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- Anna Comnena (3243 bytes)
1: ...emperor [[Alexius I|Alexius I Comnenus]], and is the first known female [[historian]].
3: ... mistaken their sexes, for he ought to have been the woman."
5: ...ve afterwards, as she was obviously isolated from her Palace sources.
7: ... account of Anna Comnena's life is given in the [[1999]] novel ''[[Anna of Byzantium]]'' by [[Tracy Barr...
11: ...rdham.edu/halsall/basis/AnnaComnena-Alexiad.html The Alexiad]'', translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes in 1... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...g|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199...
3: ... religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
6: ===The Roman Beginning===
7: ...aggio]] during that period, her style was just as heavily influenced in turn.
9: ...[Image:Susanna.jpg|left|thumb|200px| Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]] - 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... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...d freedom, but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
6: ...ture]]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
8: ...d the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American woman to receive this priz...
10: ... currently the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays ... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ... and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...n of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became...
7: ... [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickford'''.
9: ...s that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ...s was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objec...
11: ... goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...wn sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
14: ...om others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
19: ...h she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter. - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
2: ... [[Ivanovo]], [[Russia]] - died [[October 19]], [[1999]] in [[Paris, France]], was a lawyer and a [[Fran...
4: ...41]], she quit her work as a lawyer to consecrate herself to literature.
6: ...of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau roman]].
12: * ''The Planetarium'', [[1959]]
13: * ''The Golden Fruit'', [[1963]] - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...t Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the first woman to fly in [[outer space|space]], aboa...
5: ...Aeroclub]]. In [[1962]] she was selected to join the female cosmonaut corps. Out of more than four hun...
7: ...tlana Savitskaya]] flew into space. None of the other four in Tereshkova's cosmonaut group ever flew.
9: ...] she was retired from the [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by presidential order.
11: ...e. Her second husband, Dr. Shaposhnikov died in [[1999]]. - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
5: ...ld rearing, personality, and culture. (Source: ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', Fifth Edition, 1993.)
7: ...ugh for the general public to read and learn from her works--remains firm.
9: She died in [[New York]] on [[15 November]] [[1978]],...
12: In the foreword to the ''Coming of Age in Samoa'', Mead's advisor, [[Fra...
13: ... is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected ways. - 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. - 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: - 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''=== - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...[[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholic]] nun and war heroine.
3: ... her convent to store weapons and ammunition for the [[Mouvements Unis de R鳩stance]] (MUR).
5: ...ivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended.
7: ...the "''Salle Elise Rivet''" was named for her at the [[Institut des Sciences de l'Homme]] in Lyon. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...ted Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of va...
4: ...les VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
7: ...), and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
10: ...herine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine]] are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [...
11: ... depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]].]] - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ... and success have been credited with influencing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's p...
7: ...ki|Jerzy Giżycki]] {[[1899]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...Polish courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [...
11: ...Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]].
13: ...he Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - 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) - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...Dench''', [[Companion of Honour|CH]], [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] (born [[9 December]] [[1934]...
4: ... the Companions of Honour|Companion of Honour]]. She has also occasionally directed plays.
6: ... include the series ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the aforementioned ''A Fine Romance''.
8: ===Theatrical Career===
9: ...eatre]], which has been her main fort頴hroughout her career. - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
1: [[Image:Catherine deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
2: '''Catherine Deneuve''' (born [[October 22]] [[1943]]) is ...
4: ...[Belle de Jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco-English production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Ro...
6: ...ed for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
8: ... once, from 1965 to 1972, to the British photographer [[David Bailey]]. - 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]].
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