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- Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
1: [[Image:MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg|thumb|Margaret Sanger.]]
2: ...the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...n subsequent years by a second son and a daughter who died in childhood.
7: ... [[Comstock Law|Comstock Law of 1873]] which outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contracepti...
9: ...al ''The Birth Control Review and Birth Control News''. She also contributed articles on health for t... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...lieved travel was a way to learn, and before she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals ...
6: ... to study the [[Old Masters|old masters]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
8: ... her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
10: ...ums, her style matured, and in Paris, she studied with [[Camille Pissarro]]. - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...ates|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaking new ground for female pilots, and remembered for her ...
6: ...a spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mother's parents.
8: ...bbyist. She was even featured in local newspapers while she taught English.
10: ...rhart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
14: ... Lindbergh]]'s solo flight. However, strong north winds, icy conditions and mechanical problems force... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ... 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ... themes were female sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually ...
8: ...imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...er to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...lowed to continue until June [[1904]] when Marina was despatched to school in [[Lausanne]]. Changes i... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ...orld. Ms. Coleman was married briefly to Charles Wilson Pankey.
4: ...d Agricultural and Normal University, Oklahoma (now Langton University) until her funds ran out.
6: ... than African-American women because French women were pilots already.
8: ...oyant personality and her beauty to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause.
10: ...owever, she learned quickly: in seven months, she was granted a pilot's license. - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
2: ...] - [[August 24]], [[1979]]) was a famous [[World War II]] [[Germany|German]] [[test pilot]], and a f...
4: ... the first woman to fly the Alps in a glider, and was rather photogenic. Several of her gliding recor...
6: ...ery night inside the arena of the Berlin Motor Show.
8: ...e with Diamonds. She survived many accidents and was badly injured several times.
10: ...f V-1s were so equipped as ''Reichenberg''s, they were never used in combat. (See [[Selbstopfer]]) - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...ember 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
3: ... [[life sciences]] and [[material sciences]], and was co-investigator in the [[Bone]] Cell Research e...
5: ...on to her extensive background in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studi...
7: ...ngeles, she resumed her medical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
9: Dr. Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur,... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ...hristmas, the 24th)–[[April 12]], [[1912]]) was a pioneer American [[teacher]], [[nurse]], and...
6: ... at age 4, she she could already spell 3 syllable words, and surprised her teacher by spelling "artic...
8: ...early indication of what would become Clara's lifework.
12: ...d to teach in a private school in [[Bordentown, New Jersey]], Barton recognized the community's need ...
14: ...rk Office|Patent Office]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] where she learned the ins and outs of the federal b... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...competitive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked a...
6: ...s talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...iod, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming."
10: ... pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a...
12: ...virtually unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she la... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...servatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
5: ...er final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
7: ..., a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s championing of...
11: ...the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...'Eleanora Fagan''', she had a difficult childhood which affected her life and career.
7: ...er mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
9: ...eatening to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
14: ... first-ever recording was "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" ([[1933]]).
16: ...o Theater]] to glowing reviews. The performance, with pianist (and then-lover) [[Bobby Henderson]], ... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...oice. Joplin released four [[album]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumo...
4: ...There, she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...ess of their early singles led to the album being withheld until after their subsequent success.
10: ...ured more raw emotional performances and together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into ... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...s]], and a huge influence on the singers who followed her.
5: ...op a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'s "81" Theat...
7: ...tours for the rest of the year (traveling in her own railroad car), Bessie Smith became the highest-p...
9: ...m appearance, starring in a two-reeler based on [[W. C. Handy]]'s "[[St. Louis Blues]]." In the film,...
11: ...st inaudible guest visit. Hammond was not pleased with the result, preferring to have Bessie back in ... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ... '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: ... encouraged her to believe she had supernatural powers at a very early age.
7: ...phenomena with Emma Cutting (later Emma Coulomb), which closed after dissatisfied customers complaine...
9: ...n the area of [[theory]] and [[laws]] of how they work rather than performing them herself.
11: ..."Lamastery") where her work ''[[Isis Unveiled]]'' was created. - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: <div style="float:right;width:200px;margin-left:5px"><center>[[Image:AimeeS...
3: ...known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensation in the [[...
7: ... difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
9: ...e of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local cle...
11: <div style="float:left;width:160px;margin-right:5px;text-align:center">[[I... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
2: ...hich means "Observing the Sounds of the [[Samsara|World]]".
4: ...uage|Korean]], she is called '''Kwan-um''' or '''Kwan-se-um'''. In [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]...
6: ... female, Kuan Yin is usually depicted as a woman, whereas Avalokitesvara in other countries is usuall...
10: ...[[Japan]] by way of [[Korea]] soon after Buddhism was first introduced into the country from the mid-...
12: ...ed as a beautiful, white-robed woman, a depiction which derives from the earlier ''[[Pandaravasini]]'... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
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3: ...h-day Adventism]]. Most of her life she lived and worked in the [[United States]], except for a perio...
5: ...dvocated [[vegetarianism]]). She was a [[leader]] who emphasized [[education]] and [[health]] and pro...
7: ...an 100 titles are available in English. Among her works is the popular Christian book, ''Steps to Chr...
9: ...re to studying the Word of God, and preparing the world for the Second [[Advent]], or second coming o... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...umb|Image of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des A...
2: ... people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: ...arles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
7: ...irs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of E...
10: ...ical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]] - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...out of the film industry after [[World War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
5: ...The Blue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ...ocumented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
9: ...t railways on the stadium to shoot the stadium crowd.
11: [[Image:Egzekucja.jpg|thumb|right|150px|22 Jews digging their graves, picture by Leni Riefenstah... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...ust 6]], [[1911]] – [[April 26]], [[1989]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]]...
4: ...er and grandparents. In [[1925]], after a romance with a local bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enro...
5: ...th. Her grandfather who she considered her father was sued once for money, then again for prison sent...
7: ...the "royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
9: ...ined a knee injury and performed in [[U.S.O.]] shows instead). They initially divorced in [[1945]], b...
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