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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
69: ...[[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
95: | [[Minnesota]]
96: | [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ..., the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...inese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: ...''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...r known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...[[1677]] - The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orang...
12: ...ombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...ublican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive term...
22: ...d as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
3: *[[Aedesius]], (died 355), [[Neoplatonist]] philosopher
5: ...-1912), [[Austria-Hungary|Austria-Hungarian]] statesman
7: ...ld]], St. Æthelwold (909-984) Bishop of Winchester
13: *[[Aeschylus]], (525 BC-456 BC), Greek dramatist
14: ...Aesop]], (circa 620 BC-560 BC), writer of the Fables - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: '''Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor''' ([[May 19]], [[1879]] – [[May 2]]...
4: ...renfell]] was a noted British monologuist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], becam...
8: ...House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention...
10: ... and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set."
20: # [[David Astor|Francis David Langhorne Astor]] (1912-2001) - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...d to serve as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]].
5: ...akerville, Tennessee]] in [[Humphreys County, Tennessee|Humphreys County]].
7: ...[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] and moved with him to [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] where she cared for their childre...
9: ... [[1921]] when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] where he served until he died in office ...
11: ...oming the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]]. (''see also: [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]]... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...nist Party of Germany]] and took part in an unsuccessful [[revolution]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]...
6: ...then Russian-controlled [[Congress Poland]]. Sources differ on the year of her birth - she gave her bi...
8: ...s managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...Middle Ages]] and economic and stock exchange crises.
12: ...lly able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist membe... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], [[England]].
5: ...self imprisoned on many occasions for her principles.
7: ...her native England, she moved to the [[United States]] where she eventually became an [[evangelist]].
11: Christabel Pankhurst died in [[Los Angeles, California]] and was buried in the [[Woodlawn Me... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: '''(Estelle) Sylvia Pankhurst''' ([[May 5]], [[1882]] - ...
5: She was born in [[Manchester|Manchester, England]], a daughter of [[Dr. Richard Pankhu...
7: ...ne. But in contrast to them she retained her interest in the labour movement.
9: ... set up the [[East London Federation of Suffragettes]] (ELFS), which over the years evolved politicall...
13: ...retain it as a personal organ she revolted. As a result she was expelled from the CPGB and moved to fo... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...s instrumental in opening the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believe...
7: ...ssemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...ntributed articles on health for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Ca...
11: ...cknowledged the reality of sexual feelings in adolescents. It was followed in 1917 by ''What Every Mot...
13: ...der medical supervision was legalized in many states. In 1927, Sanger helped organize the first World ... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
3: ...ry, the fate of creative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalinis...
5: ...Bolshoy Fontan]] near [[Odessa]]. Her childhood does not appear to have been happy; her parents separa...
7: ...olay Gumilyov]] in [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian [[Lev Gumilyov]].
9: ...]], with several poems written in the form of correspondence between the two.
11: ...y Gumilyov]] was executed in [[1921]] for activities considered anti-Soviet; Akhmatova was effectively... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...ndash; [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...urgh]], she was the daughter of a well-do-to businessman. Cassatt grew up in an environment that value...
6: ...llow male students, and the slow pace of her courses, she decided to study the [[Old Masters|old maste...
8: ...ishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled a...
16: ...] impressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friend... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
9: ... reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ... star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving and ...
13: ...plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with...
15: ...tress's life. Before he died, he sent Pickford a message saying simply, "By the clock." Upon hearing o... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...74]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|femin...
12: From 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who ...
13: ...rted by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
17: ...returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by t...
19: ...eight, she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature ... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools of [[Acmeist p...
8: ...) concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Polish]] ancestry on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to...
10: ...ather was kind, but deeply wrapped up in his studies and distant from his family. He was also still de...
12: ...ls she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
14: ...d critic [[Maximilian Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a L... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...also known for her unconventional and Bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs with both men and w...
3: ...[http://www.bartleby.com/131/1.html Renascence]" (1912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholar...
7: ...r and took primary care of domestic responsibilities. They lived in Austerlitz, New York, at a farmhou...
13: Her best known poem might be "First Fig" (1920):
17: But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--
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