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- Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: | [[Image:bwvictoria.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <...
12: ...eir wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent a...
14: ...ristened Alexandrina Victoria, from birth she was formally [[Style (manner of address)|styled]] ''Her ...
16: ...ce the law at that time made no special provision for a child monarch, Victoria would have been eligib...
18: ...ed the match). Whatever Albert's original reasons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved t... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
3: image_name=Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg |
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7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
13: ...ruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning biographies, mag... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[...
5: ...wn for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collection of j...
11: ...relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the ...
17: ...Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]'s fondness of May, as well as her strong character and...
38: ...ce]], [[London]]. York Cottage was a modest house for royalty, but was a favourite of George, who like... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoin...
7: ...had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of t...
9: ...us Mozart]]. He performed a short musical concert for the Imperial Family. When the Empress asked him ...
17: ...ft [[Vienna]] in [[April]] [[1770]], when she was fourteen. The Empress's parting words to her sobbing...
21: [[image:Louis_xvi.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Marie-Antoinette'... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
4: ...ackground:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madeleine Albright]]
42: ...use]] staff member, where she was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]...
44: ...r for Scholars at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] following an international competition in which she ...
47: ... and [[Eastern Europe]]an Affairs at the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]], conductin...
49: In 1981 she co-founded the [[Center for National Policy]]. She also served as President ... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
1: [[Image:Gro Harlem Brundtland.jpg|thumb|Gro Harlem Brundt...
5: ...[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female ministers out of 18.
7: ...ominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
9: Brundtland became Norwegian Prime Minister for two subsequent terms - from May 9, [[1986]] unti...
11: ...American]] as their ''Policy Leader of the Year'' for coordinating a rapid worldwide response to stem ... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
7: ... councilman, state legislator, and Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mothe...
9: ...o [[Seattle, Washington]] in [[1983]] to campaign for [[Alan Cranston]]. She then moved to Seattle sub...
19: ...d her a job as vice president of [[RealNetworks]] for marketing. She succeeded with the live broadcast...
23: ...re. By the end of the year the stock was selling for less than $9/share. - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
1: {{Infobox Senator | name=Blanche Lincoln
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22: ...], and in [[U.S. Senate election, 1998|1998]] ran for the US Senate seat vacated by [[Dale Bumpers]].
24: ...d Forestry Committee; Senate Social Security Task Force; Rural Health Caucus; Senate New Democrat Coal...
26: ...] region. She is also the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus. - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
1: [[ Image:Irish_Stamp_Countess_Markievicz.jpg|right|thumb|C...
6: ... movement, joining [[Sinn F驮]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movem...
10: ...ection]], while in prison, Markiewicz was elected for the constituency of Dublin St Patrick's as one o...
12: ...or Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs|Minster for the Gaeltacht]].
14: ...sh Civil War]], and joined [[Fianna Fᩬ]] on its foundation in [[1926]]. She was not elected in the [... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ... at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ... Prime Minister in the world, as well as the only former American citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin...
6: ...ed States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]],...
10: ...was only eight years old, Golda oversaw the store for a short time each morning as her mother was buyi...
12: ... 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry an older man. Golda rebelled ... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
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4: |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| [[Image:Condoleezza Rice.jpg|200px|Secretary of State Con...
31: Before her appointment, Rice served as Bush's [[United...
34: ...own. Rice's father, John Wesley Rice, Jr., worked for Alma Powell's uncle as a high-school guidance co...
41: ...olitics taught by [[Josef Korbel]], the father of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. This e... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...ive political office. She resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of office t...
7: ...'MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
8: ...="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Robbo.jpg]]</td></tr>
15: ...><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</td></tr>
23: ...holic Church|Roman Catholics]]. Robinson was therefore born into a family that was a historical mix of... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eleanor_Roosevelt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|...
5: Mrs. Roosevelt was active in the formations of numerous institutions most notably the...
9: ...(See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
13: ...s still in her Uncle Teddy's good graces, Eleanor found herself at odds with his eldest daughter, [[Al...
15: ...would be close friends, Hickok suggested the idea for what would eventually become the Mrs. Roosevelt?... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
5: ...e Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
7: ...S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry]], and the [[U.S. Senate Special Committee ...
9: ...ators were selected by the state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in the U...
15: {{succession box | before=[[Spencer Abraham]] | title=[[U.S. Congressiona... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher...
3: ...background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:thatcher.jpg]]
27: ...tisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron L...
29: ...]. Thatcher also dispatched a [[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Arge...
31: ...atcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this. - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
1: [[Image:Susan Brownell Anthony - Age 28 - Project Gutenbe...
2: [[Image:Susan Brownell Anthony - Project Gutenberg eText ...
3: ... along with [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], led the effort to grant women the right to vote in the [[Unite...
7: ...ty in America, and becoming in [[1856]] the agent for New York state of the [[American Anti-Slavery So...
9: ...voted herself almost exclusively to the agitation for [[women's rights]], and became recognized as one... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...mage:Annie Besant - Project Gutenberg eText 13715.png|thumbnail|right|250px|'''Annie Besant''' activist...
4: ...had to leave both her children behind. She fought for the causes she thought were right, starting with...
7: ...he [[Theosophical Society]] she went to [[India]] for the first time (in [[1893]]). Thereafter she dev...
9: ... [[1906]]. In [[1908]] he was taken back into the fold through the agency of Besant, who had been elec...
11: ... Besant actively courted Hindu opinion more than former Theosophical leaders. This was a clear rever... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldman-4.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Emma Goldman, c. ...
3: ...ography]], [[Living my Life]], and other works, before taking part in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in [[1...
6: ...''[[What Is To Be Done]],'' which sowed the seeds for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude...
9: ...nt, and at twenty she became a [[revolution]]ary. Following the uproar over the hanging, Goldman left ...
10: [[Image:Goldmanberkman.jpe|thumb|240px|right|Goldman and ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: [[Image:Jane Austen (chopped) 2.jpg|thumb|Jane Austen, in...
2: [[Image:Jane Austen (House in Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of...
5: ...er and her mother lived with Frank and his family for several years until they moved in [[1809]] to [[...
7: ...Emma]]'', are often cited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to unearth new p...
10: :''That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and char... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
1: [[Image:cassatt_the_bath.jpg|thumb|right|225px|''The Chil...
4: ...arents believed travel was a way to learn, and before she was 10 years old, she visited many of the c...
8: ...r continued to resist her vocation, and paid only for her basic needs but not her art supplies. She re...
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [[1872]]. The Salon criti...
18: ...m|impressionists]], Cassatt quit painting to care for her mother and sister, who fell ill after moving...
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