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- Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...'', which translates as, "My name is Marie, I am from France."
3: ... of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
8: * Ferrante, Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Dur...
9: ..." in ''Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages'', Roger S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford Unive... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...re]], [[Wales|South Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] she studied at the [[Pelham...
5: ...et her husband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...aught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, ...
11: ...[[Roger Fry]] assisting him with the avant-garde productions of fabrics, clothes, murals, furniture, r...
13: ... favourite hangout as well as that of her friend from her home town, [[Augustus John]], and later anot... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: [[Image:Christine de Pisan - Project Gutenberg eBook 12254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250...
2: ...nterpreted as a feminist push for expanded female roles; although Pisan in fact was merely describing ...
4: ...came a court writer employed by various ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three chil...
5: ... of Orleans]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...and died in [[1389]] she found herself without a protector, and with three children depending on her. ... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...r. In [[1932]], she wrote her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[...
6: ...s most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau roman]].
10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]] - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...veloper of the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming language.
3: ...ssar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: ...or it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work on the devel...
9: ...lent, the COMTRAN. However, it was her idea that programs could be written in a language that was clos...
12: ...t turned into an indefinite assignment. She was promoted to Captain in [[1973]] by Admiral [[Elmo R. ... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
7: ...ently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding yet another element of...
9: ... [[United States|U.S.]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the e...
13: ...was awarded the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity.
15: ... personal life similarly suffered, and she went through six marriages, some legal, some not.
17: ...other expatriate American entertainer living in Europe. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...[[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[...
6: ... Paul II]] in [[October 2003]], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s...
9: ...xhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though m...
11: ...work in [[India]]. She was a member of the youth group in her local parish called Sodality. At 18, the...
13: ...e Sisters of Loreto because of their vocation to provide education for girls. After a few months train... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] since the early [[20th century]]; ...
7: ...heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of ...
10: ...il on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
11: ...76]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]...
12: ... before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a succession of towns where preparations w... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
3: ...5]], [[1945]] in [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[World War II]].
5: ...middle of 1942 in occupied France they were being rounded up by the [[Gestapo]]. In the city of [[Lyon...
7: ...]] and accompanied by another agent, she walked across the [[Pyrenees| Pyrenees mountains]] making the...
9: ...[Brandenburg]] where she suffered great hardship from exposure, cold, and malnutrition.
11: ...r the liberation of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the [[Valen硹 SOE Memorial]] in t... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...am through her many [[cookbook]]s and television programs. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook...
6: ...-minded, she volunteered with the [[American Red Cross]] and, after the bombing of [[Pearl Harbor]] in...
10: ...eign Service | U.S. Foreign Service]] and also introduced Julia to fine cuisine. She learned to cook i...
14: ... had written a French cookbook for Americans and proposed that Mrs. Child work with them to make it ap...
16: ... For the next decade as the Childs moved around Europe and finally to [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], th... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...nd because of her father's sympathies for [[Leon Trotsky]], the family fled to [[Syracuse, New York|Sy...
6: ... early 1940s, Deren used some of the inheritance from her father to purchase a used [[16mm]] [[Bolex]]...
10: ...ce. The accompanying documentary was edited and produced after her death.
12: Deren passed away in 1961, at the age of 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. Some have speculated th...
14: ...ces]] in which she spelled out ghostly messages through a [[Ouija board]]. Deren is a character in Mer... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
4: ...the time, the two were considered scandalous to a roughly equal degree. She was sponsored into the ''...
6: ... the [[1870s]], and was soon in demand all over Europe and in the [[United States]]. She soon develope...
8: ...was also to publish a series of books and plays throughout her life.
16: ...r career, in spite of the need to use a wooden [[prosthetic limb]]. She died in the arms of her son M...
22: ... La Berma, a [[fictional character]] in [[Marcel Proust]]'s ''[[In Search of Lost Time]]'' was inspire... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
5: ...ames|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing|sculler]], and her brother "Jack" followed in that tradition. ''Kelly Dr...
7: ... ([[1952]]), a generally praised but somewhat controversial [[Western movie|western]] starring [[Gary ...
9: ...award went to [[Donna Reed]] for her role in ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films wit...
11: ...co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept quiet to protect both their reputations.
13: ...t|In the 1956 film The Swan, Kelly starred in the role of a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Loui... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...llivan]]. She then went on to graduate from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
7: .... Selznick]] had secrectly selected Leigh for the role after seeing her in the [[MGM]] film ''[[A Yank...
9: In [[1940]], Leigh arranged for a divorce from Holman and married [[Laurence Olivier]]. The pa...
15: The actress died of chronic tuberculosis in her [[London]] home. She was c...
36: *''[[The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone]]'' ([[1961]]) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
2: '''Marilyn Monroe''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [...
6: ...he studio where Marilyn's mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later...
12: ...[1941]], Grace took her in again. She was then introduced to a neighbor's son, James Dougherty, who wo...
16: ...d the spectacular heights of fame that Marilyn Monroe has. Her [[face]] was certainly her fortune and ... - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
5: ...r brother named John, who works as a real estate broker.
9: ...d dramatic roles and has won Best Actress awards from the National Society of Film Critics and the Onl...
33: ...[[Just Like Heaven]]'' (2005) (currently in post-production)
34: *''[[Walk the Line]]'' (2005) (currently in post-production)
35: ...hiteout]]'' (2005) (currently announced start of production) - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: '''Billie Jean King''' ([[n饝] Moffit) is a professional [[tennis]] player. Born on [[November 22...
5: ... 6-3 before 30,492 spectators in the [[Houston Astrodome]] (reportedly the largest ever live audience ...
9: ...g currently resides in New York and Seattle. Her brother, [[Randy Moffitt]], was a pitcher for the [[S... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
3: ...ench and [[United Kingdom|British]] women's game from [[1919]] to [[1926]], winning 25 [[Grand Slam (t...
8: ...hen she played on the tennis court at the family property in [[Marest-sur-Matz]]. The young girl enjoy...
10: ...925.) She lost to reigning champion [[Marguerite Broquedis]] in a closely fought three-set match: 5&nd...
14: ...; and met seven time winner [[Dorothea Douglass|Dorothea Douglass Chambers]] in the final. The close m...
18: ...(playing with [[Elisabeth d'Ayen]]), and won the bronze medal after their opponents withdrew. - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ... World No. 1 woman [[tennis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the [[United Sta...
5: ... three, and in [[1962]] her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach....
9: ...d 16, she turned professional. She won her first professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in...
11: ...the top of the game saw her embark on a punishing routine to get herself into shape that eventually ma...
19: ...n 1984|74-match winning streak]] (a record for a professional) by beating Navrátilová 1-6, 6-3, 7-5. - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
5: ...iley]] in the high jump. The jury, however, disapproved of her style and declared Shiley the Olympic c...
9: ...golf)|Western Open]] victories. Formally turning professional in 1947, she dominated the [[WPGA]] and ...
11: ...3. She made a comeback in 1954 and took the Vare Trophy and her tenth and final major with a U.S. Wome...
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