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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
40: | [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]
52: | [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
87: | [[Massachusetts]]
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
123: | [[New Jersey]] - 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: Aa (1020 bytes)
4: *[[Andrew Aagesen|Aagesen, Andrew]], (1826-1879), Danish jurist
9: *[[Julius Aamisepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player
15: *[[Ivar Aasen|Aasen, Ivar]], (1813-1896), linguist
16: ...vald Aav|Aav, Evald]], (1900-1939), Estonian composer and choir conductor - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...tazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
17: ...s Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: ...[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor. - 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
53: *[[Ruben Aguirre|Aguirre, Ruben]], (born 1934), Mexican actor - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
5: ...chinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
7: *[[Mohamed Farrah Aidid|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
9: ...ettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
19: ...], (born 1959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[baseball]] player
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
10: ...<!-- Official English version from www.royalcourt.se -->
11: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal House'''<td>[[House of Vasa|Vasa]]
22: ...ones in an attempt to determine if she was [[intersexual]], but they were not able to come to a clear ...
25: ...r her difficult birth, or just the horror story itself, may have prejudiced Christina against the pros...
29: ...princes who had been traitors or descend from deposed monarchs. Gustav Adolph's younger brother had di... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: '''Gloria Steinem''' (born [[March 25]], [[1934]]) is a [[US]] [[feminism|feminist]] and [[journa...
5: ... trailer all around the United States, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]], and Gloria w...
9: ...gh the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
12: ...ically active in the feminist movement. The media seemed to appoint Gloria as a feminist leader. In th...
21: ...of their lives. Although she must feel a great sense of satisfaction at the changes she helped bring ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...Isak Dinesen''' ([[April 17]], [[1885]] – [[September 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the ...
5: ...oria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[F...
7: ...ntinued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abando...
9: ...ndrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
13: ... of respect. Recently, however, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual languag...
15: ...right's writings, Hurston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with this struggle. Othe...
20: ...e of the alleged incident, and the case was dismissed.
22: ...as predicated on black inferiority. The letter caused a furore and proved to be Hurston's last public ...
25: ...orrison]] and [[Alice Walker|Walker]] herself, whose works are centered in a Black American experience... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...de it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
13: ... neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
14: ...seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
19: ...which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter. - 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... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...heffield]], Johnson went to work in [[London]] as secretary to a solicitor. She was introduced to flyi...
8: ...e seen in the [[Science Museum_(London)|Science Museum in London]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] ...
10: In [[July]] [[1931]], she set the record for flying from [[England]] to [[Japa...
12: In [[July]] [[1932]], she set a solo record for the flight from England to [[C...
14: ...mous British pilot [[Jim Mollison]], who had proposed to her only 8 hours after they had met, during a... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...enedict''' (n饠Fulton) ([[June 6]], [[1887]] - [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|Ame...
11: ...(Her critics dismiss these patterns as a "tiny subset" of the whole.)
15: ...ecruited by the U.S. Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. entry into
18: ... for American troops and stating the scientific case against racist beliefs. Despite the military con...
20: ... the recommendation to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that permitting continuation of the Emperor... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...''', [[November 7]] [[1867]] – [[July 4]] [[1934]]) was a [[Polish]] chemist and pioneer in the ea...
5: ...ish universities so she worked as a governess for several years. Eventually, with the monetary assista...
9: ... and the other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactivity.
11: ...nary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Pr...
13: ...aving it open so the scientific community could research unhindered. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...t woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her dissertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Crite...
5: In [[1943]] she joined the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] and was assigned to work with [[Howard Aiken...
7: ...st version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATIC]], [[MATH-MATI...
9: ...s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her philosophy.
12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at the end of [[196... - 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. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
4: ...rt News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her o...
6: ... to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched ...
10: ... [[Swing (genre)|swing]] singer, she also encompassed [[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[boss...
12: ...lington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pablo Records|Pablo]] years...
20: ...rnegay, but the marriage was later annulled. Her second husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] p... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...ree, but they soon divorced, leaving her to be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. A har...
9: ... responsible father. In the rare times Billie did see him, she would shake him down for money by threa...
14: ... Hammond was the first). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-e...
16: ...cesses as a live performer. On [[November 23]], [[1934]], she performed at the [[Apollo Theater]] to glo...
20: ... white gardenia in her hair. She explained the sense of overpowering drama that featured in her songs,... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: '''Ulrike Meinhof''' ([[October 7]], [[1934]], [[Oldenburg]] - [[May 9]], [[1976]], [[Stuttga...
5: ...61]] and had twin girls, Bettina and Regine, on [[September 21]], [[1962]].
7: ...bings of industrial sites and American military bases. The group was quickly dubbed "The Baader-Meinho...
9: ...on]] have always held that she was killed by representatives of the German authorities.
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