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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ldest continuous major [[civilization]]s, with written records dating back at least 3,500 years, and w...
14: ... of the Grand Historian|Historical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiogr...
15: ...s.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
18: ...but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle bones]] or ...
28: ...[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ..._columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''C...
2: ...er_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...round the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explo...
5: ...de (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as John Cabot) was first to reach the Ame...
10: ...C2_columbus21.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
18: ...However on [[May 30]], [[2003]], her caravan was attacked in the northern village of Depayin by a gove...
19: ...nt that her [[house arrest]] would be extended. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4064211.stm (...
21: ...ne 19, 2005. The protests received international attention.
23: ...|U2]] released the single "Walk On", which was written about and dedicated to Suu Kyi. "Walk On" was ... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
69: ...ral private banks had collapsed with depositors getting back only a fraction of their money. Moreover ...
80: ...975]] the [[High Court]] of Allahabad found the sitting Prime Minister guilty of election fraud, and o...
82: ...hrough parliament, all which were approved with little discussion or debate.
84: Indira attempted to re-write the nation's laws with the help... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ... in a conservative [[Roman Catholic]] family and attending a Catholic [[seminary]]. Her father, a buil...
11: ...set for the party. After her refusal, the party settled on the choice of [[Narasimha Rao]] as leader a...
17: ...' and 'Two Alone, Two Together' (two volumes of letters exchanged between [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[I... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...arried her long time common-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
13: *Minister of Justice [[1990]]–[[1991]]
20: ...en she was elected president. In [[1990]]–[[1991]] she was the minister of justice and in [[1995]]...
24: When president [[Martti Ahtisaari]] informed that he would not run for a... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
34: ...kends; Rice's mother, Angelena, was a teacher." [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021014fa_fact3...
35: ... which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/madaboutmusic/madabo...
37: ...wice as good" as non-minorities [http://www.racematters.org/lessononlifecondoleezzarice.htm].
41: ...l, "one of the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.edu/phanc/Phanc/JoKorbel.htm].
47: ...], and once told a friend she leaned toward the latter in her world view. She was quietly cerebral, fr... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...house. She also served in the State Senate from [[1991]]-[[1994]]. She was elected to the [[United State...
7: ...nd Forestry]], and the [[U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging]]. She introduced the [[Medical Equity... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
47: ...rk as a conference speaker in 1966 with a strong attack on the taxation policy of the Labour Governmen...
50: ...ended the budget of the [[Open University]] from attempts to cut it.
55: ...ensington Town Hall in which she made a scathing attack on the [[Soviet Union]]. The most controversia...
57: ...nd flow of public opinion. They put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns...
59: ...her nicknames such as "The Great She-Elephant", "Attila the Hen", and "The Grocer's Daughter". The las... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
18: In [[1991]] when ''Ms.'' magazine revived, she became its c... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
8: ... then to [[Lebanon]]. While in Bolivia, Allende attended an [[United States|American]] private school...
14: ...his wounds (whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went ...
16: ... was on his deathbed. She started writing him a letter that later evolved into a book manuscript, ''[[...
20: ...years in exile. It was written in the form of a letter to her daughter Paula, who lay in a coma in the...
26: *''The Infinite Plan'' (1991) - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...]]. She was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], and attended school at [[Victoria University in the Unive...
4: ...an fiction]], a theme that shows up both in the settings and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[no...
52: ...''[[Wilderness Tips (book)|Wilderness Tips]]'' ([[1991]])
89: *[http://www.owtoad.com/ Margaret Atwood's home page] - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...mison''' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she wa...
11: ...n A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell Medical College|Cornell Medi...
15: This attitude and her high achievements in historically ex...
19: ...hly) One of the Women for the Coming New Century (1991); Johnson Publications Black Achievement Trailbla...
21: ...onal Research Council]] Space Station Review Committee. She has presented at the [[United Nations]] an... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
9: ... the [[Central Committee of the CPSU|Central Committee of the Communist Party]]. In [[1997]] she was r... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
9: ...owever, it was her idea that programs could be written in a language that was close to English rather ...
29: * [[1991]] — She received the [[National Medal of Te...
36: ...term ''[[computer bug]]'' cannot be definitively attributed to Admiral Hopper, she did bring the term ...
42: *Betts, Mitch (''Computerworld'' 26: 14, 1992)
51: ...history.navy.mil/bios/hopper.htm Biography] and [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/g... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
10: ... her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
14: ...t still produced a standout track ''"Angel",'' written by her sister Carolyn which became a soul class...
38: *[[1964]] ''[[Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington]]''
50: *[[1969]] ''[[I Say a Little Prayer]]''
54: *[[1970]] ''[[Sweet Bitter Love]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s champio...
11: ...ommissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart project to write a piece for the Passion 2000...
32: ... for cello and organ (1979), for bayan and cello (1991)
45: ...;тка)'' for six percussionists (1991)
46: ...ello, orchestra, male choir, and a woman speaker (1991) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...ve rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a cigarette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain ...
9: ...d miss a scheduled appearance on ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]''.) Also of interest, "For Free" is the f...
13: ...e confessional style replaced by a series of vignettes of 1970s women, from nightclub dancers ("Edith ...
19: ...h of talent, including [[Willie Nelson]], [[Tom Petty]] and [[Don Henley]], but the material was again...
21: ...hell described as "middle-aged love songs", was better received, but to many, the real return to form ... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
1: [[Image:alanis.jpg|thumb|Alanis Morissette]]
2: '''Alanis Nadine Morissette''' (born [[June 1]], [[1974]]) is a successful [...
6: ... a decade later in the songwriting, singing, and attitude of singers such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne...
10: ...nada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette. She has an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]] ...
12: Morissette showed a love for singing and songwriting at an ... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
3: ...bruary 11]], [[1962]] in [[Kennett, Missouri|Kennett]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]) is an Ame...
9: ...eamed up with [[record producer|producer]] Bill Bottrell and other musicians to form what they called ...
11: ...Leaving Las Vegas". The album was slow to garner attention until the one song Crow did not write, "All...
13: ..."If It Makes You Happy" became a radio hit, and netted her two Grammy awards for Best Female Pop Vocal...
15: ...was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically For a Motion Picture or Television...
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