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  1. Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
    12: ...so worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13.
    16: ...Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Antonio Banderas]].
    29: *''Portrait in Sepia'' (2000)
  2. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
    6: ... [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
    8: ...ovie and an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
    24: :''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' ([[1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]]
    27: :''[[Alias Grace]]'' ([[1996]]) - winner of the [[1996]] [[Giller Prize]]
    28: ...winner of the [[2000]] [[Booker Prize]] and the [[2000]] [[Governor General's Award]]
  3. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
    5: ...l hemorrhage in 1898. Her mother, n饠Charlotte Hennessy, began taking in boarders, and through one of...
    15: ...d in [[1937]]; they had two adopted children, Roxanne and Ronald. Fairbanks, however, was the love of ...
    24: ...[[1915]]: worked for various companies, $1000 to $2000 a week
    26: ... [[1917 in film|1917]]: stars in ''[[Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm]]'' and ''[[The Poor Little Rich Girl]...
  4. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    19: ...st name is said to have come from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name s...
    22: ...g young actor, [[Frank O'Connor (actor)|Frank O'Connor]], who caught her eye. The two were married in ...
    43: ...and then published a letter in "The Objectivist" announcing her repudiation of Branden for various rea...
    54: Nonetheless, there are connections between Rand's views and those of other ph...
    98: ...rt of Fiction'' (edited by [[Tore Boeckmann]]) ([[2000]])
  5. Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
    8: ...1922 Earhart bought her first [[airplane]], a [[Kinner Airstar]]. After her parents divorced, she sold...
    10: ...an attorney from Boston, but in November of 1928 announced that the engagement had been broken and soo...
    14: ...Congress, the Cross of Knight of the [[L駩on d'honneur|Legion of Honor]] from the French Government, ...
    16: ...financed by [[Purdue University]], she started planning her round-the-world flight.
    22: ...ion was [[Howland Island]], a flat sliver of land 2000 meters long and 500 meters wide, 10 feet (3 m) hi...
  6. Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
    9: Benedict wrote poetry under the name "Anne Singleton" until the early 1930s.
    32: ... by H.E. Mr. Sadaaki Numata ... [[25 November]] [[2000]]]
  7. Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
    12: ...hysics Unit, directed by John Randall, at the beginning of January 1951. Originally to have worked on ...
    15: ... were spotted immediately by Franklin. By the beginning of 1952 it was generally accepted in King's th...
    25: ...ed only if the recipient dies after the award is announced).
    27: ...] [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/elevat/ch1.html] in 2000 in honour of Dr. Rosalind Franklin's and Dr. Maur...
    33: *Sayre, Anne. 1975. ''Rosalind Franklin and DNA''. New York: ...
  8. Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
    3: ...national Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
    7: Born into a wealthy and well-connected [[Britain|British]] family at the 'Villa Col...
    9: ...re for the legions of the poor and indigent. She announced her decision to her family in [[1845]], evo...
    25: ...il October [[1854]]. Her father had given her an annual income of [[Pound Sterling|?]]500 (roughly $50...
    93: ... hand-held [[computer]]s connected to a [[Windows 2000]] [[wireless network]] [http://www.microsoft.com/...
  9. Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
    7: ...ng, including works by [[Fr餩ric Chopin]], [[Johannes Brahms]], [[Maurice Ravel]], [[Sergei Prokofiev...
    11: ...eless in promoting younger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appear as member...
    20: ...: Piano Concerto No. 3'' ([[Grammy Awards of 2000|2000]])
  10. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ...ic|soul]] and [[R&B]] singer born in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], but raised in [[Detroit, Michigan]]. On ...
    6: ...in to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
    12: ...]s in [[1968]], she was virtually unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vo...
    14: ...ful relationship with Wexler and Mardin while beginning to take a greater role in producing her work. ...
    87: *''[[Blues Brothers 2000]]'' ([[1998]])
  11. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    11: ...d this by the [[Johannes-Ostern (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Ostern]] ("Easter according to John"). The two ...
    53: ...89;нега)'' on verses of Gennadi Aigi for chamber ensemble and chamber choir (1...
    72: ...ss, two mixed choirs, organ, and large orchestra (2000)
    74: *''Johannes-Ostern'' for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, tw...
  12. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    5: ...]] playing, tuning the instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distinctive rhythmic, driving sou...
    19: ...w Mitchell's lowest recorded output since the beginning of her career. Only three albums of new mater...
    21: ...estra, [[Both Sides Now (album)|Both Sides Now]] (2000) was received rapturously by critics and remains ...
    52: *[[2000]] [[Both Sides Now (album)|Both Sides Now]]
    61: *[[2004]] The Beginning of Survival
  13. Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
    36: ...usion with fellow [[Canada|Canadian]] singer [[Alannah Myles]]. The album went double [[RIAA certifica...
    46: According to Ballard, the connection was "instant", and within 30 minutes of mee...
    54: :''I hit the ground running, although I know not of what toward''
    72: ...ver, by the spring of [[1995]], when Morissette penned a deal with [[Maverick Records]].
    125: ...our in support of ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', beginning in small clubs and ending in large venues. The...
  14. Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
    4: ...ne. She also wrote songs during this period in connection with [[Allen Lanier]] of the [[Blue ֹster ...
    6: ..., initially with guitarist and rock archivist [[Lenny Kaye]] and later with a full band comprising Kay...
    15: ...nge her name.) She recorded only the critically panned album ''[[Dream Of Life]]'' in [[1988]], the mo...
    17: ...gs about [[Mother Teresa]] and Smith's father) in 2000, and ''Trampin''' (featuring a song about [[Gandh...
    19: ...th was an active supporter of [[Ralph Nader]]'s [[2000]] presidential campaign, touring with him and pla...
  15. Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
    3: ...[February 11]], [[1962]] in [[Kennett, Missouri|Kennett]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]) is an ...
    11: ..."All I Wanna Do"; Record of the Year for "All I Wanna Do"; and Best New Artist.
    17: ... Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 2000 when it was included in her album, "Sheryl Crow a...
    21: ...n" and 2002 Best Female Rock Performance Grammy winner "Steve McQueen". Crow also performed the song "...
    25: ...e her biggest radio hit since her first, "All I Wanna Do".
  16. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    7: ...t this time. She first came to local notice by winning a county Teen Talent contest, and her picture ...
    10: ...m ''[[Y Kant Tori Read]]'' was released and was panned by critics. Amos was devastated, and started w...
    20: ... RAINN is a toll-free help line in the US which connects callers with their local rape crisis center. ...
    23: ...The accompanying tour was known as the "Dew Drop Inn" tour; as on the album, Tori performed on [[harps...
    33: Next, Amos planned to release a live album. She decided to write a...
  17. Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
    7: ...fused, suggesting that Hitler have [[Walter Ruttmann]] film it instead. Riefenstahl later consented, a...
    17: ...survived a [[helicopter]] crash in the Sudan in [[2000]].
  18. Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
    11: ...ord]] and [[London]] over the next two decades, winning several best actress awards.
    13: ...National Theatre]] in London. She is a multiple winner of the main awards for performances on the Lond...
    24: * ''[[Chocolat (movie) | Chocolat]]'' ([[2000]])
  19. Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
    1: ... deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
    4: ...ade her movie debut in the 1956 film "Les Collegiennes," when she was still a teenager (her elder sist...
    8: ...er four-year relationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from 1965 to 1972,...
    26: * ''[[Fort Saganne]]'' (1984)
    40: * [[Marianne]]
  20. Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
    13: ...rrow died of a heart ailment at age 19 in March [[2000]].
    44: *''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]'' ([[1984]])
    47: *''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' ([[1986]])

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