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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]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
210: ...entury]] [[Portuguese]] explorer and adventurer, was among the first [[Europeans]] to reach [[Japan]]... - 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. - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
19: ...ntral Intelligence Agency|CIA]] ([[1976]]–[[1977]]), and the 43rd [[Vice President of the United S...
22: ...served as a U.S. Senator from [[Connecticut]] and was a partner in the prominent investment banking fi... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...arly texts refer to him as ''[[dux]] bellorum'' ("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often...
5: ...ower base was probably in either [[Wales]], [[Cornwall]], or the west of what would become [[England]]...
7: ...rtain [[Riothamus]], "King of the Brettones," who was active during the reign of the [[Roman Emperor]]...
9: ...itain may have been remembered for centuries afterward. Yet the obscurity surrounding the historical c...
15: ...ran]], who had a son called Artuir and whose life was somewhat similar to Arthur's. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
7: *[[Ajit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress - 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 [... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...l women in Europe during the [[Middle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[Engla...
6: ...iam IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]]. Eleanor was named after her mother and called ''Ali鮯r'', w...
8: ...e time, and knew how to read, how to speak Latin, was well versed in music and literature, and enjoyed...
10: ...is today the southwest of France. However, there was a catch: the land would remain independent of Fr...
12: ...rried Raoul of Vermandois; the incident started a war and caused conflict between Eleanor and Louis. S... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
28: | [[March 24]], [[1977]]
51: ... from [[January 19]], [[1966]] to [[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[...
55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of Indi...
57: ... at that time, a very patriarchal society, Indira was expected to be a passive leader, but her actions...
59: ..., and thus Prime Minister of India. Initially she was dubbed as ''goongi gudiya'' ([[Hindi]] for dumb ... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...n-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]]
18: Tarja Halonen was born on [[24 December]] [[1943]] in [[Helsinki]]...
20: ...elected president. In [[1990]]–[[1991]] she was the minister of justice and in [[1995]] until he...
22: == The way to presidency == - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
29: ...firmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
31: ...nal Security Advisor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and t...
34: ...ho preached on weekends; Rice's mother, Angelena, was a teacher." [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/conte...
37: ...e was eight when her schoolmate [[Denise McNair]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-A...
43: ...She first worked in the [[State Department]] in [[1977]], during the [[Carter administration]], as an in... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: '''Mary Robinson''' (born [[21 May]] [[1944]]) was the first female [[President of Ireland]], servi...
23: ...]. Robinson was therefore born into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and...
25: ... the permission of a bishop. In her twenties, she was appointed [[Reid Professor of Law]] in the colle...
27: ...caused a rift with her parents, although the rift was eventually overcome in subsequent years.
31: ...t to benefit members of her family). So unpopular was her campaign among fellow politicians that when ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
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...
14: ...azine|Ms.]]'' and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]. Although ''Ms.'' has had a num... - 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]] - 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]].
27: ...Entertainments and Posthumous Tales'' (posthumous 1977, USA) - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
3: ...ed that her stream-of-consciousness writing style was under heavy influence of [[Virginia Woolf]] or [...
5: ...7]] just one day before her 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio ...
28: *A hora da Estrela (1977) - The Hour of the Star - 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]]...
17: *''[[Song of Solomon (novel)|Song of Solomon]]'' (1977)
43: ...ks.org/tonimorrison/ 1987 audio interview by Don Swaim of CBS Radio, 31 min. 02 sec., RealAudio] - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
1: ...r | pilot]] and squadron commander during [[World War II]].
5: In [[1937]] and [[1938]] she was a [[test pilot]] for [[Gwinn Air Car Company]], ...
7: ...[1942]]. Nancy accompanied him to Washington and was hired by the [[Air Transport Command]]'s ferryin...
9: ...WASP). Nancy was named executive director of the WASP at the age of 28.
11: ...nd along with [[Betty Gillies]], a [[B-17]]. She was certified in 16 military aircraft, including the... - 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]], ... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the first woman to fly in [[outer space|space]],...
5: ...ting]] at the local [[Aeroclub]]. In [[1962]] she was selected to join the female cosmonaut corps. Out...
7: ...n to fly into space. Her call sign in this flight was '''Chayka''' ([[English]]: [[Seagull]]; {{lang-r...
9: ...mmittee of the Communist Party]]. In [[1997]] she was retired from the [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmo...
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