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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...e Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "R...
15: ...st invaders - neighbor [[Niter, for instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense...
17: ... westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...y European capital outside of Europe. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommo... - 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: 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... - 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... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
27: ..., and was the first woman to hold that post. She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Pr...
30: ...States from [[Denmark]] and for forty-three years was a police reporter for the [[Miami Herald]]. Jane...
32: ... Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]] High School. In [[1956]] Reno enrolled at [[Cornell University]] in [[It...
34: ...difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
36: In [[1971]] Reno was named staff director of the [[Judiciary Committe... - 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... - 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... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...saparksarrested.jpeg|thumb|right|330px|Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to mak...
2: ...55]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
4: Rosa Parks was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], daughter of James...
8: ...d as a second-class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly ...
10: ...ott, Rosa Parks helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ... Steinem was born in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. Her father was an antiques salesman. With his family in tow, h...
8: ...[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]] and left to study in [[India]] for two years.
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... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, known as the '''Queen of B...
3: ...rn in [[Tenby]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales|South Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907...
5: ...n Montparnasse she also met her husband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...ic creations were widely exhibited during [[World War I]] including at the Royal Academy in London as ...
13: ...home town, [[Augustus John]], and later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]]. - 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... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...ttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
3: ... [[life sciences]] and [[material sciences]], and was co-investigator in the [[Bone]] Cell Research ex...
9: ... of three children, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicag...
11: She was educated in the Chicago public school system. At...
15: ...ing Countries at Dartmouth College. The Institute was established as an agent for identifying, assessi... - 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. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...competitive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as...
6: ...s talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ... the 1960s, including ''"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)",'' a much more soulful and impassio...
10: ...e Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''...
12: ...virtually unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she lat... - 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: It was around this time that Holiday had her first succ...
20: ...aying "I've lived songs like that". Even when she was young and singing trivial pop songs, her unique ... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
3: ...], [[1995]]) was an [[Allied]] heroine of [[World War II]].
5: ...many useful depictions of the Channel coast. She was asked to train under Colonel [[Maurice Buckmaste...
9: ...t she was Peter's wife. The hope was that in this way their treatment would be mitigated.
11: ...stified against the prison guards at a [[1946]] [[war crime]]s trial.
13: ...ed Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...nuary 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show...
4: She was the daughter of [[United States House of Represe...
8: ...oos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
10: ...with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West End]]'s -...
12: ...was unable to dominate the camera -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lomba... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...ndash; [[August 29]], [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...zo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gi...
5: ...her first Academy Award nomination for [[Academy_Award_for_Best Actress|Best Actress]] for the film, '...
7: ...al in both Hollywood and with the public; Bergman was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation."...
9: ...en'') for which she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on th... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...elder sister, [[Françoise Dorléac]], 1942-1967, was a popular actress before dying in a car crash). ...
6: ...Indochine]]'' and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
10: She was also nominated for a César Award for her roles in: - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: ... 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
4: Ava Lavinia Gardner was born in the small farming community of [[Grabtow...
6: ...[George C. Scott]], in the mid-[[1960s]]. (Scott was rumored to have beaten Gardner during their rela...
8: ... as the hysterical Miss Judith Fellowes, however, was nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress...
10: ...ford University]] in November 1964. Neither was aware of the fame of the other.
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