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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]<br>[[Sep...
68: On [[September 16]], [[1810]], independence from Spain was declared, by [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costil...
70: ...tral America]] were all incorporated into Mexico from [[1822]] to [[1823]], when they declared indepen...
72: ...uila y Tejas]] to hundreds of immigrant families from the United States, on the condition that the set...
74: ... one-third of the country's remaining territory, from which were formed the modern states of [[Califor... - 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. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: .... She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she su...
9: ...Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambrid...
11: ...]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying i...
13: ...d War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
17: ...he [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], was a brother of HRH The [[Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of ... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ...y, [[1919]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the mo...
6: ...his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her ...
8: ...aged to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Z... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
5: ...Married Women's Property Act]]s of [[1870]] and [[1882]]. In [[1889]], Mrs Pankhurst founded the [[Wome...
7: ...feeding after going on [[hunger strike]]. Her approach to the campaign did not endear her to everyone... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: '''(Estelle) Sylvia Pankhurst''' ([[May 5]], [[1882]] - [[September 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner ...
9: ...[1912]] she broke with the WSPU over the group's promotion of arson attacks. Sylvia set up the [[East ...
11: The group continued to move leftwards and briefly adopted...
13: ...organ she revolted. As a result she was expelled from the CPGB and moved to found the short-lived Comm...
15: ...[council communism]] and was eventually expelled from the organisation. Sylvia was an important figure... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
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]].
14: ...t window and absorb all I could of his art," she wrote to a friend. "It changed my life. I saw art the... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
3: ...lk nickname for "Louise". During her career, she wrote more than 40 [[novel]]s. For many years she li...
9: * ''Bimbi, Stories for Children'' (1882)
20: * ''In Maremma'' (1882) - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: [[Image:Christine de Pisan - Project Gutenberg eBook 12254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250...
2: ...nterpreted as a feminist push for expanded female roles; although Pisan in fact was merely describing ...
4: ...came a court writer employed by various ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three chil...
5: ... of Orleans]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...and died in [[1389]] she found herself without a protector, and with three children depending on her. ... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...nd a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Group]].
7: ...he intellectual circle known as the [[Bloomsbury group]]. While nowhere near a simple recapitulation ...
9: ...ar success. Much of her work was self-published through the [[Hogarth Press]]. She is hailed as one of...
11: ...arious possibilities of fractured narrative and chronology. She has, in the words of [[E.M. Forster]],...
13: ... of time and life, presented simultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imagina... - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
1: '''Emmy Noether''' ([[March 23]] [[1882]] – [[April 14]] [[1935]]) was one of the m...
5: ...ether]], was a distinguished mathematician and a professor at [[Erlangen]]. She did not show
9: ...rsity's prospectus under his own name. A long controversy ensued, with her opponents asking what the c...
12: ...ern physics, which is substantially based on the properties of symmetries.
14: ... theory)|ideal]]s in a [[commutative ring]], and proved the existence of primary decompositions for su... - 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 == - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
1: '''Jennie Kidd Trout''' ([[April 21]], [[1841]] – [[1921]]) wa...
3: ...ard Trout in [[1865]] and thereafter moved to [[Toronto]], where Edward ran a newspaper.
5: ...1]] and studied medicine at the [[University of Toronto]], later transferring to the [[Women's Medical...
7: ...ned the Therapeutic and Electrical Institute in Toronto, which specialized in treatments for women inv...
9: Due to poor health, Trout retired in 1882 to [[Palma Sola, Florida|Palma Sola]], [[Florida]... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ... the leading [[pianist]]s of the [[Romantic music|Romantic era]] as well as a composer.
7: ...f Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven as well as those of Robert Schumann and Brahms.
9: ...in which she contributed greatly to the modern improvement in technique.
14: ...ano. Inspired by her husbands birthday, the three Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Jose...
17: # Kamien, Roger. ''Music : An Appreciation''. Mcgraw-Hill Col... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: '''Helena Petrovna Hahn''' ([[July 31]], [[1831]] ([[Julian calen...
5: ...nist. Both her mother and grandmother were strong role models that allowed her to mature into a noncon...
7: ...atsky continued on to Cairo herself. It was in Cairo that she formed the Societe Spirite for [[occult]...
9: ...w feat of hers was [[materialization]], that is, producing physical objects out of nothing. Though sh...
13: ...rriage was not consummated either. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce ... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
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.
10: ...es Damala (aka [[Jacques Damala]]) in London in [[1882]], but the marriage, which legally endured until ...
16: ...r career, in spite of the need to use a wooden [[prosthetic limb]]. She died in the arms of her son M... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
5: ...ames|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing|sculler]], and her brother "Jack" followed in that tradition. ''Kelly Dr...
7: ... ([[1952]]), a generally praised but somewhat controversial [[Western movie|western]] starring [[Gary ...
9: ...award went to [[Donna Reed]] for her role in ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films wit...
11: ...co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept quiet to protect both their reputations.
13: ...t|In the 1956 film The Swan, Kelly starred in the role of a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Loui... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: ... where the two chromatids touch, and where the microtubules attach. (3) Short arm. (4) Long arm.]]
2: ...In [[1910]], [[Thomas Hunt Morgan]] proved that chromosomes are the carriers of genes.
4: == Chromosomes in eukaryotes ==
5: ...ation begins at many different locations on the chromosome.
7: ==Chromosomes in bacteria== - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...he Spanish Crown. He is regarded as the first [[Europe]]an known to have visited what is now the [[Uni...
4: ...er exposure to the European diseases the sailors brought with them and to which the natives had no imm...
7: ... won his rights. Ponce de León was then removed from office in 1512 and felt his good name had been d...
9: ...and personal enrichment, not a physical rebirth through the waters of the Fountain of Youth. The Taino...
11: ...as made in [[New York]] in 1882 using the bronze from English Cannons seized after the English attacke...
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