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- Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...in an era when women painters were not easily accepted, she became the first female painter to become ...
24: ...ence, Artemisia enjoyed huge success. She was accepted in the ''Accademia del Disegno'' (''"Academy of...
46: ...ly relocated to [[Naples]] and stayed there - except for only a brief trip to [[London]] and some othe...
88: ...ncommon and difficult choice, but also not an exceptional one. Before Artemisia, between the end of t...
94: ...[Roberto Longhi]]. Her first draft of the manuscripts, dated [[1944]], got lost during the war. The de... - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ...onius of Perga|Apollonius]]'s ''Conics'' and on [[Ptolemy]]'s works, but none have survived. Letters ...
14: ...ters written by [[Synesius]] of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolomais, to Hypatia, whom he loved and respected a...
47: ...aps informed by after-the-fact romanticized descriptions of her which imply youth. Many authors presum... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
19: ... tubes, milked from the radium she purified. Promptly after the war started, she cashed in her and he... - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
- Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
6: ...s said that her older brothers and sisters were kept busy answering her many questions, and each sibli...
17: ...ith my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted [[Mason]], he bade me seek and comfort the affl...
31: ... of crisis. As Barton expanded the original concept of the Red Cross to include assisting in any grea... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...ssie Smith''' ([[April 15]], [[1894]] – [[September 26]] [[1937]]) in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]...
13: ...in a car driven by her companion (and [[Lionel Hampton]]'s uncle) Richard Morgan. They were in an acci... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
9: ...t of nothing. Though she was apparently quite adept at these feats, her interests were more in the ar...
15: ...mpting to translate the divine knowledge had corrupted it in the translation. Her claim that esoteric...
69: ... have, would be very credulous and foolish to accept it on blind faith. Nor does the writer believe an... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...of Jesus. They found the [[empty tomb|sepulchre empty]] but saw the "vision of angels" ([[Gospel of Ma...
12: ...first needed to be defended. All of these manuscripts were first discovered and published between [[19...
22: ...[[Pistis Sophia]]'', and The ''[[Gospel of the Egyptians]]'', reflects some of the tensions in second-...
24: ...ry'']: (English), syncretic text, incorporating Coptic and earlier Greek versions; further web links
33: ... of [[Nikos Kazantzakis]]'s novel ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' followed a similar tradition. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: ...FAIR USE of Mother-teresa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mot...
4: ...f Calcutta''' ([[August 27]] [[1910]] – [[September 5]] [[1997]]) was an internationally renowne...
11: Little is known of Teresa's early life except from her own reminiscences. She recounted that sh...
15: ...ty all around left a deep impression on her. In September [[1946]], by her own account, she received a...
41: ...FAIR USE of Mother-teresa-04.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mot... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
41: ...by Republicans in Congress and was abandoned in September 1994. Critics called it inappropriate for a ...
71: ...ty]] one of her top issues in the wake of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], especially regarding obt...
77: ...nate. To counter her polarizing celebrity, she kept a low public profile and learned the ways of the ... - Stained glass (3937 bytes)
- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ... battle between Venice and [[Genoa]], Marco was captured and taken to prison, where he dictated the bo...
18: ...etween [[Genoa]] and Venice in [[1298]]. He was captured by and spent the few months of his imprisonme...
23: ...ld information he had heard from others. Those skeptics point out that, among other omissions, his acc...
29: ...e no arguments today that refute any of the descriptions that he did write about. - Culture (23440 bytes)
6: ...[[civilization]]" and contrasts the combined concept with "[[nature]]". According to this thinking, on...
12: ...tic]] unblemished lives, uncomplicated and uncorrupted by the highly-stratified [[capitalism | capital...
14: ...ost social scientists reject the [[monadic]] conception of culture, and the opposition of culture to [...
19: ...roduce a most inclusive notion of culture, a concept that anthropologists could apply equally to non-l...
21: ...a supplement to it, as the main means of human adaptation to the world. - Continent (6440 bytes)
43: During the 20th century, it became accepted by geologists that continents move location on ...
45: ...ll. This world-spanning land mass has no name except for the Classical meaning of "The Continent". The... - Peru (12264 bytes)
- Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
9: ... their father would beat Babe in a desperate attempt to bring the boy into line, but to no avail. He w...
12: ...ted mocking his own pitcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teac...
47: ...into the seats to confront a heckling fan. The captaincy was stripped, and Ruth's aggressiveness woul...
49: ...wn, lived on their farm near Boston with their adopted daughter, Dorothy. Free from the eyes of his wi...
67: ...nd [[Grover Alexander]], now a 39 year-old [[epileptic]] and [[alcoholic]] who a decade earlier was th... - California (63989 bytes)
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
59: Reptile = [[Desert Tortoise]] |
103: ...ome nobles of [[Imperial Russia]] made brief attempts to explore and claim parts of California, but th...
126: ...25]], [[1854]] where it has been permanently, except for a four-month temporary move in 1862 to San Fr...
158: ...contains more forestland than any other state except Alaska. Most of the forest is found in 2 places.... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
41: ...ner]] and its [[Hawaii (1966 movie)|1966 movie adaptation]].
54: ...awaii are presently active. The last volcanic eruption outside the Island of Hawaii happened at [[Hal...
66: ...ed Kingdom|British]] [[exploration|explorer]] [[Captain James Cook]]. Historians credited Cook with t...
76: ...erritorial capitol building. Though several attempts were made to achieve statehood, Hawaii remained ...
88: ...r other formal business. Hawaiian is legally acceptable in all legal documents, from depositions to l... - Sport (14061 bytes)
69: ...y]] to define what methods of competition are acceptable and what are considered [[cheating]].
75: ...cial policy in South Africa, many sportspeople adopted the conscientious approach that they should not...
81: ...ional teams, or commentators and audiences can adopt a partisan view. These trends are seen by some as...
95: ...h sporting and artistic achievements, poetry, sculpture and architecture.
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