Biography - Women

4000 Years of Women in Science

http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS 

Inventors, scholars, mathematicians, and astronomers.

Biographies of Women Mathematicians

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm 

Modern mathematicians and those of earliest recorded history.

Congresswomen's Profiles

http://womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/

Sort or browse women who have served in Congress by name, position, party, state, and membership.

Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics

http://cwp.library.ucla.edu 

"A historical archive with information about 20th century women who have made original and important contributions to physics. Organized under the names of the women, you will find brief documented descriptions of their major contributions to physics, biographical data, and a potpourri of some interesting information regarding their lives, achievements, and conditions of work."

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com 

This directory of links is indexed by name and field of achievement.

Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia

jwa.org/encyclopedia

Features "approximately 2,000 carefully researched, written, and edited articles" depicting Jewish women from biblical times to the present. Browse by keyword, country, or time period. Also includes a glossary. From the Jewish Women's Archive (JWA).

National Women's Hall of Fame

http://www.greatwomen.org 

Profiling over two hundred women who have made contributions to United States history.

Women in Science

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen 

Sixteen scientists, including the first African American woman to receive a doctorate in zoology, the founder of scientific computing, and the greatest fossil finder of the nineteenth century.

Women of Invention

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/womeninventors.html

A pathfinder about women inventors and patent holders from the Library of Congress.

Women's Legal History Biography Project

http://womenslegalhistory.stanford.edu 

"How the women's movements have shaped legal history and the larger culture" is demonstrated with articles and photographs of pioneers in the profession. 

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