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  • Intrauterine device/Definition
    ...t is a 1- to 2-inch piece of flexible plastic installed by a doctor into a woman's uterus, where it remains long-term to prevent implantation of a fertilize
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  • Lady/Definition
    ...d “lady” was used habitually as a courteous reference to every respectable woman.
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  • Baby Boom/External Links
    Boomer Woman's Issues;
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  • Women
    #REDIRECT [[Woman]]
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  • Andrea James/Definition
    American transgendered woman and activist.
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  • Polyandry/Definition
    Marriage between a woman and more than one man.
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  • Polygny/Definition
    Marriage between a man and more than one woman.
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  • Polygyny/Definition
    Marriage between a man and more than one woman.
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  • Robert Hughes (Australian actor)/Related Articles
    {{r|Woman's Day}}
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  • Ilhan Omar/Definition
    Second [[muslim]] woman to serve in the [[U.S. Congress]]
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  • Antea/Definition
    In [[Greek mythology]], a [[woman]] scorned by [[Bellerophon]] who committed [[suicide]].
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  • Lesbian/Definition
    A woman who forms romantic relationships or has sexual activity with other women.
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  • Living Loving Maid
    #REDIRECT [[Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)]]
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  • Livin' Lovin' Maid
    #REDIRECT [[Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)]]
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  • Mary Pickford/Definition
    (1902-2002)Pioneer in endocrinology, and the first woman to hold a medical chair at Edinburgh University.
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  • Marine 1 (Syracuse fireboat)
    ...-08-28/> After firefighter Paul Veri rappeled from the bridge to wear the woman was dangling from a chain, and found her combative and uncooperative firefi The woman bit Veri.<ref name=firehouse2018-08-28/>
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  • Mary (mother of Jesus)/Definition
    <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>First century Hebrew woman who was the mother of Jesus of Nazareth.
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  • Dolley Madison/Definition
    Wife of Presdent [[James Madison]], first woman to be referred to as "First Lady".
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  • Valentina Tereshkova/Definition
    First woman in space; flew in Vostok 6 on 16th June 1963 (born 1937).
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  • Kobo Abe/Definition
    ...ude>(1924-1993) [[Japan]]ese [[novel]]ist and [[drama]]tist; wrote ''[[The Woman in the Dunes]]''.
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  • Aspasia (Milesian woman)/Definition
    Was a [[Miletus|Milesian]] woman who was famous for her involvement with the [[Athens|Athenian]] statesman [
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  • Black Country Woman/External Links
    This is a list of external links on '[[Black Country Woman]]'. Retrieved on 13 May 2014.
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  • Mary Magdalene/Definition
    First century woman who was an important follower of Jesus of Nazareth and the first person to
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  • Trampled Under Foot/Discography
    *B. '[[Black Country Woman]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) 4.24<br /> *B. 'Black Country Woman' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) 4.24<br />
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  • Julia Gillard/Definition
    Prime Minister of Australia from June 2010 to June 2013; first woman to hold the office.
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  • Sunshine Woman/External Links
    This is a list of external links on '[[Sunshine Woman]]'. Retrieved on 19 December 2013.
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  • Our Lady of Walsingham/Definition
    ...]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]]; originates in 1061 religious vision of Saxon woman Richeldis de Faverches.
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  • Sally Ride/Definition
    [[Astronaut]] and the first American woman in space; member, [[Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenge
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  • Miss/Definition
    Honorific traditionally used only for an unmarried woman, originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress, which wa
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  • Elinor Smith/Definition
    ...viatrix, once known as "The Flying Flapper of Freeport". She was the first woman test pilot for both Fairchild and Bellanca.
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  • Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)/Discography
    *A. '[[Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)]]' ([[Jimmy Page]], [[Robert Plant]]) - 2:39 *A. 'Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 2:39
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  • Beroe
    ...Juno (mythology)|Juno]] in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' disguised herself as the old woman named '''''Beroe''''' to have the devious purpose of persuading the [[Troja ...er in the [[epic]] [[poetry|poem]] ''[[Aeneid|The Aeneid]]'' who is an old woman. But she's really a [[transformation]] of the [[Greek god|Greek goddess]] [
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  • Edith Wharton/Definition
    An American writer, who was the first woman to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Literature]] in 1921 with her novel ''[[The
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  • Beroe/Definition
    ...al character in the epic poem The Aeneid who, although disguised as an old woman, is really a transformation of the Greek goddess Juno.
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  • Claudia Rufina/Definition
    British woman living in Rome in the late first century, mentioned in Martial's Epigrams.
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  • Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen/Definition
    A civil servant, who has specialized in managing fisheries, who was the first woman to direct the [[Pacific Islands Forum Fishery Agency]]
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  • Jodie Whittaker
    ...ainment-arts-40624288 Jodie Whittaker: Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord to be a woman]'. 16th July 2017.</ref> She has appeared in several [[film]]s and [[televi
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  • O Pioneers!/Definition
    ...clude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>1913 novel by [[Willa Cather]] about a young woman who manages and operates a farming homestead during frontier years in late
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  • Elinor Ostrom/Definition
    ...y research on common pool resource management who in 2009 became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.
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  • Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)/External Links
    This is a list of external links on '[[Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)]]'. Retrieved on 11 April 2014.
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  • Led Zeppelin II/Related Articles
    {{r|Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)}} {{r|Sunshine Woman}}
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  • Margaret Thatcher/Definition
    The first woman [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], famous for her free market views
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  • Georgia Davis Powers/Definition
    First woman and first person of color elected (1967) to the state [[Senate]] in the [[C
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  • Lady
    ...d “lady” was used habitually as a courteous reference to every respectable woman. Although upper class women did not seem to mind being referred to as “w * A woman holding the title of Lady in her own right, such as a female peer in her ow
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  • Gynoid/Definition
    ...increasingly [[robotics]]; a female robot; a combination of Greek ''gyn'' (woman) with ''android''; term invented by [[Gwyneth Jones]] and developed by [[Ri
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  • Tetrachromacy/Definition
    ...ceptors. Birds, fish and insects are commonly tetrachromats and some human woman have tetrachromatic vision due to [[X-inactivation]].
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  • Valentina Tereshkova/External Links
    ...nniversary of the spaceflight performed by Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman-cosmonaut] - Energia biography
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  • Aspasia (disambiguation)
    {{rpl|Aspasia (Milesian woman)}}
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  • Jeannette Rankin/Definition
    (1880 - 1973), first woman in Congress, suffragist and social worker, and the only member of Congress
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  • Pregnancy
    ...regnancy 26 weeks.jpg|thumb|right|340px|alt=Picture of a pregnant woman.|A woman 26 weeks into her pregnancy.]] ...carried inside the [[body]] cavity called a [[uterus]]. When a [[human]] [[woman]] is ''pregnant'', then for a period of time, the embryo or fetus grows to
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  • Woman
    A '''woman''' is a [[human]] who is both [[female]] and an [[adult]]. A traditional de The ability of a biologically-typical woman to experience [[pregnancy]] and [[childbirth]] is often closely-associated
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  • Tai tai/Definition
    Chinese expression, literally supreme-supreme, for the ranking woman in a household, originally for the chief wife in a family that might have m
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  • Miss
    ...can be used instead. It is a polite form of address to a young woman or a woman of inferior social rank; and in British English as an address to a female t
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  • Sandra Day O'Connor/Definition
    ...eme Court of the United States]], known as an effective compromiser; first woman justice and first state ([[Arizona (U.S. state)|Arizona]]) senate majority
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  • Elizabeth Blackadder/Definition
    (born 1931) Scottish painter and printmaker; the first woman to be elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy.
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  • Female scientist
    A woman who is a professional in [[science]] or [[engineering]] may be generally ca
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  • Jason/Definition
    ...Fleece. Much later, when Jason fell in [[romantic love|love]] with another woman, Medea killed their [[children]].
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  • Edith Wharton
    ...], [[France]], August 11, 1937) was an American writer, who was the first woman to win the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Literature (1921) with her novel ''[[The ...ymes'' (1907); ''The Fruit of the Tree'' (1907); ''The Hermit and the Wild Woman'' (1908); ''Tales of Men and Ghosts'' (1910); ''Ethan Frome'' (1911);'' The
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  • EMILY's List
    ...s who want to repeal health care, stand with big business, and eliminate a woman's right to choose.</blockquote> ...st is running scared--and it shows. Clearly, in this 'Year of the Pro-Life Woman,' which Sarah Palin helped make possible, women have found their political
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  • Nancy Pelosi/Definition
    ...ited States)|D-]][[California (U.S. state)]]; born 1940), she is the first woman to hold the position of Speaker (heading the majority party in the House).
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  • Yogini
    ...?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=2|title=Yogini, the Enlightened Woman}}</ref>
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  • Octavia Butler/Definition
    ...MacArthur Fellowship to a sci-fi author (1995); and first African American woman to succeed in the science fiction
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  • Culture jamming
    ...ack and white photograph of a tastefully nude, attractive woman. But the woman is seen to be holding her abdomen and leaning toward a toilet, to indicate
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  • P. J. Proby/Related Articles
    {{r|Wicked Woman}}
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  • The Honeydrippers: Volume One/Related Articles
    {{r|I Got a Woman}}
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  • Kennewick Man/Related Articles
    {{r|Buhl Woman}}
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  • Valentina Tereshkova
    ...nniversary of the spaceflight performed by Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman-cosmonaut]'.</ref> She launched in [[Vostok 6]] on 16th June 1963 and spent ...nniversary of the spaceflight performed by Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman-cosmonaut]'.</ref>
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  • Elinor Ostrom
    ...research on common pool resource management. In 2009, she became the first woman to be awarded the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]]. Ostrom and
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  • Lady Godiva
    ...ter addition to the story in which a man named Tom peeped out at the naked woman as she rode past his home) comes to us from this tale and remains in curren
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  • Israela Oron/Definition
    ...el, establishing and leading the Organizational Strategy Department; first woman faculty member at the IDF [[National Defense College (Israel)]], responsibl
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  • Conchita Martinez
    ...in]]) is a former professional [[tennis]] player. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at [[Wimbledon]], where she beat [[Martina Na
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  • Polycystic ovary syndrome
    ...e symptoms. In fact, it is possible to be diagnosed with PCOS even if the woman displays no outward symptoms at all except cystic ovaries. ...a belief that genetic predisposition contributes to the likeliness that a woman will develop polycystic ovaries. Also, lifestyle and environmental factors
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  • Dionysos/Definition
    ...[[Ancient Athens|Athens]]. He was the son of [[Zeus]] and the [[mortal]] [[woman]] [[Semele]], but he was born from the [[thigh]] of Zeus (Semele saw the re
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  • La La (song)/Related Articles
    {{r|Sunshine Woman}}
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  • Cut Loose/Related Articles
    {{r|Superstar Woman}}
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  • Boxed Set 2/Related Articles
    {{r|Black Country Woman}} {{r|Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)}}
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  • Rita Hayworth/Bibliography
    *Kobal, John. ''Rita Hayworth: The Time, the Place and the Woman'' (New York: W W Norton & Company, Inc., 1978). Also the U.K. edition: (Lon
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  • Olivia de Berardinis
    ...n [[New York, New York|New York City]], starting in 1982 and giving 14 one-woman shows. Erotics Gallery also printed her art. ...d editions. When the Tamara Bane Gallery opened in 1987, it was with a one-woman Olivia show. She ended the relationship with Bane in Olivia in 2003 and, a
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  • Frederick Porter Wensley
    ...the [[Bloodie Belgium]] case, in which the only clue to the identity of a woman's torso found wrapped in a parcel was the phrase "Bloodie Belgium" scrawled
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  • Black Country Woman
    |name = Black Country Woman ''''Black Country Woman'''' is the fourteenth song on England|English rock music|rock band Led Zepp
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  • Einat Ramon/Definition
    First Israeli-born woman rabbi, ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in the U.S., after retur
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  • Back door man
    ...a phrase common in [[blues]] lyrics to denote a secret lover of a married woman. The back door as an entrance and/or exit for blacks working in white homes ...70), and '[[Custard Pie]]' (1975), and The Allman Brother's 'Black Hearted Woman' (1969).
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  • Black Country Woman/Bibliography
    This is a bibliography of major works on '[[Black Country Woman]]'.
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  • All (album)/Related Articles
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  • Sunshine Woman/Bibliography
    This is a bibliography of major works on '[[Sunshine Woman]]'.
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  • Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)/Bibliography
    This is a bibliography of major works on '[[Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)]]'.
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  • Robert Hughes (Australian actor)
    ...co-star [[Sarah Monahan]] alleged in ''[[Woman's Day (Australian magazine)|Woman's Day]]'' that a member of the show's staff had inappropriately touched her
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  • Cagot
    In 2008, a French woman by the name of Marie-Pierre Manet-Beauzac revealed she is a Cagot.<ref>{{ci
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  • Dysmenorrhoea
    ...dered to be an under reported disorder, but even so occurs in 45 to 90% of woman who are menstruating. As a major cause of a reduced quality of life in wome ...may benefit by a better understanding of what dysmenorrhoea may mean to a woman.
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  • Nancy Pelosi
    ...ent in 2020, Pelosi held the highest office which had been attained by any woman in the United States.
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  • The New Yorker (fireboat)
    On January 18, 1909, the crew of the ''New Yorker'' rescued a young woman who had slipped on the ice on the seawall near their boat, and fallen into ...e 9, 1922, the ''New Yorker'' rescued Fannie Schecht, a well-dressed young woman who was seen trying to make her way to shore, in the middle of the Hudson.<
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  • Adina Katz
    .....jpg | thumb | Adina Katz (left) was harassed over her resemblance to the woman on the right, who claimed to be a cancer survivor in a political ad.]] ==One-woman play ''"Be a good girl"''==
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  • Pericles/Related Articles
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  • Pandora (mythology)/Definition
    From [[Greek mythology]], she was the first [[woman]]. She wasn't [[name|named]] in the ''[[Theogony]]'' by the [[Ancient Greec
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  • Marie Curie
    ...vember 7, 1867), was a pioneer in [[radioactivity]] research and the first woman to win a [[Nobel Prize]]. She died of leukaemia on July 4, 1934. ...chemistry and physics at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1891, becoming the first woman to teach there. Whilst teaching there she met [[Pierre Curie]], a physics t
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  • Tina Turner/Discography
    *1998 - ''Good Hearted Woman'' *1969 - ''Her Man His Woman''
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  • Ellen Richards
    ...ation, water, nutrition, and other public health topics. She was the first woman to receive a degree from MIT, where she ran the Women's Laboratory for many
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  • Tom Thumb (fictional character)
    ...ut the fairy queen and told her of the woman's wish. Soon thereafter, the woman gave birth to a son who was exactly the size of her husband's thumb. This
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  • Obs-Tweedle/Related Articles
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  • Crystal Palace/Sculptures
    *[http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/UEL/BR068.htm Headless Woman (Nymph)]
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