Biographies of Jewish
Women
[Online] Available http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/biowomen.html
Biographies of Jewish Women, compiled by The Jewish Student Online Research Center
(JSOURCE)
DistinguishedWomen.com
[Online] Available http://www.distinguishedwomen.com
"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." (DistinguishedWomen.com)
The Glass Ceiling. Women : Biographies.
[Online] Available http://www.theglassceiling.com/biographies/.
This page provides excellent biographies on a wide range of women.
Great Women Rulers.
[Online] Available http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/rulers.html
Very brief, but useful biographies of great women rulers throughout history.
Includes thumbnail size pictures.
Infoplease Biography Search Page
[Online] Available http://www.infoplease.com/people.html
Search for biographical information from Infoplease.com - an online almanac.
National Women's Hall of Fame
[Online] Available http://www.greatwomen.org
Provides links to information on over 150 famous women. This site is from the
National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls. Click on "The Women of the
Hall" to get to the biography page.
National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/
This site provides a variety of links to women and history, a quiz to test your current
knowledge and more.
Notable Women of
Early America
[Online] Available http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/notable/index.html.
Brief biographies of famous American women from the "Archiving Early America"
Web Page.
WIC Biography Index.
[Online] Available http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm
Biographic information on famous women, compiled by the Women's International Center.
One Hundred Years Toward Suffrage :
An Overview.
[Online] Available http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawstime.html.
History of Women's Suffrage
in America
[Online] Available http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/woman/index.html
From A&E Television Networks - the history of Women's Suffrage in America.
International
Women's Suffrage
[Online] Available http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/wherearewe/suffrage_rights.html
Discover what countries around the world have employed equal rights to men and women.
The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia
: British History 1700-1950 : The Emancipation of Women 1750-1920
[Online] Available http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/women.htm.
The history of the Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain as told through the biographies of
British women's activists.
Western New York Suffragists: Winning the Vote
[Online] Available http://winningthevote.org/
This site which provides extensive information on the Suffrage Movement in Western New
York, was developed by the Rochester Regional Library Council (RRLC) and supported by
Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, awarded to The New York State
Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Women's Suffrage Movement
[Online] Available http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#suff
Links to information about the Women's Suffrage Movement, compiled by Multnomah Public
Library.
