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- History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
1: {{Ushistory}}
7: ...Keep 'Em Down On the Farm After They've Seen [[Paris|Paree]]?". In fact, many did not remain "down on...
9: ...the nation rejected Wilson's brand of interventionism.
14: ...th the election of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "return to normalcy" after the traumatic year...
16: ...ovies]], [[automobile]]s, and [[chemical]]s) flourished. The unevenness was also geographic: the stan... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
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8: ...h became involved, directly and indirectly, in assisting the anti-Bolshevik Whites in the [[Russian Ci...
11: ...umb|The "Big Three" Allied leaders at Yalta: British Prime Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S....
13: ...vinced by U.S. occupation of [[Japan]] and the division of [[Korea]]. Politically, therefore, Yalta wa...
15: ...us exports, of state planning against free enterprise, were to vie for the allegiance of the developin...
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...lternated between periods of political union and disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ...
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...c]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first vil...
13: == Ancient history == - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...rs to a number of states and cultures that have existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another...
5: ...wever the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chi...
7: ...[[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...eans "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known...
16: ...ly and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that co... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
10: *[[Andre Agassi|Agassi, Andre]], (1970-), tennis player
12: *[[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz, Louis]], (1807-1873), work on [[ice age]]s, [[glacier]]...
17: *[[Jack Agazarian|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW ...
21: ...on|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|Unite...
9: ...he Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state ...
11: ...is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...yon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named a... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: '''Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor''' ([[May 19]], [[1879]] – [[...
4: ...y tastemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
6: ...orf Astor]], son of [[William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor]] and grandson of [[John Jacob Astor I...
8: ...She would be re-elected many times, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the firs...
10: ...ewspaper, would never forgive Claud Cockburn and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...[[nonviolence|nonviolent]] pro-[[democracy]] activist in [[Burma]]. In [[1990]] she won the the [[Raft...
6: She is the daughter of General [[Aung San]], who negotia...
8: ... [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They ...
10: ...ng to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new mi...
12: ... San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: :Mary Robinson ''is also the name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poet)]]''
3: ...credited by many as having revitalised and liberalised a previously conservative political office. She...
15: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</td></tr>
23: ...nson was therefore born into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and servan...
25: ...esident [[Mary McAleese]], Irish Human Rights Commissioner and anti-abortion campaigner [[William Binc... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civi...
9: ...; President Theodore Roosevelt took the place of his late brother in giving Eleanor's hand to her husb...
11: ...s descended from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ... good graces, Eleanor found herself at odds with his eldest daughter, [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] wh...
16: ...ing biography of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, disagrees with Cook's assessment that Mrs. Roosevelt ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...ganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]...
31: ...ism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
36: ...lected as an Alderman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
38: ...degree and worked as a research chemist for [[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Ly... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church...
4: ...arried [[Roman Catholic]] and refused to divorce his wife to marry Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced R...
6: ==An American atheist==
7: ...amalgamated with the similar ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'') reached the [[United States ...
9: ...the separation of church and state, and addresses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Con... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...ician and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...ny languages. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million cop...
6: ...t of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated ...
8: ...hool, and while in Lebanon a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the developme...
7: ...]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and then [[Paris]] when she was three. After returning almost two ...
11: ...2 she moved to [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
12: ...aris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: ...me a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus other young painters. - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...pril 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[crystallographer]] who made important co...
5: ...ish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...l degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...y about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the papers she was writing, even though h...
12: ...arch project had been taken over by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which we... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ... toward [[New York City]] during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
7: On [[October 2]], [[1925]], she opened in [[Paris]] at the Th颴re [[Champs-Elys饳]], where she be...
9: ...tes|U.S.]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the era. The write...
11: ... a publicity stunt and not legally binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'a...
13: ...lizing that the wine he forced her to drink was poisoned, she managed to excuse herself and escaped fr... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...Draria]], [[Algeria]] – died [[March 30]],[[1945]], [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholi...
3: ...ore weapons and ammunition for the [[Mouvements Unis de R鳩stance]] (MUR).
5: ...nd starving Mother Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended.
7: ...[M餡ille des Justes]] and in 1999 the "''Salle Elise Rivet''" was named for her at the [[Institut des... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...ke of Tiberias]]. The life of the historical Mary is a subject of ongoing debate.
6: ... appeared to her, but at first she knew him not. His utterance of her name "Mary" recalled her to cons...
8: This is the last entry in the canonical New Testament reg...
12: ...mentary text, the disciples ask questions of the risen Savior (a designation that dates the original n... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
1: [[image:Denise bloch photo 00 tn.jpg|right]]
3: ...n [[1915]] in [[France]] - died [[February 5]], [[1945]] in [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[...
5: ...th SOE radio operator [[Brian Stonehouse]] until his arrest near the end of October that year.
9: ...n prisons at [[Torgau]] in [[Saxony]] and at [[Konisberg]] in [[Brandenburg]] where she suffered great...
11: ...ts who died for the liberation of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the [[Valen硹 SOE M... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...l SOE's women agents. (She actually became a British agent months before the [[Special Operations Exe...
7: ...9]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...muggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [[rifle]] which was fated never to...
11: ...ase by feigning symptoms of pulmonary [[tuberculosis]]. (It did not hurt her cause that the Gestapo h...
13: ...e viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[February 5]]?, [[1945]]) was a [[World War II]] secret agent.
5: ...opold Samuel Marks|Leo Marks]], who gave her what is now thought of as the definitive World War II [[P...
7: ...for the Germans were extremely important to establish bombing targets.
9: ... by the [[Gestapo]], despite putting up fierce resistance with her [[Sten]] gun. She was interrogated ...
11: ...ers of the SOE were executed by the Germans: [[Denise Bloch]], [[Cecily Lefort]], and [[Lilian Rolfe]]... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
4: ...y [[1935]] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...fternoon]]'' (1943). ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film...
8: ... (1944) and "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Found...
10: ...t, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The accomp...
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