Biographies of American Women

An index to biographies of notable women in U.S. history, found on this site

An ever-expanding list of biographies of notable women in American history, both those who are famous and those who should be more well known. New indicates biographies added within about a month (visible if your browser has javascript activated). Written by Jone Johnson Lewis or submitted by readers of this site.

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A
• Magdalena Abakanowicz
• Bella Abzug
• Abigail Adams
• Louisa Adams
• Jane Addams
• Tenley Albright
• Louisa May Alcott
• Francesca Alexander
• Florence Ellinwood Allen
• Isabel Allende
• Mary Anderson
• Regina M. Anderson
• Susan B. Anthony
• Virginia Apgar
• Elizabeth Arden
• Nancy Astor
• Anne Ayres

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B
• Delia Bacon
• Joan Baez
• Pearl Bailey
• Oksana Baiul
• Josephine Baker
• Tallulah Bankhead
• Ida B. Wells-Barnett
• Daisy Bates
• Katharine Bates
• Sylvia Woodbridge Beach
• Ethel Lynn Beers (Ethelinda Eliot Beers)
• Mary McLeod Bethune
• Elizabeth Blackwell
• Bonnie Blair
• Harriot Stanton Blatch
• Nicole Bobek
• Erma Bombeck
• Marita Bonner
• Anne Bonny
• Lizzie Borden
• Belle Boyd
• Anne Bradstreet
• Sophonisba Preston Breckenridge
• Elizabeth Britton
• Hallie Quinn Brown
• Molly Brown
• Olympia Brown
• Martha Cannary Burke
• Barbara Bush
• Marie Joseph Butler

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C
• Calamity Jane
• Hattie Caraway
• Rachel Carson
• Rosalynn Carter
• Willa Cather
• Carrie Chapman Catt
• Lydia Maria Child
• Shirley Chisholm
• Sarah N. Cleghorn
• Judy Collins
• Mary Crisp
• Pauline Cushman

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D
• Angela Davis
• Iva Toguri D'Aquino ("Tokyo Rose")
• Dehgewanus
• Henriette Delille
• Abby Morton Diaz
• Emily Dickinson
• Isadora Duncan
• Mary Dyer
• Esther Dyson

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E
• Alice Morse Earle
• Mary Baker Eddy
• Marian Wright Edelman
• Sarah Emma Edmonds
• Katherine Philips Edson
• Elizabeth ("Old Elizabeth")
• Ellen Russell Emerson

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F
• Fannie Farmer
• Rebecca Ann Felton
• Peggy Fleming
• Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
• Mary Parker Follett
• Antonia Ford
• Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
• Betty Friedan

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G
• Althea Gibson
• Emma Goldman
• Winifred Goldring
• Doris Kearns Goodwin
• Katharine Graham
• Martha Graham
• Rose O'Neal Greenhow
• Louise Guiney

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H
• Fannie Lou Hamer
• Dorothy Hamill
• Lorraine Hansberry
• Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
• Nancy Hart
• Dorothy Height
• Carol Heiss
• Lillian Hellman
• Sally Hemings
• Katharine Hepburn
• Carla Hills
• Ariel Williams Holloway
• Isabella Beecher Hooker
• Lena Horne
• Julia Ward Howe
• Dolores Huerta
• Zora Neale Hurston

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I

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J
• Mary Jemison
• Carol Heiss Jenkins
• Lydia Jenkins
• Helen Kendrick Johnson
• Lady Bird Johnson
• Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
• Barbara Jordan

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K
• Helen Keller
• Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
• Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
• Nancy Kerrigan
• Michelle Kwan

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L
• Nella Larsen
• Muna Lee
• Mary Edmonia Lewis
• Tara Lipinski
• Amy Lowell
• Sybil Ludington

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M
• Helen Marot
• Christa McAuliffe
• Mary McDowell
• Jacqueline Means
• Golda Meir
• Alice Duer Miller
• Maria Mitchell
• Toni Morrison
• Lucretia Mott

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N
• Agnes Nestor
• Ruth Nichols
• Anaïs Nin
• Emmy Noether

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O
• Mary Kenney O'Sullivan
• Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
• Mary White Ovington

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P
• Elaine Pagels
• Rosa Parks
• Lucy Parsons
• Alice Paul
• Nancy Pelosi
• Katherine Pettit
• Pocahontas
• Emily Post
• Leontyne Price

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Q
• Eve Queler
• Harriet Quimby

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R
• Ayn Rand
• Jeannette Rankin
• Laura Ratcliffe
• Charlotte Ray
• Janet Reno
• Sally Ride
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Betsy Ross
• Mary White Rowlandson

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S
• Sacagawea
• Margaret Sanger
• Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
• Charlotte Angas Scott
• Caroline Severance
• Nina Simone
• Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Gertrude Stein
• Lillian M. N. Stevens
• Sarah Hackett Stevenson
• Lucy Stone
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Maud O'Farrell Swartz

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T
• Ida Tarbell
• Debi Thomas
• M. Carey Thomas
• Iva Toguri d'Aquino ("Tokyo Rose")
• Sojourner Truth
• Harriet Tubman
• Sophie Tucker
• Wyomia Tyus

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U

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

V
• Elizabeth Van Lew
• Loreta Janeta Velazquez

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W
• Alice Walker
• Maggie Lena Walker
• Mary Edwards Walker
• Barbara Walters
• Martha Washington
• Faye Wattleton
• Lois Weber
• Ida B. Wells-Barnett
• Eudora Welty
• Lucy Wheelock
• Sarah Helen Power Whitman
• Oprah Winfrey
• Fanny Bullock Workman

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X

Y
• Kristi Yamaguchi
• Maud Younger

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Z

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K
• Helen Keller
• Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
• Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
• Nancy Kerrigan
• Michelle Kwan

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L
• Nella Larsen
• Muna Lee
• Mary Edmonia Lewis
• Tara Lipinski
• Amy Lowell
• Sybil Ludington

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M
• Helen Marot
• Christa McAuliffe
• Mary McDowell
• Jacqueline Means
• Golda Meir
• Alice Duer Miller
• Maria Mitchell
• Toni Morrison
• Lucretia Mott

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N
• Agnes Nestor
• Ruth Nichols
• Anaïs Nin
• Emmy Noether

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O
• Mary Kenney O'Sullivan
• Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
• Mary White Ovington

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P
• Elaine Pagels
• Rosa Parks
• Lucy Parsons
• Alice Paul
• Nancy Pelosi
• Katherine Pettit
• Pocahontas
• Emily Post
• Leontyne Price

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Q
• Eve Queler
• Harriet Quimby

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R
• Ayn Rand
• Jeannette Rankin
• Laura Ratcliffe
• Charlotte Ray
• Janet Reno
• Sally Ride
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Betsy Ross
• Mary White Rowlandson

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

S
• Sacagawea
• Margaret Sanger
• Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
• Charlotte Angas Scott
• Caroline Severance
• Nina Simone
• Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Gertrude Stein
• Lillian M. N. Stevens
• Sarah Hackett Stevenson
• Lucy Stone
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Maud O'Farrell Swartz

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

T
• Ida Tarbell
• Debi Thomas
• M. Carey Thomas
• Iva Toguri d'Aquino ("Tokyo Rose")
• Sojourner Truth
• Harriet Tubman
• Sophie Tucker
• Wyomia Tyus

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

U

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

V
• Elizabeth Van Lew
• Loreta Janeta Velazquez

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W
• Alice Walker
• Maggie Lena Walker
• Mary Edwards Walker
• Barbara Walters
• Martha Washington
• Faye Wattleton
• Lois Weber
• Ida B. Wells-Barnett
• Eudora Welty
• Lucy Wheelock
• Sarah Helen Power Whitman
• Oprah Winfrey
• Fanny Bullock Workman

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X

Y
• Kristi Yamaguchi
• Maud Younger

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Z

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