. D... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: [[Image:JosephineBakerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
3: ...[1906]] - [[April 12]], [[1975]]), born '''Freda Josephine McDonald''', was an [[African American]] d...
9: ... The writer [[Ernest Hemingway]] called her "the most sensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition ...
17: ...he was bailed out and given an apartment by her close friend, [[Grace Kelly|Princess Grace]] of [[Mona...
19: ...was the star of a retrospective show in Paris, ''Jos鰨ine'', celebrating her fifty years in the theat... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ... Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ...'''[[Jazz Royalty|Lady]] Ella''', was one of the most important [[jazz]] [[singer]]s, and the winner o...
10: ...es]], [[bossa nova]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[gospel]], [[calypso music|calypso]], and [[Christmas]...
12: ...llington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pablo Records|Pablo]] year...
14: ...trumental partners and/or band leaders, such as [[Oscar Peterson]], [[Count Basie]] ("On the Sunny Sid... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ... early age and, allegedly, began working as a [[prostitute]] with her mother. This preceded her move t...
9: ...consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by a hospital or government worker (See Donald Clarke, ''B...
24: ... that she began intravenous use sometime around [[1940]].
26: ...as [[Janis Joplin]] and [[Nina Simone]]. [[Diana Ross]] played her in a [[film|movie]] version of her ...
28: ...ouis McKay, a [[mafia]] "enforcer". McKay, like most of the men in her life, was abusive, but did try... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ... Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefulness and success have been cr...
9: ... the Polish courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tan...
11: ...f the aunt's relation, the Hungarian Regent [[Miklos Horthy|Miklorthy]].) Krystyna and Kowerski m...
22: ...edicted. (It is now known that [[Operation Barbarossa]] had been predicted by a number of sources, in...
26: ... a turn of events that would lead to some of her most famous exploits. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...ette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo''', [[George Cross|G.C.]], [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E.]], ...
7: In [[1940]], Violette married Etienne Szabo, a French offic...
11: ...r about [[February 5]], [[1945]] and her body disposed of in the [[crematorium]]. At Ravensbr?hree oth...
13: ...e awarded the [[George Cross]]; this was awarded posthumously on [[December 7]] [[1946]]. The [[Croix ... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...de]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
6: ...era. She used this camera to make her first and most well-known [[film]], ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon...
10: During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Deren became heavily involved i...
14: ...ing [[seance|s顮ces]] in which she spelled out ghostly messages through a [[Ouija board]]. Deren is a... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...of the [[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular stars in American history.
7: ...to [[MGM]] (after little success at RKO) in the [[1940s]], but never achieved great success in films. Sh...
9: In [[1940]], Ball met Cuban bandleader [[Desi Arnaz]] while...
22: ... was driven by the performers' desire to stay in Los Angeles. Sponsor [[Philip Morris]] didn't want t...
24: ...ve audience demanded discipline, technique, and close choreography. Among other non-standard techniqu... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]]...
4: ...Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[J...
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]] - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...ckholm]], [[Sweden]]. When still very young, she lost both of her parents and was raised by some relat...
7: ...n's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...sia (1956 movie)|Anastasia]]'', Bergman made her post-scandal return to Hollywood and won Best Actress...
15: Bergman was honored posthumously with an [[Emmy Award]] for Best Actress ...
33: * [[June Night]] (1940) - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
7: ... The next year, she was hired by [[Universal Studios]], but they felt she was not star material, and i...
9: ...ve]]'' ([[1950]]), for which she received another Oscar nomination, put her back on top.
11: ...her of their careers, was a smash hit and a top-grosser that year.
13: ...he macabre in [[1964]]'s ''[[Dead Ringer]]'' , opposite gigalo [[Peter Lawford]] and [[detective]] [[K...
17: ...el, with whom both Davis and Merrill maintained close relationships throughout their lives. Michael n... - 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 ...
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