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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...dentity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves o...
7: ...opulation, the ability to store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and admini...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
11: ...anxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...oral examplars, and one of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all C... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
1: [[Image:Gro Harlem Brundtland.jpg|thumb|Gro Harlem Brundtland]]
3: '''Gro Harlem Brundtland''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]...
5: ...] in [[1965]]. She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs 1974-79, and became Norway's first...
7: ...was headed by [[Maurice Strong]], who had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and f...
9: ...m May 9, [[1986]] until October 16, [[1989]] and from November 3, [[1990]] until October 25, [[1996]],... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
22: |[[Professor|University Professor]]
37: ...ts]] on September 15, [[1963]]. Rice states that growing up during [[racial segregation|segregation]] ...
41: ...xperience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ric...
43: ... she received her [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from the Graduate School of International Studies at ... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...yn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas College of Law]] but never practic...
7: ...ible]] readings at Baltimore public schools. In [[1963]] this suit (amalgamated with the similar ''[[Abi...
11: ...d also produced an [[atheism|atheist]] [[radio]] program in which she criticized [[religion]] and [[th...
16: ... of only $500,000. No further communication came from any of the O'Hairs and in 1996 William Murray fi...
18: ...iolent crimes (along with one for stealing funds from the organisation). Police concluded he and accom... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ... his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and selling. The fa...
9: ...3]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover exp...
12: ... also brought other notable feminists to the foreground. During this time she toured the country with ...
14: ...e feminist magazine ''[[Ms. Magazine|Ms.]]'' and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]....
21: ...her' figure to many young women who recognize the role she played in changing the outcome of their liv... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents s...
10: ...ewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to Chile, and her so...
12: ...lodita''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13.
14: ...whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile i...
16: ...tor [[Bille August]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn ... - 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. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on oth...
19: ...o have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...in [[1932]] to [[Universal Studios]]. Rand then wrote the play, ''[[The Night of January 16th]]'' in ...
24: ...ms were re-edited into a new version which was approved by Rand and re-released as ''We the Living'' i... - 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]]
13: * ''The Golden Fruit'', [[1963]] - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: ...]]) and [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] ([[1982]]), both from the former [[Soviet Union]].
5: ...hysics]], [[general relativity]], and [[free-electron laser physics]]. She later became the first Amer...
7: ...l Security and Arms Control. Currently she is a professor of physics at the [[University of Californi...
18: ...asa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ride-sk.html Her astronaut profile.] - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...n [[outer space|space]], aboard [[Vostok 6]] in [[1963]].
5: ... also trained in [[parachuting]] at the local [[Aeroclub]]. In [[1962]] she was selected to join the f...
7: ...None of the other four in Tereshkova's cosmonaut group ever flew.
9: ...e Communist Party]]. In [[1997]] she was retired from the [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by...
11: On [[November 3]] [[1963]] she married fellow cosmonaut [[Andrian Nikolaye... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: Prof. Dr. '''Maria G?rt-Mayer''' ([[June 28]], [[1906...
3: ...tions and enrolled there in the fall. Among her professors were three [[Nobel prize]] winners: [[Max ...
5: ...s work she received a Nobel Prize in Physics in [[1963]] together with [[Eugene Paul Wigner]] and [[J. H...
7: ...ning on its axis as the Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
9: ...wise. The same is true of those that are dancing around clockwise; some twirl clockwise, others twirl ... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
7: ...ently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding yet another element of...
9: ... [[United States|U.S.]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the e...
13: ...was awarded the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity.
15: ... personal life similarly suffered, and she went through six marriages, some legal, some not.
17: ...other expatriate American entertainer living in Europe. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat sin...
6: ...'s Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She recorded several hit songs with them, in...
10: ...ice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...s she was now called by other singers) toured [[Europe]] and North America, classically opening their ...
14: ...portant groups and [[Solo (music)|solo]]ists. Her role effectively was the "instrumentalist of voice".... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
6: ...Franklin had a few popular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though ...
8: ...antic Records]] in 1967, Franklin teamed up with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting...
10: ..."[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]...
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...ay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
7: ...founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyaches...
9: ...osed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quarte...
11: ...rt project to write a piece for the Passion 2000 project in commemoration of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]...
15: ...n than the recomposition of spiritual integrity through the composition of music." - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...r [[album]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ...inging in the local [[choir]]. Joplin graduated from Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in [[1960]]...
6: ...cants]]. She was a heavy [[alcoholism|drinker]] throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was ...
8: ... where her bluesy vocal style saw her join [[Big Brother and The Holding Company]], a band that was ga...
10: ...'Monterey Pop'' captured [[Cass Elliott]] in the crowd silently mouthing "Wow, that's really heavy" du... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...", her sole single to reach number one on the [[European]] [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts. Cl...
7: ...ased as a 7" pressed for family and friends. At around this time she adopted the name "Tori," after a...
10: ...Matt Sorum]] (later of [[the Cult]] and [[Guns N' Roses]]), and [[Brad Cobb]]. A year later, Atlantic ...
13: ...month later, it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles wer...
16: ...nsidered it a step sideways rather than forwards from ''Little Earthquakes''. In February, she began t... - Phoolan Devi (2526 bytes)
3: '''Phoolan Devi''' ([[10 August]] [[1963]] - [[25 July]] [[2001]]), aka '''The Bandit Quee...
5: ...sband and family. Having suffered vicious abuse from many assailants, she was finally driven to take ...
7: ...ampion of the downtrodden, after the fashion of [[Robin Hood]]. She first came to national and interna...
9: ... in [[1983]] she surrendered on a stage before a crowd of 10,000 people.
11: ...uddhist revivalist]] movement. Still a popular hero, in [[1996]] she was elected to Parliament as a m... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...[[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[...
6: ... Paul II]] in [[October 2003]], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s...
9: ...xhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though m...
11: ...work in [[India]]. She was a member of the youth group in her local parish called Sodality. At 18, the...
13: ...e Sisters of Loreto because of their vocation to provide education for girls. After a few months train...
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