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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
53: | [[1905]] — [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
104: | [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...[Princess]] of Teck in the Kingdom of [[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To h...
5: ...itish Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions...
9: ...s]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Roy...
11: ...taly]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]e...
13: ...f Cambridge]]). May wrote to her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embas... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...8]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
4: ...house, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...ng [[Sinn F驮]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩr...
8: ...ster Rising]] and was sentenced to death by the British government. The sentence was commuted to life ...
10: ...d to the [[House of Commons]]. However, in line with Sinn F驮 policy, she declined to take her seat ... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...m Michigan elected to the U.S. Senate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first wo...
5: ...entatives in [[2000]], but was elected to the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was consi...
7: ...ittee on Aging]]. She introduced the [[Medical Equity and Drug Savings Act]] in the Senate.
9: ...mendment to the United States Constitution]] in [[1913]], U.S. Senators were selected by the state legis...
11: ...nator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ranking spot. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...the monarchist army and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which...
6: ... on her CV for Z?University, but her [[1887]] [[Abitur]] certificate says she was 17, in which case sh...
8: ...put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined o...
10: ...]]. She studied [[philosophy]], [[history]], [[politics]], [[economics]] and [[mathematics]] simultane...
12: ... able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members ... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
5: ...their [[trial]]. Emmeline began to take more [[militant]] action for the suffragette cause after her d...
7: ... Leaving her native England, she moved to the [[United States]] where she eventually became an [[evang...
9: She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1936. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...r refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
2: ...usal in [[1955]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
3: ==Civil rights and political activity==
4: ...James and Loeona McCauley. She grew up on a farm with her grandparents, mother, and brother; most of h...
6: ...tion center for workers' rights and [[racial equality]]. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pion...
5: ...oduction of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and...
7: ...]] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. D...
9: ...ies of disappointing roles and the public's inability to accept Pickford in roles that reflected her o...
11: ...ame secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbank... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...1]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...e of language. Among her themes were female sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; sh...
8: ...magination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of M...
12: ...and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
1: [[Image:BessieSmith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
2: '''Bessie Smith''' ([[April 15]], [[1894]] – [[September 2...
5: ...nce. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'s "81" Theatre and by [[1920]] ...
7: ...[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], and [[Fletcher Henderson]]...
9: ...[[St. Louis Blues]]." In the film, she sings the title song accompanied by members of [[Fletcher Hende... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...eaking career at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution...
13: ...September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
15: ...n|Rolf Potter Kennedy McPherson]], born March 23, 1913.
19: ... what she described as a near-death experience in 1913, she embarked upon a preaching career in [[Canada...
23: ...ullhorn. On the road between sermons, she would sit in the back seat typing sermons and other religio... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: ...cted [[espionage|spy]], made her name synonymous with ''[[femme fatale]]'' during [[World War I|WWI]]....
5: ...ve had affairs with many military officers and politicians.
7: ...e ever produced any substantial intelligence for either side. All of the stories about the fortunes of...
11: ...perly. The tale is highly unlikely to be true, as it bears a suspicious resemblance to [[Puccini]]'s p...
13: "[[Harlot]], yes. But [[traitor]]ess? Never!" —attributed to Mata Hari, on... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ...rchester County, Maryland]], died [[March 10]], [[1913]] in [[Auburn, New York]]), also known as ''Black...
5: ...head. As a result of the blow, she suffered intermittent bouts of [[narcolepsy]] the rest of her life.
7: == Escape and abolitionist career ==
9: ...ductor. During the [[American Civil War]], in addition to working as a cook and a nurse, she served a...
13: ...e them to recapture them. This would amuse the whites who would assume the ineffectual chicken chaser... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
1: [[Image:Vivlei.jpg|thumb|Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)]]
3: ...e Sacred Heart in [[Roehampton]], England, along with fellow actress-to-be [[Maureen O'Sullivan]]. She...
7: ...tte Goddard]] was close to be cast as [[Margaret Mitchell]]'s Southern belle.
11: ... her left lung. Though she continued her career with such plays as [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[Skin of ...
13: ...h of him on her bedside table, even while living with her companion, actor [[Jack Merivale]]. - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
2: ...e:A white iris (small).jpg|240px]]| caption = A white iris}}
9: ...y | taxon = '''''Iris'''''}}<br />{{Taxobox authority|author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]|date = [[1753]]...
15: ...ng in colour from gold, copper-red or yellow to white, blue, blue-violet, lavender, tan, maroon and pu...
16: ... it. It is also applied to various subdivisions within the genus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left...
17: [[Image:Iris.JPG|232px|thumb|right|White-purple-yellow Dutch iris]] - Rose (15436 bytes)
10: ...y | taxon = '''''Rosa'''''}}<br />{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]| date = [[175...
23: ...horns on the underside of the stem. The vast majority of roses are [[deciduous]], but a few (particula...
25: ...sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species yellow or red. The ova...
27: ...st sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating [[bird]]s such as [[Thrush (bird)|thrushes...
29: ...aturally on [[coast]]al [[dune|sand dunes]]). Despite the presence of the thorns, roses are frequently... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ....jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...overnment]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: Because of the superpower status of the United States, the American President is considered by...
7: ...is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...ates of America]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] from [[1913]] to [[1921]].
5: ...] and began his career as a lawyer in [[Columbia City, Indiana]].
7: ...in raising a convention to rewrite the state constitution.
11: ...ident until [[1921]]. It is said that Marshall initially turned down the nomination, assuming the job...
13: ...dents have rarely relied on their VPs in dealing with the Senate. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
22: | [[Hardin County, Kentucky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
33: ...List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
34: | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
36: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
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