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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
53: | [[1905]] — [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
141: | [[1920]] — [[1924]], [[1931]] — [[1934]] (of...
204: | [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
209: ...List of current and former capital cities within the United States]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...8th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...res [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...iam III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont...
11: ...Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...Annie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
2: ...mber 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[wri...
4: ...], [[Fabian socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
5: ...r conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'' by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] in [[18...
7: ...r she devoted much of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...ng the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...tricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the following year, followed in subsequent years by a...
7: ...tock Law of 1873]] which outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and de...
9: ...tates Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
11: ...her Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public nuisance]]." - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: '''Clarice Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazi...
3: ... or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
5: ...efore her 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ...da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the life of Macab顬 a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, ...
11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ... and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...n of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became...
7: ... [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickford'''.
9: ...s that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ...s was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped. - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...er mysterious disappearance during a flight over the [[Pacific Ocean]].
6: ...first twelve years of her life living with her mother's parents.
8: ... She was even featured in local newspapers while she taught English.
10: ...on [[February 7]], [[1931]]. Earhart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
14: ... [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]]. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools of [[Acmeist poetr...
8: ...ation, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ... her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ... in school, and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
14: ...'. Voloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor. - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...for her unconventional 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: ...or Poetry]] in 1923, for ''The Harp-Weaver, and Other Poems''.
7: ..., fourteen years her junior, for whom a number of her sonnets were written.
9: ... noted: "She seems to have caught more flak from the literary critics for supporting democracy than [[... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ... She was also the first black licensed pilot in the world. Ms. Coleman was married briefly to Charle...
4: ...iversity, Oklahoma (now Langton University) until her funds ran out.
6: ...ze about being a pilot. Her brother used to tease her by commenting that French women were better than...
8: ...r beauty to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause.
10: .... However, she learned quickly: in seven months, she was granted a pilot's license. - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ... important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruse...
5: ...ttle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...f 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.
12: ...over by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
1: ...BessieSmith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
2: ... and a huge influence on the singers who followed her.
5: ...e had gained a reputation in the South and along the Eastern Seaboard.
7: ... [[Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], and [[Fletcher Henderson]].
9: ...ent that is radically different from any found on her recordings. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...ted Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of va...
4: ...les VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
7: ...), and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
10: ...herine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine]] are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [...
11: ... depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]].]] - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: ...ge:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]],...
4: ...842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: ...parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ... member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid." - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
1: [[Image:GretaGarbo1920s.jpg|thumb|Garbo in the 1920s]]
5: ...son ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven.
8: ...for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ...He also gave her the [[stage name]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[...
12: ...MGM and returned to [[Sweden]] in [[1928]], where he died soon after. - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...[[diva]]'' or ''[[prima donna]]'' of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an internati...
3: ...t stars, named ''La Divine'' (the divine one) by the French press.
8: ...n the court, to which his daughter had to direct the ball.
10: ...t. The outbreak of [[World War I]] at the end of the year stopped most national and international tenn...
14: ...nning in 10–8, 4–6, 9–7 to take her first Grand Slam victory. - Painting (4567 bytes)
1: ...] is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the [[Western world]].]]
2: ...idered by many to be among the most important of the [[art]] forms.
4: ...ce by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface.
8: ...There are examples of [[cave painting]] all over the world.
34: ...etermines the general working characteristics of the paint, such as [[viscosity]], [[miscibility]], [[... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
1: ...ight|English concertina made by Wheatstone around 1920]]
2: ...ttons travel ''perpendicular to the direction of the bellows''.
6: ...ral common kinds. To player familiar with one of these "systems," a concertina of a different system m...
10: ...styles and was the most prolific manufacturer of the period).
13: ...d by placing the thumbs through thumb straps and the little fingers on metal finger rests, leaving thr...
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