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Mary Wollstonecraft

Biography of the 18th-century English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century English feminist, believed that equal education among men and women would ensure the equal…

Brewer's: Marys

The four Marys. Mary Beaton (or Bethune), Mary Livingston (or Leuson), Mary Fleming (or Flemyng), and Mary Seaton (or Seyton); called the “Queen's Marys,” that is, the ladies of the same…

Brewer's: Mari'a

Heroine of Donizetti's opera La Figlia del Reggimento. She first appears as a vivandière or French sutler-girl, for Sulpizio (the sergeant of the 11th regiment of Napoleon's Grand Army)…

Brewer's: Mary

As the Virgin, she is represented in Christian art with flowing hair, emblematical of her virginity. As Mater Dolorosa, she is represented as somewhat elderly, clad in mourning, head…

The Queen Mary

The only surviving major pre-war transatlantic ocean liner in existence by Mike Morrison The Queen Mary is the only surviving major pre-war transatlantic ocean liner still in…

Cotton Mary

Director:Ismail MerchantWriter:Alexandra VietsMerchant Ivory Productions; NR; 125 minutesRelease:3/00Cast:Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi, John MacIntosh The Merchant Ivory production house…

Mary Astor

Mary Astor(Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke)actressBorn: 5/3/1906Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois Starting off in silent films, she played opposite John Barrymore in Beau Brummel (1924) and Don Juan (1926…

Mary Oliver

Poet Mary Oliver was a National Book Award winner and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of 1983's poetry collection American Primitive. Although Mary Oliver was raised in Ohio, much of her poetry is…

Marie Curie

Name at birth: Maria SklodowskaA towering figure in the history of chemistry and physics, Marie Curie is most famous for the discovery of the elements polonium and radium. Prohibited from higher…

Marie Antoinette

Name at birth: Maria AntoniaMarie Antoinette was the Queen of France during the French Revolution. Resented by the French citizenry for her foreign birth and extravagant lifestyle, Marie has gone…