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  1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    2: ...equeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occas...
    20: ...s]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied history with C. H. K. Marten, Prov...
    23: ...stances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had b...
    27: ...her than have them educated at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the...
    29: Elizabeth made her first official visit overseas in [[1947]], when she accompan...
  2. Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
    10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary...
    13: ...d of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and his first wife, [[Catherine of Aragon]]. A [[stillbirth|...
    15: ... the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
    17: ..., the Princess Mary was instead contracted to her first cousin, the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V...
    21: ...beth, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]]. She was not permitted to see her mother Ca...
  3. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
    9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
    18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
    25: .... In [[1553]], however, Edward died at the age of fifteen, having left a will which purported to super...
    27: ...r house arrest under the guard of Sir Henry Bedingfield; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsel...
  4. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
    8: ...ngdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She continued ...
    15: ...ames, Duke of York, (afterwards James II) and his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]] (daughter of [[Ed...
    17: ...Catholicism. Princess Anne, however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continue...
    22: ...te monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his offices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed fro...
    24: ...our by restoring Lord Marlborough to all of his offices. In return, Princess Anne publicly supported W...
  5. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
    12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
    14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,...
    18: ...s sixteen years old. Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was the brother of her moth...
    27: ...ng unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Cana...
  6. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    11: ...]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|HRH The...
    15: ... [[beauty]], admired and emulated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the internat...
    22: ...encer|Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp]], and his first wife, [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer, Vi...
    24: ...efly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]...
    30: ...nd Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of these qualifications.
  7. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
    4: ...d the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
    6: She divorced her first husband, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved...
    8: ...woman member to actually take her seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance...
    10: ...m of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the [[Nazis]], and her husband ...
    12: ...speech, first referred to the men of the 8th Army fighting the [[Italian campaign]] as the ''[[D-Day D...
  8. Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
    33: ... of her given names, and consequently adopted the first name '''Kim''' in her teens. She was educated ...
    41: ... ([[1990]]-[[1993]]). Then she briefly became the first female [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)...
    43: ... and Eddy were divorced, although the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister.
    45: ...any Canadians. The fact that she was a woman, the first to become Prime Minister, initially made her v...
    49: ...y regarded as the final nail in her campaign's coffin.
  9. Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
    6: ... the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
    10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
    12: ...et rank from April to August 1919, she became the first Irish female [[Cabinet Minister]]. She held t...
    14: ...]] cause in the [[Irish Civil War]], and joined [[Fianna Fᩬ]] on its foundation in [[1926]]. She was...
  10. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    5: |'''Period in Office:'''
    27: ...servative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became kno...
    33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
    36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'...
    38: .... She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream.
  11. The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
    1: ...The Valiant Five''' or '''The Famous Five''' were five [[Canada|Canadian]] women who, in [[1927]] aske...
    5: ...Murphy]] (the [[British Empire|British Empire's]] first woman judge);
    6: ...rryat Parlby]] (farm women's leader, activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
    8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
    11: ...of Canada|Governor General]] shall... summon qualified Persons to the Senate; and ... every Person so ...
  12. Asia (16910 bytes)
    4: ...stern part of the [[continent]] of [[Eurasia]], defined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from...
    6: The exact boundaries are vaguely defined, especially between Asia and Europe: the demar...
    8: ...sland]]s in the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]s, often excluding [[Russia]].
    50: * The [[Pacific Ocean]] islands of [[Taiwan]] and [[Japan]].
    60: ...a]] and islands in the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]. The countries it contains are:
  13. Canada (35540 bytes)
    1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
    10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
    15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
    17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
    21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on...
  14. United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
    23: | '''[[Official language]]'''
    65: ...he Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency is hereditary to the Al-Nahya...
    71: ...ts sources of income and lessen its dependence on finite oil reserves. One result of these efforts is ...
    88: ...crude oil. The UAE is considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "[[Cradle...
    125: | Varies || End of [[Ramadan]] || [[Eid ul-Fitr]]
  15. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
    1: ...ion of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre...
    13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
    14: official_languages = [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Engli...
    58: ...ted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and leg...
    60: ...'. Historically the state has had more than one official title. The revolutionary state established by...
  16. Guatemala (8475 bytes)
    1: ...nt of [[North America]], bordering both the [[Pacific Ocean]] and the [[Caribbean Sea]].
    19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
    20: ...|Spanish]] (Official), (Indigenous languages of official status as well, particularly Maya)
    62: ...ued until conquered by the [[Spain|Spanish]], who first arrived in [[1523]] and colonised the area. [[...
    64: ...uatemala became independent of Spain in [[1821]], first as a part of the [[United Provinces of Central...
  17. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    7: ...m, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
    10: official_languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[E...
    16: largest_city = [[Karachi]] (also [[financial capital]]) |
    74: ...llowed to return to India and died in solitary confinement in 1862. The Emperor's three sons, also inv...
    85: ...d the United States supported anti-Soviet freedom fighters (called [[Mujahideen]]) in Afghanistan, and...
  18. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom...
    46: ...inority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
    52: ...>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, th...
    54: ...untry" to "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this...
    58: ...ded Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Kingdom of...
  19. New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
    13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
    36: ...is the site of the [[New Hampshire primary]], the first [[U.S. presidential primary|primary]] in the [...
    38: ...ac|purple lilac]]. Its state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|America...
    42: ... it gained international attention for having the first openly [[gay]] bishop, [[Gene Robinson]], with...
    49: ...h rule in the [[American Revolution]]. It was the first state to declare its independence, and the his...
  20. Space (10661 bytes)
    1: ...s article is about '''space''' &mdash; the scientific and philosophical concept. For other uses of spa...
    3: '''Space''' has a range of definitions.
    8: These opposing views are relevant also to definitions of [[time]]. Space is typically described ...
    12: ...s contentious. Various concepts used to try to define space have included:
    14: * The structure defined by the set of spatial relationships between ob...

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