Profiles Index
Mary Dyer
A profile of Mary Dyer who was hanged in 1660 for being a Quaker.
Margery Kempe
Margery Kempe biography - a profile of medieval mystic and author Margery Kempe of England, who wrote an autobiography.
Helen Keller
A biography of Helen Keller, whose life story was told in the play and movie The Miracle Worker.
Sonia Sotomayor Biography
Sonia Sotomayor biography - biography of Sonia Sotomayor, first Hispanic nominated to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
Marie Antoinette
Biography of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. From your Guide: a summary of the life of Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France 1774-1793.
Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich biography - a profile of Julian of Norwich, medieval British saint and religious recluse who published her revelations.
Lady Godiva
Profile of Lady Godiva, known to history for her ride through Coventry.
Marjorie Lee Browne
Marjorie Lee Browne was one of the first black women to receive a doctorate in mathematics
Louise of Savoy
A biography of Louise of Savoy, influential French royal who was the mother of a king of France, and served as regent for her son.
Harriet Quimby
A biography of Harriet Quimby, the first woman licensed as a pilot in the United States, whose flamboyant style added to her popularity as an exhibition flyer.
Toni Morrison
A biography sketch of Toni Morrison, African American woman writer, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize for Literature.
Mother Jones
A biography of Mother Jones
Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck biography - a profile of Erma Bombeck, humor columnist.
Margaret Mead
A profile of Margaret Mead, anthropologist, and her work on sex roles and other studies.
Fannie Farmer
Biography of Fannie Farmer, cookbook author and domestic science promoter.
Mary of Burgundy
A biographical sketch of Mary of Burgundy
Caroline Kennedy
A biography of Caroline Kennedy (Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg).
Jerrie Cobb
Jerrie Cobb, a woman pilot, was the first woman to pass NASA astronaut training tests. Why she did not become an astronaut is a story of its time.
Sally Ride
Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. An astrophysicist, she was also part of investigating the Challenger explosion.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Mary Ann Shadd Cary biography - a profile of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, African American teacher, journalist, and law school graduate who lived for some years in Canada.
Virginia Dare
Virginia Dare biography - a profile of the first English child born in the New World.
Judith Sargent Murray
A profile of Judith Sargent Murray, early American essayist, whose religious and political writing as well as personal letters help us understand that period of history. She also wrote one of the earliest feminist essays in America.
Queen Mary I of England
A biography of Queen Mary I of England, known as Bloody Mary, who was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, his first wife.
Queen Elizabeth - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Queen Mum
Profile of Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
Bonnie Parker
Bonnie Parker biography - profile of Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde fame, bank robber during the Great Depression.