Biographies of Notable Women
A growing library of documents for studying women's history. Speeches, articles, biographies, stories and more.
Famous
Women on the Net:
Links to biographies and related resources on the Net for famous and notable
women including legendary and mythological women.
Today in History:
Birthdays of notable women by calendar date plus other notable anniversaries
of events in women's history.
African American Women:
Growing collection of biographies of famous women in black history, often
with links to more information, quotations, and related articles. From early
America and slavery to the late 20th century.
Living History: Portraying Famous Women:
Resources for finding a live history performer for school or club programs.
Bring history to life with music, plays and other performances.
First Ladies Around the
World:
Wives of American
presidents, wives of heads of state of other nations and in history, and
wives of U.S. governors.
Women in Science:
Biographies of notable women in science and medicine, plus links to even
more information.
Lists: Women of
the Century/Millennium:
Lists of "women of the century" and "women of the millennium" -- listings of
famous women in history from various Net sources and on this site, most with
links to biographies.
Woman Suffrage: Cast of
Characters
Biographies of women who worked for women's suffrage, well-known and less
so. Plus biographies of a few notable anti-suffragists.
More
Biographies: Collections
Links to collections of biographies on the Net. You may want to check first
on subject pages or with a search on this site, too.
Subject Pages:
Search the multi-level subject pages on this site by topic -- many
biographies are listed there by topic.
Documents of Women's History:
A growing library of documents for studying women's history, including some
biographies of notable women written before about 1920.
Search This Site:
If you have an idea of what you're looking for, use the search box on any
page of the site to quickly search by keyword. For instance, look for
"Helen Hunt Jackson."
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