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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
18: ...opular from the late 19th century, before that it was only grown as an ornamental plant. The US quickl...
20: ...roduced the [[tangelo]] (1905), the [[minneola]] (1931) and the [[sweetie]] (1984).
22: ...hed from the pummelo until the [[1830s]], when it was given the name ''Citrus paradisi''. Its true ori...
29: ...morton/grapefruit.html Grapefruit from "Fruits of warm climates" by Julia F. Morton] - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
13: | [[1923]] — [[1931]]
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
47: | [[Hawaii]]
48: | [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ces from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create...
7: ...d; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...d during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Sha...
18: ...e, where a bronze smelter from around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, foun...
28: ...122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: ...Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887) - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
42: *[[Dries van Agt|Agt, Dries van]], (born 1931), Dutch prime minister - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
12: *[[Howard Aiken|Aiken, Howard]], (1900-1973), computing pioneer
17: *[[Alvin Ailey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer
26: *[[Queen Aiswarya|Aiswarya, Queen]], (died 2001), non-reigning Nepalese q... - 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: ...te]] where he served until he died in office in [[1931]]. - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ... works, before taking part in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in [[1936]] as the English language representa...
6: ...rset maker. It was in that workplace that Goldman was introduced to revolutionary ideas; she obtained ...
13: ... Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to him) was jailed for fourteen years.
18: ...archist communists like [[Peter Kropotkin]].) She was charged with "inciting a riot" by the criminal c...
21: ...ourse of study in anarchist ideas. Leon Czolgosz was found guilty of murder and executed. - 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: ...tation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ...r the pseudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
30: * ''Letters from Africa, 1914-1931'' (posthumous 1981, USA) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
2: ...n '''Chloe Anthony Wofford''', [[February 18]], [[1931]] in [[Lorain, Ohio]].
4: ...any]]. Morrison received a B.A. in English from Howard University in 1953, and achieved a [[Master of ...
6: Morrison was an important player in the battle to open the ca...
8: ... and the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]]...
43: ...ks.org/tonimorrison/ 1987 audio interview by Don Swaim of CBS Radio, 31 min. 02 sec., RealAudio] - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ..., born '''Alissa "Alice" Zinovievna Rosenbaum''', was a popular and controversial [[United States|Amer...
19: ...udy screenwriting; in late [[1925]], however, she was granted a [[Visa (document)|visa]] to visit Amer...
22: ...t her eye. The two were married in [[1929]]. In [[1931]], Rand became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the U...
24: ...ese films were re-edited into a new version which was approved by Rand and re-released as ''We the Liv...
26: ...pite these initial struggles ''The Fountainhead'' was successful, bringing Rand fame and financial sec... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...[[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet...
7: ...hree. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Ra...
13: ...nd Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael'...
17: When England declared war on Germany in [[World War I]], Stein and Toklas were visiting with [[Alfre...
19: ...reat artists and writers including [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[Thornton Wilder]], [[Sherwood Anderson]] an... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ... ([[July 24]], [[1897]] - c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]],...
8: ... keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even featured in local newspapers while she taug...
10: ... crossing. They were married on [[February 7]], [[1931]]. Earhart referred to the marriage as a "partner...
14: ...elia_earhart_2.jpg|thumb|250px|Amelia Earhard, It was a long trip in tight quarters ]]On the morning o...
16: ...[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to [[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delive... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
2: ..., [[1941]]) was a famous English [[aviatrix]] who was born in [[Kingston upon Hull]].
4: ...rk in [[London]] as secretary to a solicitor. She was introduced to flying as a hobby, gaining a pilot...
8: She became well-known in [[1930]] when she was the first woman to fly from Britain to Australia...
10: In [[July]] [[1931]], she set the record for flying from [[England]]...
12: ...own]], [[South Africa]], also in a Puss Moth. She was later to regain this record, this time flying a ... - 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]], ... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[Mark I Calcul...
3: ...ng mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: ...rite a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to w...
7: ...was known as the A compiler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercia...
9: ...bler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her philosophy. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...t 1]], [[1905]] – [[January 28]], [[1993]]) was a prolific [[astronomy|astronomer]] noted for he...
5: ...on star clusters. She received her doctorate in [[1931]] from [[Radcliffe College]].
11: ...stronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
13: ...as made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1976]]. - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...[June 28]], [[1906]] - [[February 20]], [[1972]]) was born Maria G?rt in [[Katowice]] (then in [[Germa...
3: ...indaus]]. In [[1930]] G?rt married Dr. [[Joseph Edward Mayer]], the assistant of James Franck. The cou...
5: ...1931]]-[[1939|39]], but since she was a woman she was not allowed to work on scientific projects. In [...
7: She was awarded the Novel for discovering the reasons as to w...
9: :"Think of a roomful of waltzers. Suppose they go round the room in circles,... - 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: ...red her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contemporary painters and ...
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