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- Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[Mark I Calcul...
3: ...ng mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: ...rite a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to w...
7: ...was known as the A compiler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercia...
9: ...bler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her philosophy. - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[1881]] she was appointed professor at [[Stockholm University]],...
3: ...y, a Hungarian king in particular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surname to [[Matthias Co...
5: ...[Elizaveta Fyodorovna Schubert]] (1820-1879). She was granddaughter of [[Theodor Schubert]] aka [[Fyo...
7: ...s (and thus "justifying" the enormous effort that was put into the theory).
9: ...thetique'' Sonata]], to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very pro... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
6: ...endent of the nurse's training program there. She was then director of nursing at [[Columbia Presbyter...
8: ...m for US army nurses. During World War I, France awarded her the [[Medaille de l'Hygiene Publique]] (M...
12: ...Hall ([[1928]]-[[1984]]) at Presbyterian Hospital was named for her.
13: ...ton National Cemetery]]. [[Columbia University]] awarded her an honorary master of arts. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...competitive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as...
6: ...s talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ... the 1960s, including ''"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)",'' a much more soulful and impassio...
10: ...e Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''...
12: ...virtually unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she lat... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: Gubaidulina was born in [[Chistopol]], in the [[Tatar Republic]]...
5: ...tion of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], ...
11: ...on of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Pa...
38: ...''Quasi hoquetus'' for viola, bassoon, and piano (1984)
58: *''In Erwartung (В ожида... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...elder sister, [[Françoise Dorléac]], 1942-1967, was a popular actress before dying in a car crash). ...
6: ...Indochine]]'' and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
10: She was also nominated for a César Award for her roles in:
26: * ''[[Fort Saganne]]'' (1984) - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ... '''Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow''' but has always been known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter o...
5: ...as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking of leaving her. They divorced in [[1968...
9: .... Allen became infamously tainted for a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations...
16: ...] short subject with her famous mother. The short was ironically about famous mothers and their childr...
20: ... He has not spoken to or seen his father since he was 7, and is said to have a [[phobia]] of him. He r... - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
5: Foster was born in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]],...
7: ...of 14, she earned a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her role in [...
9: ...e]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy Awards]] as Best Actress for her role as a gang-rape ...
40: *''[[The Blood of Others]]'' (1984)
41: *''[[The Hotel New Hampshire]]'' (1984) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...as nominated for four other Emmys and two [[Tony Award]]s during the course of her more than 70-year a...
5: ... became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunch proponent of publicizing the dangers o...
10: ...in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]...
12: ...friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
19: ...apidly that she was almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in sm... - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
3: ...[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]]. She was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], the daughte...
5: ...y|sitcom]] ''[[Mad About You]]'', winning [[Emmy Award]]s for her performance in [[1996]], [[1997]], [...
7: ...ack Nicholson]]), for which she won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1998]].
9: ...actress to win both an [[Emmy]] and an [[Academy Award]] in the same year.
11: Hunt was married to [[actor]] [[Hank Azaria]] on [[July 1... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...neer Riccardo Scicolone and grew up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: ... beauty contests, were she won several prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer ...
13: ...he first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language per...
15: During the 1960s Loren was one of the most popular actresses in the world, ...
21: ...ier Old Men]]'' playing a femme fatale opposite [[Walter Matthau]] and [[Jack Lemmon]]. - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...une 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] ...
6: ... and more have gone for the theory that Mortensen was in fact her true father.
8: .... After Marilyn's death, Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which t...
10: ...State Mental Hospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis,...
12: ..., opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent and more unhappy than her scree... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
5: ...[1979]]), and ''[[Sophie's Choice]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[1982]]).
7: ... it. As she would say when collecting her [[Emmy award]] for ''[[Angels in America]]'', "There are som...
13: By the year [[2000]], Streep was arguably the most recognized film actor in the w...
17: ==Awards==
18: ...atabase]] (link below). Summarized below are her awards from the best recognized institutions. - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumbnail|right|Fanny Blankers-Koen speeding towards the gold medal in the final of the 80 m [...
3: ...that time, she was already a mother of two, which was unheard of at a time where female athletes were ...
5: ...international competition was hampered by [[World War II]], Blankers-Koen set several world records du...
7: ...e Dutch female track and field team. In 1999, she was voted "Female Athlete of the Century" by the [[I...
11: ...ating]] and [[running]]. It soon became clear she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which ... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
3: ...mpic Games|Olympic]] medals, and the first to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic...
5: ...aughter of Gheorghe and Stefania-Alexandrina; she was named after "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of ...
7: ... [[1975]] European Championships in [[Skien]], Norway, winning three gold medals and one silver. At t...
11: ...le in 1977, but the Romanian team controversially walked out of the competition during event finals to...
13: ...ed the field after the compulsory competition but was hospitalized prior to the optional portion of th... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ... Games|Olympic]] Gold Medal in the same year. She was ranked the World No. 1 player for a record 377 w...
6: Steffi was introduced to tennis by her father [[Peter Graf]...
10: ...on the tour were often declined as Steffi's focus was kept very much on on-court play. Working with he...
14: ...yable. Though she chose tennis as her career, she was also a top 400 metre runner in her youth and cou...
22: ...ed up a women's doubles Olympic Bronze Medal. She was named the 1988 [[BBC Sports Personality of the Y... - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: ... one bronze [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals. She was named after [[Jackie Kennedy]]. She lives in [[E...
4: ...n event (during the 1986 [[Goodwill Games]]). She was inspired to compete in multi-discipline events a...
6: ...Olympic [[triple jump]] in [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]. [[Sports Illustrated]] voted her the greatest ...
8: ...meningitis]]. By the time she arrived, her mother was in a coma and brain dead. Since her father could...
10: Perhaps her greatest challenge, however, was physical. She suffers from exercise-induced [[as... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...he ''[[diva]]'' or ''[[prima donna]]'' of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an inte...
3: ...] titles. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the...
8: ...nnis and gain strength. Her first try at the game was in 1910, when she played on the tennis court at ...
10: ...nis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hold.
18: ... win another gold medal in the mixed doubles. She was eliminated in the women's doubles semi-final (pl... - Shirley Muldowney (1811 bytes)
2: ...ormous opposition from those who felt drag racing was no place for women. [[Don Garlits]], the "Big Da...
3: ...Muldowney. She went against all odds. They didn't want her to race Top Fuel, the association, the race...
4: Muldowney was described by longtime drag racer [[Fred Farndon]...
8: ...rley Muldowney is married to [[Rahn Tobler]], who was her [[crew chief]]. After Muldoney's retirement,...
10: Muldowney was portrayed by actress [[Bonnie Bedelia]] in the 1... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
5: ...ertová''' in 1956. Her parents divorced when she was three, and in [[1962]] her mother Jana married M...
11: ... her weight in the early years of her career (and was at one point unflatteringly labelled the “Grea...
14: ...figure of '''Martina Navratilova''' at [[Prague]] wax museum]]
19: ...nded a [[Navratilova's 74-match winning streak in 1984|74-match winning streak]] (a record for a profess...
21: ...chieved between 1983 and [[1985]]. (Navrátilová was ranked the World No. 1 doubles player for a peri...
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