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Sablé, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de

(Encyclopedia) Sablé, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise deSablé, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise demädəlĕnˈ də s&oomacr;vrāˈ, märkēzˈ də säblāˈ [key], 1599–1678, French woman of letters. Her salon was…

Shelomith

(Encyclopedia) ShelomithShelomithshĕlˈōmĭth, shēlōˈ– [key] or ShelomothShelomith–mŏth [key], in the Bible. 1 Woman whose son was stoned for blasphemy. 2 Zerubbabel's daughter. 3 Kohathite Levitical…

Sandel, Cora

(Encyclopedia) Sandel, CoraSandel, Corakôrˈə sănˈdĕl [key], pseud. of Sara Fabricius, 1880–1974, Norwegian author. Her outstanding work is the Alberta Trilogy (1926–39, tr. 1965), a set of largely…

Colette

(Encyclopedia) Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette)Colettesēdōnēˈ gäbrēĕlˈ kōlĕtˈ [key], 1873–1954, French novelist. Colette achieved popularity with numerous novels, characterized by sensitive…

Manon Rheaume

Born: Feb. 24, 1972Hockey 2-time gold medallist (1992,94) at the Women's World Hockey Championships as goaltender for Canada; first woman to sign a professional hockey contract; started in goal in…

Movies and Film: Theories of Directing

Theories of DirectingMovies and FilmFilm DirectingHow to Recognize a Great DirectorTheories of DirectingThe DirectorsSome Films on Directing This section covers various theories of directing.…

Love Poems on the Web

Classic Love Poems on the Web Love is only a click away by Ann-Marie Imbornoni From Donald Hall to Shakespeare, Byron to Browning, a wide sampling of some of the best known love poetry is just a…

Women in Sports: Tennis

Mary Ewing Outerbride is credited with introducing lawn tennis to the United States in 1874. The first American woman to win the women's…

Constance Baker Motley

lawyer and juristBorn: 9/14/1921Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. As a prominent civil rights attorney, Motley won nine of the ten cases she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the 1962 case…