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- Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...is time that they spent together sheltered Amelia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of E...
8: ... lessons from [[Neta Snook]]. With financial help from some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her ...
10: ...gan to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic cross...
14: ...Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...Oakland, California]]. Later that year she soloed from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to ... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...ally began in the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her ecce...
8: ...ghly literate woman. She was also volatile and a (frustrated) concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Poli...
10: ... but deeply wrapped up in his studies and distant from his family. He was also still deeply in love wi...
12: ...g the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
14: ...oloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor. - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...hylis Wheatley''', was born in [[Senegal]] in [[Africa]], but was captured and sold into [[slavery]] ...
9: ... of John and Susannah Wheatley, Phillis married a free black grocer named John Peters. She herself did...
14: ...''Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and Slave'' (Boston: Published by Geo. W. Lig...
19: * [[Slave narrative]], [[African-American literature]]
22: ...on/center/main_pages/madison_archives/era/african/free/wheatley/poems/poems.htm JMU site with her poem... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ...1892]] - [[April 30]], [[1926]]) was the first [[African American]] woman to become an [[airplane]] pi...
4: ...alk and pencils. Nevertheless, Coleman graduated from eighth grade and briefly attended college at Co...
6: ...n were better than African-American women because French women were pilots already.
8: ...oleman received financial backing from Binga, and from the Chicago Defender, who capitalized on her fl...
10: ...n. Coleman was the only non-white student at her French flight school, and she learned while using a ... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
- Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...y in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
19: ...ted to each other and they became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Ni...
33: ...anizing patient care. Although she met resistance from the doctors and officers, her changes vastly im...
45: ...r030502 CBC story: 'Florence Nightingale suffered from bipolar disorder']
47: In response to an invitation from Queen Victoria, and despite the limitations of ... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...o Europe in [[1955]], and Argerich studied with [[Friedrich Gulda]] in [[Switzerland]]. She later stud...
7: ...], [[Maurice Ravel]], [[Sergei Prokofiev]], and [[Franz Liszt]]. A few years later she recorded Chopin...
9: ...certo No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]. From [[1969]] to [[1973]], Argerich was married to [...
11: ...r pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appear as member of the jury of important... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: [[Image:Joni Mitchell-Both Sides Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the c...
5: ...singer Chuck Mitchell in [[1965]]. She performed frequently in coffee houses and [[folk clubs]] and b...
9: ...ms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails.
11: ...inspired by stories told by her producer and then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selli...
13: ...y diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]] of [[Bur... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: Alanis's Surname "Morissette" is French in origin. Her [[1995]] international debut ...
12: ...er early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you o...
23: ...he would later write about in songs such as "UR" (from the album ''[[Supposed Former Infatuation Junki...
38: ...is''. The album attempted to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''N...
42: ...to [[Nashville]] a few months later also proved unfruitful. - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lucinda Williams-Sweet Old World.jpg|frame|right|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her alb...
10: ...orded a bowdlerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song bec...
16: ...ontaining the single "Still I Long for Your Kiss" from the [[Robert Redford]] film ''[[The Horse Whisp...
18: ...With God", an atypically uptempo gospel-rock tune from the otherwise rather low-key release. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
7: ...closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
13: ...arriage was not consummated either. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce...
15: ... [[nineteenth century]] that took its inspiration from [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]]. Madame Blavatsky...
21: ...ght's disease]] of the kidneys, and complications from [[influenza]], Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky...
59: ...d The Secret Doctrine'' by [[Max Heindel]] (1933; from Max Heindel writings & with introduction by [[M... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
9: ...axhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though ...
11: ...counted that she felt a vocation to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for mission...
15: ...946]], by her own account, she received a calling from [[God]] "to serve Him among the poorest of the ...
17: ...ntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the municipal authorit...
24: ...emple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free [[hospice]] for the poor. Soon after she opened... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[16th century]], embraced as a cultural symbol in French patriotic circles since the [[19th century]],...
4: ...ponsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred ...
7: ...[[Duke of Orl顮s]] and later of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a...
11: ...876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael...
16: ...May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines on [[May 8]]. The lifting... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
20: In 1944, [[Alfred Hitchcock]] cast her as journalist and cynic Co...
24: ...falling star in the Sixties. Bankhead never faded from the public eye, but was increasingly a caricatu...
26: ...ad died in New York City of [[pneumonia]] arising from [[influenza]], complicated further by [[emphyse...
28: ...he was married only once, to actor [[John Emery]] from 1937-1941. - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
2: ...]] – [[March 26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|French]] stage actress.
4: ...Bernard, a French lawyer, and she was educated in French Catholic convents. To support herself, she co...
8: ...us productions. One of the earliest was a reading from ''Ph褲e'' by [[Jean Racine]], at [[Thomas Edis...
14: Sarah Bernhardt was made a member of France's [[Legion of Honor]] in 1914.
16: ...s buried in [[Le P貥 Lachaise Cemetery]], Paris, France. - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
5: ...he attended an exclusive prep school, the [[Lyc饠Fran硩s de Los Angeles]], before going on to [[Yale...
9: ...the [[French language]] that she has performed in French films. Foster won the first of her two [[Gold...
49: *''[[Freaky Friday]]'' (1976) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
1: [[Image:KH_40s-10.jpg|frame|right|Katharine Hepburn]]
5: ... encouragement, were unafraid of expressing their frank views on various topics, including sex. "We w...
7: ... teens, winning a bronze medal for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, sho...
10: ... check... Katharine Hepburn's mother got a degree from BM in history and philosophy; can this be a mis...
12: ...atonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn wa... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
11: ...d the Passion]]'',(in which she co-starred with [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Cary Grant]], the latter to wh...
13: ...ss, especially in Italian projects where she more freely expressed herself, although she gained profie...
15: ...elling album of comedic songs and also reportedly from whom she had to fend off romantic advances.
21: ...ren was the first movie star to launch a personal fragrance) but made very well-received appearances i...
67: *''[[Africa Under the Seas]]'' (1953) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
12: ...e was declared a ward of the state. Gladys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guard...
15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]...
23: ...yn and her unique connection with the [[camera]]. From this point on, audiences were spellbound and Mo...
36: [[Image:dmm.jpg|frame|right|Monroe and Joe DiMaggio on their wedding... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
3: ...tars, named ''La Divine'' (the divine one) by the French press.
8: ...d her at a later age. Because his daughter was so frail and sickly, Charles Lenglen, the owner of a ca...
10: ... the [[French Open]], was only open to members of French clubs until 1925.) She lost to reigning champ...
14: The French championships were not held again until [[192...
16: ...d Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the French woman who also casually sipped [[brandy]] bet...
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