Notable Women

About Beatriz Galindo - La Latina
Information on Beatriz Galindo - La Latina - philosopher - scholar - professor of medicine - tutor of Queen Isabella I - Spain.

About Belle Boyd
Information on Belle Boyd - her life and work.

About Bernadette Soubirous
Information on Bernadette Soubirous - her life and work

About Betsy Ross
Information on Betsy Ross - her life and work

About Bonnie Blair
Information on Bonnie Blair - her life and work.

About Carla Hills
Information on Carla Hills - her life and work

About Carol Heiss Jenkins
Information on Carol Heiss Jenkins - her life and work.

About Caroline Herschel
Information on Caroline Herschel - her life and work

About Caroline Severance
Information on Caroline Severance - her life and work

About Carrie Chapman Catt
Information on Carrie Chapman Catt - her life and work

About Catriona Le May Doan
Information on Catriona Le May Doan - her life and work.

About Charlotte Brontë - Charlotte Bronte
Information on Charlotte Brontë - her life and work

About Charlotte Ray
Information on Charlotte Ray - her life and work

About Christa Luding-Rothenburger
Information on Christa Luding-Rothenburger - her life and work.

About Cixi or Tz'u-hsi or Hsiao-ch'in
Information on Cixi or Tz'u-hsi or Hsiao-ch'in - her life and work.

About Claudia Pechstein
Information on Claudia Pechstein - her life and work.

About Coco Chanel
Information on Coco Chanel - her life and work.

About Debi Thomas
Information on Debi Thomas - her life and work.

About Delia Salter Bacon
Information on Delia Salter Bacon - her life and work - her theories on Shakespeare

About Dian Fossey
Information on Dian Fossey - her life and work

About Dolores Huerta - Farm Worker Organizer - Labor Leader
Biography of Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, labor leader and organizer, social activist

About Doris Kearns Goodwin
Information on Doris Kearns Goodwin - her life and work

About Dorothy Hamill
Information on Dorothy Hamill - her life and work.

About Ekaterina Gordeeva
Information on Ekaterina Gordeeva - her life and work.

About Eleanor Roosevelt
Information on Eleanor Roosevelt - her life and work

About Elizabeth Blackwell
Information on Elizabeth Blackwell - her life and work

About Elizabeth Britton
Information on Elizabeth Britton - her life and work

About Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Information on Elizabeth Cady Stanton - her life and work

About Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Information on Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - English female physician.

About Elizabeth of York
Information on Elizabeth of York - her life and work.

About Elizabeth Van Lew
Information on Elizabeth Van Lew - her life and work.

About Elizabeth Woodville
Information on Elizabeth Woodville - her life and work.

About Elizabeth, Queen Mother - Queen Mum - England
Information on Elizabeth, Queen Mother - her life and work.

About Ellen Russell Emerson
Information on Ellen Russell Emerson - her life and work

About Emily Bronte - Emily Brontë
Information on Emily Brontë - her life and work.

About Emily Dickinson: Information on Emily Dickinson, the person and her poetry
Information on Emily Dickinson - her life and work

About Emily Post
Information on Emily Post - her life and work, including online version of her original etiquette manual.

About Emma Goldman
Information on Emma Goldman - her life and work

About Ethel Lynn Beers
Information on Ethel Lynn Beers - her life and work

About Eudora Welty
Information on Eudora Welty - her life and work.

About Eve Queler
Information on Eve Queler - her life and work

About Fannie Farmer
Information on Fannie Farmer - her life and work

About Fanny Bullock Workman
Information on Fanny Bullock Workman - her life and work

About Fanny Elssler
Information on Fanny Elssler - her life and work.

About Florence Ellinwood Allen
Information on Florence Ellinwood Allen - her life and work.

About Florence Madge Cave Syers
Information on Florence Madge Cave Syers - her life and work.

About Francesca Alexander
Information on Francesca Alexander - her life and work.

About Hallie Quinn Brown
Information on Hallie Quinn Brown - her life and work.

About Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Information on Hannah Greenebaum Solomon - her life and work

About Harriet Beecher Stowe
Information on Harriet Beecher Stowe - her life and work

About Harriet Tubman
Information on Harriet Tubman - her life and work.

About Hatshepsut - Pharaoh of Egypt
Information on Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt - her life and work

About Hattie Caraway
Information on Hattie Caraway - her life and work

About Helen Kendrick Johnson
Information on Helen Kendrick Johnson - her life and work

About Irina Rodnina
Information on Irina Rodnina - her life and work.

About Isabel Allende
Information on Isabel Allende - her life and work.

About Isabella Beecher Hooker
Information on Isabella Beecher Hooker - her life and work.

About Jacqueline Means
Information on Jacqueline Means - her life and work

About Jane Goodall
Information on Jane Goodall - her life and work.

About Janet Reno
Information on Janet Reno - her life and work.

About Jayne Torvill
Information on Jayne Torvill - her life and work.

About Josephine Baker
Information on Josephine Baker - her life and work

About Judy Colllins
Information on Judy Collins- her life and work.

About Julia Ward Howe
Information on Julia Ward Howe - her life and work

About Katarina Witt
Information on Katarina Witt - her life and work.

About Katharine Hepburn
Information on Katharine Hepburn - her life and work.

About Katharine Lee Bates
Information on Katharine Lee Bates - her life and work.

About Katherine Pettit
Information on Katherine Pettit - her life and work.

About Katherine Philips Edson
Information on Katherine Philips Edson - her life and work

About Kristi Yamaguchi
Information on Kristi Yamaguchi - her life and work.

About Lady Jane Grey
Information on Lady Jane Grey - her life and work.

About Laura Ratcliffe
Information on Laura Ratcliffe - her life and work.

About Leontyne Price
Information on Leontyne Price - her life and work

About Lillian M. N. Stevens
Information on Lillian M. N. Stevens - her life and work.

About Lois Weber
Information on Lois Weber - film director - her life and work.

About Loreta Janeta Velazquez
Information on Loreta Janeta Velazquez - her life and work.

About Lotte Lenya - Lotte Lenya Weill
Information on Lotte Lenya - her life and work

About Louise Guiney
Information on Louise Guiney - her life and work

About Lucretia Mott
Information on Lucretia Mott - her life and work

About Lucy Stone
Information on Lucy Stone - her life and work.

About Lucy Wheelock
Information on Lucy Wheelock - her life and work

About Lydia Ann Moulton Jenkins
Information on Lydia Ann Moulton Jenkins, early ordained minister and women's rights advocate.

About Lydia Maria Child
Information on Lydia Maria Child - her life and work.

About M. Carey Thomas
Information on M. Carey Thomas - her life and work

About Margaret Thatcher
Information on Margaret Thatcher- her life and work.

About Maria Mitchell
Information on Maria Mitchell - her life and work.

About Marie Antoinette
Information on Marie Antoinette - her life and work.

About Marita Bonner
Information on Marita Bonner - her life and work.

About Mary Anderson
Information on Mary Anderson - her life and work.

About Mary Dyer
Information on Mary Dyer - her life and work

About Mary Edmonia Lewis
Information on Edmonia Lewis, sculptor - her life and work.

About Mary Edwards Walker
Information on Mary Edwards Walker - her life and work.

About Mary I of England
Information on Mary I of England - her life and work.

About Mary Wollstonecraft
Information on Mary Wollstonecraft - her life and work

About Maud O'Farrell Swartz
Information on Maud O'Farrell Swartz - her life and work.

About Maud Younger
Information on Maud Younger - her life and work

About Michelle Kwan
Information on Michelle Kwan - her life and work.

About Molly Brown - Margaret Tobin Brown
Information on Molly Brown - her life and work.

About Mother Jones
Information on Mother Jones - her life and work.

About Nancy Hart
Information on Nancy Hart - her life and work.

About Nicole Bobek
Information on Nicole Bobek - her life and work.

About Oksana Baiul
Information on Oksana Baiul - her life and work.

About Olympia Brown
Information on Olympia Brown, pioneer woman minister and woman's rights advocate.

About Pauline Cushman
Information on Pauline Cushman - her life and work.

About Pearl Bailey
Information on Pearl Bailey - her life and work.

About Peggy Fleming
Information on Peggy Fleming - her life and work.

About Queen Elizabeth I of England
Information on Elizabeth I of England - her life and work

About Queen Victoria of England
Information on Queen Victoria of England - her life and work

About Regina M. Anderson
Information on Regina M. Anderson - her life and work

About Rose O'Neal Greenhow
Information on Rose O'Neal Greenhow - her life and work.

About Ruth Nichols
Information on Ruth Nichols, woman aviator, holder of more than 35 records for women pilots

About Saint Térèse of Lisieux
Information on Saint Térèse of Lisieux - her life and work

About Sally Hemings
Information on Sally Hemings - her life and work

About Sally Ride
Information on Sally Ride- her life and work.

About Sappho of Lesbos
Information on Sappho - her life and work.

About Sarah Ann Hackett Stevenson
Information on Sarah Ann Hackett Stevenson - her life and work

About Sarah Emma Edmonds aka Frank Thompson
Information on Sarah Emma Edmonds aka Frank Thompson - her life and work.

About Sarah Helen Power Whitman
Information on Sarah Helen Power Whitman - her life and work

About Semiramis - Sammu-Ramat
Information on Semiramis - Sammu-Ramat - her life and legend.

About Sojourner Truth
Information on Sojourner Truth - her life and work

About Sonja Henie
Information on Sonja Henie - her life and work.

About Sophie Tucker
Information on Sophie Tucker - her life and work

About Susan B. Anthony
Information on Susan B. Anthony - her life and work. A leader in the women's rights movement of the 19th century, Anthony was the best known speaker and organizer for woman suffrage.

About Sylvia Woodbridge Beach
Information on Sylvia Woodbridge Beach - her life and work.

About Tara Lipinski
Information on Tara Lipinski - her life and work.

About Tenley Albright
Information on Tenley Albright - her life and work.

About Thea Musgrave
Information on Thea Musgrave - her life and work.

About Toni Morrison
Information on Toni Morrison - her life and work.

About Valentina Grizodubova
Information on Valentina Grizodubova - her life and work

About Willa Cather
Information on Willa Cather - her life and work.

About Winifred Goldring
Information on Winifred Goldring - her life and work

About Zora Neale Hurston
Information on Zora Neale Hurston, an author and anthropologist who was part of the Harlem Renaissance and was rediscovered by Alice Walker

Agatha Barbara, President of Malta, 1982-1987
Agatha Barbara, President of Malta, Labour Party, 1982-1987.

Agathe Uwinlingiyimana - Rwanda Prime Minister 1994
Rwanda's first female Prime Minister, Agathe Uwinlingiyimana was killed in the Hutu/Tutsi massacres and genocide of 1994.

Agnes Nestor
Information on Agnes Nestor - her life and work.

Agrippina the Elder - mother of Gaius Caligula and mother of Agrippina
A profile of the daughter of Agrippa, granddaughter of Augustus, mother of Agrippina the Younger, married to Germanicus, opponent of Tiberius who banished her, and mother of Gaius (Caligula).

Alice Paul
Links to resources on Alice Paul, a major leader in the woman suffrage movement of the early 20th century.

Alice Walker - The Woman
Resources on the net about Alice Walker: biographies, interviews, other information on her life.

Althea Gibson - Tennis Champion - Wimbledon Winner
Althea Gibson, pioneer African American tennis player, first black player to play or win at Wimbledon.

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was a woman pilot whose disappearance in the 1930s has been one of aviation's great mysteries.

Amelia Josephine Burr - Biography
A poem by Amelia Josephine Burr from The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919) edited by Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

Anna H. Leonowens
Anna of Anna and the King and The King and I, in her exotic and controversial story.

Anna Hempstead Branch - Biography
A poem by Anna Hempstead Branch from The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919) edited by Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

Anne Frank Biographies
Anne Frank biographies. Information on the life of Anne Frank and her life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Holland. Includes sites with general information.

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) Impressionist Painter
Biographies of painter Berthe Morisot and links to images of her works. Berthe Morisot's impressionist art was influenced by Edouard Manet, and she married his brother.

Biographies - A - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - B - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - C - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - Collections
Biography collections for researching notable women in history

Biographies - Famous Women
Famous and notable women including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - H-I - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - J-L- Famous Women
Famous and notable women J-L, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - M-P - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - Q-R
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - S - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - T-V- Famous Women
Famous and notable women T-V, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - W-Z - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies -D-G - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Calamity Jane
Information on Calamity Jane- her life and work.

Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg
Information on Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg- her life and work.

Catherine the Great of Russia
Information on Catherine the Great- her life and work.

Cleopatra - Her Life
Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, history's infamous "Queen of the Nile." Find biographies of Cleopatra.

Coco Chanel - Fashion Designer
Coco Chanel's designs helped set the fashion tone for the 20th century. Find biographies and other information about one of the best-known designers especially in the 1920s and 1950s.

Colette - Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette
Information on Colette - her life and work.

Dame (Mary) Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica, 1980-1995
Dame (Mary) Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica, 1980-1995. Biographies, new stories and background information.

Dorothea Tanning - Surrealist Artist
Dorothea Tanning, born August 25, 1910, became a commercial artist then professional painter. She married Max Ernst in 1946. Directory of biographical information and images of her work on the Net.

Elizabeth Blackwell - Woman As Physician
Elizabeth Blackwell biography.

Emma Goldman - Biographic Sketch - Anarchism and Other Essays
Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman. Essays on politics, psychology, drama, women's rights, and more.

Empress Carlotta of Mexico
Information on Empress Carlota, wife of Emperor Maximilian, installed as rulers of Mexico by Napoleon III.

Empress Theodora - Byzantium
Theodora was probably the most influential woman in Byzantine history. A summary of her life, plus links for more information about the Empress Theodora and her times.

Erma Bombeck
Information on Erma Bombeck- her life and work.

Gertrude Stein
Information on Gertrude Stein- her life and work.

Golda Meir
Information on Golda Meir - her life and work.

Grace Hazard Conkling - Biography
A poem by Grace Hazard Conkling from The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919) edited by Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

Helen Marot
Information on Helen Marot - her life and work.

Hunter-Gault, Charlayne
African American journalist with CNN, NPR and PBS. The first African American woman admitted to or graduated from the University of Georgia. Author of autobiography, In My Place, reflecting on African American life in the 1940s and 1950s and the civil rig

Hypatia
Hypatia, martyred philosopher, mathematician and scientist of Alexandria, Greece.

Hypatia
Information on Hypatia - her life and work.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Journalist, civil rights activist, anti-lynching crusader, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) was a cofounder of the NAACP and active in women's issues.

Ida Straus
Ida Straus was a victim of the sinking of the Titanic, choosing to stay with her husband rather than living without him. A love story, but also a story of a life-long partnership.

Ida Tarbell
Information on Ida Tarbell- her life and work.

Isabella I of Spain
Information on Isabella I of Castile and Aragon - her life and work. With her husband Ferdinand she united Spain, established the Spanish Inquisition and sponsored Christopher Columbus.

Isabella II
Information on Isabella II - her life and work.

Isabella of France
Information on Isabella of France - her life and work.

Isadora Duncan
Information on Isadora Duncan- her life and work.

Iva Toguri D'Aquino - Tokyo Rose - Orphan Ann
Information on Iva Ikuko Toguri - Tokyo Rose - her trial and assessment of the evidence.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Track and field athlete, Jackie Joyner-Kersee holds records in running, jumping and other events, including the heptathlon.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis First Lady
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: First Lady of the United States. Find biographies, pictures, quotations and bibliographies.

Jane Addams
Information on Jane Addams- her life and work.

Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc biography, 1904. A short summary of the life of the Maid of Orleans.

Karle Wilson Baker - Biography
A poem by Karle Wilson Baker from The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919) edited by Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

Katharine Graham - Publisher - Biography
Katharine Graham, Pulitzer Prize winning writer and long-time publisher of the Washington Post, is dead at 84.

Katharine Lee Bates - Biography
A poem by Katharine Lee Bates from The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919) edited by Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

Kim Campbell - First Woman Prime Minister of Canada
Kim Campbell, first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Canada. Biographies, news stories, and updates on her career after her term as PM.

Lena Horne
Information on Lena Horne- her life and work.

Lydia Maria Child - Thomas Wentworth Higginson Biography
Lydia Maria Child, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson from Contemporaries. An etext of the biography of Lydia Maria Child, author of Hobomok, Frugal Housewife, Appeal for that Class of Americans called Africans, editor of Juvenile Miscellany and the Anti-Slave

Margaret Mead
Information on Margaret Mead- her life and work.

Margaret Sanger
Information on Margaret Sanger- her life and work.

Marguerite Duras - Biography
Information on Marguerite Duras - her life and work. By Pilar Adon.

Maria Montessori
Information on Maria Montessori- her life and work.

Martha Graham
Information on Martha Graham- her life and work.

Mary Baker Eddy - Biography
Information on Mary Baker Eddy - her life and work.

Mary Cassatt
Artist Mary Cassatt: resources include biographies and online galleries of her paintings, which often feature women and children.

Mary Kenney O'Sullivan
Information on Mary Kenney O'Sullivan - her life and work.

Mary McDowell
Information on Mary McDowell - her life and work.

Mary McLeod Bethune
Founder of Bethune-Cookman College in Florida, advisor to President Roosevelt, and founder of the National Council of Negro Women, Bethune is known as a social reformer and educator.

Mary Morton Kimball Kehew
Information on Mary Morton Kimball Kehew - her life and work.

Nancy Kerrigan
Information on Nancy Kerrigan - her life and work.

Nella Larsen
Information on Nella Larsen - her life and work.

Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly, journalist, real name Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, reported on the issues of the day in her typical flamboyant style.

Phillis Wheatley
Information on Phillis Wheatley - her life and work.

Queen Isabella - Biographies of Famous Women
Biographies of women who have made a difference in science, mathematics and medicine.

Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria of England: index to resources on this site and on the Net. Includes links to several 19th century biographies of Victoria.

Queen Victoria - Eminent Women of the Age - Women's History
A biography of Queen Victoria, written by James Parton, originally published in 1868.

Queen Victoria - Eminent Women of the Age - Women's History
A biography of Queen Victoria written by James Parton originally published in 1868.

Queen Victoria - Eminent Women of the Age - Women's History
A biography of Queen Victoria, written by James Parton, originally published in 1868.

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - an introduction
Introduction to the online version of Lytton Strachey's 1921 biography, Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Antecedents
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter I. Antecedents

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Bibliography
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Bibliography and list of references in the notes.

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Chapter V Lord Palmerston
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter V. Lord Palmerston.

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Childhood
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter II. Childhood.

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Last Years of the Prince Consort
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter VI: Last Years of the Prince Consort

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Lord Melbourne
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter III. Lord Melbourne

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Marriage
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter IV. Marriage

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Mr. Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter VIII: Mr. Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Old Age
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter IX: Old Age.

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - The End
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter X: The End

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Widowhood
From the 1921 biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. Chapter VII: Widowhood

Rachel Carson
Information on Rachel Carson- her life and work.

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks information, including biographies, quotations, and her crucial role in civil rights including the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Rosa Parks - page 2 of 2
Rosa Parks information, including biographies, quotations, and her crucial role in civil rights including the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Sally Hemings' Children
Information on Sally Hemings' children.

Sally Louisa Tompkins - Captain Sally
Born into a wealthy and altruistic family in coastal Mathews County, Virginia, in 1833, Sally Louisa Tompkins was destined for a life of philanthropy.

Sally Tompkins: Devoted Confederate Nurse
Although they had no formal nursing directors, the Southern armies relied on women to succor their wounded just as the Northern armies did.

Sarah N. Cleghorn - Biography
Biography of poet Sarah N. Cleghorn from The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919) edited by Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

Sophonisba Preston Breckenridge
Information on Sophonisba Preston Breckenridge - her life and work.

Zenobia - Sue M Sefscik - Biography
Zenobia, a 3rd century queen of Palmyra, led her people in a war against Rome.

Zoe Akins - Biography
About Zoe Akins, from The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919) edited by Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

Zora Neale Hurston
Biography and works of Zora Neale Hurston, an African American novelist, folklorist and anthropologist who died in obscurity and poverty. Among other works, she wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God.

About Notable Women - Biographies of Famous Women in Dance
Biographies of women who have made a difference in science, mathematics and medicine.

About Notable Women - Biographies of Famous Women in History
Biographies of women in history, most with links to more resources. Also, quotations by notable women.

About Notable Women - Biographies of Famous Women in Science
Biographies of women who have made a difference in science, mathematics and medicine.

Harlem Renaissance Women
Links to biographies of women who were part of the Harlem Renaissance.

Woman Suffrage - Cast of Characters
Information on the women who struggled for women's suffrage -- their lives and work

Women in Olympic Skating
Links to biographies of women who were part of the Harlem Renaissance.