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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
69: ... — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center) - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
12: ...i Ahmadullah|Ahmadullah, Qari]], [[Taliban]] interior minister
13: *[[Ahn Eak-tae]], (1906-1965), Korean composer - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...ia]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accession, she was also [[Princess of Wales]], [[Duke of C...
5: ...f for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are n...
11: ...ks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]...
31: ...Marina of Greece and Denmark]] ([[13 December]] [[1906]] – [[27 August]] [[1968]]); and had issue....
40: The Duchess of York was not considered to be emotionally attached to her children. The royal nanny lo... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
6: ... Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where in 1906, she married [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor|...
8: ...mes, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the first woman member to actually ta...
10: ...t of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critica...
12: ...oiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, ... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ... coined for [[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cab...
6: ...[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
14: ...ocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: ...chools. She joined the Labor [[Zionist]] Organization in [[1915]]. She married Morris Myerson in [[19... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: ...[[February 15]], [[1820]] – [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[civil righ...
7: ...from the age of 17 to 32 she herself taught in various schools. In the decade preceding the outbreak o...
9: ... paper, ''[[The Revolution (newspaper)|The Revolution]]'', published in [[New York City]], edited by S...
13: ...er equality for women would end the need for abortion.
15: ...ssociation]] (NWSA) from the date of its organization in [[1869]] until [[1892]], when she became pres... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
5: Her conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret D...
9: ...cal Society in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous president [[Henry Steel Olcott]].
11: ...conversion to Buddhism in Ceylon, and their promotion of Buddhist revival activities on the subcontine...
13: ...re with his father and brother for a few months prior to this. This discovery started years of upheav...
23: * The Law Of Population (1877) - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...rmany]] and took part in an unsuccessful [[revolution]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]]. The uprising ...
10: ...er fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]],...
12: ...ts in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament foc...
14: ...tions under [[socialism]], which later caused tensions with [[Vladimir Lenin]].
16: ...rging with Lithuania's social democratic organisation. Despite living in Germany for most of her adult... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
5: ...'s arrest and was herself imprisoned on many occasions for her principles.
7: ...er the end of [[World War I]], she ran as a Coalition candidate for Parliament in the Smethwick riding... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
7: ...ll-time with the [[Women's Social and Political Union]] with her sister [[Christabel Pankhurst|Christa...
9: ...ion]] and then to the [[Workers' Socialist Federation]]. She founded the newspaper of the WSF, ''[[Wom...
11: ...t Party]], British Section of the [[Third International]]'' although in fact it was nothing of the sor...
15: ... at the time and attended meetings of the International in [[Russia]] and [[Amsterdam]] and also meeti...
17: ... Observer'', which reported on many aspects of Ethiopian life and development. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...ssatt grew up in an environment that valued education. Her parents believed travel was a way to learn...
6: ... her family's objections to her becoming a professional artist, she began studying painting at the [[P...
8: ...[[1871]] when the archbishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, aft...
14: ..., though, she knew she was not alone in her rebellion against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my ...
16: ...mpressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friends w... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...[[Wales|South Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] she studied at the [[Pelham Art Sch...
5: ...himself as "Modigliani, painter and Jew". In addition to making close friends with [[Amedeo Modigliani...
7: ...ga Workshops on decorative art. Her artistic creations were widely exhibited during [[World War I]] in...
11: ...r Fry]] assisting him with the avant-garde productions of fabrics, clothes, murals, furniture, rugs, a...
15: ... sued her and the publisher for libel over allegations of Black Magic made in her book. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
5: == Biography ==
9: ...|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
13: Stein, a [[lesbian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with...
15: ... and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubist art. She owned early works of [[Pablo...
19: ...rges Braque]]. She coined the term "[[Lost Generation]]" for some of these expatriate American writers... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools...
7: === Biography ===
8: ...(This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the P...
10: ...rticularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]]...
12: ...eople would have had some influence on the impressionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...y 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ... driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store...
6: ...h a cosmetics business. Despite her lack of education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity fo...
8: ...ears later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line o...
10: ...win the event. With her growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently inter... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...- [[January 1]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[...
3: ...n to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her dissertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Criteria''....
7: ...iler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATI...
9: ...r returned to the Navy where she worked on validation software for the programming language [[COBOL]] ...
12: ...ive duty in August of [[1967]] for a six-month period that turned into an indefinite assignment. She ... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: Prof. Dr. '''Maria G?rt-Mayer''' ([[June 28]], [[1906]] - [[February 20]], [[1972]]) was born Maria G?r...
3: ... passed the University's arbiter entrance examinations and enrolled there in the fall. Among her prof...
9: ...pair go counterclockwise. Then add one more variation; all the dancers are spinning twirling round and...
13: ...eller]] that would be used for Teller's investigations into the possibility of a [[hydrogen bomb]].
17: ...lectures about her research at four major institutions. Two of her former universities honour her too.... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: '''Josephine Baker''' ([[June 3]], [[1906]] - [[April 12]], [[1975]]), born '''Freda Joseph...
5: ...[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
9: ... most sensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in s...
15: ...e was never really able to obtain the same reputation at home. Upon a visit to the United States in [[...
21: ... not legally binding), French sugar magnate Jean Lion (1937-1940, divorced), French orchestra leader J... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...is used especially if this is his or her [[profession]]. Evidence indicates that humans have been pai...
8: ...] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples of [[...
20: *[[Pointillism]] (aka divisionism, 'stippling')
34: ...riety of artists' paints available for the professional or ameteur artist.]] Different types of paint...
52: ...sense has fallen out of favour in academic discussions about contemporary painting, though it continue... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ...o a former republic of the now extinct [[Soviet Union]].
3: ...[http://www.stat.kz/ru/dynamic/svedenia_rk/population/nas.htm].<!--
21: ...="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: n/a''</small>
23: ...pan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationKazakhstan.png|290px]]
46: ...<br/> - Total ([[2001]])<br/> [[Population density|Density]]
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