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A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. Joseph Conrad, regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he ...
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Tadao Ando is a famous autodidact architect of the twenty-first century. Many successful and influential architects, such as Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Violet-Le-Duc, Tadao Ando were self-taught. There are very few countries allowing autodidacticism in architecture today.
Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland (2009–2013): As prime minister, she was the world's first openly lesbian world leader, first female world leader to wed a same-sex partner while in office. Elizabeth II , United Kingdom (1952–2022): In 2015, she became the longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in world history.
The world-renowned Mexican painter’s work is celebrated for her heart-wrenching self-portraits that focus on themes of miscarriage, heartbreak and political torment.
Protofeminist writer of Jane Anger her Protection for Women [14] 1500–1599: Marie de Gournay: France: 1565: 1645: Protofeminist writer of Egalité des hommes et des femmes (The equality of men and women) [15] 1500–1599: Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi: Italy: 1501–1600: c. 1593: Protofeminist writer of The Worth of Women [16] 1500–1599 ...
Women peasant poets in eighteenth-century England, Scotland, and Germany: milkmaids on Parnassus. Rochester, N.Y.: Camden House, 2003. ISBN 1571132686 ISBN 9781571132680 OCLC 50643919; Donna Landry. "The Labouring-Class Women Poets: Hard Labour we most chearfully pursue." Women and Poetry, 1660-1750. Eds. Sarah Prescott and David Shuttleton.