Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

America): see in index Vinland

wing (aircraft)

airplane volume 1 page 53

wing (animal)

bat volume 2 page 38

insect anatomy picture, volume 6

page 138

pterodactyl volume 10 page 163

winged elm (tree)

elm volume 4 page 128

Wingfield,Walter Clopton (British military

officer)

tennis volume 13 page 46

Winnebago (Native American people)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 50

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basket weaving picture, volume 15

page 50

Missouri people volume 8 page 145

Oto volume 9 page 155

Winnemucca, Sarah (Native American

educator, author and lecturer)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 51, picture,

volume 15 page 51

Winnipeg (provincial capital of Manitoba,

Canada)

Manitoba volume 8 page 44

winter (season)

season volume 12 page 61

winter fishing: see in index ice fishing

Winter Olympics

closing ceremony in 2006 picture, volume

9 page 134

ice hockey picture, volume 5 page 161

skiing volume 12 page 97

Winter Palace (palace in Saint Petersburg,

Russia)

Saint Petersburg volume 12 page 16

winter solstice (astronomy)

season volume 12 page 61, picture, volume

12 page 61

winter squash (plant and food)

squash volume 12 page 171

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Winthrop, John (American colonial governor)

Massachusetts Bay Colony volume 8

page 74

wire (metal thread or slender rod)

telephone volume 13 page 36

wireless (communication): see in index

radio

wireless computer network

radio volume 11 page 19

wireless telegraph (communications)

Marconi volume 8 page 54

telegraph volume 13 page 35

wire service (journalism): see in index

news service

Wisconsin (state in the U.S.)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 52

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cheesemaking picture, volume 15

page 53

geography

lake picture, volume 7 page 102

Milwaukee Art Museum picture, volume

15 page 53

State Capitol picture, volume 8

page 11

Winnebago volume 15 page 50

Wisconsin Dells (resort area inWisconsin,

U.S.)

Wisconsin volume 15 page 53

wisdom tooth (anatomy)

teeth volume 13 page 31

wisent (mammal): see in index European

bison

witan (British advisory body): see in index

witenagemot

witch (occultism)

Salem witch trials volume 12 page 20

witchcraft

Salem witch trials volume 12 page 20

witenagemot (British advisory body)

Parliament volume 10 page 38

wizard: see in index witchcraft

Wizard of Menlo Park (U.S. inventor):

see in index Edison, Thomas Alva

Woden (Norse god): see in index Odin

wolf

MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 54, picture,

volume 15 page 54

“Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, The” (fable

by Aesop)

fable volume 5 page 4

Wollstonecraft, Mary (English feminist)

women’s rights volume 15 page 56

Wolof (people)

Senegal volume 12 page 66

Wolof Empire (historicalWest African

empire)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 54

wolverine (mammal)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 55, picture,

volume 15 page 55

woman: see in index women

“Woman at Her Toilet, A” (painting by

Titian) picture, volume 10 page 9

woman suffrage (right to vote)

British poster picture, volume 15 page 56

nineteenth amendment picture, volume

1 page 94

Stanton volume 12 page 178

women’s rights volume 15 page 57

womb (anatomy): see in index uterus

wombat (mammal)

marsupial picture, volume 8 page 63

women

biology

endocrine system volume 4 page 135

reproductive system volume 11

page 48, picture, volume 11

page 47

Blackwell volume 2 page 89

cultural views

Hera volume 6 page 43

pirate volume 10 page 89

dress and adornment

clothing picture, volume 3 page 141

cosmetics volume 3 page 202

education volume 4 page 106

government and law

Dahomey volume 4 page 5

human rights volume 6 page 97

Iceland volume 6 page 108

Johnson-Sirleaf picture, volume 7

page 139

voting volume 14 page 105

Protestantism picture, volume 10

page 157

sports and games

boxing volume 2 page 119

gymnastics volume 5 page 175, picture,

volume 5 page 176

soccer volume 12 page 119

WorldWar II picture, volume 15 page 69

women’s basketball (sports)

basketball volume 2 page 35

women’s rights (political and social

movement)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 56

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Anthony volume 1 page 139

British poster picture, volume 15 page 56

Grimke sisters volume 5 page 161

Mott volume 8 page 193

protest picture, volume 15 page 57

Stanton volume 12 page 178

Truth volume 13 page 102

Tubman volume 13 page 105

women’s suffrage (right to vote): see in

index woman suffrage

“WonderfulWizard of Oz, The” (work

by Baum)

first edition illustration picture, volume 7

page 163, picture, volume 7 page 163

wood (natural substance)

architecture volume 1 page 168

sculpture volume 12 page 55

tree volume 13 page 94

Adams, Abigail

Addams, Jane

Anthony,

Susan B.

Barton, Clara

Bethune, Mary

McLeod

Blackwell,

Elizabeth

Cleopatra

Earhart, Amelia

Elizabeth I

Frank, Anne

Gandhi, Indira

Joan of Arc

Keller, Helen

Marie

Antoinette

Mott, Lucretia

Nightingale,

Florence

Parks, Rosa

Ride, Sally

Roosevelt,

Eleanor

Ross, Betsy

Stanton,

Elizabeth Cady

Teresa, Mother

Wells-Barnett,

Ida B.

To learn about some famous

women, look for these articles:

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woodblock (art)

print depicting Basho picture, volume 2

page 33

woodchuck (rodent): see in index groundhog

woodcut (art): see in index woodblock

wood ibis (bird): see in index wood stork

Woodland Cree (Native American

people)