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- Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...the simple but literary [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] in which her works are composed, it is ...
3: ...it is thought that these refer to [[Henry II of England]] and his oldest son, [[William, Count of Poit...
7: * Burgess, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Cont...
14: *[[Anglo-Norman literature]] - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
5: ...ddition to making close friends with [[Amedeo Modigliani]], [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Serge Diaghilev]], an...
7: ...s the ''[[Salon d'Automne]]'' in Paris. Back in England, she taught at the [[Westminster Technical Ins...
21: Nina Hamnett died in London, England in 1965. - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
13: ...the occasion of the marriage of [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] with [[Isabella of France]] (1396...
15: ...to her pretensions as a moralist. [[Henry IV of England]] desired her to make his court her home, and ...
19: ...urt]] and subsequent occupation of Paris by the English and Burgundians, she retired to a [[convent]].
25: ... himself translated, by order of [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]], her ''Livre des faitz d'armes, ci... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
- Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
9: ...ould be written in a language that was close to English rather than in [[machine code]] or in language... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
- Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
26: ...rapidly grow, with new homes opening all over the globe. The order's first house outside India was in ...
35: ...l Peace Prize]], "for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also con...
77: ...than 450,000 women in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) had been systematically [[rape]]d, giving...
86: ...it, and the gesture is as innocent and well-meaningly innocuous as chasing a fly away with a wave of t...
113: ... sisters' approach to managing pain was "disturbingly lacking". The formulary at the facility Fox visi... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...n|captured and delivered her]] to the [[England|English]]. Clergymen found her guilty of [[heresy]] an...
7: ... prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
12: ... [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by the English since the previous October.
16: ...n from [[May 4]]–[[May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines ...
18: ... to pieces near [[Patay]], with a loss of 2,200 English soldiers versus only a little over 20 French a... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
11: ...ecily Lefort]] was also executed at Ravensbr?In England, Denise Bloch is recorded on the [[Brookwood M... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
6: ...]] (U.S.), she grew up eating traditional [[New England]] food prepared by the family maid. After grad...
16: ...he [[French language | French]] into [[American English]], making the recipes detailed, interesting, a...
20: ... articles and a regular column for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' newspaper. - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
- Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
- Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
9: ...[Kenya]]n jungle which centers on the [[love triangle]] portrayed by Kelly, [[Clark Gable]], and [[Ava...
15: ...m career entirely, but followed his wishes grudgingly. - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ... Convent of the Sacred Heart in [[Roehampton]], England, along with fellow actress-to-be [[Maureen O'S...
7: ...g a theater legend, in two films: ''[[Fire Over England]]'' and ''[[21 Days]]'' (The latter of which w...
24: *''[[Fire Over England]]'' ([[1937]]) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...salesman]] for the studio where Marilyn's mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. ...
8: ...pting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...walk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital nea...
12: ... homes, in which she was subjected to abuse and neglect. However, there is no evidence that Marilyn ha...
20: ...n [[1950]] and especially with ''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]'' released the same year. - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
- Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
5: Billie Jean King won the triple crown for singles, doubles, and mixed doubles in the [[United Sta...
7: ... hard.) She is one of only 9 players to hold a singles title in each of the [[Grand Slam in tennis]] e...
9: ...ivorced Larry King. She received an award from [[GLAAD]] - an organisation devoted to reducing discri...
14: *[[Australian Open]] - 1 singles title
15: *[[French Open]] - 1 singles title - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...age:SuzanneLenglen1920.jpg|thumb|right|Suzanne Lenglen, sometimes labelled the ''[[diva]]'' or ''[[pri...
3: '''Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen''' ([[24 May]] [[1899]] – [[4 July]], [[1...
8: ... his daughter was so frail and sickly, Charles Lenglen, the owner of a carriage company, decided that ...
10: ...nal and international tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hold.
14: ...be one of the hallmarks in tennis history, saw Lenglen saving two match points and winning in 10&ndash... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...bles and 9 mixed doubles). She won the women's singles title at [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] ...
9: ...d professional. She won her first professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in [[1974]].
11: ...rs of her career (and was at one point unflatteringly labelled the “Great Wide Hope” by the [[jour...
15: Navrátilová won her first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon in [[1978]], where she defea...
17: ...[1981]] Navrátilová won her third Grand Slam singles title by defeating Evert in the final of the Au... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ... Ruth]]) after she hit five [[home run]]s in a single [[baseball]] game.
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