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- Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...rogrammer]] for the [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compiler]] for a computer p...
3: ... at [[Yale University]], where she received an MA degree in the same two subjects in [[1930]] and in [...
5: ...d from the Navy, but she continued to work on the development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculat...
7: ...auchly]] Computer Corporation and joined the team developing the [[UNIVAC I]]. In the early [[1950s]] ...
9: ...machine code]] or in languages close to machine code, such as the [[assembler]]s of the time. It is fa... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[mathematician]] and a student of [[Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[188...
3: ...ged to convince the Russians to list him as descended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; ...
5: ...) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another Academician) and had more education and "appreciation o...
7: Sofia Kovalevskaya contributed to the understanding of [[partial differential equation]]s (t...
9: ...to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
6: ...n in 1880 she served for 9 years as the superintendent of the nurse's training program there. She was ...
8: ...ng World War I, France awarded her the [[Medaille de l'Hygiene Publique]] (Medal of honor for Public H...
10: ...urses to be guests on his country estate, Innis Arden,in Sound Beach, Connecticut, part of the town of...
12: ...: ''Practical Nursing''. Maxwell Hall ([[1928]]-[[1984]]) at Presbyterian Hospital was named for her.
13: ... National Cemetery]]. [[Columbia University]] awarded her an honorary master of arts. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Grammys]] (includi...
6: ...s [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed w...
8: ... internationally famous artist and a symbol of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin ...
10: ... Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best ...
12: ...or Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[19... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...ervatory, graduating in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nik...
7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group w...
11: ...). The two works together form a "diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work t...
15: ...f a bond...restoring the legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occ... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
1: [[Image:Catherine deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
2: '''Catherine Deneuve''' (born [[October 22]] [[1943]]) is a [[Fra...
4: ...4), the late [[Surrealist]] masterpiece ''[[Belle de Jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco...
6: ...ovie)|Indochine]]'' and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performan...
17: *1982 - ''Hôtel des Amériques'' - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...n]] [[actress]]. Farrow was born '''Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow''' but has always been known as ...
16: ...nically about famous mothers and their children modeling the latest fashions for families.
21: ...ct of the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] song "[[Dear Prudence]]".
39: *''[[Death on the Nile]]'' ([[1978]])
44: *''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]'' ([[1984]]) - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
5: ...d a BA in literature, graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 1985.
7: ...e age of 14, she earned a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her rol...
9: ...n Globe]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy Awards]] as Best Actress for her role as a gang...
11: ...exual orientation]]. Her brother's [[biography]] identifies her as such, but since the book is unautho...
13: ...esident of the United States of America|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to impress Foster. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ... - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
7: ...th [[Jack Nicholson]]), for which she won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1998]].
9: ...first actress to win both an [[Emmy]] and an [[Academy Award]] in the same year.
11: ...n [[July 18]], [[1999]]. The couple divorced on [[December 18]], [[2000]].
18: *''[[The Curse of the Jade Scorpion]]'' (2001)
24: *''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (Made for TV) (1998) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...oren''' (born [[September 20]], [[1934]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actres...
7: ...[Rome]]. Around this time, she also worked as a model in the ''fotoromanzi'' (weekly ilustrated romant...
9: ...er acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...ler in Pink Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
13: ...eing the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English langua... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...m the [[1980s]] to the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
5: ...s]], [[1979]]), and ''[[Sophie's Choice]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[1982]]...
7: ...on so many greatest movie star lists, Streep also defied expectations by her happy home life—mar...
9: ...to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
11: ...s Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for which she le... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...hile 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
7: ...by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
11: ...ar she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach advised her...
13: ... Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, although as a sprinter, not a mid...
17: ...y 2, 1940, a week before the Netherlands were invaded by German troops. - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
3: ... of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is considered by some to be one of the greatest athletes in ...
5: ... and Stefania-Alexandrina; she was named after "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of a Russian film.
7: ...ela Karolyi]] and his wife Marta, who would later defect to the [[United States]] and become coaches o...
11: Comaneci successfully defended her European all-around title in 1977, but the R...
13: ...t from her metal grip buckle. Against doctors' orders, she left the hospital and competed on beam whe... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...], she became the first player to achieve the "Golden Slam" – capturing all four Grand Slam titl...
6: ...e of three he began teaching Steffi to swing a wooden racket in the family's living room. She began pr...
8: ...nament at the age of 13 in October [[1982]] at Filderstadt, Germany, and lost her first professional m...
10: ...ctice courts. This narrow focus meant that Graf made few friends on the tour in her early years, but l...
12: ... [[1986]] at [[Hilton Head]], [[South Carolina]], defeating [[Chris Evert]] in the final. She followed... - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: ...'' (born [[March 3]], [[1962]]) is generally considered as the best all-around female [[athlete]] in t...
6: ...Olympic [[triple jump]] in [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]. [[Sports Illustrated]] voted her the greatest ...
8: ...e she arrived, her mother was in a coma and brain dead. Since her father could not bring himself to ha... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
8: ...r further in the sport. His training methods included an exercise where he would lay down a handkerchi...
10: ...nal Clay Court Championships held at [[Sainte-Claude]], turning 15 during the tournament. The outbreak...
22: == Failed American debut ==
24: ...ion funds for the regions of France that had been devastated by the battles of World War I, she went t...
26: ...pressure was such that she entered the tournament despite being run down and suffering from what later... - Shirley Muldowney (1811 bytes)
1: ... magazine, featuring Shirley Muldowney and her trademark pink dragster]]
2: ...980]]. She retired from racing after a crash in [[1984]] but returned to the circuit in [[1998]] when sh...
4: Muldowney was described by longtime drag racer [[Fred Farndon]] as...
10: Muldowney was portrayed by actress [[Bonnie Bedelia]] in the 1983 film, ''[[Heart Like a Wheel]]''... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...nis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the [[United States]] in [[1975]] and be...
11: ...utine to get herself into shape that eventually made extreme levels of fitness and conditioning a hall...
13: ... York City]] and informed them that she wished to defect. Within a month, she received a [[Green Card]...
15: ...She beat Evert in the final again to successfully defend her Wimbledon title in [[1979]].
17: ...tilová won her third Grand Slam singles title by defeating Evert in the final of the Australian Open,...
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