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Abigail Adams Abigail Adams: First Lady of the United States. Find biographies, pictures, quotations and bibliographies.
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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.
Anne Ayres
Information on Anne Ayres - her life and work
Bernadette Soubirous
Information on Bernadette Soubirous - her life and work Jane Addams Information on Jane Addams- her life and work.
Tenley Albright
Information on Tenley Albright - her life and
her skating.
Isabel Allende
Information on Isabel Allende - her life and
writing.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Information on Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - English female physician. About Mary Anderson Information on Mary Anderson - her life and work. About Regina M. Anderson Information on Regina M. Anderson - her life and work About Andromache Information on Andromache - her life and work. About Andromeda A brief description of Andromeda, Ethiopian princess saved by Perseus from the monster sent by Poseidon. Angela Davis Information on Angela Davis- her life and work. About Anne of Hanover Information on Anne of Hanover - her life and work About Antonia Ford Information on Antonia Ford - her life and work. About Artemisia Information on Artemisia - her life and work. About Delia Salter Bacon Information on Delia Salter Bacon - her life and work - her theories on Shakespeare About Pearl Bailey Information on Pearl Bailey - her life and work. About Oksana Baiul Information on Oksana Baiul - her life and work. About Josephine Baker Information on Josephine Baker - her life and work About Katharine Lee Bates Information on Katharine Lee Bates - her life and work. About Sylvia Woodbridge Beach Information on Sylvia Woodbridge Beach - her life and work. About Ethel Lynn Beers Information on Ethel Lynn Beers - her life and work About Belle Boyd Information on Belle Boyd - her life and work. About Elizabeth Blackwell Information on Elizabeth Blackwell - her life and work About Marita Bonner Information on Marita Bonner - her life and work. About Bonnie Blair Information on Bonnie Blair - her life and work. Sophonisba Preston Breckenridge Information on Sophonisba Preston Breckenridge - her life and work. About Elizabeth Britton Information on Elizabeth Britton - her life and work About Anne Brontë - Anne Bronte Information on Anne Brontë; - her life and work About Charlotte Brontë - Charlotte Bronte Information on Charlotte Brontë - her life and work About Emily Bronte - Emily Brontë Information on Emily Brontë - her life and work. About Hallie Quinn Brown Information on Hallie Quinn Brown - her life and work. Calamity Jane Information on Calamity Jane- her life and work. About Hattie Caraway Information on Hattie Caraway - her life and work Empress Carlotta of Mexico Information on Empress Carlota, wife of Emperor Maximilian, installed as rulers of Mexico by Napoleon III. About Carol Heiss Jenkins Information on Carol Heiss Jenkins - her life and work. Rachel Carson Information on Rachel Carson- her life and work. Catherine the Great of Russia Information on Catherine the Great- her life and work. About Carrie Chapman Catt Information on Carrie Chapman Catt - her life and work About Coco Chanel Information on Coco Chanel - her life and work. About Lydia Maria Child Information on Lydia Maria Child - 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. Colette - Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette Information on Colette - her life and work. About Judy Colllins Information on Judy Collins- her life and work. About Debi Thomas Information on Debi Thomas - her life and work. About Dorothy Hamill Information on Dorothy Hamill - her life and work. Isadora Duncan Information on Isadora Duncan- her life and work. About Mary Edmonia Lewis Information on Edmonia Lewis, sculptor - her life and work. About Katherine Philips Edson Information on Katherine Philips Edson - her life and work About Elizabeth, Queen Mother - Queen Mum - England Information on Elizabeth, Queen Mother - 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 of York Information on Elizabeth of York - her life and work. About Fanny Elssler Information on Fanny Elssler - her life and work. About Ellen Russell Emerson Information on Ellen Russell Emerson - her life and work About Emily Post Information on Emily Post - her life and work, including online version of her original etiquette manual. Erma Bombeck Information on Erma Bombeck- her life and work. About Dian Fossey Information on Dian Fossey - her life and work About Beatriz Galindo - La Latina Information on Beatriz Galindo - La Latina - philosopher - scholar - professor of medicine - tutor of Queen Isabella I - Spain. Gertrude Stein Information on Gertrude Stein- her life and work. About Althea Gibson Information on Althea Gibson - her life and work. Golda Meir Information on Golda Meir - her life and work. About Winifred Goldring Information on Winifred Goldring - her life and work About Jane Goodall Information on Jane Goodall - her life and work. About Ekaterina Gordeeva Information on Ekaterina Gordeeva - her life and work. About Valentina Grizodubova Information on Valentina Grizodubova - her life and work About Louise Guiney Information on Louise Guiney - her life and work About Harriet Tubman Information on Harriet Tubman - her life and work. About Sally Hemings Information on Sally Hemings - her life and work Sally Hemings' Children Information on Sally Hemings' children. About Caroline Herschel Information on Caroline Herschel - her life and work About Ariel Williams Holloway Information on Ariel Williams Holloway (Ariel Williams) - her life and work. About Isabella Beecher Hooker Information on Isabella Beecher Hooker - her life and work. Lena Horne Information on Lena Horne- her life and work. About Julia Ward Howe Information on Julia Ward Howe - her life and work Hypatia Information on Hypatia - her life and work. 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. About Janet Reno Information on Janet Reno - her life and work. About Jayne Torvill Information on Jayne Torvill - her life and work. About Lydia Ann Moulton Jenkins Information on Lydia Ann Moulton Jenkins, early ordained minister and women's rights advocate. About Katarina Witt Information on Katarina Witt - her life and work. About Katharine Hepburn Information on Katharine Hepburn - her life and work. Mary Morton Kimball Kehew Information on Mary Morton Kimball Kehew - her life and work. Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg Information on Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg- her life and work. Nancy Kerrigan Information on Nancy Kerrigan - her life and work. About Lady Jane Grey Information on Lady Jane Grey - her life and work. Nella Larsen Information on Nella Larsen - her life and work. About Laura Ratcliffe Information on Laura Ratcliffe - her life and work. About Catriona Le May Doan Information on Catriona Le May Doan - her life and work. About Lotte Lenya - Lotte Lenya Weill Information on Lotte Lenya - her life and work 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 African American Women - Biographies of Famous Black Women in History Links to biographical material on African American women in history. About Notable Women - Biographies of Famous Women in Dance 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. Queen Isabella - Biographies of Famous Women Biographies of women who have made a difference in science, mathematics and medicine. About Notable Women - Biographies of Famous Women in Science Biographies of women who have made a difference in science, mathematics and medicine. Women in Olympic Skating Links to biographies of women who were part of the Harlem Renaissance. About Loreta Janeta Velazquez Information on Loreta Janeta Velazquez - her life and work. About Florence Madge Cave Syers Information on Florence Madge Cave Syers - her life and work. Margaret Mead Information on Margaret Mead- her life and work. Margaret Sanger Information on Margaret Sanger- her life and work. About Margaret Thatcher Information on Margaret Thatcher- her life and work. Maria Montessori Information on Maria Montessori- her life and work. About Marie Antoinette Information on Marie Antoinette - her life and work. Helen Marot Information on Helen Marot - her life and work. Martha Graham Information on Martha Graham- 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. May Sinclair Information on May Sinclair- her life and work. Mary McDowell Information on Mary McDowell - her life and work. About Michelle Kwan Information on Michelle Kwan - her life and work. About Alice Duer Miller Information on Alice Duer Miller - her life and work. About Maria Mitchell Information on Maria Mitchell - her life and work. About Molly Brown - Margaret Tobin Brown Information on Molly Brown - her life and work. About Toni Morrison Information on Toni Morrison - her life and work. About Mother Jones Information on Mother Jones - her life and work. About Thea Musgrave Information on Thea Musgrave - her life and work. About Nancy Hart Information on Nancy Hart - her life and work. Agnes Nestor Information on Agnes Nestor - her life and work. About Ruth Nichols Information on Ruth Nichols, woman aviator, holder of more than 35 records for women pilots About Nicole Bobek Information on Nicole Bobek - her life and work. About Anaïs (Anais) Nin Information on Anaïs (Anais) Nin - her life and work. Mary Kenney O'Sullivan Information on Mary Kenney O'Sullivan - her life and work. About Alice Paul Information on Alice Paul - her life and work About Pauline Cushman Information on Pauline Cushman - her life and work. About Peggy Fleming Information on Peggy Fleming - her life and work. About Katherine Pettit Information on Katherine Pettit - her life and work. Phillis Wheatley Information on Phillis Wheatley - her life and work. About Leontyne Price Information on Leontyne Price - her life and work About Ayn Rand Information on Ayn Rand - her life and work About Charlotte Ray Information on Charlotte Ray - her life and work About Sally Ride Information on Sally Ride- her life and work. About Irina Rodnina Information on Irina Rodnina - her life and work. About Eleanor Roosevelt Information on Eleanor Roosevelt - her life and work About Rose O'Neal Greenhow Information on Rose O'Neal Greenhow - her life and work. About Sappho of Lesbos Information on Sappho - her life and work. About Sarah Emma Edmonds aka Frank Thompson Information on Sarah Emma Edmonds aka Frank Thompson - her life and work. About Barbara Ann Scott Information on Barbara Ann Scott - her life and work. About Semiramis - Sammu-Ramat Information on Semiramis - Sammu-Ramat - her life and legend. About Caroline Severance Information on Caroline Severance - her life and work Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Information on Mary Shelley - her life and work. About Hannah Greenebaum Solomon Information on Hannah Greenebaum Solomon - her life and work About Sonja Henie Information on Sonja Henie - her life and work. About Lillian M. N. Stevens Information on Lillian M. N. Stevens - her life and work. About Sarah Ann Hackett Stevenson Information on Sarah Ann Hackett Stevenson - her life and work About Lucy Stone Information on Lucy Stone - her life and work. Woman Suffrage - Cast of Characters Information on the women who struggled for women's suffrage -- their lives and work About Maud O'Farrell Swartz Information on Maud O'Farrell Swartz - her life and work. About Tara Lipinski Information on Tara Lipinski - her life and work. 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. Iva Toguri D'Aquino - Tokyo Rose - Orphan Ann Information on Iva Ikuko Toguri - Tokyo Rose - her trial and assessment of the evidence. About Sophie Tucker Information on Sophie Tucker - her life and work About Queen Victoria of England Information on Queen Victoria of England - her life and work About Alice Walker Information on Alice Walker - her life and work About Lois Weber Information on Lois Weber - film director - her life and work. About Eudora Welty Information on Eudora Welty - her life and work. About Lucy Wheelock Information on Lucy Wheelock - her life and work About Sarah Helen Power Whitman Information on Sarah Helen Power Whitman - her life and work About Willa Cather Information on Willa Cather - her life and work. About Kristi Yamaguchi Information on Kristi Yamaguchi - her life and work. About Maud Younger Information on Maud Younger - her life and work About Anne of Cleves Information on Anne of Cleves - her life and work About Olympia Brown Information on Olympia Brown, pioneer woman minister and woman's rights advocate. About Fanny Bullock Workman Information on Fanny Bullock Workman - her life and work About Fannie Farmer Information on Fannie Farmer - her life and work About Doris Kearns Goodwin Information on Doris Kearns Goodwin - her life and work About Helen Kendrick Johnson Information on Helen Kendrick Johnson - 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 Mary Dyer Information on Mary Dyer - her life and work About Queen Elizabeth I of England Information on Elizabeth I of England - her life and work About Emma Goldman Information on Emma Goldman - her life and work About Hatshepsut - Pharaoh of Egypt Information on Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt - her life and work About Carla Hills Information on Carla Hills - 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 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 About Anna Leonowens Information on Anna Leonowens - her life and work About Jacqueline Means Information on Jacqueline Means - her life and work About Lucretia Mott Information on Lucretia Mott - her life and work About Eve Queler Information on Eve Queler - her life and work About Betsy Ross Information on Betsy Ross - her life and work About Elizabeth Cady Stanton Information on Elizabeth Cady Stanton - her life and work About Harriet Beecher Stowe Information on Harriet Beecher Stowe - her life and work About Saint Térèse of Lisieux Information on Saint Térèse of Lisieux - her life and work About M. Carey Thomas Information on M. Carey Thomas - her life and work About Sojourner Truth Information on Sojourner Truth - her life and work About Mary Wollstonecraft Information on Mary Wollstonecraft - her life and work Marguerite Duras - Biography Information on Marguerite Duras - her life and work. By Pilar Adon. Mary Baker Eddy - Biography Information on Mary Baker Eddy - her life and work. Zenobia - Sue M Sefscik - Biography Zenobia, a 3rd century queen of Palmyra, led her people in a war against Rome. 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.
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