Women's Biography Sites - General
General
General -- A - C
Academic Library - Biography
nearly 100 profiles of women and men who have made a different throughout time from a variety of countries.
http://www.academiclibrary.com/members/Biographies/
Amazing Women
selected list of women who have made an impact on our society. A brief biography, list of works, and contributions included.
http://www.amybrown.net/women/main.html
American Women's History
links to biographical dictionaries, manuscripts, and historical sites about women in American history.
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-bio.html
BBC
History - Historic Figures briefly describes women and men from different centuries, links to more information, timelines, and related links.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/index.shtml
Book Rags
offers more than 8,400 biographies about women and men. Brief overviews of each person are available. However, for a monthly fee, in-depth biographical information is offered.
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/
Biographical Dictionary
This dictionary covers brief statements about more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
http://www.s9.com/
Biography Center
access to more than 5,000 biographies of women and men that list the sites that provide information about each request.
http://www.biography-center.com/
Biography Channel
profile information, curious facts, filmography, quotes, and links to additional web sites.
http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography.htm
Children's Encyclopedia of Women
This encyclopedia was written in March 1998 by third and fourth grade students at Pocantico Hills School. We are adding to it during March and April of 1999. We hope to continue adding to the collection every year.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/womenenc.htm
General -- D - K
Dead People Server
allows search by name and year to find information about people who have died.
http://dpsinfo.com/dps
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. We've heard of some of them, while many more have been ignored by history book writers. Danuta Bois
http://www.DistinguishedWomen.com
Encyclopędia Britannica's 300 Women Who Changed the World
showcaes their accomplishments, birthplaces, and in context of the eras in which they lived.
http://search.eb.com/women
Encyclopedia of World Biography
contains biographies about women and men throughout the world who have contributed in various ways to society.
http://www.notablebiographies.com
Essortment
biographies about some of the world's most notable political figures, scientists, criminals, inventors, presidents, queens,kings and more.
http://www.essortment.com/in/History.People/index.htm
Equity Online: Woman of the Week
brief profiles, a quote, bibliography, and access to additional information about 50 women in various fields.
http://www.edc.org/WomensEquity/WOW/index.html
Fact Monster's Selected Lists of Women Biographies
offers links to women in literary, scientific, reformers, suffragists, educators, scholars, and artistic fields.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768438.html
FemBio
profiles more than 600 women in an extensively searchable database. The user can learn about women from many nations and diverse backgrounds.
http://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php
Gale Group - Women's History
contains 85 complete biographies of womyn throughout herstory.
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/index.htm
GeneaSearch
a free searchable genealogy database containing female ancestors submitted by visitors to help find your ancestors and surnames.
http://geneasearch.com/findfemale.htm
HEROINES OF PEACE
Briefly describes nine women who won the Nobel Peace Prize by Irwin Abrams of Antioch University.
http://www.nobel.se/peace/articles/heroines
History Net
articles about women throughout history; highlighting women's lives in storytelling format, focusing on their work contributions.
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_list.htm
InfoPlease's Women's History Month
Biographies access hundred's of biographical profiles of actresses, adventurers, athletes, businesswomen, musicians, and writers.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenshistory1.html
General -- L - O
Lucid Cafe
presents an alphabetical index of profiles of women and men of notoriety, including Sally Ride and Johann Bach.
http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/alphaindex.html
Multimedia Sites in Women's History
a Subject Index to Research Sources include links to collections on specific categories.
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wom-mm.html
Notable Women Ancestors
biographies and genealogies of all women ancestors, from notables to pioneer women to grandmothers. Visitors are welcome to add their own heroes and relatives to this growing database.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa
General -- P - Z
People
a Univ. of Michigan site of biographies about men & women with entries rated at beginner, intermediate, or advanced levels organized by ancient to modern time periods, astronauts, and others.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/people/people.html
People Spot
several profiles, but also biographical links to learn more about women and men of popular interest.
http://www.peoplespot.com/people
Phenomenal Women
brief profiles about more than 50 women who have made a difference.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/womenofthecentury/phenomenalwomen/index.html
Spectrum Biography Library
primarily for the purpose of selling books, but also gives short profiles of 28 women and men.
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies
Spotlight Biography the Smithsonian
offers brief biographies about women and men of importance to our history and culture. It is organized alphabetically, by subject and offers additional links.
http://smithsonianeducation.org/spotlight/start.html
Study World
links to individual famous women's biographies.
http://www.studyworld.com/Biography_Famous_Women.htm
WIC Biography Index
Women's International Center, education through communication To Acknowledge, Honor and Encourage Women in over 150 biographies.
http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm
Wikipedia's Biography
information about women and men in many different fields and decades.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal
Biography: Women and Society
an alphabetical listing of women and their times/ circumstances their lives.
http://www.womenandsociety.buffalo.edu/collationbios.htm
Women of Courage
profiles more than 20 women and explores various endeavors when women worked for change.
http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/profiles.htm
Women of the Millenium
a list of 30 women considered to most influential between the 14th and 20th Centuries.
http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2001/whm_01.html
WomenOf
The Women of the Month at least 11 women are profiled describing their achievements in fields of television, firefighting, cooking, and other areas of interest.
http://www.womenof.com/wmmenu.asp
Women's Biographical History
Women's History Resources including 2000 Anniversaries in Women's History; Arts; Curriculum Resources; Biographies; Military; Politics; Religion; Science & Math; Sports; Suffrage; Women's Rights; World History
http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/bios.htm
Women's Biographies & Obituaries organized by state (12 listed)
biographies of more than 20 women who's lives made a difference.
http://www.carolyar.com/womensbios.htm
Women's Education Equity Association
an on-growing list of profiles in its Women of the Week series.
http://www.edc.org/WomensEquity/WOW/index.html
Women's Lives
more than 100 images and descriptions of women's lives are provided at this site.
http://www.edwardsly.com/wobio.html
Women's Studies database of biographies
Short alphabetical biographical list of women throughout history, from the University of Maryland at College Park.
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/History/Biographies
Women Working 1800-1930
a Open Collections Program hosted by the Harvard University Library and brief biographical sketches of individuals who have made significant contributions to Women Working or whose manuscripts, diaries, letters, or archival materials have been digitized.
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/people.html
Womynlynks!
Links to sites lauding the lives and accomplishments of notable women in the fields of music, literature, television, activism, painting, and the performance arts.
http://www.geocities.com/womynlynks/index.html?menu.html
World Biographical Index
Especially useful and searchable database for biographies. Select by language, gender, occupation, and other categories to learn more about people the user is researching.
http://www.saur-wbi.de
WWWomen.com History
an extensive list of links to biographies about women ranging from early herstory to present achievers.
http://www.wwwomen.com/category/histor1.html