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- Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...h]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Afric...
5: ...ile serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ... the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ...eudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
11: ... for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband. - Marguerite Duras (1799 bytes)
3: ...nadieu''' ([[April 4]], [[1914]] - [[March 3]], [[1996]]), better known as '''Marguerite Duras''', was a...
5: ...Lot-et-Garonne]] ''[[dé°¡rtment]]'', where her father's house was located.
7: ...India Song]]''. She was also the screenwriter of the [[1959]] French film ''[[Hiroshima mon amour]]'',...
9: ...ng synch sound, using voice over to allude to, rather than tell, a story over images whose relation to...
11: She is interred in the [[Cimetiè²¥ du Montparnasse]]. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ... author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
5: ...labama]] and grew up in [[Eatonville, Florida]]. She studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] u...
9: ... the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston/Jonah's Gourd V...
13: ...tful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ... Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink int... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...he wound up in [[New York City]]. There, she used her looks and driving personality to obtain a job a...
6: ...] the [[Associated Press]] named her "''Woman of the Year in Business''."
8: ... connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstick.
10: ...ng with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family.
12: ...the [[Distinguished Service Medal (USA)|Distinguished Service Medal]]. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...r the [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming lan...
3: ...ching mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: ...ed to work on the development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculators.
7: ...]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATIC]], [[MATH-MATIC]] and [[FLOW-MATIC]...
9: ... is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her philosophy. - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...th her knowledge of physics and his knowledge of chemistry.
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
8: ...ictor Auger]], a French scientist who discovered the effect two years later.
10: ...in D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project]].
12: ... (USA) in 1946; received the Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society, 1949. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ...llafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ...rn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
4: ...raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
6: ...ry rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
8: ... the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra." - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...ory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
5: ...final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
7: ...group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: ...a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]'...
11: ...diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...t|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ... most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
5: ...e to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...irst two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ... its costs, both in terms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails. - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...[[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]] among others.
8: ==The early years==
10: ...he has an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]] brother, Wade.
12: ...f her early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet yo...
14: ...te wrote her first song, "Fate Stay With Me", at the age of 9: - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: ...-horses.jpg|thumb|300px|Stark in its simplicity, the cover of Patti Smith's first album, ''[[Horses (a...
2: ...d these opposing influences have informed much of her work since.
4: ...ing "Career of Evil", "Fire of Unknown Origin", "The Revenge of Vera Gemini", and "Shooting Shark". ...
6: ... of a spoken piece about fugitive heiress [[Patty Hearst]].
8: ...]]'' reflected this with a rawer sound, although the murky production contributed to its poor reviews. - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
1: ...Best_of_Sheryl_Crow.jpg|thumb|''The Very Best of Sheryl Crow'' album released October 2003]]
3: '''Sheryl Crow''' (born [[February 11]], [[1962]] in [[K...
7: ...lowed to make eye contact with the singer except when on stage.
9: ... together and improvise songs until they had finished works.
11: ...ocal Performance for "All I Wanna Do"; Record of the Year for "All I Wanna Do"; and Best New Artist. - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...d to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
7: ..."Tori," after a friend of a friend told her that she looked more like a Tori than a Myra Ellen.
10: ... for the film [[China O'Brien]]; in the credits, the song is attributed to a band called "Tess Makes G...
13: ...ndtrack. A remix of the song is also included on the soundtrack.
15: ===''Under The Pink''=== - Phoolan Devi (2526 bytes)
3: ...ugust]] [[1963]] - [[25 July]] [[2001]]), aka '''The Bandit Queen''' was an [[India]]n [[dacoit]]-turn...
5: ...he had accumulated her own gang, with herself as the leader.
7: ... Behmai Massacre. She denied any involvement in the massacre.
9: ...ty]]. As a part of this arrangement, in [[1983]] she surrendered on a stage before a crowd of 10,000 p...
11: ...6]] she was elected to Parliament as a member of the [[Samajwadi Party]]. - Ruth (361 bytes)
1: The name '''Ruth''' can refer to:
2: * The [[Book of Ruth]], one of the books of the [[Hebrew Bible]].
3: ... nickname of the famed [[baseball]] player George Herman Ruth.
6: ...itizen Ruth]] is a 1996 [[motion picture]] about the abortion issue in US. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: ...-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
2: ...ion page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kol...
6: ...[[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[...
9: ...ost Albanians are [[Muslim]] and the majority of their native Macedonia are [[Macedonian Orthodox Chur... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
3: ...[The Bronx]], [[New York City|New York]]. She is the sister of writer, producer and director [[Garry M...
5: ...e-cracking brewery worker [[Laverne DeFazio]] in the popular [[television|TV]] [[situation comedy|sitc...
9: ...[Big]]'', ''[[Awakenings]]'' and ''[[A League of Their Own]]''.
13: *''[[The Savage Seven]]'' (1968)
15: *''[[The Grasshopper]]'' (1970) - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mia_Farrow_cover.jpg|thumb|Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|1968]]]]
2: ... but has always been known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter of [[film director|director]] [[John Far...
5: ...not even know Frank was thinking of leaving her. They divorced in [[1968]].
7: ...] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They divorced in [[1979]].
9: ... accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters, [[Soon-Yi Previn]]. - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
1: [[Image:Helen_hunt.jpg|left|thumb|Helen Hunt]]
3: ...]. She was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], the daughter of an acting coach.
5: ... winning [[Emmy Award]]s for her performance in [[1996]], [[1997]], [[1998]], and [[1999]].
7: ...It Gets]]'' (with [[Jack Nicholson]]), for which she won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[19...
9: ...win both an [[Emmy]] and an [[Academy Award]] in the same year. - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
2: ...Janelle Ann (nee MacNeille). At the time, her father was a cancer research specialist in [[Washington...
3: ...s old, when Tony Kidman took on a lectureship at the [[University of Technology, Sydney]].
8: ...rated on her family responsibilities until her mother's recovery.
10: ... in ''[[Dead Calm]]'' which gained her notice in the United States.
13: ...as Eve]] of [[1990]] in [[Telluride, Colorado]]. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor,...
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