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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
25: | [[1860]] through [[1874]]
53: | [[1905]] — [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
76: | [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]
135: | [[North Carolina]] - 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: 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]] - 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... - 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 ... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: '''Clarice Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazi...
5: ... in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ...a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
21: *Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres (1969) - 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... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...s|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaking new ground for female pilots, and remembered for her myst...
6: ...olism]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve...
8: ...lessons from [[Neta Snook]]. With financial help from some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her f...
10: ...to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
14: ...old Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]]. - 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." - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
3: ... Kathleen then moved to [[Camden, Maine]]. Millay rose to fame with her poem "[http://www.bartleby.com...
9: ...Rubin noted: "She seems to have caught more flak from the literary critics for supporting democracy th...
11: Eugene died in 1949 from lung cancer. Edna St. Vincent Millay died about ...
13: Her best known poem might be "First Fig" (1920):
20: Her finest poems, however, are probably "[http://www.bartleby.com/131/1.html Renasce... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
4: ...lk and pencils. Nevertheless, Coleman graduated from eighth grade and briefly attended college at Col...
6: ...an started to fantasize about being a pilot. Her brother used to tease her by commenting that French w...
8: ... and her beauty to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause.
10: ... to [[Paris, France|Paris]] on [[November 20]], [[1920]]. She could not gain admission to American flig...
14: ...pt stereotyped blacks. Her ultimate aim ws to improve the lot of Africcan Americans by opening a flig... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
1: [[Image:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Rosalind Franklin]]
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physi...
4: ==Background==
5: .... Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...charcoal and how to use them most efficiently, a problem affecting the war. Her work helped spark the ... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] and [[30s]], and a huge influence on the singe...
5: ... [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'s "81" Theatre and by [[1920]] she had gained a reputation in the South and al...
7: ...nest musicians around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]], [[Charl...
9: ... musical environment that is radically different from any found on her recordings.
11: ... preferring to have Bessie back in her old blues groove, but "Take Me For A Buggy Ride" and "Gimme a ... - 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... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[De...
4: ...842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: ... won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ...ugh as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we t...
12: ...hat she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al. - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
1: [[Image:GretaGarbo1920s.jpg|thumb|Garbo in the 1920s]]
5: ...nasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven.
8: ...for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ...ma]] [[acting]] technique and cast her in a major role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]])...
12: ...he [[United States]] in [[1925]] to work for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], he insisted that Garbo be given ... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: [[Image:SuzanneLenglen1920.jpg|thumb|right|Suzanne Lenglen, sometimes labell...
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... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ... term is used especially if this is his or her [[profession]]. Evidence indicates that humans have be...
4: ...f making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface.
8: ...ochre]] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples...
34: ...ide variety of artists' paints available for the professional or ameteur artist.]] Different types of...
52: ...s associated with. This can stem from an actual group that the artist was consciously involved with o... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
1: ...ight|English concertina made by Wheatstone around 1920]]
2: ... have buttons on both ends and are distinguished from an [[accordion]] (piano or button) by the direct...
9: ...rtina mad by C. Jeffries around 1910. Note three rows of buttons.]]
10: ...n both English and Anglo styles and was the most prolific manufacturer of the period).
13: ...certina is typically held by placing the thumbs through thumb straps and the little fingers on metal f...
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