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  1. Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
    3: ... (सोनिया गाँधी)''' (born [[December...
    7: ...(born [[1970]]) and [[Priyanka Gandhi]] (born [[1971]]). She adopted Indian [[citizenship]] in [[1983...
    11: ...her, she was able to draw large crowds and nearly single-handedly revitalized the party. However, her opp...
    17: ...d'. In addition, she has also edited 'Freedom’s Daughter' and 'Two Alone, Two Together' (two vo...
  2. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    6: |[[4 May]] [[1979]] <br>
    27: ...[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 2005]] to ...
    29: ...]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-servi...
    40: ==Political career between 1950 and 1970==
    47: ...adow Transport and finally Education before the 1970 [[general election]].
  3. Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
    2: ...''Rosa Luxemburg''' ([[March 5]], [[1870]] or [[1871]] - [[January 15]], [[1919]], in Polish language...
    6: ... says she was 17, in which case she was born in 1870. She was the fifth child of the [[Jew]]ish wood ...
    10: In [[1887]] Rosa passed her [[Abitur]] with flying colours....
    25: ...xemburg kept up her political activities; in [[1907]] she took part in the Russian Social Democrats' ...
    38: ...f 1905|1905]] and [[Russian Revolution of 1917|1917]].
  4. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
    6: ...rature. Her efforts during the [[1960]]'s and [[1970]]'s helped break down the segregation of literat...
    12: ...Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-class, saxop...
    15: *''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970)
    16: *''[[Sula (novel)|Sula]]'' (1973)
    17: ...[[Song of Solomon (novel)|Song of Solomon]]'' (1977)
  5. Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
    3: ...062;&#1074;&#1123;&#1090;&#1072;&#1077;&#1074;&#1072;) ([[October 9]], [[1892]] &ndash; [[August 31]]...
    20: ...hes''". After the [[Russian Revolution of 1917|1917 Revolution]], Efron joined the [[White Army]], an...
    22: ... day of Tsar Nicholas II's abdication in March 1917, and ends late in 1920, when the anti-communist W...
    34: ... Soviet defector [[Ignaty Reyss]] in September 1937, on a country lane near [[Lausanne]]. After Efron...
    56: ...l into a regular chronological sequence among the single poems, evidence that certain themes demanded furt...
  6. Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
    8: ...r of the modern nursing profession, Delano almost single-handedly created [[American Red Cross]] [[Nursing...
  7. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ...mys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest fem...
    8: After moving to [[Atlantic Records]] in 1967, Franklin teamed up with producers [[Jerry Wexler...
    10: ...rous Top Ten hits in the late 1960s and early [[1970s]], dabbling in [[gospel music]], [[blues music]...
    12: ..., and "Respect",'' a cover of an [[Otis Redding]] single which became her signature song. After the R&B c...
    14: ...th Quincy Jones led to a disappointing album in 1973 ''''You.'''' But it still produced a standout tr...
  8. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    2: ...ands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
    8: ...7]]. However, the lack of success of their early singles led to the album being withheld until after thei...
    14: ... of her short career and featured her biggest hit single, the definitive cover version of [[Kris Kristoffe...
    16: ...appearance was on [[The Dick Cavett Show]] in [[1970]], where she announced that she would attend her...
    18: ... Angeles]], [[California]] motel room, aged only 27.
  9. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    3: ...d-[[1960s]] in [[New York City]]. Through the [[1970s]] she expanded her horizons, predominantly to [...
    9: ...eles]]) as well as containing her first major hit single, the environmental "[[Big Yellow Taxi (song)|Big ...
    11: ...d [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selling single to this day.
    13: ...p the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell also participated in several concerts i...
    15: ...redecessor. ''Don Juan's Reckless Daughter'' (1977) was a further move away from pop toward the free...
  10. Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
    2: ...Alanis Nadine Morissette''' (born [[June 1]], [[1974]]) is a successful [[Canada|Canadian]] [[singer-...
    6: ...all time. The raw intensity of the album's first single, "You Oughta Know", led Morissette to be labeled ...
    10: Alanis Morissette was born on [[June 1]], [[1974]], in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to sc...
    36: ...the Top 10 on the Canadian charts. The subsequent singles "Feel Your Love", "Walkaway" and "Plastic" were ...
    38: ...rissette was nominated for three [[Juno Award]]s: Single of the Year, Best Dance Record, and Most Promisin...
  11. Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
    4: She spent the early [[1970s]] painting, writing and performing both poetry ...
    6: ...ethorpe]] the band recorded a first single in [[1974]]. The A side of "Piss Factory / [[Hey Joe]]" fe...
    8: [[1975]] saw the release of their first album ''[[Horse...
    12: ...ommercially successful record, containing the hit single "Because the Night" &ndash; co-written with [[Bru...
    17: ..."1959" about the Chinese invasion of Tibet) in 1997, ''Gung Ho'' (with songs about [[Mother Teresa]] ...
  12. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    6: ...blend. She moved to [[Jackson, Mississippi]] in 1978 to record her first album, for [[Smithsonian]]/[...
    8: ...eleased the self-titled ''Lucinda Williams.'' The single "Changed the Locks", about a broken relationship,...
    16: ...' breakthrough to the mainstream. Containing the single "Still I Long for Your Kiss" from the [[Robert Re...
    18: ...my Award for Best Female Rock performance for the single "Get Right With God", an atypically uptempo gospe...
    24: *''Ramblin' on My Mind'' - 1979
  13. Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
    11: ...na Do", became an unexpected smash radio hit. The singles "Run, Baby, Run" and "Strong Enough" were also r...
    13: ...e Pop Vocal Performance and Best New Album. Other singles included "A Change Would Do You Good", "Home" an...
    15: In [[1997]] Crow contributed the theme song to the [[James ...
    17: ...mmy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Other singles included "There Goes the Neighborhood", "Anythin...
    19: ...''. The record found Crow singing many of her hit singles with new musical spins and guest appearances by ...
  14. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    3: ...Billboard]] charts. Classically trained, Amos&#8217;s voice and mostly piano-based music has frequent...
    7: ...ontest and became her first single, released as a 7" pressed for family and friends. At around this ...
    10: ...i Read]] &ndash; the name a reference to Amos&#8217; facility with playing by ear at Peabody and her ...
    13: ...o breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me and a Gun", "Silent All These Years", "...
    16: ...eleased as singles: "God", "Cornflake Girl" (a #4 single in the UK), "Pretty Good Year" and "Past the Miss...
  15. Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
    6: ... clung to him, but he forbade her: "[[John 20:17|17]] Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I h...
    27: ...Mary Magdalene the woman who was a sinner in Luke 7:36-50:
    28: :" 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sin...
    31: ...his one person to be, not only the sinner of Luke 7:36-50 but also [[Mary sister of Lazarus|Mary of B...
    45: ...rstood when approached in the authorized way as a single, coherent, harmonious construction.
  16. Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
    3: ...ember 16]] [[1098]] &ndash; [[September 17]], [[1179]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[abbess]], [[...
    12: And it came to pass ... when I was 42 years and 7 months old, that the heavens were opened and a bl...
    28: ... over the course of her life until her death in 1179, she first describes each vision, then interpret...
    39: ... Mary. She wrote in the plainchant tradition of a single vocal melodic line, the predominant method of lit...
    47: ...title of saint. Her [[feast day]] is [[September 17]]. The shrine with the relics of Hildegard is in ...
  17. Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
    9: ...der on the Orient Express]]'' ([[1975]]). In [[1978]] she played in [[Ingmar Bergman]]'s ''[[Autumn ...
    17: ... has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6759 Hollywood Blvd.
    31: * [[One Single Night]] (1939)
    63: * [[Stimulantia]] (1967)
    65: * [[Henri Langlois]] (1970) (documentary)
  18. Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
    15: ...', in the [[1960s]], and ''Mother Goddam'' in [[1975]].
    27: ...fter the song "[[Bette Davis Eyes]]" became a hit single, Davis wrote letters to songwriters [[Donna Weiss...
  19. Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
    5: ...[[1871]]-[[1920]]) and Anna Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were A...
    17: ...''[[Love (1927 movie)|Love]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]). The latter two she starred in with the popula...
    25: ...''Love'', with John Gilbert in ([[1927 in film|1927]]).
    27: ...'[[Camille (movie)|Camille]]'' ([[1937 in film|1937]]) was called the finest ever recorded on film. S...
    29: ...'[[Camille (movie)|Camille]]'' ([[1937 in film|1937]]) and ''[[Ninotchka]]'' ([[1939 in film|1939]])....
  20. Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
    1: ...''Nicole (Mary) Kidman''' (born [[June 20]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academy Award]] winning [[Australia|Au...
    26: ...'s film ''[[Birth (movie)|Birth]]'' in which the 37 year-old actress' character falls in love with a ...
    50: ...eeks in the UK, also becoming the UK Christmas #1 Single for 2001).
    60: ...of 155 million A$ ([[Australian dollar]]s), or $107 million in [[United States dollar]]s.
    71: *''Watch the Shadows Dance'' (1987)

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