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- 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)
7: *[[Ron Affif|Affif, Ron]], (born 1965), musician - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
13: *[[Ahn Eak-tae]], (1906-1965), Korean composer - 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 [... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...SH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...d the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events...
9: ... Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide ...
11: ...he Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid the...
13: ... her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from ... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...dtland''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician and [[physician]], and an...
5: ...Minister February - October [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female min...
7: ...m for the 1992 [[Earth Summit]] / [[UNCED]], that was headed by [[Maurice Strong]], who had been a pro...
9: ... 3, [[1990]] until October 25, [[1996]], when she was succeeded by [[Thorbj?agland]]. She resigned as ...
11: ...espiratory syndrome|SARS]]. Gro Harlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-W... - 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 Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|...
29: ...d Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
33: ...nadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created '''Baroness Thatcher'''; since then her ...
36: ... control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which ...
38: ...develop methods for preserving [[ice cream]]. She was a member of the team that developed the first so... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...nowiki>Hair''' ([[April 13]] [[1919]] - [[1995]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[atheist]], found...
4: ...Murray Jr. and bore him a child (William). Murray was a married [[Roman Catholic]] and refused to divo...
7: ... schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Life magazine|''Life'' m...
11: ...[[Christianity]] and became [[born again]] at Gateway [[Baptist]] Church in [[Dallas, Texas]].
18: ... to withdraw the missing funds and murdered them. Waters eventually pled guilty to reduced charges and... - 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. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: Allende was born in [[Lima, Peru]], to diplomat Tom᳠Allend...
10: ...6, Allende returned to Chile, and her son Nicol᳠was born there that year.
12: Beginning in 1967, Allende was on the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, a...
14: ...] that same year, her uncle was overthrown in the wake of a violent coup and died of his wounds (wheth...
16: ...its]]'' (1982). The book was a great success and was later made into a film (''[[The House of the Spi... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...raeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...male dissatisfaction, predates issues of [[second-wave feminism]]. She also has a reputation for her d...
10: ...'The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the competitio...
14: ...an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was promoted to Companion in 1981.
24: ...1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] - 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]]. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
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] - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...[[May 12]], [[1910]]–[[July 29]], [[1994]]) was a British [[scientist]], born Dorothy Mary Crowf...
5: She was a pioneer of [[X-ray]] [[crystallography]]. She ...
7: ...al]] from the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1965]] she was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]], filling the... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...w weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ... One of her performances in that winning campaign was a defiantly confident reading of Chopin's Etude,...
9: ...erto No. 1]]. From [[1969]] to [[1973]], Argerich was married to [[Conducting|conductor]] [[Charles Du...
14: ==Awards and Recognitions==
16: '''[[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]''': - 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... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...ly working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk music]] sc...
5: ...ay explain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...iting credit to hit the charts, "Urge for Going", was a success for country singer [[George Hamilton I...
9: ... the [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]]...
11: ... On, I'm a Radio". ''[[Court and Spark]]'' (1974) was a huge success, producing the international hit ... - 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 ...
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