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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
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41: sovereignty_type = [[Mexican War of Independence|Independence]] |
62: For more than 3,000 years, Mexico was the site of several [[Mesoamerica]]n civilizatio...
64: ... of [[Aztlan], the starting point of their tribes wanderings, never thought of themselves as anything ...
68: ...s]], causing a long [[Mexican War of Independence|war]] that eventually led to independence in [[1821]... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minis...
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai...
45: ...ams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empres...
9: ...hnological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; he...
12: ...ningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] ...
14: ...s the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...ssed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of ... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...SH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...d the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events...
9: ... Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide ...
11: ...he Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid the...
13: ... her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from ... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...n]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed b...
6: ...iden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
8: ...ur of its leaders were put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its members managed to meet i...
12: ...nd the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] was legally able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]....
14: ...Julius Karski), she founded the newspaper ''[[Sprawa Robotnicza]]'' ("The Workers' Cause"), in opposit... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: ...women in the period immediately preceding [[World War I]].
5: ...tantial contribution to the campaign in different ways.
7: ...s a result. Her autobiography, ''My Own Story'', was published in [[1914]]. She died ten years after... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: ...[[May 5]], [[1882]] - [[September 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] movement.
5: She was born in [[Manchester|Manchester, England]], a da...
11: ...ist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB. However, such was the importance attached to being within the same...
13: ...as a personal organ she revolted. As a result she was expelled from the CPGB and moved to found the sh...
15: ...an Socialist Party. She argued with [[Lenin]] and was supportive of left communists such as [[Amadeo B... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...lieved travel was a way to learn, and before she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals o...
8: ...ted States at the outset of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], she lived with her family, but art supplies a...
14: ... friend. "It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it."
18: ...moving to Paris in [[1877]]. Her sister died in [[1882]], but her mother regained her health, and Cassat... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ...y 7]], [[1839]] – [[January 25]], [[1908]]) was the ''[[pen name]]'' of the [[England|English]] ...
3: De la Ram饠was born in [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[England]], to an ...
9: * ''Bimbi, Stories for Children'' (1882)
20: * ''In Maremma'' (1882)
33: * ''Wanda'' (1883) - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...rd feudal practice whereby the wife of a nobleman was expected to take charge in his absence. This pra...
4: When she was 24 her husband ɴienne du Castel died, and Pizan...
9: ...ice]], [[Italy]]. When she was four years old she was brought to her father, a councillor of the [[Ven...
13: The Earl of Salisbury, who was in Paris on the occasion of the marriage of [[Ri...
15: ...'La Vision'' (1405) she tells her own history, by way of defence against those who objected to her pre... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...d [[feminist]]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society ...
7: ...ency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...th critical and popular success. Much of her work was self-published through the [[Hogarth Press]]. Sh...
13: ... than to the interior monologues proper) create a wave-like atmosphere closer to the prose poem than t...
20: ...o studied for its insight into [[shell shock]], [[war]], [[social class|class]], and modern British so... - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
1: ...arch 23]] [[1882]] – [[April 14]] [[1935]]) was one of the most talented [[mathematician]]s of t...
5: ...aria]], [[Germany]]. Her father, [[Max Noether]], was a distinguished mathematician and a professor at...
6: ...recocity at mathematics — as a teenager she was more interested in music and dancing.
10: ...ed to the faculty in [[1919]]. A [[Jew]], Noether was forced to flee [[Nazi]] Germany in [[1933]] and ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nursing]]. Each ye...
7: ...he expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become an obedient wife.
9: ...ion as [[cooks]] or [[prostitutes]]. Nightingale was particularly concerned with the appalling condit...
13: ...r of [[Nun|Catholic sisters]] in [[Germany]], and was greatly impressed by the quality of medical care...
19: ... and they became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Nightingale's pione... - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
1: ...in Canada legally to become a medical doctor, and was the only woman in Canada licensed to practice me...
3: ...65]] and thereafter moved to [[Toronto]], where Edward ran a newspaper.
7: ...for the poor at the same location. The Institute was quite successful, later opening branches in [[Br...
9: ...lma Sola, Florida|Palma Sola]], [[Florida]]. She was later instrumental in the establishment of a med... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ... [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Robert Schumann]], was one of the leading [[pianist]]s of the [[Romanti...
7: ...farther than the outskirts of [[Germany]], and it was thanks to her efforts that his compositions beca...
9: ...[[1888]] she appeared each year. In [[1878]] she was appointed teacher of the piano at the [[Hoch Con...
11: ...s considerably rarer than in the present day, she was herself the composer of a few songs and of some ...
14: ...y-six. It is suggested that negative attitudes toward women's ability to compose influenced this as w... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ... '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: ...t allowed her to mature into a nonconformist. She was cared for by servants who believed in the many s...
7: ... H.P. Blavatsky continued on to Cairo herself. It was in Cairo that she formed the Societe Spirite for...
9: ...cing physical objects out of nothing. Though she was apparently quite adept at these feats, her inter...
11: ..."Lamastery") where her work ''[[Isis Unveiled]]'' was created. - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
2: ...er 22]], [[1844]] – [[March 26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|French]] stage actress.
4: ...idered scandalous to a roughly equal degree. She was sponsored into the ''Conservatoire de Musique et...
6: ...on the stages of [[Europe]] in the [[1870s]], and was soon in demand all over Europe and in the [[Unit...
8: ...l as modelling for [[Antonio de La Gandara]]. She was also to publish a series of books and plays thro...
10: ...y endured until Damala's death in 1889 at age 34, was quickly collapsed, largely due to the young acto... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ...II, Prince of Monaco|Rainier III of Monaco]]. She was the mother of the principality's reigning Sovere...
5: ...ive'' in Philadelphia is named for John, Jr., who was a city councilman there.
7: ...rteen Hours]]'' ([[1951 in film|1951]]), when she was 22. The following year she "starred" with a mino...
9: ...rting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], but the award went to [[Donna Reed]] for her role in ''[[From...
11: ... brief affair with co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept quiet to protect both their reputations. - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
2: ... described in detail by [[Walther Flemming]] in [[1882]]. In [[1910]], [[Thomas Hunt Morgan]] proved tha...
127: ...These cells are then stained (the name chromosome was given because of their ability to be stained), p...
193: *[[Edward's syndrome]] is the second most common trisomy ... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...os ([[Valladolid]]). As a young man he joined the war to conquer [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish...
4: ...control of the island. As a result, Ponce de Leon was named Governor of Puerto Rico in 1509. Ponce de ...
7: ... in [[Madrid]] and won his rights. Ponce de León was then removed from office in 1512 and felt his go...
9: ...oir'' of [[Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda]], and was later included in the ''Historia general de los ...
11: ...to Rico]]. The statue was made in [[New York]] in 1882 using the bronze from English Cannons seized afte...
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