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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]]) - 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... thus one of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[19...
7: ...on worked to improve the conditions of women's lives in the [[Soviet Union]], fighting illiteracy and ...
11: ...s' Opposition, after which Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined. - 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... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: ...her, which is associated with the struggle for votes for women in the period immediately preceding [[W...
5: She was born Emmeline Goulden in [[Manchester]], [[England]] to [[abolitionist]] parents, an...
7: ...tobiography, ''My Own Story'', was published in [[1914]]. She died ten years after seeing her most arde... - 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 ... - 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... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...h]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of l...
5: ...name ''Osceola''. Her younger brother [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French...
7: ...a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in 19...
9: ...ish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Av...
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Marguerite Duras (1799 bytes)
3: '''Marguerite Donnadieu''' ([[April 4]], [[1914]] - [[March 3]], [[1996]]), better known as '''Ma...
7: ...ima mon amour]]'', which was directed by [[Alain Resnais]].
9: ...es whose relation to what is said may be more-or-less tangential. - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...the [[London School of Art]] until [[1910]]. In [[1914]] she went to the [[Montparnasse]] Quarter in [[P...
7: ...' in Paris. Back in England, she taught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[...
11: ...to shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry.
13: ...e town, [[Augustus John]], and later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]].
15: ...ted States]]. The poet [[Aleister Crowley]] unsuccessfully sued her and the publisher for libel over a... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: ...– [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist born in [[Sun Prairie, Wisc...
4: ...ed as [[Yoni|yonic]] symbols. Her mature style stressed contours and subtle tonal transitions, which o...
6: ...in the public schools in [[Amarillo, Texas]] in [[1914]]. In [[1916]] started teaching at [[Columbia Col...
8: ...'s interpretations of landscapes in the American West.
12: ...health, was uncomfortable with travel. Her trips west gave her the solitude she required to pursue her... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...74]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|femin...
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 ...
21: ...o "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn ... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
1: ...] - [[October 22]], [[1976]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[aviator | pilot]] and squadron comma...
3: Nancy Harkness, born in [[Houghton, Michigan]], earned her pilo...
5: ... a [[test pilot]] for [[Gwinn Air Car Company]], testing various aircraft modifications including the ...
7: ...ing division. She then convinced the division to establish the [[Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]...
11: ...ican B-25 Mitchell]], and along with [[Betty Gillies]], a [[B-17]]. She was certified in 16 military ... - 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... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
4: ...artre]] quarter of [[Paris]] she pursued her interest in art.
8: ...rre-Auguste Renoir]] and [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], and she had affairs with all of them. The mos...
10: ..., Valadon received acclaim and some financial success during her lifetime.
12: Despite her achievements, she lived in the shadows of...
14: ...was, however, best known for her candid female nudes. - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
2: ...26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|French]] stage actress.
4: ...ed the career of an actress with that of a [[courtesan]] - at the time, the two were considered scanda...
6: ... arguably, she may have been the most famous actress of the [[19th century]].
8: ...io de La Gandara]]. She was also to publish a series of books and plays throughout her life.
10: ...ied Greek-born actor Aristides Damala (aka [[Jacques Damala]]) in London in [[1882]], but the marriage... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ... [[New York City]], [[United States]], was an actress, singer and major star of [[vaudeville]].
4: ... 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed to where they were booked to appear at New Yor...
6: ...earance on the theatrical stage. An immediate success she went on to make her [[London]] stage debut a...
8: .... In the 1895 [[Broadway]] show ''[[The Widow Jones]]'', she introduced "The Bully Song" which became...
12: ... was one of America's most beloved performers. In 1914, she made her second [[silent film]] appearance, ... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...nglen1920.jpg|thumb|right|Suzanne Lenglen, sometimes labelled the ''[[diva]]'' or ''[[prima donna]]'' ...
3: ...ed ''La Divine'' (the divine one) by the French press.
8: ...e he would lay down a handkerchief at various places on the court, to which his daughter had to direct...
10: ...nglen played in the final of the [[1914 in sports|1914]] French Championships. (The tournament, a foreru...
16: ... body. Staid Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the French woman who also casually sipped [[b...
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