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  1. Puritan (15882 bytes)
    4: The word ''Puritan'' is now applied unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churche...
    5: ...rticular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
    8: ...heir position towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way).
    12: ...cclesiastical courts. They refused to endorse completely all of the ritual directions and formulas of...
    16: ...rs of the Geneva Church," and he outlines a ''via media'' for the English church that, rather than being ...
  2. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
    29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
    55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
    64: ... in some cases, such as [[South Africa]], she has played an important role in retaining or restoring g...
  3. Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
    6: ...ncient Egypt's rulers, and is usually known as simply '''Cleopatra''', all of her similarly-named pred...
    19: ...elios]] was crowned ruler of [[Armenia]], [[Medes|Media]], and [[Parthia]]; [[Cleopatra Selene]] was crow...
    21: ...of the lavish dinners she shared with Antony, she playfully bet him that she could spend ten million [...
    35: *[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/13*.html Cleopatra...
  4. Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
    18: ... show in the United States. The show is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limb...
    20: ...read support and attention in [[1998]] when he complained that some radio stations were shortening his...
    22: ...rty (which he had earlier alienated by breaking a pledge not to raise [[tax]]es). President [[George W...
    26: ...oo late in the evening in many markets. (In many places it was aired at 1:30 AM or even later.)
    30: ...tted that the changes in his voice were due to complete [[post-lingual hearing impairment|deafness]] i...
  5. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[Engla...
    9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
    11: ...having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] ra...
    13: ...pic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adulte...
    34: The wedding took place at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in [[London]] on [[...
  6. Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
    7: ...en by her mother-in-law [[Indira Gandhi]]. The couple had two children, [[Rahul Gandhi]] (born [[1970]...
    11: ...hiefly the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]) constantly played up the fact of her foreign birth, her declini...
    15: ...was eventually accepted by the lawmakers, despite pleas by members of the Congress party for Gandhi to...
  7. Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
    26: ...nion]] in the autumn of 1999 was also fresh in people's memory.
  8. Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
    21: |'''Place of Birth'''
    40: ...roblems when it was revealed she had previously employed an undocumented immigrant as nanny. Reno rema...
    59: * Campaign against violence in the media.
    70: ...ggressive and masculine. This is perhaps best exemplified by [[Will Ferrell]]’s tough-talking, e...
  9. Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
    25: ...ered to be a prestigious appointment made to accomplished lawyers. Subsequent holders of the title hav...
    37: ...ucceed her to the Irish presidency, so Robinson replaced McAleese in the Campaign for Homosexual Law R...
    41: ...st preserved Viking sites. Though Robinson and people who in the past might never had supported her ca...
    55: ...eform (abolished censorship in the 1960s, for example), and he was seen as a near certainty to win the...
    57: ==Lenihan campaign implodes==
  10. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
    31: ..., her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands ...
    33: ...At the same time the Conservative Party began to split over her sceptical approach to [[European Union...
    36: ...derman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
    47: ...sexuality]], and she voted in favour of the principle of [[David Steel]]'s Bill to legalise [[abortion...
  11. Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
    5: ...erself imprisoned on many occasions for her principles.
  12. Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
    5: ...e United States, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]], and Gloria went to live with her m...
    9: ... her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
    12: ... politically active in the feminist movement. The media seemed to appoint Gloria as a feminist leader. In...
    21: ...never forget about how much is still left to accomplish.
    23: ...a]]. She became a newlywed at an age when most people start retirement—on [[September 3]], [[200...
  13. Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
    7: ...he [[Bloomsbury group]]. While nowhere near a simple recapitulation of the coterie's ideals, Woolf's ...
    9: ...[[1905]], initially for the ''[[Times Literary Supplement]]''. In [[1912]] she married [[Leonard Woolf...
    13: ...e atmosphere closer to the prose poem than to the plot-centred novel. Her last and most ambitious work...
    62: ...idental mentions of Woolf and her work in various media.]
  14. Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
    8: ...ine of cosmetics "''Wings''," she flew her own airplane around the country promoting her products. Yea...
    20: ... of the United States]] in [[1952]] and she would play a major role in his successful campaign. Close ...
    22: ...the first woman to be honored with a permanent display of her achievements at the [[United States Air ...
    26: ...ation accomplishments never gained the continuing media attention given those of [[Amelia Earhart]], but ...
  15. Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
    1: ...irst [[African American]] woman to become an [[airplane]] pilot. She was also the first black license...
    10: ...ench flight school, and she learned while using a plane that had failed many times. Once, she saw a fe...
    12: In [[September]] of [[1921]], she became a media sensation when she returned to the United States....
    14: ...lifornia, she broke a leg and three ribs when her plane stalled and crashed on February 22, 1922. As ...
    16: ...chute jump and wanted to examine the terrain. The plane crashed, possibly because of a wrench that go...
  16. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
    68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
    111: ==Samples==
    112: *[[Media:How High The Moon.ogg|Download sample]] of "How High the Moon"
    113: *[[Media:April In Paris.ogg|Download sample]] of "April in Paris" by Fitzgerald with [[Louis...
  17. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ...emale vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
    53: *[[1970]] ''[[Don't Play That Song]]''
  18. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    1: ...e:Janis Joplin-In Concert.jpg|right|thumb|Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live ...
    2: ...sional [[songwriter]] with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four [[album]]s as the frontwoman for ...
    4: ... in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and ...
    6: ...ovement was still in its infancy at this time - Joplin styled herself in part after her female blues h...
    10: ...together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of the la...
  19. Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
    1: ...px|Photograph of McPherson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
    3: ...''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensation in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder...
    7: ...d a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
    9: ...been orphaned at an early age, and raised by a couple who worked with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a res...
    11: ...mage:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div>
  20. Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
    6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize...
    22: ...nted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are...
    24: ... she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free...
    29: ...ity Brothers was founded in [[1963]], and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in [[1976]]. ...
    35: ... we do to promote world peace?" Her answer was simple: "Go home and love your family." In the same yea...

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