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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
2: ...[[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolut...
4: ...aby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: ...eady had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ...sidered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]] - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
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7: | 64th Secretary of State
12: | '''Predecessor:'''
13: | [[Warren Christopher]] - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...to; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...sband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2...
5: ==Early Years==
6: ...luded active participation in various social causes.
8: ...le of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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2: |+ <font size="+1">'''The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell'''</font>
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12: | '''Predecessor:'''
15: | '''Successor:''' - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...o serve as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]].
3: ...pg|left|Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to US Senate]]
5: ...nessee]] in [[Humphreys County, Tennessee|Humphreys County]].
7: ...ildren and home and her husband practiced law and started a political career.
9: ... elected to the [[United States Senate]] where he served until he died in office in [[1931]]. - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
1: <div style="float:right">[[image:Sarah_Churchill.jpg]]</div>
2: ...e|William of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ...n in conflict with the architect, [[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh]].
6: ...the prince and his family, however, even after this plan had failed.
7: {{start box}} - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
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12: ...[1981]], to [[Peter Davis (New Zealand)|Peter Davis]] - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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3: ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Image:indirag.jpg|Indira Gandhi]]
8: ! Date of Demise:
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
14: ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Prime Minister of India]] - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...pe death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[1930s]].
5: ...ects of Bolshevism and opted to join the Mensheviks.
7: ...inism]]. The Zhenodtel was eventually closed by [[Stalin]] in [[1930]].
11: ...ch Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined.
13: ... Soviet delegation to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in [[1952]]. - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ...ht|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ...to Israel after graduate school and was never a U.S. citizen).
4: ==Born in the Russian empire==
6: ... [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906== - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
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2: |+ style="font-size:larger; margin-left:1em"|'''Janet Reno'''
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9: |style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Term of Office'''
12: |'''Predecessor''' - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: ...also the name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poet)]]''
3: ... office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
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7: ...caption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption> - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ... an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
5: ... of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...s branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
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7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
9: |'''PM Predecessor:''' - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...?" The case came to be known as the '''Persons Case'''.
5: ...phy]] (the [[British Empire|British Empire's]] first woman judge);
6: ...'s leader, activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
7: ...mous [[suffragist]] and member of the Alberta legislature);
8: ...f two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
1: ... and a symbol of resistance to [[British raj|British rule]] in India.
5: ... horse riding, fencing and shooting, when she was still a child.
7: ... November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years old.
10: ...ex the state of Jhansi under the [[Doctrine of Lapse]].
12: ...i Jhansi nahi doongi'' (I will not give up my Jhansi). - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
1: ...oject Gutenberg eText 15220.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Susan Brownell Anthony, aged 28]]
2: ...oject Gutenberg eText 15220.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Susan Brownell Anthony]]
3: ...rant women the right to vote in the [[United States]].
5: ...w York|Rochester, New York]]. While in Rochester, she attended the [[Unitarian Church]].
7: ...for New York state of the [[American Anti-Slavery Society]]. - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...sant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
2: ...eosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[writer]] and [[orator]].
4: ...Fabian socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
5: ...lavatsky]] in [[1889]] and writing a review on this book.
7: ...l Society, but also to India's freedom and progress. - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
3: ... usually militantly violent) and an early [[feminist]].
5: ...'s Suffrage Societies (the [[NUWSS]]), a position she held from [[1897]] until [[1919]].
7: ...y is still preserved in the name of the [[Fawcett Society]].
9: ...e [[Cambridge University]] mathematics examinations. - Lucretia Mott (3249 bytes)
3: ... [[women's rights]] proponent, and an [[abolitionist]].
5: ...very early 1800s. Lucretia Mott was one of the first Quaker women to do advocacy work for [[abolition...
7: ... "conscientious objector" status to [[war resistors]].
9: ...830s]] she helped establish two anti-slavery groups.
11: ...icult to obtain divorce, and fathers were given custody of children. - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
4: ... 16 November]] [[1954]] she gave birth to another son (Jon Garth Murray) by a different father.
6: ==An American atheist==
7: ... magazine]] referred to Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
9: ...[[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Garth. - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
1: ...st.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|'''Christabel Pankhurst''']]
3: ..., [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], [[England]].
5: ...elf imprisoned on many occasions for her principles.
7: ...States]] where she eventually became an [[evangelist]].
9: She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1936. - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
1: ...mage:Emmeline_Pankhurst.jpg|frame|Emmeline Pankhurst]]
3: ...er, which is associated with the struggle for votes for women in the period immediately preceding [[W...
5: ...tial contribution to the campaign in different ways.
7: ... died ten years after seeing her most ardently pursued goal come to fruition: the right to vote for w... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
1: ...[Image:MID_0330001169_5mb.jpg|thumb|Sylvia Pankhurst]]
3: ...ptember 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] movement.
5: ...ankhurst|Christabel]], would also become an activist.
7: ...e. But in contrast to them she retained her interest in the labour movement.
9: ...ught]]'', which subsequently became the ''[[Workers Dreadnought]]''. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...sa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
2: ...us]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
3: ==Civil rights and political activity==
4: ...; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
6: ...k School]], an education center for workers' rights and [[racial equality]]. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
1: ...e:MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg|thumb|Margaret Sanger.]]
2: ...trol. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...ng year, followed in subsequent years by a second son and a daughter who died in childhood.
7: ...semination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...th for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
1: ...hCadyStanton.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot.]]
2: ... [[women's rights]] movement in the [[United States]].
4: ...was voted upon and carried, demanding voting rights for women.
6: ...olumes by various writers in 1922. Stanton was also active internationally, and in 1888 helped prepa...
8: ...eft|thumb|Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her later years.]] - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
1: [[Image:Steinem.jpg|right|thumb|195px| Gloria Steinem.]]
2: ...She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.
5: ...do, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to support them both.
8: ...1956]] and left to study in [[India]] for two years.
9: ...ion of her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]]. - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
1: [[Image:Sojourner_Truth_01.jpg|thumb|Sojurner Truth]]
3: ...ner". The year of her birth is uncertain, but is usually taken to be 1797.
5: ...ierson]] in evangelical preaching on street-corners.
7: [[image:Sojourner_Truth.jpg|thumb|left|Sojurner Truth]]
8: ...ted commentary delivered in [[1851]] at the Women's Convention in [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Ohio]]. - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ... significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist poets]].
3: ...s of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalinism]].
5: ...d does not appear to have been happy; her parents separated in [[1905]].
7: ... [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian [[Lev Gumilyov]].
9: ...], with several poems written in the form of correspondence between the two. - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ...in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
2: ...).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: ...parently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her fiction.
5: ...re two months later and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]].
7: ...ied, upper-class English women in the early [[1800s]]. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...eme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
8: ...[[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
10: ... version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
1: ...ary Cassatt]]. ([[1893]]). Oil on canvas. [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. ]]
2: ...dash; [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...e capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]].
6: ...ers]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
8: ...o paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe. - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ... Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]...
3: ...heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...avaggio]] during that period, her style was just as heavily influenced in turn.
9: ... Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...h had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists). - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: ...n [[Sun Prairie, Wisconsin|Sun Prairie]], [[Wisconsin]].
4: ...h often transformed the subject into a powerful abstract image.
6: ...d teaching at [[Columbia College]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].
8: ...s interpretations of landscapes in the American West.
10: ... and his wife divorced. In [[1924]], O'Keeffe and Stieglitz married. - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartment at the end of ...
2: ...had been the norm for centuries rather than Pizan's invention.
4: ...y various ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three children.
5: ...f Orleans]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...ave recourse to [[literature | letters]] as a means of livelihood. - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...emale pilots, and remembered for her mysterious disappearance during a flight over the [[Pacific Ocea...
6: ... years of her life living with her mother's parents.
8: ...eatured in local newspapers while she taught English.
10: ...]]. Earhart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
12: ==Flights== - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
1: ...[United States|American]] [[aviator | pilot]] and squadron commander during [[World War II]].
3: ...ion, she worked in various jobs in [[aviation]]. She married Robert Maclure Love in [[1936]].
5: ...r Company]], testing various aircraft modifications including the new [[tricycle landing gear]].
7: ...ith her as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] the squadron merged with the
8: [[Women?s Flying Training Detachment]] to become the - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tsvetaeva.jpg|right]]
3: ...892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...y|Acmeism]] and [[Russian Symbolist poetry|symbolism]].
8: ... cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ... to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor. - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...al and Bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs with both men and women.
3: ...[[Vassar College]]. After her graduation in 1917, she moved to New York City.
5: ...y]] in 1923, for ''The Harp-Weaver, and Other Poems''.
7: ... years her junior, for whom a number of her sonnets were written.
9: ...racy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fascism." - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...ciety and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Group]].
7: ...ore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...ined some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]].
11: ...er against the dark," and her literary achievements and creativity are influential even today.
13: ...ic narrative encompassing almost entire English history. - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ...tigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.
6: ... Press]] named her "''Woman of the Year in Business''."
8: ... get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstick.
10: ...ing with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family. - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ...d. Ms. Coleman was married briefly to Charles Wilson Pankey.
3: <table align=right><tr><td>[[Image:BessieColeman.jpg]]</td></tr></table>
4: ..., Oklahoma (now Langton University) until her funds ran out.
6: ...can-American women because French women were pilots already.
8: ...y to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause. - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
1: ...age:Hanna_Reistch.jpg|thumb|right|288px|Hanna Reitsch in the Fa 61]]
2: ... a famous [[World War II]] [[Germany|German]] [[test pilot]], and a favourite of the upper echelon of...
4: ...genic. Several of her gliding records stand to this day.
6: ... every night inside the arena of the Berlin Motor Show.
8: ... many accidents and was badly injured several times. - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: ...a Savitskaya]] ([[1982]]), both from the former [[Soviet Union]].
3: [[Image:SallyRide.jpeg|right]]
5: ...She has cumulatively spent more than 343 hours in space.
7: ...sor of physics at the [[University of California, San Diego]].
9: ... explosion]] and the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]]. - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...2]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
3: ...elab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ... in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]].
7: ...r medical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
9: ...ecatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ... [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a description of
3: ...Charles Babbage]]'s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the [[analytical engine]].
6: ... left England for good a few days later. He never saw either again.
8: ...]] society, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in her youth.
11: ...e'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada Lovelace'''. - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
1: [[Image:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Rosalind Franklin]]
2: ... fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
5: ...sh refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ... had been equally involved in the work. It seemed she had little choice but to return to England. - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mattehistorie germain.jpg|frame|Sophie Germain]]
3: ...il 1]], [[1776]] – [[June 27]], [[1831]]) was a [[France|French]] [[mathematician]].
5: ...rom several courses at [[ɣole Polytechnique]], a school which did not admit women.
7: ...eveal her identity to him. Lagrange apparently considered her a talented mathematician and became her...
9: ...te to him admitting she was female, to which he responded: - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...an]] [[cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologist]].
5: ...lems of child rearing, personality, and culture. (Source: ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', Fifth Editio...
7: ...al public to read and learn from her works--remains firm.
9: She died in [[New York]] on [[15 November]] [[1978]...
11: == ''Coming of Age in Samoa'' == - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lise_Meitner.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lise Meitner]]
2: ...who studied [[radioactivity]] and [[nuclear physics]].
4: ...er knowledge of physics and his knowledge of chemistry.
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
8: ...rench scientist who discovered the effect two years later. - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...the few women to receive a [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].
3: ... The couple moved to the [[United States]], Mayer's home country.
5: ...r with [[Eugene Paul Wigner]] and [[J. Hans D. Jensen ]].
7: ... Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
9: ... some twirl clockwise, others twirl counterclockwise." - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
1: ...Image:Eganderson.jpg|frame|Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]]
3: ...ish]] physician and [[feminism|feminist]], the first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain...
5: ...nter for the Licence of Apothecaries' Hall, which she obtained in [[1865]].
7: ...ompatible with her principal work, and she soon resigned them.
9: ...he East Anglian branch of the [[British Medical Association]]. - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
2: ...y 2]], [[1929]], [[United States|US]] [[Army]] nurse nicknamed ''the American [[Florence Nightingale]...
4: ...ial to the growth of professional nursing in the US.
6: ...t [[Columbia Presbyterian Hospital|Presbyterian Hospital]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York]] from 1892-1...
8: ...k. She helped design the uniform for US army nurses. During World War I, France awarded her the [[Med...
10: ...em recreation for the heat of New York City summers. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...al Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
7: ... expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become an obedient wife.
9: ...ily in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ... the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
13: ... and by the commitment and practises of the sisters. - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
1: ...Emily Stowe]] completed the official qualifications.
3: ...after moved to [[Toronto]], where Edward ran a newspaper.
5: ...en's Medical College]] in [[Pennsylvania]], where she earned her M.D. on [[March 11]], [[1875]].
7: ...titute was quite successful, later opening branches in [[Brantford, Ontario|Brantford]] and [[Hamilto...
9: ..., California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], where she died in 1921. - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
1: ... was arrested for impersonating a man several times.]]
2: ...ecret agent|spy]], [[prisoner of war]], [[Surgery|surgeon]] and the only woman to receive the [[Medal...
6: ...as [[corsets]], were not healthy and advocated looser fitting clothing.
8: ...as female doctors were generally not trusted or respected at that time.
10: ...[1863]], becoming the first ever female U.S. Army Surgeon. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
6: ...talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ..., they just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming."
10: ...our with her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
12: ...three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...s]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
3: ...t she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ... appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. Jackson died the following year.
7: ...nto the [[Gospel Music Association]]'s [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] in [[1978]].
10: ==External links== - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...anis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live album ''In Concert'']]
2: ... several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ...began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...hout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...being withheld until after their subsequent success. - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ...ncreasingly recognised as significant in themselves.
3: ...rather than supportive, of her activities as composer.
5: ...ily home in [[Berlin]] in the very popular concerts which were held there.
7: ... at the piano came in 1838, when she played Felix's piano [[concerto]] No. 1.
9: ...ars nowadays believe it was actually Fanny who first worked in the genre. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...ni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...of the most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
5: ... which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...e and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails. - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
1: [[Image:clara_s.jpg|right|thumb|Clara Schumann]]
3: ...[[Romantic music|Romantic era]] as well as a composer.
7: ...oven as well as those of Robert Schumann and Brahms.
9: ... post which she held until [[1892]], and in which she contributed greatly to the modern improvement i...
11: ...and the authoritative editor of her husband's works for [[Breitkopf and H䲴el]]. - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
1: ...thumb|''The Very Best of Sheryl Crow'' album released October 2003]]
3: ...ican [[blues rock]] [[singer]], [[guitarist]] and song writer.
7: ...o make eye contact with the singer except when on stage.
9: ...r and improvise songs until they had finished works.
11: ...f the Year for "All I Wanna Do"; and Best New Artist. - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
1: [[Image:Toriamos-dent.jpg|right|thumb|Tori Amos]]
3: ... has frequently been compared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
6: ===Early years===
7: ... "Tori," after a friend of a friend told her that she looked more like a Tori than a Myra Ellen.
10: ...s Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos". - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...rea of [[Christian]] [[theology]] concerning her is '''[[Mariology]]'''.
4: ==Historicity==
6: ...[[Book of Acts]], although not by name in the [[Gospel of John]].
8: ...ir interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]]. - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
3: ...International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Church]].
7: ...(The age difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Mich...
9: ... of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local cler...
11: ...s.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div> - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ... Tiberias]]. The life of the historical Mary is a subject of ongoing debate.
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...er; but go to My brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My Go...
8: ...egarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem. - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
1: ...ildegard.jpg|right|framed|A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von Bingen and the monk Volmar]]
3: ..., [[Mystics|mystic]], author, and composer of [[music]].
5: ==History==
6: ...ved the group to a new [[monastery]] on the Rupertsberg at Bingen on the [[Rhine]].
8: ... after falling physically ill from carrying the unspoken burden. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: ...teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
2: ... at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...operly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
9: ...f [[Prizren]], even though most Albanians are [[Muslim]] and the majority of their native Macedonia a... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
3: ...[1900]] in [[Australia]] and some short visitations to [[Europe]].
5: ...ed establishment of [[schools]] and medical centers.
7: ...rks is the popular Christian book, ''Steps to Christ''.
9: ... the Second [[Advent]], or second coming of [[Christ]].
11: ...atan and one of the big apostasies of the last days. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...(Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...ates]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: ...|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
7: ...he throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making t...
9: ===Visions and mission=== - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
1: ...ld.jpg|frame|right|Julia Child holds up a [[Monkfish]].]]
2: ...e Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which premiered in 1963.
6: ...OSS) after being turned down by the [[United States Navy | Navy]] for being too tall.
8: ...vilian Service as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat.
10: ...r with the [[United States Information Agency | U.S. Information Agency]] in [[France]]. - Marina Raskova (5055 bytes)
1: [[Image:Swp marina raskova 350.jpg|thumb|Marina Raskova]]
3: ...ents which would eventually fly over 30,000 sorties in [[World War II]].
5: ... occurred in [[1937]] and [[1938]], while she was still teaching at the Air Academy.
7: ...ver a straight line distance of 5,947 km (total distance of 6,450 km).
9: ... first females ever to receive it and the only ones to be awarded it before World War II. - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
1: [[Image:SOEgranville.jpg|right]]
3: ...anization's policy of recruiting increasing numbers of women.
7: ...1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...]] [[rifle]] which was fated never to see wartime service.
11: ...de good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]]. - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
1: ...Image provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...truggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[racism]].
5: ...ffered intermittent bouts of [[narcolepsy]] the rest of her life.
7: == Escape and abolitionist career ==
9: ... of people trapped in slavery up to the free states, during the Civil War. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
4: ... Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (D...
6: ...ts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ...d: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
10: ...]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
1: ...erine deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
2: ...]]) is a [[France|French]] actress, born in [[Paris]], [[France]].
4: ...nglish production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Roman Polanski]], 1965).
6: ...for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
8: ...been married once, from 1965 to 1972, to the British photographer [[David Bailey]]. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
1: [[Image:KH_40s-10.jpg|frame|right|Katharine Hepburn]]
2: ...ilm Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
4: ==Hepburn's early years==
5: ...ral family, who she credited with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...aby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]]. - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
3: ...] [[actor|actress]]. She was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], the daughter of an acting coach.
5: ...om]] ''[[Mad About You]]'', winning [[Emmy Award]]s for her performance in [[1996]], [[1997]], [[1998...
7: ...r which she won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1998]].
9: ... both an [[Emmy]] and an [[Academy Award]] in the same year.
11: Hunt was married to [[actor]] [[Hank Azaria]] on [[July 18... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ...United States]], was an actress, singer and major star of [[vaudeville]].
3: [[Image:Irwin postcard.jpg|thumb|May Irwin]]
4: ...[Tony Pastor]] Theatre, a popular New York City music hall.
6: ...r husband of eight years, Frederick W. Keller, passed away unexpectedly.
8: ...ss]], became the first screen kiss in cinematic history. - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
1: [[Image:SophiaLoren55.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Sophia Loren''' in 1955.]]
3: ... and, at the age of 70, continues to be a top sex symbol.
5: ...up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: ...several prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
9: ...pon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]]. - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...erious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] and later a [[pop icon]].
4: ...y, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to say the least.
6: ...nd more have gone for the theory that Mortensen was in fact her true father.
8: ...hich they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...mental hospital near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]]. - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...tes of America|American]] [[actor|actress]] and [[singer]].
3: [[Image:LillianRussell.jpg|thumb|Lillian Russell]]
5: .... Pinafore]]''. This would serve as an inauspicious beginning to a dazzling career.
7: ...d starred in some of his [[comic opera|comic operas]].
9: ...t gifts of [[diamond|diamonds]] and [[gem|gemstones]]. - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
1: ..., with the Von Trapp children in ''The Sound of Music''.]]
3: ...ary Poppins]]'' ([[1964]]) and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' ([[1965]]).
5: ... she starred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s television adaptation of ''[[Cinderella]]''.
7: ...t Goulet]]. As was her previous show, it was a smash hit.
9: ... with [[Max von Sydow]], and [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Torn Curtain]]'' with [[Paul Newman]] (both i... - Laila Ali (3660 bytes)
1: ...he [[boxing|boxer]] many consider to be the greatest fighter of all time, [[Muhammad Ali]].
3: ...9]] by announcing she would try a hand at [[women's boxing]].
5: ...oxing Hall Of Fame]] induction weekend's activities.
7: ... world champion, [[Valerie Mahfood]] in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].
9: ...3]]rd. She beat Martin by a knockout in four rounds. - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ... while 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
3: ...many. It earned her the nickname ''"The Flying Housewife"''.
5: ..., the [[high jump]], sprint and [[hurdling]] events.
7: ...[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
11: ...ter chance to qualify for the Olympics in athletics. - Delia Gonzalez (2350 bytes)
1: ...although several of her losses have been controversial.
3: ...hen she was little, taken by her father, and soon she earned the nickname ''Chikita'', after her favo...
5: ...on the wrong end of a close decision, this time losing the world title.
7: ...as won four fights since, more notably the two wins over [[Yolanda Gonzalez]] (no relation).
9: She is managing a promising young fighter in [[Rebecca Rodriguez]] and eag... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
1: [[Image:Steffi Graf.jpg|right|thumb|Steffi Graf honored at the [[WTA]].]]
2: ...l four of the Grand Slam titles at least four times each.
6: ...82]] she won the European Championships 12s and 18s.
8: ... "hundreds" of kids like her in the [[United States]].
10: ...ends on the tour in her early years, but led to a steady improvement in her play. - Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
1: ... a member of the [[United States women's national soccer team]].
3: ...rence]] player of the year for the last three years of her college tenure.
5: ...n goals with 103, assists with 72, and total points with 278.
7: ... row, given to her by [[ESPN]], one of them for ''soccer player of the year'' and the other two for '...
9: ...and her teammates were able to beat [[China women's national football team|China]] to win the gold me... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
1: ...gian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and actress.
3: [[Image:SonjaHenie.jpg|thumb|Sonja Henie]]
4: ... rink several times to ask her coach for directions.
6: ...She also won six consecutive European championships.
8: ...horeography]]. She was also an accomplished tennis player. - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
1: [[image:jackie_joyner.jpg|frame|At World Championship 1987]]
2: ... Kennedy]]. She lives in [[East St. Louis, Illinois]].
4: ...levision movie about [[Babe Zaharias|"Babe" Didrikson]].
6: ...984]]. [[Sports Illustrated]] voted her the greatest female athlete of the 20th century.
8: ...bring himself to have life support removed from his wife, it fell to Jackie and Al to authorize remov... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...ma donna]]'' of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
3: ... ''La Divine'' (the divine one) by the French press.
8: ...rchief at various places on the court, to which his daughter had to direct the ball.
10: ...s competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hold.
14: ...h;8, 4–6, 9–7 to take her first Grand Slam victory. - Rebecca Lobo (1887 bytes)
1: ... the professional [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) from [[1997]] to [[2003]].
3: ...rd|Naismith]] and College Player of the Year awards.
5: ...m'', which dealt with RuthAnn's battle with [[breast cancer]].
7: ...the [[Connecticut Sun]], she retired after the season.
9: ...s well, primarily for her alma mater, the [[University of Connecticut]]. - Christy Martin (2947 bytes)
1: ...ted by [[Don King]], is nicknamed ''The Coal Miners Daughter''.
3: ...]], who held her to a six round draw in [[Las Vegas]].
5: ...r of [[Sports Illustrated]] once shortly afterwards.
7: ...[2002]], she beat [[Mia St. John]], also by a decision in ten.
9: ...[Laila Ali]] on [[August 23]] of that year. She lost to Ali by knockout in round four. - Shirley Muldowney (1811 bytes)
1: ...ring Shirley Muldowney and her trademark pink dragster]]
2: ...on Garlits]], the "Big Daddy" of drag racing, has said about her:
3: ...he racers, nobody...Just Shirley."[http://www.zoomster.com/big2.html]
4: ...question".[http://www.metalshapers.org/nitrogeezers/Farndon%20Interview.htm]
6: ...moniker]], stating: "There is no room for [[bimboism]] in drag racing." - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
1: ...ratilova.jpg|thumb|right|Navratilova at the 2000 US Open]]
3: ...imbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] a record 9 times.
5: ...t tennis coach. Martina then took the name of her stepfather (adding the feminine "ová").
7: ===Tennis career===
9: ...rofessional. She won her first professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in [[1974]]. - Rebecca Rodriguez (483 bytes)
1: ...n amateur boxing and world championships in professional [[boxing]].
3: ...he way to the finals, but lost a decision at that stage.
5: Her [[nickname]] is '''La [[Aztec]]a'''. - Laura Serrano (2835 bytes)
1: ...ame a boxer by default, but soon she showed she was born with the talent to become a champion.
3: ...raw (tie)]] in a fight many observers thought she should have won.
5: ... at the [[Aladdin Hotel and Casino]] in [[Las Vegas]].
7: ...[Title IX]]) for sports and work related activities.
9: ...ery, but in [[1999]], she came back and won a decision in her comeback bout. - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: [[Image:BabeDidrikson.png|framed|right|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
3: ... after she hit five [[home run]]s in a single [[baseball]] game.
5: ... the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
7: ... as <BR>depicted on a 1981<BR> US [[postage stamp|stamp]].''</div>
9: ...urth and fifth [[women's majors|major championships]].
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