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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ation merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...nded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ... the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) th...
18: ...[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
22: ...g]], [[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of... - 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
60: *[[Abe Kobo]], (1924-1993), Japanese author of ''The Woman In the Dunes'', ''The Magic...
62: ...beille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer
67: ...|Abel, Karl Friedrich]], (1723-1787), German composer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
20: *[[Amir Ageeb|Ageeb, Amir]], (1969-1999), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an d...
30: ...stinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
37: ...cola|Agricola, Martin]], (1466-1506), German composer - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...tance Georgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[natio...
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... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...?" The case came to be known as the '''Persons Case'''.
8: ...ney]] (one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
9: ... women and founder of the [[Victorian Order of Nurses]]).
11: ... shall become and be a Member of the Senate and a Senator."
13: ...o the Senate. Among other reasons, until 1970 the Senate approved divorces. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...s Sanger''' ([[September 14]], [[1879]] – [[September 6]], [[1966]]) was an [[United States|Amer...
5: ...following year, followed in subsequent years by a second son and a daughter who died in childhood.
7: ...aw of 1873]] which outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...n by mail. Sanger fled to [[Europe]] to escape prosecution. However, the following year, she returned ...
11: ... Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public nuisance]]." - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...'The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became a pop...
9: ... but retired from films four years later, after a series of disappointing roles and the public's inabi...
11: ...ure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driv...
13: ...at their estate [[Pickfair]]. However, Pickford's second marriage was also plagued with marital proble...
15: ...he love of the actress's life. Before he died, he sent Pickford a message saying simply, "By the clock... - 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... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: [[Image:JosephineBakerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
3: ...1906]] - [[April 12]], [[1975]]), born '''Freda Josephine McDonald''', was an [[African American]] da...
7: ...e]], where she starred at the [[Folies Berg貥]], setting the standard for her future acts. Already a ...
9: ... films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ... hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contemporary painters and sculptors. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...[Baptist]] church. She moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]] where she sang with [[The Johnson Brothers]], o...
3: ... in the history of [[Norway]]. She began a radio series on [[CBS]], and signed to [[Columbia Records]...
5: ...late [[1950s]] and early [[1960s]] continued to rise when she recorded with [[Percy Faith]], and perfo... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: Their exploits, along with those of other criminals such as [[John Dillinger]] and...
9: ..., she told him they were through. Although he was sentenced to 5 years in prison shortly thereafter, t...
11: ...onal account of their crime spree and looming demise.
15: ...pite holding down "square" jobs during the period 1927 through 1929, he also cracked safes, burgled stor...
19: ...obody thought it was anything special. Nobody guessed where it would lead."{{ref|knight}} - 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> - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...8]], [[2003]]) was an actress, a director, and subsequently a [[Nazi]]-era [[Germany|German]] [[filmma...
5: ... sex appeal suggested rather than shown. When presented with the opportunity to direct ''[[The Blue L...
7: ...about the German [[Wehrmacht]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day...
9: In [[1936]], Riefenstahl qualified to represent Germany in [[cross-country skiing]] in the [[19...
13: ...entration camp]] inmates on her film sets, but those claims could not be proved in court. In the end, ... - 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...
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...
23: ...atch as her scenes were shot. Garbo appeared very seductive as the [[World War I]] spy in the title ro... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ... program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach for directions.
6: ...old medal the following year. She also won six consecutive European championships.
8: ...costume in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance [[choreographer|choreography]]. She was...
10: ...her autobiography, which was republished in a revised edition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in...
17: *''[[Seven Days for Elizabeth]]'' ([[1927]]) - 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. - Pansy (10101 bytes)
13: {{Taxobox section trinomial botany | color = lightgreen | trin...
14: {{Taxobox section subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_ta...
17: ... derived from the wildflower called the [[Heartsease]] or Johnny Jump Up (''Viola tricolor''), and is ...
20: ...ardeners crossed and recrossed the wild [[Heartsease]] (''Viola tricolor'') with another native violet...
22: With the explosion of greenhouse-building in the Victorian age (due in large part ... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...rope, where they were primarily hung on walls or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade route...
3: ...hat is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
14: ... attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the carpet.
16: ...d with the application of the Jacquard mechanism (see [[Jacquard loom]]) in 1812 in France and c. 1825...
19: ...ional flowers. Patterns for tiled (composed of a series of squares) carpets, called [[Berlin wool wor...
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