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- Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...si sui de France'', which translates as, "My name is Marie, I am from France."
3: ...Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
7: * Burgess, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: U...
8: * Ferrante, Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Pr...
9: ... (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881 - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...90]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, known as the '''Queen of Bohemia'''.
3: ... she went to the [[Montparnasse]] Quarter in [[Paris]], [[France]] to study at [[Marie Vassilieff]]'s...
5: ...usband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...te]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, she took up with another free spirit, compos...
11: ...rniture, rugs, and the like. The photo shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...utenberg eBook 12254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartmen...
2: ...man was expected to take charge in his absence. This practice had been the norm for centuries rather t...
9: ...ctor, and with three children depending on her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature |...
11: ...ent balades'', No. 50) that they were merely exercises. In [[1399]] she began to study the [[Latin]] p...
13: ...aluable as a first-hand picture of Charles V and his court. - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
2: ...[Russia]] - died [[October 19]], [[1999]] in [[Paris, France]], was a lawyer and a [[Francophone]] wri...
4: ... she wrote her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[Jean-Paul Sartr...
8: ==Works (An Incomplete Listing)==
10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]] - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...rst woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her dissertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Cri...
5: ...a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work o...
9: ... code, such as the [[assembler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her...
14: ...1980s by the National Bureau of Standards, now [[NIST]].
18: ...d take to make life easier for their users. She visited a large fraction of Digital engineering facil... - 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... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...ersial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[pove...
11: ...], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...n honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], a...
15: ...]] Mother Teresa taught [[geography]] and [[catechism]] at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, becomin...
17: ...utta and found temporary lodging with the Little Sisters of the Poor. She then started an open-air sch... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...after her death. Her posthumous reception history is a lengthy one: she was revered by the [[Catholic ...
7: ... Troyes]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown princ...
9: ===Visions and mission===
11: ...n ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|M... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
1: [[image:Denise bloch photo 00 tn.jpg|right]]
3: '''Denise Madeleine Bloch''', born in [[1915]] in [[France...
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... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
1: ...ild.jpg|frame|right|Julia Child holds up a [[Monkfish]].]]
2: ...astering the Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which premiere...
6: ...r local publications and briefly working in advertising again. Civic-minded, she volunteered with the ...
8: ...of Meritorious Civilian Service as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat.
10: ...ir large social circle. In 1948, they moved to Paris after the [[United States State Department | U.S.... - 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: ...on]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[John Cage]], and [[Anais Nin]]. She continued making 16mm films such as "...
10: ...t, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The accomp... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
4: ...egitimate daughter of Judith van Hard, a Dutch Jewish [[courtesan]] known as "Youle." Her father was r...
8: ...or [[Antonio de La Gandara]]. She was also to publish a series of books and plays throughout her life.
10: ...[Lou Tellegen]]). She married Greek-born actor Aristides Damala (aka [[Jacques Damala]]) in London in...
12: ...ll. The latter included ''Sarah Bernhardt ࠂelle-Isle'' ([[1912]]), a film about her daily life at ho...
16: ...he is buried in [[Le P貥 Lachaise Cemetery]], Paris, France. - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
5: ...n that tradition. ''Kelly Drive'' in Philadelphia is named for John, Jr., who was a city councilman th...
7: ...e in ''[[High Noon]]'' ([[1952]]), a generally praised but somewhat controversial [[Western movie|west...
13: ...ole of a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Louis Jourdan.]]
15: ...ve up her film career entirely, but followed his wishes grudgingly.
17: ..., who would become Rainier's mother and made her his heir [[Princess Charlotte of Monaco]]. - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...ndash; [[July 7]], [[1967]]) was an [[England|English]] [[Actor|actress]] who was born '''Vivian Mary ...
7: ...k Gable]] including [[Norma Shearer]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Jean Arthur]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], and [[...
11: ...or her portrayal the previous year of Blanche DuBois in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.
13: ...citating. She had also been plagued by [[Bipolar Disorder|manic-depression]] for some time, which was ...
15: The actress died of chronic tuberculosis in her [[London]] home. She was cremated and her ... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
4: ...ntually become the most celebrated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to say the ...
6: ...'. Biographers used to differ on whether the man listed on her birth certificate, [[Norway|Norwegian]]...
10: ...rwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino,...
12: ... of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very int...
15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']] - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
2: ...n Reese Witherspoon''' on [[March 22]], [[1976]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] p...
5: ...versity]]. Her father is a surgeon and her mother is a nurse and college professor. She has a younger ...
9: ...behind the character of Greta Wolfecastle in an episode of [[The Simpsons]]. - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...e greatest tennis players and female athletes in history.
5: ...st ever live audience for tennis) as well as television viewers in 37 countries. She scooped winner-ta...
7: ...ational Tennis Hall of Fame]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] in [[1987]]. In [[1990]], [[Life magazine]]...
9: ...Randy Moffitt]], was a pitcher for the [[San Francisco Giants]].
11: The [[Elton John]] song "Philadelphia Freedom" is a tribute to her. - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...ima donna]]'' of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
3: ...rendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international fema...
8: ...erchief at various places on the court, to which his daughter had to direct the ball.
10: ... year stopped most national and international tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was...
14: ...later noted to be one of the hallmarks in tennis history, saw Lenglen saving two match points and winn... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...]. During her career she won 18 [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles titles and 40 Grand Slam do...
5: ...ried Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. Martina then took the name of her stepfath...
7: ===Tennis career===
9: ...avrátilová won the Czechoslovakian national tennis championship. In [[1973]], aged 16, she turned pr...
11: ... reach the top of the game saw her embark on a punishing routine to get herself into shape that eventu... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
5: ...an Shiley]] in the high jump. The jury, however, disapproved of her style and declared Shiley the Olym...
9: ...6-47 U.S. Women's Amateur as well as the 1947 British Amateur and three [[Western Open (women's golf)|...
11: ...e Western Open, in addition to leading the money-list. She was the leading money-winner again in 1951 ...
13: ... was also the highest ranked woman on [[ESPN]]'s list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century.
19: * ''This life I've lead: My autobiography'', by Babe Didri...
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