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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
25: | [[1860]] through [[1874]]
76: | [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]
81: ...1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings added)
109: | [[1896]] — [[1902]], [[1909]] — [[1912]] (wings added) - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...2]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozhars...
12: ...ard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican...
15: ...ility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]]. - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family]].
4: ... States]], the third of the five daughters of railroad tycoon [[Chiswell Dabney Langhorne]] (1843-1919...
6: She divorced her first husband, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where...
10: ...y critical of the [[Nazis]], and her husband had protested to Hitler about his treatment of the [[Jew]...
17: # [[Robert Gould Shaw III]] (1898-1970) - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...n '''Constance Gore-Booth''', the daughter of [[baronet]] and explorer Sir Henry Gore-Booth, she lived...
6: ...ist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
10: ...policy, she declined to take her seat on release from prison in 1919. Instead she joined her colleagu...
12: ...rd Ministry]] of the Dᩬ. Holding cabinet rank from April to August 1919, she became the first Irish... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: [[Image:Annie Besant - Project Gutenberg eText 13715.png|thumbnail|right|250...
2: ...]], [[1847]] - [[September 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights...
4: ...n socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
7: ...ophical Society, but also to India's freedom and progress.
9: ...]]. In [[1908]] he was taken back into the fold through the agency of Besant, who had been elected pre... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...number of years in the South of France where she wrote her [[autobiography]], [[Living my Life]], and ...
6: ...ker. It was in that workplace that Goldman was introduced to revolutionary ideas; she obtained a copy ...
9: ...y she became a [[revolution]]ary. Following the uproar over the hanging, Goldman left her marriage and...
18: ...] advocated by anarchist communists like [[Peter Kropotkin]].) She was charged with "inciting a riot" ...
21: ...me of the accusations. After undergoing intense cross-examining in confinement for several weeks, the... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...mark|Danish]] author '''Karen Blixen'''. Blixen wrote works both in [[Danish language|Danish]] and in...
5: ... won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Can...
7: ... coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ...h, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', unde...
11: ...ered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...ed seven, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smi...
7: ...Mille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she ...
9: ...that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ...olism, and Pickford became secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883...
13: ...'s second marriage was also plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairban... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...r. In [[1932]], she wrote her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[...
6: ...s most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau roman]].
10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]] - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
7: ..., she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1897 followed by two ye...
12: ...rom 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
13: ... life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
15: She and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubi...
19: ...she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
4: ...ried laundress, Suzanne Valadon became a circus acrobat at the age of 15 until a fall ended her career...
6: ...nSuzanne BlueRoom.jpg|thumb|300px|left|''The Blue Room''. ([[1923]]). [[Suzanne Valadon]].]]
8: ... Valadon would be Renoir's ''Dance at Bougival'' from [[1883]], the same year that she posed for ''Cit...
14: ...al art, and landscapes that are noted for their strong composition and vibrant colors. She was, howeve...
18: ...ad a 6-month affair in [[1893]]. A smitten Satie proposed marriage after their first intimate night. F... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ..., [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
5: ...]. She attended [[Vassar College]], graduating in 1909.
9: Benedict wrote poetry under the name "Anne Singleton" until th...
13: In 1936 she was appointed an [[associate professor]].
15: Benedict was among the leading social anthropologists who were recruited by the U.S. Governmen... - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
1: ... in [[anesthesia]] and childbirth. She graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1933.
3: In 1953, she introduced the first test, called the [[Apgar Score]], ... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...], was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross Nursing Service]].
4: ...strative skills and developed innovative nursing procedures for the patients under her care. Leaving F...
6: ...n and chair of the National Committee of the Red Cross Nursing Service.
8: ... War, more than 20,000 of her nurses played vital roles with the United States military.
10: ... of the hill overlooking the nurses section is a bronze memorial to Jane Delano and the 296 nurses who... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ...ression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
5: ...n Dillinger]] and [[Ma Barker]], were notorious across the nation. They captivated the attention of th...
9: ...12; and in January 1929, she told him they were through. Although he was sentenced to 5 years in priso...
11: ...he was a stalwart and loyal companion to Clyde Barrow as they evaded capture and awaited the violent d...
15: ...fteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] since the early [[20th century]]; ...
7: ...heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of ...
10: ...il on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
11: ...76]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]...
12: ... before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a succession of towns where preparations w... - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: The word '''relic''' comes from the Latin ''reliquiae'' ('remains') and there ar...
7: ...leshly body, or that God chooses to do miracles through the sleeping bodies of His holy servants, or b...
11: ...the True Cross to build a [[ship]] from. The [[Shroud of Turin]] is another relic whose authenticity ...
13: ====Romano-Christian [[daemon]]s and the "virtue" of rel...
14: ... [[Gregory of Tours]] Ernest Brehaut analyzed the Romano-Christian concepts that gave relics such a po... - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ...eographic North Pole]] with [[Robert Peary]] in [[1909]]. However, some have estimated that Peary's part...
4: ...[1912]] and later in collaboration with [[Bradley Robinson]] his biography ''Dark Companion'' in [[194... - 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... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...ted States of America]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] from [[1913]] to [[1921]].
5: ...at the courthouse listening to lawyers; Marshall wrote later of listening to future President [[Benjam...
7: ...ful in passing much of his progressive platform through the state legislature, nor in raising a conven...
11: ... [[William Jennings Bryan]] agreed to endorse Woodrow Wilson; Indiana's delegates successfully lobbied...
15: ...ent team to be re-elected since [[James Monroe|Monroe]] and [[Daniel D Tompkins|Tompkins]] in the 1820...
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