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Beatriz Mendes Beneviste (Doña Gracia the Younger) was born in 1540 in Antwerp. She was the niece of the wealthy and influential Doña Gracia Nasi. In 1544, the family, New Christians of Portuguese…
Anna Pavlova (1881–1931) in costume for the solo dance The Dying Swan, a role especially created for her, and which she performed an estimated four thousand times. Born in St. Petersburg and brought…
