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
MORE TO EXPLORE
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 Sheeps Clothing, The (fable
by Aesop)
fable volume 5 page 4
Wollstonecraft, Mary (English feminist)
womens 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
womens 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
womens basketball (sports)
basketball volume 2 page 35
womens 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
womens 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)
Cree people volume 3 page 212
woodland vole (rodent)
vole volume 14 page 102
woodpecker (bird)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 58, picture,
volume 15 page 58
wood pulp
paper volume 10 page 27
Woods, Tiger (U.S. golfer)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 59, picture,
volume 15 page 59
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golf volume 5 page 126
wood sorrel (plant)
shamrock volume 12 page 76, picture,
volume 12 page 76
wood stork (bird) picture, volume 12
page 191
stork volume 12 page 191
woodwind (musical instrument) picture,
volume 8 page 217
musical instruments volume 8 page 216
orchestra volume 9 page 145
orchestral seating arrangement picture,
volume 9 page 145
woodworking
Haida volume 6 page 6
wool (fiber)
Australia volume 1 page 231
clothing volume 3 page 142
woolly mammoth (extinct mammal)
extinct animals volume 1 page 127
Worcester (county in Massachusetts,
U.S.)
minuteman volume 8 page 137
word (language)
language volume 7 page 105
worker (insect caste)
ants volume 1 page 133
bee volume 2 page 46, picture, volume 2
page 46
termite volume 13 page 48
worker: see in index organized labor
work force (work): see in index labor
workhorse (mammal)
horse volume 6 page 87
working breed (dog group)
dog volume 4 page 63, table, volume 4
page 62
working memory (mental function): see
in index short-term memory
work song (music)
blues volume 2 page 95
Works Progress Administration (U.S.
history)
New Deal volume 9 page 44
poster picture, volume 9 page 44
World (Earths places): see in index:
For places, see in the index under the following
geographic regions, or see in the
index individual places by name:
Africa; Asia; continent; Europe; North
America; Oceania; South America
For world leaders and world history, see
the tables below
World Association of Girl Guides and
Girl Scouts (international youth organization)
scouting volume 12 page 54
World Court (United Nations): see in
index International Court of Justice
World Cup (cricket)
cricket volume 3 page 215
World Cup (soccer)
Pele volume 10 page 50
soccer volume 12 page 116
World Health Organization (United
Nations agency)
public health volume 10 page 164
world music
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 60
MORE TO EXPLORE
popular music volume 10 page 127