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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
47: | [[Hawaii]]
48: | [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
63: | [[Iowa]] - 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: Aa (1020 bytes)
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player - 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... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
53: *[[Ruben Aguirre|Aguirre, Ruben]], (born 1934), Mexican actor - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
7: *[[Mohamed Farrah Aidid|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
12: *[[Howard Aiken|Aiken, Howard]], (1900-1973), computing pioneer
26: *[[Queen Aiswarya|Aiswarya, Queen]], (died 2001), non-reigning Nepalese q... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...'s intervention in Germany in the [[Thirty Years' War]].
22: ...mined her bones in an attempt to determine if she was [[intersexual]], but they were not able to come ...
25: ...urg]], came from the [[Hohenzollern]] family. She was a woman of quite distraught temperament, and her...
29: ...ended from elder sons of Gustav I Vasa, Christina was the heiress presumptive.
31: National policy was directed during the first half of Christina's re... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: '''Gloria Steinem''' (born [[March 25]], [[1934]]) is a [[US]] [[feminism|feminist]] and [[journa...
5: ... Steinem was born in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. Her father was an antiques salesman. With his family in tow, h...
9: ...ble to find a job as a journalist because editors wanted male reporters. After two years she landed a ...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism ==
12: ... role, Gloria managed to organize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists to th... - 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]].
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...est-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
5: Hurston was born in [[Notasulga, Alabama]] and grew up in [[...
11: ... hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash yo' tub uh 'gator guts and dat quick."
13: ...was making a caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, cr...
15: ...as aligned with Wright's writings, Hurston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with thi... - 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: ... the play, ''[[The Night of January 16th]]'' in [[1934]] and published two novels, ''[[We The Living]]''...
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... - 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...
12: ...own]], [[South Africa]], also in a Puss Moth. She was later to regain this record, this time flying a ...
16: ... Rapide]] nonstop from [[Pendine Sands]], South [[Wales]], to the [[United States|USA]] in 1933. The p... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...[June 6]], [[1887]] - [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
5: She was born in [[New York, New York|New York]]. She att...
7: ...ining the faculty in [[1923]]. [[Margaret Mead]] was one of her students.
11: Her ''Patterns of Culture'' ([[1934]]) expresses [[cultural relativism]] in describin...
13: In 1936 she was appointed an [[associate professor]]. - 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. - 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. - 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: ... several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ...to a sophisticated cultural figure. (The marriage was reportedly a publicity stunt and not legally bin... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...[[singer]]s, and the winner of thirteen [[Grammy Award]]s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she...
4: ...s|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
6: ... Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tiske...
10: ...s imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]...
12: ...ch she was one of the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...ifteen. Billie Holiday's parents married when she was three, but they soon divorced, leaving her to be...
9: ...eatening to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
14: ... with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ever recording was "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" ([[1933]]).
16: ...cesses as a live performer. On [[November 23]], [[1934]], she performed at the [[Apollo Theater]] to glo...
20: ...aying "I've lived songs like that". Even when she was young and singing trivial pop songs, her unique ... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: ...ist militant who started out as a journalist. She was one of the founders of the [[Red Army Faction]] ...
5: ...ame involved in the [[anti-nuclear movement]] and was an editor for the radical left paper ''konkret''...
7: ...rial sites and American military bases. The group was quickly dubbed "The Baader-Meinhof Gang" by the ...
9: ...he [[Red Army Faction]] have always held that she was killed by representatives of the German authorit...
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