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- Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
23: ...e Preobrazhensky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, enlisted their sympathies by a stirring speech, and l...
25: ...ttle knowledge and no experience of affairs, suddenly found herself at the head of a great empire at o...
29: ...eden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became...
31: This triumphant issue was mainly due to the diplomatic ability of the new vice ch... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
22: ...tess Spencer|Raine, Countess of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartl...
36: ...ince Harry of Wales|Prince Henry of Wales]] (commonly called Prince Harry) on [[15 September]] [[1984]...
38: ... suicide attempts did take place, there was certainly a significant risk she would [[miscarriage|misca...
85: ...o needle as it was [[digital]]. The car was certainly travelling much faster than the legal [[speed li...
106: ... spot; it is on a stretch of high-speed road but only has limited visibility ahead in places; and ther... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
22: ...s-Auguste]] was shy, awkward and distant. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or r...
25: ... supposed to do on their wedding night. They had only a very vague idea of sex and this increased the ...
36: ...-Auguste and Marie-Antoinette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774...
85: ...me impatient with the jeweller and snapped, "Not only have I never commissioned you to make a jewel &h...
117: ...ds were massacred. She and her ladies-in-waiting only narrowly escaped with their lives before the cro... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
20: ... Pierantonio had four sons and one daughter. But only the daughter, Prudenzia, survived to adulthood &...
34: ... father Orazio departed for [[Genoa]]. It is commonly believed that Artemisia followed her father (and...
42: ...trait of Gonfaloniere"''), today in [[Bologna]] (only known example of her capacity as portrait painte...
46: ...ated to [[Naples]] and stayed there - except for only a brief trip to [[London]] and some other journe...
52: ...t, and it was not possible to refuse. Orazio suddenly died in [[1639]]. Charles I was a fanatical coll... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
- Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
66: ...s. Many academic philosophers criticize Rand not only for her sweeping denouncements of academic philo...
105: ... vol 2, #2. [http://www.skeptic.com/02.2.shermer-unlikely-cult.html] - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
- Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
10: ...ings and fine paintings, encouraged her efforts. Unlike many of her peers, Valadon received acclaim an...
18: ... intimate relationship with Valadon would be the only relationship of the kind in his life, leaving hi...
37: * [http://www.xs4all.nl/~androom/index.htm?biography/p001790.htm Short Va... - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
4: ... which may have included the [[Museum]] and certainly included the [[Serapeum]] (a temple and "daughte...
22: ...his affair brought not the least opprobrium, not only upon Cyril, but also upon the whole Alexandrian ...
40: ...ttp://www.geocities.com/hckarlso/sletter154.html online version]).
42: ....cosmopolis.com/alexandria/hypatia-bio-john.html online version]). - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
36: ...e was swindled out of her earnings and died with only $0.70 in the bank and $750 on her person. At th... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
13: ...ksgiving (Luke 1:46-56; comp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three mo...
15: ... for thirty uneventful years. During these years only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: h...
19: ...hristians that she is again portrayed as the heavenly Woman of Revelation (Revelation 12.1).
43: ...the divinity or humanity of Jesus Christ. So not only would one side affirm that Jesus was indeed God,...
45: ...n but do not accept a sort of "hyper"-veneration only for the [[Theotokos]]. - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
18: ... not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are of other ideas."
20: ...tly with a woman, in preference to us, and not openly? Are we to turn back and all listen to her? Did ...
31: ... other hand, consider this one person to be, not only the sinner of Luke 7:36-50 but also [[Mary siste...
43: ...eloved Disciple]], to whom the Fourth Gospel commonly called ''[[Gospel of John]]'' is ascribed. The m...
47: ...e]]'' (Eio Books, 2005), similarly sees Mary not only as the author of the [[Gospel of John]], but as ... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
11: ...ll these years Hildegard confided of her visions only to Jutta and another monk, named Volmar, who was...
12: ...like a flame, not burning but warming... and suddenly I understood of the meaning of expositions of th...
17: ...Eugenius_III|Pope Eugenius]] (1145-53), a rather enlightened individual who exhorted Hildegard to fini...
22: ...for her lyrics and a constructed script, many [[conlang]]ers look upon her as a mediaeval precursor.
26: ...s upset the delicate balance of the humours, and only consuming the right plant or animal which had th... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
11: ...len G. White, though, is considered as a prophet only by Seventh Day Adventist believers and not at al... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
18: ...]], with a loss of 2,200 English soldiers versus only a little over 20 French and Scots. This allowed...
33: ...nfirmed that this was based on a distortion: she only objected to being tried by pro-English clergy wh...
38: ...] cemetery and threatened with summary execution unless she signed a confession and agreed to wear a d...
43: ...ree surviving members of Jeanne d'Arc's family. Unlike the original trial, the appellate process incl...
47: ...imprisonment, Joan of Arc wore clothing more commonly worn by men. Her motive is given in her own word... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
10: ...nament, a forerunner of the [[French Open]], was only open to members of French clubs until 1925.) She...
16: Not only her performances on the court were noted, howeve...
18: ...gles. On her path to the gold medal, she gave up only four games, three of them in the final against [...
24: Lenglen's only tournament defeat in a singles match during this...
30: ...llowing year, she destroyed Bjurstedt-Mallory in only 26 minutes, winning 6–2, 6–0. The tw... - Benedictine (848 bytes)
3: ...tion into a Benedictine community to promise solemnly stability (to remain in the same monastery), con... - Stained glass (3937 bytes)
- Iconography (7643 bytes)
15: ...figures in [[icon]]s are shown with serene, passionless faces, never smiling or angry. This stylized a... - Relic (11473 bytes)
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