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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ... became attracted by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and ...
8: ... for a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats – although she was preg...
12: ...ican continent. In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in ...
14: ... a book on his travels. At this time he resigned from the missionary society to which he belonged.
19: The other Westerners, including Livingstone's brother Charles (the one exception being [[George Rae... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more ...
12: ...tranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the...
14: ...oria's uncle, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a...
16: ...the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent ...
18: ...sons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage. - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
3: ...]] in [[Paris, France]] - died [[November 14]], [[1844]] in [[Bordeaux, France]], was one of the founder...
5: ... the inheritance that brought her there, Tristá® wrote a travel diary about her experiences in [[Peru]...
7: ...uguin]]'s contrasting quests for the ideal life through their experiences outside their native France.
9: ...ich are ''Peregrinations of a Pariah'' (1838), ''Promenades in London'' (1840), and ''The Workers' Uni... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: '''Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' ([[May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United ...
4: ... years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]...
6: ...adelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors and fellow male students, and t...
8: ...ntings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
10: ...d, and in Paris, she studied with [[Camille Pissarro]]. - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
1: [[Image:Dix-Dorothea-LOC.jpg|thumb|Dorothea Dix]]
2: ...rothy Dix]]) was a tireless social activist who, from the early [[1840s]] to well after the [[American...
4: ...r as a reformer before the first woman graduated from a U.S. [[medical school]].
6: ... in disgusting circumstances, which led her to approach the [[Massachusetts]] legislature to obtain an...
10: ...In any event, friends arranged to have her sent abroad to recover. In [[England]], she spent a year li... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
1: [[Image:Florence Nightingale - Project Gutenberg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A y...
7: ...led woman, Florence rebelled against the expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become ...
9: ... in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...m of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
15: == Rejection of marriage proposal == - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: ...44]] first became known as a [[China|Chinese]] [[prostitute]] called Shih Yang. She married in [[1801...
6: ...was cut off and he was shown off through the squadron as an example.
8: ...h died at the age of 60 in [[1844]], running a [[brothel]] and gambling house in [[Guangzhou]]. - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
3: ...n [[Australia]] and some short visitations to [[Europe]].
5: ... who emphasized [[education]] and [[health]] and promoted establishment of [[schools]] and medical cen...
7: ... and 40 books; but today, including compilations from her 50,000 pages of manuscript, more than 100 ti...
9: ...by some to be the prophetess for the end-times, through the Holy Spirit, she sought to draw more and m...
11: ...tians. She even considered Christian unity to be from Satan and one of the big apostasies of the last ... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
1: ...mage provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...iser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[racism]].
5: ...ee man. She endured years of inhumane treatment from her various owners, including an incident where ...
9: ... With 19 expeditions where she personally guided around 300 slaves to freedom, she was never captured ...
15: ...ted by her pursuers and later resumed her planned route at a safer location. - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
2: '''Sarah Bernhardt''' ([[October 22]], [[1844]] – [[March 26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|...
4: ...the time, the two were considered scandalous to a roughly equal degree. She was sponsored into the ''...
6: ... the [[1870s]], and was soon in demand all over Europe and in the [[United States]]. She soon develope...
8: ...was also to publish a series of books and plays throughout her life.
16: ...r career, in spite of the need to use a wooden [[prosthetic limb]]. She died in the arms of her son M... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...a]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but non...
16: ...e served two full terms: [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]]. Incumbent Pre...
19: ...e person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of elector...
21: ...mendment XII]] in [[1804]] changed the electoral process by directing the electors to use separate bal...
25: ...ess is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
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25: ...[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
27: ...1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron Burr]]'s second in the duel with [[Alexander Ham...
29: ...e a member of the [[Court for the Correction of Errors]], the highest [[Court (judicial)|court]] in Ne...
33: ...a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and i... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
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25: ...y by Jackson's aggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
36: *Robert Tyler ([[September 9]], [[1816]] - [[December...
44: ...Gardiner Tyler|Julia Gardiner]] on [[June 26]], [[1844]]. He was the first President to marry while in o...
51: *Robert Fitzwalter Tyler ([[March 12]], [[1856]] - [[... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...4]]) was a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and the eleventh [[Vice Preside...
5: ...e resignation of [[Isaac D. Barnard]] and served from [[December 13]], [[1831]] to [[March 3]], [[1833...
7: ...et in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1845]] to [[March 3]], [[1849]].
9: ...ngdom|Britain]] by President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philad...
16: ...d States Senators from Pennsylvania|U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania]]|before=[[Isaac D. Barnard]]|after... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
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20: ...ency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]].
26: ... complement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from the south.
29: ... evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution."
31: ...o public comment on the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylor's d... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
18: ...14th [[President of the United States]], serving from [[1853]] to [[1857]]. Pierce was a [[United Stat...
20: ...[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: Kunhardt wrote in ''The American President'' what many histori...
25: ...ce had six older and two younger siblings, four brothers and three sisters. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
36: ...ey]], one of the most fertile and agriculturally productive regions in the world. Oregon is known for ...
38: ...{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.gən]}}. The pronunciation {{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.ˌ...
41: ...servation]], and [[urban growth boundary|limited growth]].''
43: ...he [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests.
45: ...as of 2004|as of July 2004]], the population had grown to an estimated 3,594,586. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
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