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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...[Panama]] to the south-southeast. Since the civil war of 1948 that brought [[List of Presidents of Cos...
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: ...al allowing [[ӳcar Arias]] (Nobel Peace Prize, [[1987]]) to run for President a second time in the upco... - Luwian language (1607 bytes)
3: ...he languages spoken by population groups in [[Arzawa]] and the [[Hittite]] Empire (in modern [[Turkey]...
5: ...tovelars, plain velars, and labiovelars (Melchert 1987).
8: ... Watkins|C. Watkins]], 182–204. [[Berlin]]: Walter de Gruyter. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hat a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...ccepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around ...
5: ... than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. T...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts have persist...
15: ...y many contemporaries as a poor administrator and was stripped of his governorship in [[1500]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: ...[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
14: *[[Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empres...
9: ...hnological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; he...
12: ...ningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] ...
14: ...s the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...ssed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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3: image_name=Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg |
11: ...e right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by ...
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the P...
15: ...world. To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there ... - 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... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
26: |Mt Albert, Owairaka
47: ...of Health and later as deputy Prime Minister. She was Leader of the Opposition during the National Par...
49: ...tes Revision Committee. In her second term (1984-1987) she chaired the [[Select Committee]]s on Foreign...
51: ...ry school teacher and her father was a farmer who was a [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] ... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...n-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[1990]]
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 == - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[January 18]],[[1930]]-[[July 10]],[[2004]]) was the first woman (and the only to date) to serve ...
3: ... and served in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - 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 ... - 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... - 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: ...and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]. Although ''Ms.'' has had a number of different... - 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]] - 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 ...
34: *Como Nasceram as Estrelas (1987) - 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]]...
19: *''[[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]'' (1987)
43: ...ks.org/tonimorrison/ 1987 audio interview by Don Swaim of CBS Radio, 31 min. 02 sec., RealAudio] - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: ...de''' (b. [[May 26]], [[1951]] in Los Angeles CA) was the first [[United States|American]] woman to fl...
5: ...ard-Westlake School]]). She initially attended [[Swarthmore College]] but received her bachelor's degr...
7: In [[1987]], Ride left [[NASA]] to work at the [[Stanford U...
19: ...d/whos_who_level2/ride.html And an address if you want to write to her.] - 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...
7: ...al Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1987, she worked as a general practitioner in [[Los An...
9: Dr. Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, ...
11: She was educated in the Chicago public school system. At...
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