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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
11: ...ton]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
12: * [[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate St...
15: ...ajority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
16: ... first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stoc... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...bruary 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[United S...
3: [[image:Caraway_hattie.jpg|left|Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to US Senate]]
5: Hattie Caraway was born near [[Bakerville, Tennessee]] in [[Humphre...
7: Hattie Caraway married [[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] and moved with him to [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] ...
9: ... and served in that office until [[1921]] when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] where he... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...eorgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalis...
8: ...ntence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...use of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
12: ... record until 1979 when [[Mᩲe Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Ir...
14: ...ection,_1922|Irish General Election of 1922]] but was re-elected in the 1923 and June 1927 elections. ... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ...Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ...he moved back to Israel after graduate school and was never a U.S. citizen).
6: ...family followed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
10: ...store for a short time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: ...e went to Denver, where her older sister, Sheyna, was living. Here she met Morris Myerson, a sign pai... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...ing, New York|Corning]], [[New York]]. Her mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]...
9: ...ed States. It was raided by the police and Sanger was arrested for violating the post office's obsceni...
11: ...hat Every Mother Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public n...
13: ...937 after birth control under medical supervision was legalized in many states. In 1927, Sanger helped... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...also [[St. John's Eve]]) - [[March 5]], [[1966]]) was the [[pen name]] of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one ...
5: Akhmatova was born in [[Bolshoy Fontan]] near [[Odessa]]. Her ...
7: ...ilyov]] in [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian [[Lev Gumilyov]].
11: ... for activities considered anti-Soviet; Akhmatova was effectively silenced, unable to publish poetry, ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...17]], [[1885]] – [[September 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the [[Denmark|Danish]] author...
5: ...the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ...1, and the Baron returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in 1925. Karen Blixen remained in Keny...
9: ...r the pseudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]]. - Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
1: ...hikibu'', c. [[973]]–c. [[1014 or c 1025]]) was a [[novelist]], [[poet]], and servant of the [[E...
4: ...ed her intelligence and ability, but lamented she was "born a woman".
6: ...ss Shoshi/Akiko, and may have been hired by [[Fujiwara Michinaga]] to serve the Empress.
8: ...ed posthumously. The Murasaki Shikibu Collection was a compilation of 128 poems written by Murasaki.
10: ...hen she would have been in her mid fifties, which was quite old by Heian standards. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...er 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ... poetry|Symbolist]] movements in Russia. Her work was not looked kindly upon by [[Stalin]] and the the...
8: ... ancestry on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause he...
10: ...er to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...lowed to continue until June [[1904]] when Marina was despatched to school in [[Lausanne]]. Changes in... - 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... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ...t black licensed pilot in the world. Ms. Coleman was married briefly to Charles Wilson Pankey.
4: ...was the twelfth of thirteen children. Her father was three-quarter Choctaw Indian. The family earned...
6: ...ld War I]]. They told stories about flying in the war and Coleman started to fantasize about being a p...
10: ...owever, she learned quickly: in seven months, she was granted a pilot's license.
12: ...t events and often interviewed by newspapers, she was admired by both blacks and whites. In [[1922]], ... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...nstitute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Paris]] and in [[Warsaw]].
5: ...al breakdown]] for a year. Due to her gender, she was not allowed admission into any Russian or Polish...
7: ...races of some unknown radioactive component which was far more radioactive than uranium; thus on [[Dec...
9: ...ium]] after Marie's native country, and the other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactivity....
11: ...nri Becquerel]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. - 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 ...
14: In [[1921]], Noether introduced the [[ascending chain condi... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
6: ...spital]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York]] from 1892-1921.
8: ...m for US army nurses. During World War I, France awarded her the [[Medaille de l'Hygiene Publique]] (M...
12: ...Hall ([[1928]]-[[1984]]) at Presbyterian Hospital was named for her.
13: ...ton National Cemetery]]. [[Columbia University]] awarded her an honorary master of arts. - 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: ...|Los Angeles]], [[California]], where she died in 1921. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ... [[1975]]), born '''Freda Josephine McDonald''', was an [[African American]] dancer, actress and sing...
5: ...red [[vaudeville]] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New York City]] during the [[Harlem Renaissan...
7: ...accompanied by her pet [[leopard]], Chiquita, who was adorned with a [[diamond]] collar. The leopard f...
9: ...ices common to the era. The writer [[Ernest Hemingway]] called her "the most sensational woman anyone ...
11: ...to a sophisticated cultural figure. (The marriage was reportedly a publicity stunt and not legally bin... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensation in the [[1...
7: ...d, Ontario|Salford]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] she was the daughter of James Morgan Kennedy, a widower ...
9: ...d with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity...
15: ...New York]], she met her second husband, Harold Stewart McPherson, an accountant. They were married on...
19: ... and the U.S. By June 1915 she had left home and was on the road preaching full-time.
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