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- History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...ewer farmers were needed to produce a greater harvest of food.
9: ...oo join the new [[League of Nations]] without success, as the mood of the nation rejected Wilson's bra...
11: ==The Roaring Twenties==
12: {{Main|Roaring Twenties}}
14: ...S. presidential election, 1920]] the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] returned to t... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...he meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...rime Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Sovi...
13: ...y reigned over about one third and the United States over two thirds.
15: ... represent two ways of life, each vindicated in [[1945]] by previous disasters. Conflicting models of au...
17: ... an economic perspective—was the United States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position....
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- 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. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: ...[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
17: *[[Jack Agazarian|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW ...
19: *[[James Agee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
20: ...99), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: ...[[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[...
9: ...[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, afte...
11: ...]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...azine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover...
15: ...ark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - 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: ...She would be re-elected many times, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the firs...
10: ... and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set." - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: '''Daw Aung San Suu Kyi''' (born [[June 19]], [[1945]] in Rangoon, Burma, now known as [[Yang?, [[Myan...
8: ... and at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While in [[England]]...
10: ...racy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
12: ... for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she wo...
14: ... a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...conservative political office. She resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of...
7: <caption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
12: <tr><td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>[[Patrick Hillery]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''Successor:'''</td><td>[[Mary McAleese]]</td></tr>
15: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...he [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave f...
5: ...Rights|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First L...
9: ...s hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived inf...
11: ...scended from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...s an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...ril 13]] [[1919]] - [[1995]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Ath...
4: ...to divorce his wife to marry Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn...
7: ...ble-reading at public schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Lif...
9: ...ses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution | First Amendment]] public policy." ...
11: ...church and state in violation of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son ... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...lion copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...t of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated ...
8: ...hile in Bolivia, Allende attended an [[United States|American]] private school, and while in Lebanon a...
12: ...as y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked i...
16: ... of Spirits]]'' (1982). The book was a great success and was later made into a film (''[[The House of... - 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 ... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...e fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
5: ...helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...l degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...hanging her mind and staying. Unfortunately, Jacques Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy about her de...
12: ... a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: ...kerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
3: ...can American]] dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France...
7: ...llar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding...
9: ...ul films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ...y binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and becam... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...Draria]], [[Algeria]] – died [[March 30]],[[1945]], [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholi...
3: ...ight evil and began to hide refugees from the [[Gestapo]] and eventually used her convent to store we...
5: ...nd starving Mother Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended.
7: ...''" was named for her at the [[Institut des Sciences de l'Homme]] in Lyon. - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...bably means "Mary of [[Magdala]]", a town on the western shore of the [[Lake of Tiberias]]. The life o...
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...g to him, but he forbade her: "[[John 20:17|17]] Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have no...
8: This is the last entry in the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned...
12: ...stions of the risen Savior (a designation that dates the original no earlier than the [[Second century... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
3: ...n [[1915]] in [[France]] - died [[February 5]], [[1945]] in [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[...
5: ... radio operator [[Brian Stonehouse]] until his arrest near the end of October that year.
7: ...entually London. There, SOE trained her as a wireless operator in preparation for a return to France.
9: ...]. However, in June, both she and Benoist were arrested and Denise Bloch was interrogated and tortured...
11: ...mp]], sometime between January 25 and February 5, 1945, 29-year-old Denise Madeleine Bloch was executed ... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...success have been credited with influencing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy...
7: ...atrimony. A first marriage, at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On ...
9: ...lympics|Olympic]] [[skier]], [[Jan Marusarz]], to escort her across the snow-covered [[Tatra Mountains...
11:
13: ...to why the Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
1: [[Image:Violetteszabo1944.gif|right]]
3: ...([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[February 5]]?, [[1945]]) was a [[World War II]] secret agent.
7: ...rials for the Germans were extremely important to establish bombing targets.
9: ...ed by the [[Gestapo]], despite putting up fierce resistance with her [[Sten]] gun. She was interrogate...
11: ...uted by the Germans on or about [[February 5]], [[1945]] and her body disposed of in the [[crematorium]]... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ... she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...], ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' (1943). ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal Ame...
8: ...6mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
12: ...]]. Some have speculated that her death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
14: ...'[[The Changing Light at Sandover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Der...
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