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- Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...ember 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the [[Denmark|Danish]] author '''Karen Blixen'''. Blixen ...
5: ...the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian...
7: ...uple separated in 1921, and the Baron returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in 1925. Karen Bl...
9: ...he pseudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
15: ... Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola) - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ninon de Lenclos.jpg|right|300px|Ninon de Lenclos]]
2: ...''' also spelled ''Ninon de Lenclos'' and ''Ninon de Lanclos'' ([[November 10]]? sometime between [[16...
4: Born Anne de Lenclos in [[Paris]], [[France]], she was nicknamed "Ninon" by her f...
6: ...ichel de Montaigne|Montaigne]] in particular, she devoted her life to pleasure, both physical and ment...
8: Returning to Paris, she became a popular figure in the [[salon]]s, a... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...ne of her published works: ''Marie ai nun, si sui de France'', which translates as, "My name is Marie,...
3: ...of France and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
7: * Burgess, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of...
8: ...nte, Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
10: ...ner, Jean. 1983. ''Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris: Honore頃hampion. - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...a Hamnett''' ([[February 14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, k...
3: ...[[France]] to study at [[Marie Vassilieff]]'s Academy.
5: ... with many of the leading members of the avant-garde living there at the time. In Montparnasse she als...
7: ... London as well as the ''[[Salon d'Automne]]'' in Paris. Back in England, she taught at the [[Westminster...
11: ...oto shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry. - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...g eBook 12254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartment at th...
2: ...d female roles; although Pisan in fact was merely describing a standard feudal practice whereby the wi...
4: ...loyed by various ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three children.
5: ...the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...r, and with three children depending on her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature | le... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
2: ..., [[Russia]] - died [[October 19]], [[1999]] in [[Paris, France]], was a lawyer and a [[Francophone]] wri...
4: ...lled "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] and [[Max Jacob]]. In [[...
6: ...Alain Robbe-Grillet]], [[Michel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]], one of the figures most associated with ...
13: * ''The Golden Fruit'', [[1963]] - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...laywright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life ...
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...rgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and then [[Paris]] when she was three. After returning almost two ...
9: ...by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
12: From 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplishe... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...m]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve yea...
8: ...War I]]. In 1919 she enrolled as a pre-medical student at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]...
10: ... her life began to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the At...
14: ... of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...[[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delivery of a [[Lockheed 10E]] "Electra," financed b... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ... the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her eccentricity and ...
8: ...lay on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...es and distant from his family. He was also still deeply in love with his first wife; he would never g...
12: ...hool in [[Lausanne]]. Changes in the Tsvetaev residence led to several changes in school, and during t...
14: ...an Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a Living Man'. Voloshi... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
4: ...ed her career. In the [[Montmartre]] quarter of [[Paris]] she pursued her interest in art.
8: ...g Her Hair''. Valadon haunted the sleazy bars of Paris and in [[1889]] Toulouse-Lautrec painted her in t...
10: Degas impressed with her bold line drawings and fine...
12: Despite her achievements, she lived in the shadows o...
14: ... was, however, best known for her candid female nudes. - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
4: ...eman graduated from eighth grade and briefly attended college at Colored Agricultural and Normal Unive...
8: ...ial backing from Binga, and from the Chicago Defender, who capitalized on her flamboyant personality a...
10: ... had failed many times. Once, she saw a fellow student die during practice. However, she learned quick...
16: ...ether wreck. Her friends and family did not consider the aircraft safe and implored her not to fly it...
18: ...t, she has been honored in several ways since her death: In [[1931]], a group of Black male pilots per... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...ded the [[Curie Institute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Paris]] and in [[Warsaw]].
5: ...ry assistance of her elder sister, she moved to [[Paris]] and studied [[chemistry]] and [[physics]] at th...
7: ... was far more radioactive than uranium; thus on [[December 26]]th Marie Curie announced the existence ...
9: ...itially the chloride salts (refining radium chloride on [[April 20]], [[1902]]) and then two new [[che...
11: ... Becquerel]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...apher]] who made important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DN...
8: ...h carbon fibres and was the basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945...
9: ...es Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the...
15: ...t 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so years later'...
18: .... In fact, she had already prepared a draft paper describing the structure as a double helix when Cric... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
5: ...en, despite her parents' strong attempts to dissuade her from engaging in a 'men's profession'. Severa...
7: ...eal her identity to him. Lagrange apparently considered her a talented mathematician and became her me...
9: ...o him admitting she was female, to which he responded:
12: ...uite extraordinary talents and superior genius. Indeed nothing could prove to me in so flattering and ...
17: ... first female to attend sessions at the French Academy of Sciences—excepting the wives of other ... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eganderson.jpg|frame|Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]]
3: ...rett Anderson''' ([[9 June]] [[1836]] – [[17 December]] [[1917]]) was an [[England|English]] phys...
5: ...[London]], she was refused admission as a full student both there and at many other medical schools to...
7: ...ad of the poll for [[Marylebone]], and was also made one of the visiting physicians of the East London...
9: ...877. In 1897 Dr Garrett Anderson was elected president of the East Anglian branch of the [[British Med... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...ddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she entered [[vaudeville]] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New ...
7: ... acts. Already a star, she performed in a skirt made only of [[banana]]s, often accompanied by her pet...
11: ...ime she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contempo...
13: ...ker was awarded the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity.
15: Yet despite her popularity in France, she was never real... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: '''Maria Callas''' ([[December 2]], [[1923]] –[[September 16]], [[19...
5: .... Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and performed many bel canto operas, contributin...
7: ...or many roles. Her later [[stereo]] recordings evidence masterly musical interpretations with an incre...
9: ... was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...cqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]]. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ...[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She recorded several hit songs with them, including "(If You ...
8: ...bb died in [[1939]], the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Or...
10: ... other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and t...
12: ...iddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pablo R...
14: ...scar Peterson]], [[Count Basie]] ("On the Sunny Side of the Street"), [[Joe Pass]] ("Speak love"), [[D... - 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... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...[[New York City]]. Through the [[1970s]] she expanded her horizons, predominantly to [[Rock and roll|r...
5: ...s were strengthened by Mitchell's extraordinary wide-ranging voice (with a range in pitch at one time ...
7: ...d by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
11: ...s, producing the international hit "[[Free Man in Paris]]" (inspired by stories told by her producer and ...
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