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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: ...[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...rancisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...onso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - November 4 (10686 bytes)
11: ...ty of Washington]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial Univers...
12: ...troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
21: * [[1922]] - In [[Egypt]], [[United Kingdom|British]] arch...
24: ...lity Act of 1939]], allowing cash-and-carry purchases of [[weapon]]s by belligerents. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...baco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
40: *[[Lyman Abbott|Abbott, Lyman]], (1835-1922), American divine and author
60: *[[Abe Kobo]], (1924-1993), Japanese author of ''The Woman In the Dunes'', ''The Magic...
62: ...beille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
4: *[[Viktor G. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor G.]], (1922-1994), Russian editor - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...yette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
3: ... Kingdom of [[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known a...
5: ...sors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collec...
9: ...ein in the Empire of [[Austria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the ...
11: ...art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...e around Orbassano. While doing a certificate course in [[english language|English]] in [[Cambridge|Ca...
11: ...the choice of [[Narasimha Rao]] as leader and, subsequently, Prime Minister. She finally entered polit...
13: ... a 19-party [[coalition government]] which was subsequently named the United Progressive Alliance (UPA...
15: ... members of the Congress party for Gandhi to reverse her decision. Gandhi instead took office as the c...
17: ...[[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] from [[1922]] to [[1964]]). - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...oet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequently visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and politica...
6: ...nd|Polish]] artist Count Casimir Markiewicz. They settled in [[Dublin]] in [[1903]], where she became ...
8: ...s commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...was re-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 192...
12: ...o Jan 1922, in the [[Ministries of the First Dᩬ|Second Ministry]] and the [[Third Ministry of the Ir... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
4: ...t men and women are created equal. She also proposed a resolution, that was voted upon and carried, d...
6: ...thology reached six volumes by various writers in 1922. Stanton was also active internationally, and in...
9: ...n that against sex. It is produced by the same cause, and manifested very much in the same way''."
12: ..., at least in part, in the elevation and enfranchisement of women. She was also a strong critic of [[...
14: ...attorney. The couple were married in 1840 and had seven children. Stanton died in [[1902]] and was in... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and he...
11: ...t of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
15: ... a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus other young painters.
19: ...arge circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art were highl...
21: ... was Gertrude's 'wife' in that Stein rarely addressed his wife, and he treated Alice the same, leaving... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...elia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for his f...
8: ... employed as a social worker in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. During this time, she was able to keep up w...
10: ...y President [[Calvin Coolidge]] at the [[White House]]. From then on, flying was the fixture of Earhar...
16: ...] to [[Mexico City]] and back to [[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delivery of a [[Loc...
18: ...Pan Am]], where he helped establish the company's seaplane routes across the Pacific. He hoped the res... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...ned use of language. Among her themes were female sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotio...
8: ...na's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...'s children, and Tsvetaeva's father maintained close contact with Varvara's family. Maria favoured Ana...
12: ... to several changes in school, and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and G...
14: ...Living Word About a Living Man'. Voloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor.... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ... her sister [[Vanessa Bell]] had been sexually abused by their half-brothers, George and [[Gerald Duck...
9: ...ritical and popular success. Much of her work was self-published through the [[Hogarth Press]]. She is...
13: ...simultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and symbolic narrative e...
15: ...voices, and can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the gr...
20: ...of One's Own]]'' and ''[[Three Guineas]]'', discusses the largely failed role of women in the literary... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ...plane]] pilot. She was also the first black licensed pilot in the world. Ms. Coleman was married bri...
6: ...omen were better than African-American women because French women were pilots already.
8: ...y to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause.
10: ...: in seven months, she was granted a pilot's license.
12: ..., she was admired by both blacks and whites. In [[1922]], she participated at her first air show, in [[L... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...150px|Photograph of McPherson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div...
3: ... simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensation in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder of...
7: ... her terminal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the cou...
9: ...the [[Salvation Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity|Christ...
11: ...[[Image:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div> - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: .... ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 t...
10: ...ed in them. Her book on the subject, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often consider...
12: ...er death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
14: ...(1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ... Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (De...
8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral mem...
12: ...e the camera -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al.
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among establ...
16: ...the Wind]] put her out of the running for good -- Selznick decided that she was too old (at 34) for Sc... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: '''Greta Garbo''' ([[September 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[199...
8: ...orked. That led to another short movie, which was seen by comedy director Eric Petscher. He cast her i...
10: From [[1922]] to [[1924]], she studied at the prestigious [[R...
17: ...o had an on-and-off affair with the primarily homosexual British photographer [[Cecil Beaton]], to who...
21: ...ortunately, her one-time fianc鬠John Gilbert, whose popularity was waning, did not fare as well after... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[Unit...
4: ... [[Johnston County, North Carolina]], the last of seven children of poor [[tobacco]] farmers.
6: ...e was regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses in [[Hollywood]]. She also had affairs with the ...
12: ...dden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]], [[Engl...
14: ...the town of Smithfield now has an Ava Gardner [[Museum]]. - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...onard''') ([[December 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] [...
3: [[Image:LillianRussell.jpg|thumb|Lillian Russell]]
5: ... [[operetta]] ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]''. This would serve as an inauspicious beginning to a dazzling car...
7: ...t stars in show business. Russell's appearance caused such a stir that she stayed on with Pastor and s...
9: ...ly was her [[voice]] celebrated but her beauty caused quite a stir among the men and the women of the ... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
3: ... (tennis)|Grand Slam]] titles. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis cel...
8: ...the sport. His training methods included an exercise where he would lay down a handkerchief at various...
10: ...[Marguerite Broquedis]] in a closely fought three-set match: 5–7, 6–4, 6–3. That sam...
14: ...Dorothea Douglass Chambers]] in the final. The close match, later noted to be one of the hallmarks in ...
16: ...woman who also casually sipped [[brandy]] between sets.
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