Rania Al Abdullah (Arabic: الملكة رانيا العبد الله Rānyā al-‘abdu l-Lāh) (born Rania al Yassin on 31 August 1970) is the current Queen consort of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan.
She is one of the world’s most powerful women, and has focused her energy, at home and abroad, on a variety of causes, notably education.
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2014-08-31
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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, GBE (11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English suffragist (one who campaigned for women to have the vote) and an early feminist.
She was born Millicent Garrett in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
As a suffragist, as opposed to a suffragette, she took a moderate line, but was a tireless campaigner.
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2014-06-14
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Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
Lange's photographs humanized the tragic consequences of the Great Depression and profoundly influenced the development of documentary photography.
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2014-05-27
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Dolly Rebecca Parton was born January 19, 1946, the fourth of 12 children.
She is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music, her distinctive soprano voice, "big hair," voluptuous figure, flamboyant style and sometimes bawdy sense of humour.
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2014-01-18
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