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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...]] to the south-southeast. Since the civil war of 1948 that brought [[List of Presidents of Costa Rica|P...
29: ...'''[[Area]]'''<br /> - Total <br /> - % water
65: ...erritory of [[New Spain]]. The provincial capital was in [[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]].
67: ...ica|San Jos靝. From the [[1840s]] on, Costa Rica was an independent nation.
76: ...in the courts. In April [[2003]] the prohibition was officially recognized as anti-constitutional all... - 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)
6: *[[Frank Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
25: *[[Lynn Abbey|Abbey, Lynn]], (born 1948), US author
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - 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: Af (1105 bytes)
5: ...Viktor M. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor M.]], (born 1948), Russian astronaut - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: ...ent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...e]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her two middle nam...
17: ... United Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...ion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of Engla...
23: ...acuated]] to [[Windsor Castle]], Berkshire. There was some suggestion that the princesses be sent to [... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
13: | [[Warren Christopher]]
37: ...ry of State on [[January 23]], [[1997]]. Albright was the first female Secretary of State, which in tu...
40: ... graduated from Kent Denver high school in 1955. Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with honors...
42: ...well as a [[White House]] staff member, where she was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From...
44: ...rom [[1981]] to [[1982]], Secretary Albright was awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Internatio... - 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... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...d War II]]. She was a [[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter...
5: Mrs. Roosevelt was active in the formations of numerous institution...
9: ...eanor's hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five surviv...
13: ...ldest daughter, [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] who was enraged that the homely Eleanor not only snagged...
15: ...olumn ''[[My Day]]''. After a few years away from Washington Hickok returned and lived in the White Ho... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...e]] and the [[United States Senate| Senate]]. She was the first woman to have her name placed in nomin...
5: ...rapidly establishing bases across the nation, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between stat...
7: ... (Hathaway only served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|B...
9: ...edal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ...r seat, the Maine voters rejected the effort. She was the first (and as yet only) woman chair of the [... - 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... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
2: ...ed [[October 19]], [[1999]] in [[Paris, France]], was a lawyer and a [[Francophone]] writer of [[Russi...
4: ..., history, and sociology and became a lawyer. She was also equally interested in [[20th century]] lite...
11: * ''Portrait of an Unknown'', [[1948]] - 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... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...' ([[May 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]...
4: Bessie Lee Pittman was born in [[Muscogee, Florida]], the youngest of t...
8: ...dlum, whom she married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recog...
10: ...fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press and she made...
12: ...ing of more than a thousand women pilots. For her war efforts, she received the [[Distinguished Servic... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...n [[August 8]], [[1948]], in [[Moscow, Russia]], was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] female [[astronaut|cos...
3: ...rm a [[Extra-vehicular activity|space walk]]. She was outside the space station for 3 hours 35 minutes... - 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.
13: In 1936 she was appointed an [[associate professor]].
15: ...sts who were recruited by the U.S. Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. ent... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...er 29]], [[1911]]–[[January 13]], [[1972]]) was an [[African American]] [[gospel music|gospel]] ...
3: ...ble backlash from gospel purists who felt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
7: She was posthumously inducted into the [[Gospel Music As... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
4: ...ty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...nited States]] in [[1996]] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul ...
9: ...thnically [[Albania|Albanian]]. Her native tongue was [[Albanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and ...
11: ...ed to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She was a member of the youth group in her local parish ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... War I |First]] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic C...
4: ...arles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
7: ...Anglo-Burgundian in loyalty. France at that time was split by a factional rivalry which would allow t...
12: ...Poitiers]] before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a succession of towns where prep...
14: She was joined by her brothers Jean and Pierre, and equi... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...ust 13]], [[2004]]), born '''Julia McWilliams''', was a famous American gourmet [[cook]], [[author]], ...
4: == Youth and World War II ==
8: ... in the development of a [[shark]] repellant. She was posted to [[Kandy]], Ceylon (now [[Sri Lanka]]) ...
10: ...e him and entertain their large social circle. In 1948, they moved to Paris after the [[United States St...
12: == Post-war France ==
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