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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]]
135: | [[North Carolina]]
136: | [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - 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]]. - 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
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... effectively exiled by [[Stalin]], who sent her abroad as a diplomat, and she was thus one of the very...
7: ...ment" in [[1919]]. This organization worked to improve the conditions of women's lives in the [[Soviet...
13: ...Joseph Stalin]] gained power, he sent Kollontai abroad as a [[diplomat]]. In [[1923]], she was appoint...
15: ...the Stalin regime, though as a diplomat serving abroad, she had little or no influence in government p... - 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: ...and had been the author of the [[Married Women's Property Act]]s of [[1870]] and [[1882]]. In [[1889]...
7: ...tobiography, ''My Own Story'', was published in [[1914]]. She died ten years after seeing her most arde... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ... opening the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]]...
5: ...fore dying of [[tuberculosis]]. After graduating from [[Claverack College]] in [[Hudson, New York|Huds...
9: ...riodical ''The Birth Control Review and Birth Control News''. She also contributed articles on health ...
11: ...an-Julius]] "[[Little Blue Books]]." It not only provided basic information about such topics as [[men...
13: ... of until its dissolution in 1937 after birth control under medical supervision was legalized in many ... - 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... - 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. - Marguerite Duras (1799 bytes)
3: '''Marguerite Donnadieu''' ([[April 4]], [[1914]] - [[March 3]], [[1996]]), better known as '''Ma...
5: ...uras]]'', the name of a village in the [[Lot-et-Garonne]] ''[[d鰡rtment]]'', where her father's house...
7: ...he screenwriter of the [[1959]] French film ''[[Hiroshima mon amour]]'', which was directed by [[Alain...
9: ...s not said. She was associated with the [[Nouveau roman]] French [[literary movement]]. Her films are ... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...the [[London School of Art]] until [[1910]]. In [[1914]] she went to the [[Montparnasse]] Quarter in [[P...
5: ...et her husband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...aught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, ...
11: ...[[Roger Fry]] assisting him with the avant-garde productions of fabrics, clothes, murals, furniture, r...
13: ... favourite hangout as well as that of her friend from her home town, [[Augustus John]], and later anot... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
6: ...ng at [[Columbia College]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].
8: While in South Carolina, a friend showed some of O'Keeffe's drawings ...
12: During her years in New York City, O'Keefe produced many paintings, including urban and architec... - 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... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
1: ...ed States|American]] [[aviator | pilot]] and squadron commander during [[World War II]].
3: ...ked in various jobs in [[aviation]]. She married Robert Maclure Love in [[1936]].
7: ...er as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] the squadron merged with the
13: ...she fought for the right of the women in her squadron to be recognized as military veterans. They wer... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...lly began in the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her eccen...
8: ...]] of Fine Arts. Tsvetaeva's mother, Maria Alexandrovna Meyn, was Ivan's second wife, a highly literat...
10: ...rgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her...
12: ... by the sea at Nervi, near [[Genoa]]. Here, away from the rigid constraints of a bourgeois Muscovite l...
16: ...ommunity, the ''魩gr駧 [[Viktoria Schweitzer]] wrote: "Here inspiration was born." - 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... - 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: ...arried a Polish princess, Maria Jablonowska, 1863-1914). Later lovers included several artists ([[Gusta...
14: ... made a member of France's [[Legion of Honor]] in 1914. - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
4: ...where they were booked to appear at New York's Metropolitan Theater then at the [[Tony Pastor]] Theatr...
6: The Irwin sisters proved popular enough to earn regular spots for the e...
8: ... the scene on film. In 1896, the [[Kinetoscope]] production, [[The Kiss (film, 1896)|The Kiss]], becam...
10: ...on to her performing and singing, May Irwin also wrote the lyrics to several songs, including "Hot Tam...
12: ... was one of America's most beloved performers. In 1914, she made her second [[silent film]] appearance, ... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
3: ...ench and [[United Kingdom|British]] women's game from [[1919]] to [[1926]], winning 25 [[Grand Slam (t...
8: ...hen she played on the tennis court at the family property in [[Marest-sur-Matz]]. The young girl enjoy...
10: ...925.) She lost to reigning champion [[Marguerite Broquedis]] in a closely fought three-set match: 5&nd...
14: ...; and met seven time winner [[Dorothea Douglass|Dorothea Douglass Chambers]] in the final. The close m...
18: ...(playing with [[Elisabeth d'Ayen]]), and won the bronze medal after their opponents withdrew.
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