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Stjernstedt, Marika
(Encyclopedia) Stjernstedt, MarikaStjernstedt, Marikamärēˈkä shĕrnˈstĕt [key], 1875–1954, Swedish novelist. Stjernstedt's works reflect her distinguished family heritage as well as her liberal social…Prévost, Marcel
(Encyclopedia) Prévost, MarcelPrévost, Marcelmärsĕlˈ prāvōˈ [key], 1862–1941, French novelist. His novels deal chiefly with feminine questions, portraying severely what Prévost regarded as the moral…Beatrice Portinari
(Encyclopedia) Beatrice PortinariBeatrice Portinaribēˈətrĭs, Ital. bāätrēˈchā pōrtēnäˈrē [key], 1266–90, Florentine woman believed to be the Beatrice of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and Vita nuova…Lehmbruck, Wilhelm
(Encyclopedia) Lehmbruck, WilhelmLehmbruck, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm lāmˈbr&oobreve;k [key], 1881–1919, German sculptor. He studied at Düsseldorf and went to Paris in 1910. Influenced at first by Rodin,…Arno, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Arno, PeterArno, Peterärˈnō [key], 1904–68, American cartoonist, b. New York City. Arno's satirical cartoons appeared in the New Yorker from 1925 until his death. He achieved a…Lightfoot, Lori Elaine
(Encyclopedia) Lightfoot, Lori Elaine, 1962–, American lawyer and politician, b. Massillon, Ohio, J.D. Univ. of Chicago Law School, 1989. A Democrat, she was an attorney in private practive before…Eve, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) Eve [Heb.,=life], in the Bible, the first woman, wife of Adam and the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth. Fashioned from Adam's rib, she was beguiled by the serpent into eating the…Grasso, Ella Tambussi
(Encyclopedia) Grasso, Ella TambussiGrasso, Ella Tambussitămby&oomacr;ˈsē [key], 1919–81, U.S. politician, governor of Connecticut (1975–80), b. Windsor Locks, Conn. A Democrat, she was elected…Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett, 1836–1917, English physician. A sister of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Elizabeth also worked for woman suffrage. With difficulty she obtained a private…Macdonald, Flora
(Encyclopedia) Macdonald, Flora, 1722–90, Scottish Jacobite heroine. She aided Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, to escape to France after the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden…Trending
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