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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...eat''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novemb...
5: ...onths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by ...
11: ...tion the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status here...
13: ...the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the mode...
17: ...|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd sta... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what ...
5: ... [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the e...
10: ...dash;1748) and about the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ''Inquiry Concerning...
14: ...ing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any su...
23: ... Englishman [[John Mills]], and the German, [[Gottfried Sellius]]. Diderot accepted the proposal, but ... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...metime '''Count Dohna''', was Queen of [[Sweden]] from [[1632]] to [[1654]], was the daughter of King ...
10: ...op of the realm''") <!-- Official English version from www.royalcourt.se -->
22: ...he was educated in the manner typical of men, and frequently wore men's clothes (such as dresses with ...
25: ...Maria Eleonora]] of [[Prussia|Brandenburg]], came from the [[Hohenzollern]] family. She was a woman of...
27: - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
12: ... later when the Duchess of Marlborough was banned from court during the [[War of the Spanish Successio...
15: ...nce of Sarah Jennings, who would become her close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jen...
19: ...rth to a son ([[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]) in [[1688]], for a Roman Catholic ...
22: ...ffices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed from the Royal Household, leading Princess Anne to a...
24: ...mplete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from making her his Regent during his military campa... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...9]] until her death, and as Queen of [[Scotland]] from [[11 April]] 1689 until her death. Mary, a [[Pr...
15: ...ash; he preferred that Mary marry the heir to the French Throne, the [[Louis, the Grand Dauphin|Dauphi...
20: ...o a son—[[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]—in June [[1688]], for the son...
24: ...en. The only precedent for a joint monarchy dated from the sixteenth century: when Queen [[Mary I of E...
26: ...ffered the Crown not to James's eldest son, James Francis Edward (who would have been the heir-apparen... - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
1: ...]] [[1437]]) was the Queen consort of [[England]] from [[1420]] till [[1422]].
3: ...f Valois was the daughter of King [[Charles VI of France]] and [[Isabeau de Bavi貥]]. She was born o...
5: ...ng on her nationality. The regents kept her away from her child, and she turned for comfort to [[Owen... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...VII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ... [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was born at the...
13: ...as flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred to speak Germ...
15: ... was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...arewell, my dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent the... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
12: ...t easy because they were avoiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers ...
20: # [[David Astor|Francis David Langhorne Astor]] (1912-2001) - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
17: ...llan]] and was victorious after receiving support from a successful coalition of veterans, women, and ...
23: ...erally a supporter of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s economic recovery legislat... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...ted Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]], from [[1997]] to [[2002]]. She first rose to promine...
25: ...the time Catholics were forbidden by church rules from studying in Trinity, founded by [[Elizabeth I o...
31: ...n requirement that all women upon marriage resign from the civil service and to the right to the legal...
43: ...n Rogers]]. Shortly afterwards, Robinson resigned from the party in protest at the [[Anglo-Irish Agree...
51: ...tical parties (even ones he had himself founded), from [[Clann na Poblachta]] to Fianna Fᩬ, Labour ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
4: ...he causes she thought were right, starting with [[freedom of thought]], [[women's rights]], [[birth co...
7: ... to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and progress.
11: ...cal leaders. This was a clear reversal of policy from Blavatsky and Olcott's very public conversion t...
13: ...his brother Nitya were brought up by Theosophists from that moment on, with a subsequent lawsuit filed...
15: ...ife, but never really succeeded. The two remained friends, though, until the end of her life. - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
5: ...l-health. It is now thought she may have suffered from [[Addison's disease]], the cause of which was t...
12: ...ents in the life of the middle and upper classes, from which her subjects are generally taken. Her cha...
14: ...h she began and completed her novels is different from that of their publication. They are:
33: *Love and Freindship [sic] - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attendi...
12: ...mooned in [[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on the...
14: Friend and author [[Henry James]] once wrote of her:
21: ...'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she faded from public view to some degree. - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ...Since her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style wa...
18: ... marry [[Pierantonio Stiattesi]], a modest artist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple mov...
24: ...nd the protection of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecial...
26: ...was rising. The success and the fashion radiating from her figure fueled many voices about her private...
28: From this period we remember the [[La Conversione de... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
1: [[Image:MaryPicford.jpg|right|frame|Mary Pickford]]
9: ...Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series of disap...
15: ...f his death, Pickford reportedly began to weep in front of her new husband, Rogers, saying "My darling...
27: ...,000 and complete control over her films, ranging from script to the final cut.
36: ...ies she had made in her prime) was shocked by her frail appearance and her nearly unintelligible speec... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ... (circa [[1365]] - circa [[1430]]) was a [[France|French]] [[poet]] and was one of a number of female ...
9: ...d office as [[astrologer]] to King [[Charles V of France|Charles V]]. At fifteen Christine married ɴi...
13: ...ard II of England|Richard II]] with [[Isabella of France]] (1396), took her elder son, [[Jean du Caste...
15: ..., where she enjoyed the favour of [[Charles VI of France|Charles VI]], the dukes of Berry and Burgundy...
21: ...vertus'' contains details of domestic life in the France of the early 15th century not supplied by mor...
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