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Biography (Individuals)
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Alice's Drive: Women Who Drove the Century 
 Website about a 2009 effort to recreate the landmark cross-country drive of Alice Ramsey, who, in 1909, became "the first woman to drive across America." Features background about Ramsey's 1909 Maxwell DA and a facsimile vehicle, Ramsey's 1909 route and the proposed 2009 route, and related material. http://aliceramsey.org/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Dec 22, 2008 Althea Gibson
This is the official website for Althea Gibson, who "overcame unbelievable odds to achieve international acclaim and success ... in both amateur tennis and professional golf." Gibson, who died in 2003 at the age of 76, was "the first African-American to win both Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships." The site features a partial chronology of her life from 1927 through 1975, photographs, and information about the Althea Gibson Foundation. http://www.altheagibson.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Sports, Women Last updated Apr 6, 2006 Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937
An enthusiast's smoothly written biography of this famous aviator's early life, celebrity years, and her final flight. Includes a bibliography, with films, and a list of annotated Web links. http://www.ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, Transportation Last updated Oct 1, 2004 America's Story: Harriet Tubman
Brief biography and series of stories about the life of Harriet Tubman, "a runaway slave from Maryland who became known as the 'Moses of her people.'" Illustrated essays describe Tubman's escape from slavery, her role as conductor of the Underground Railroad, and her work during the U.S. Civil War. From the Library of Congress. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/tubman Topics: Black Resources, Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 5, 2007 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, 1817-1877
Exhibit of books that belonged to Angelica Singleton Van Buren, "the South Carolina-born daughter-in-law who was President Martin Van Buren's hostess at the White House." Features images of the books, along with descriptions, and (where available) signatures and inscriptions found in the books. From the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Library. http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/hist/single/single.html Topics: Notable People: Women, Presidents by Name Last updated Mar 12, 2008 Annie Oakley
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about Western sharpshooter Annie Oakley (Phoebe Anne Moses). The website provides features on women in sports and Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, profiles of people and events from Oakley's life (1860-1926), a gallery of promotional posters, and a timeline of Oakley's life. Includes the program transcript and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/oakley/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Women Last updated May 16, 2006 Barbara Jordan
A chronology of the life of this Texas politician, quotes from Jordan's speeches and other material, and memorial tributes to her, with links to articles published in the Houston Chronicle. http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/jordan.html Topics: Black Resources, Federal (U.S.) Government, Government, Notable People, Notable People: Government, Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 12, 2006 Biography of Agnes de Mille
Short biography of Agnes de Mille, a dancer and choreographer of Broadway hits (such as "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" in 1949 and "Paint Your Wagon" in 1951) and ballets. Covers career highlights, theaters she founded, writings, and more. From the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3719&source_type=A Topics: Dance, Notable People: Women, Performing Arts Last updated Feb 28, 2006 Breaking the Silence: Grethe Cammermeyer
Best known for her 1992 challenge of the ban on homosexuals serving in the military, Grethe Cammermeyer has been a nurse, a colonel, a candidate for Congress, an author, and a human rights activist. This site presents her biography, introduces her family, and addresses political, military, health, and gay issues. It includes Web links, a message board, and a place for service members to submit their stories. Cammermeyer lives in Washington state. http://www.cammermeyer.com Topics: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Notable People, Notable People: Women, U.S. Military Last updated Sep 14, 2006 Buffy Sainte-Marie
The Web site for artist, musician, activist, and educator Buffy Sainte-Marie features biographical information, a career-spanning gallery of portraits (including her Sesame Street years), a discography, audio clips and lyrics for songs, and a gallery of her digital art. Includes links to Sainte-Marie's nonprofit Native American education foundation, the foundation's teaching project, and an online forum where young adults can discuss cultural and racial issues. http://www.creative-native.com/ Topics: Activism, Music, Musical Genres, Musicians, Native Americans, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Oct 25, 2004 Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home
This site features a biography, related links, and an article on the FBI files kept on the "key coordinator of the woman suffrage movement" and founder of the League of Women Voters. Also includes photos and information on the activist's childhood home, located in Charles City, Iowa. Created by archivist David F. McCartney at The University of Iowa at Iowa City. http://www.catt.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Home & Housing, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Feb 20, 2005 Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Point of View (P.O.V.) documentary about the 1972 presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, who in 1968 had become the first black woman elected to Congress. The site provides a brief guide to 1972 in the United States and information about the 1972 Democratic Convention. Also includes a trailer and synopsis of the film, and links to related information. http://www.pbs.org/pov/chisholm/ Topics: Black Resources, Federal (U.S.) Government, Government, History, Notable People, Notable People: Government, Notable People: Women, The United States Presidency, U.S. Elections, United States History Last updated Sep 9, 2009 Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies
Radio program about Rosa Parks (1913-2005), known as the "'mother of the civil rights movement' ... [for turning] the course of American history by refusing in 1955 to give up her seat on a bus for a white man." Includes audio of past interviews with Parks, images, and links to related stories. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4973548 Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People: Women Last updated Oct 25, 2005 Coretta Scott King
Biographical information about Coretta Scott King, founding president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. Includes details about her involvement in the causes of her husband, Martin Luther King Jr. and her activities after his assassination in 1968. Also find essays on Martin Luther King Jr., nonviolence, and related topics. From the Martin Luther King Papers Project, Stanford University. http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_king_coretta_scott_1927_2006/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Social Issues Last updated Sep 14, 2009 Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection
"This site provides access to 1800 of approximately 12,000 images from the Ulmann Photograph Collection." Doris Ulmann (1882-1934) "documented the rural people of the South, particularly the mountain peoples of Appalachia and the Gullahs of the Sea Islands," and also photographed intellectuals, artists, and writers. Searchable and browsable. From the University of Oregon Libraries. http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/ulmann/ Topics: Agriculture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 17, 2007 Dorit Cypis
An exhibit of nine photographs, video stills, and installation views from Dorit Cypis' "Angel of Histories" installation. Includes essays on her work. From the Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside. http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exhibitions/cypis/ Topics: Artists, Notable People: Women Last updated Jan 17, 2006 Dot Carpenter: The Woman Behind the Man
This presentation focuses on the accomplishments of Dot Carpenter, wife of Delph Carpenter, Colorado lawyer and "Father of Interstate River Compacts." Brief illustrated essays describe her role as daughter, sister, classmate, wife, and mother, during her long life (1878-1980). From Colorado State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections. http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/water/dot/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 26, 2007 Emily Post Institute: About Us: Emily Post
Biography of writer and etiquette expert Emily Post. "After publication in 1922, her book, 'Etiquette,' topped the nonfiction bestseller list, and the phrase 'according to Emily Post' soon entered our language as the last word on the subject of social conduct." Accompanied by photos. From the institute created by Emily Post in 1946. http://www.emilypost.com/about/emily.htm Topics: Notable People: Women, Society & Social Science Last updated Oct 23, 2006 Francis E. Willard Historical Association
Website for the historical association and National Historic Landmark related to Frances Willard, "one of the most prominent social reformers in 19th century America. As president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1879 until 1898, Willard rallied support for temperance as well as many other important reform movements including woman's suffrage, [and] women's economic and religious rights." Includes biographical material, and details about visiting her home in Evanston, Illinois. http://www.franceswillardhouse.org/ Topics: Drugs & Medications by Type, Notable People: Women, Women Last updated Mar 1, 2009 George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers
This collection "offers a rare glimpse into the life of [Amelia Earhart,] America's premier woman aviator. ... [who, in] 1928 ... was the first woman to across the Atlantic." It "includes more than 3,500 scans of photographs, maps, and documents relating to Earhart." Also provides a finding aid, biography of Earhart, a timeline, images of Earhart's medals in the collection, and links to related sites. From Purdue University Libraries. http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart/ Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, Transportation Last updated Feb 17, 2009 Golf Stars Online: Annika Sorenstam
A "links directory to help people find sites and online resources dedicated" to professional golfer Annika Sorenstam. Includes links to official and fan sites, biographies and statistics, photo galleries, interviews, and more. Searchable. http://www.golfstarsonline.com/S/Annika_Sorenstam/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, Women Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
"Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) is best known today as the author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which helped galvanize the abolitionist cause and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War." This site provides information about her life and writings, her house in Hartford, Connecticut, digitized documents, bibliographies, and links to related sites. http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Notable People: Women, United States History Last updated Feb 27, 2005 The Hedda Morrison Photographs of China, 1933-1946
A searchable collection of more than 5,000 photographs taken by Hedda Morrison "while resident in Beijing from 1933 to 1946." Also includes a chronology, publications about the photographer, a selected bibliography, and a list of the contents of the photographer's albums. From the Harvard-Yenching Library of the Harvard College Library. http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/harvard-yenching/collections/morrison/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography Last updated Oct 9, 2005 Ida B. Wells, 1862-1931
Background material about black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Features a brief biography discussing her civil rights and feminist activities, an overview of her anti-lynching pamphlets, the full text of one anti-lynching publication, and video clips of a professor describing Wells' life and activities. Part of the Illinois During the Gilded Age website from the Northern Illinois University Libraries. http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/idabwells/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Jan 23, 2008 Imelda
Companion to a 2004 documentary about Imelda Marcos. "Notorious for her abuse of political power, the former Philippines first lady remains one of the world's most controversial yet beloved figures." Features a brief biography (including a description of her marriage to Ferdinand Marcos), quotes from interviews, and timeline of the political history of the Philippines back to 1896. Also includes background about making the documentary and links to related material. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/imelda/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 12, 2007 Independent Spirits: The Faith and John Hubley Story
"Looks at the creative partnership and careers" of Academy Award-winning animators Faith and John Hubley, whose films "re-defined animation, breaking from traditional styles, confronting important social issues and using innovative graphics and experimental sound." Includes biographical information, filmographies, a timeline, audio, and video clips of films. Also contains brief information on women and other collaborations in animation. Online companion to PBS film of the same title. http://www.pbs.org/itvs/independentspirits/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Recreation Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Introduction to an Exhibit of Photographs of Jane Addams, Her Family, and Hull-House
Brief biographical information, a bibliography, a description of the Jane Addams Collection, and photos of the Nobel Prize winner and "Mother of the World" who "championed the protection of immigrants, child labor laws and recreation facilities for children, industrial safety, juvenile courts, recognition of labor unions, woman suffrage, and world peace." By archivist Anne Yoder, Swarthmore College Peace Collection. http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/Exhibits/janeaddams/addamsindex.htm Topics: Labor, Military, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Religion Last updated May 22, 2008 Inventor of the Week: Marion Donovan (1917-1998): Disposable Diaper
Profile of Marion Donovan, who "helped revolutionize the infant care industry by inventing the prototype of the disposable diaper." Topics include Donovan's development of a waterproof diaper cover, her work on the disposable paper diaper, and her other inventions that earned her over a dozen patents. From the Lemelson-MIT Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/donovan.html Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, Technology Last updated Apr 8, 2008 Inventory of the Ann N. Cooper Collection
Finding aid to the collection of Ann Louise Nixon Cooper, who was born in January 1902 and was mentioned in Barack Obama's 2008 election night speech. Includes a brief historical sketch of Cooper, a black Atlanta resident who "assumed the role of a devoted wife, mother, social leader and community volunteer." From the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/aafa/html/aafa_aarl95-007.html Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Nov 12, 2008 Isabel Allende
The site of the author of "Eva Luna," "The House of the Spirits," "Daughter of Fortune," and other books. There are three sections: "Books" (summaries, excerpts, and reviews), "Roots" (biography, timeline, awards, other works, photo gallery), and "Curiosities" (Allende's answers to questions about her inspiration and style, photographs, and a list of her publishers). Provided in English and Spanish. http://www.isabelallende.com/ Topics: Authors by Region, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections Last updated Mar 2, 2004 Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection
Collection of over a thousand digitized materials related to Jean Thomas (1881-1982), who was known as "The Traipsin' Woman," and "who traveled the mountains of eastern Kentucky taking snapshot photographs of the mountain way of life, writing, and promoting mountain folkways." Includes a biography and collection overview. From the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections. http://digital.library.louisville.edu/collections/jthom/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 13, 2008 Josephine Baker: Image and Icon
"In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Baker’s birth [in 1906], the exhibition explores the development of her image, first as an exotic phenomenon in a mid-1920s Paris that was infatuated with African-American culture, then as a glamorous cabaret star and finally as a Civil Rights advocate." This slideshow features images of Baker accompanied by audio of the "Jubilee Stomp" by Duke Ellington. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/baker/slideshow/slideshow.html Topics: Black Resources, Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 5, 2007 Julia Ward Howe: The Woman Behind Mother's Day
Video and transcript about Julia Ward Howe, "the author of the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic,' [who] began advocating for a mother's day for peace in 1870." Features an interview with an author of a Howe biography, and Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Mother's Day proclamation. From Democracy Now!, a daily radio and TV news program. http://www.democracynow.org/2005/5/6/julia_ward_howe_the_woman_behind Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Notable People: Women Last updated Aug 28, 2008 Kathy Reichs
This official Web page for forensic anthropologist and mystery novelist Kathy Reichs includes a brief biography, information about her novels (featuring a female forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan, as the heroine), and book reviews. http://www.literati.net/Reichs/ Topics: Archaeology, Crime, Mysteries and More, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Science, Social Science Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Kinships: Alice Neel Looks at the Family
An exhibit of nine paintings dated 1950 through 1979 by Alice Neel. Includes an introduction to the exhibit and a brief biography of the artist. From the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/neel Topics: Artists, Notable People: Women Last updated Jan 18, 2006 Lee Miller Archive
Photographer Lee Miller produced "portraits of her friends such as Pablo Picasso, and work[ed] as a correspondent with the US army in World War II. Beginning her own studio in Paris with artist Man Ray, she went on to work with Vogue, and in France, Egypt, and New York, being best remembered for her witty Surrealist images." This commercial archive features a gallery of Lee's photographs, news, biography, chronology, bibliography, and a list of exhibitions. http://www.leemiller.co.uk/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Schools of Art Last updated Oct 2, 2004 The Life and Works of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
This site presents a brief biography of Hildegard of Bingen, who founded her own convent in the Rhineland of Germany. A woman of diverse gifts, she was a mystic, composer, healer, judge, prophet, and preacher. Includes a discography, bibliography, and short glossary. "Although not yet canonized, Hildegard has been beatified, and is frequently referred to as St. Hildegard." A hobby site from a computer science professor. http://www.isi.edu/~lerman/music/Hildegard.html Topics: Faiths, Music, Musical Genres, Musicians, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Religion, Women Last updated Jan 18, 2006 Life of Rosa Parks
Brief guide to researching Rosa Parks (1913-2005), "known as the 'mother of the civil rights movement' for turning the course of American history in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man." Includes annotated links to websites, and tips for newspaper searching. From the Arlington, Virginia, Department of Libraries. http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Libraries/sites/LibrariesSitesRosaParks.aspx Topics: Black Resources, Notable People: Women Last updated Jan 31, 2007 Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968
A collection of fourteen photographs and brief accompanying text, this site "highlights the decade that [Japanese artist] Yayoi Kusama lived and worked in New York City." Online companion of an exhibit of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City. http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1998/kusama/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Oct 8, 2009 Maggie Growls
Companion website to an Independent Lens documentary about "the amazing, canny, lusty, charming and unstoppable Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995), who founded the Gray Panthers in 1970 after being forced to retire from a job she loved." Includes material about Kuhn and the Gray Panthers ("an organization of intergenerational activists working to change laws and attitudes for social and economic justice"), a filmmaker Q&A, and related links. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/maggiegrowls/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Seniors Last updated Jul 18, 2007 Margaret Mead: Human Nature and the Power of Culture
An exhibit about the American anthropologist and writer. It includes selected materials from the vast collection of manuscripts, diaries, letters, field notes, drawings, prints, photographs, sound recordings, and film in the Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives at the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mead/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science, Social Science Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Marian Anderson: A Life in Song
A biographical site celebrating "the artistic development and musical career of Marian Anderson." Includes images of early recital programs; information about her teachers, coaches, and accompanists as well as her tours; a brief history of spirituals in recital. There is a searchable collection of more than 4000 photos, plus audio clips of lieder singing and spirituals and video clips from both music and interviews. Developed from materials in archives at the University of Pennsylvania Library. http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/anderson/ Topics: Black Resources, Musical Genres, Musicians, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 4, 2005 Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution
Companion to a 2006 documentary that describes Marie Antoinette's involvement in events leading to the French Revolution by tracing "her journey from the splendors of her childhood in the palaces of the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire to her final hours in a squalid French prison cell." Features a timeline, description of her life at the Palace of Versailles (including the Petit Hameau mock farm), background about others involved in the revolution, and more. http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jun 24, 2008 MARTHAGRIMES.com
Online home for mystery writer Martha Grimes. Provides a biography of Grimes, interviews with her, information about the Richard Jury series and other books, a map of England indicating story settings, related links, a discussion forum for readers, and more. http://www.marthagrimes.com/ Topics: Literature: Fiction, Mysteries and More, Notable People: Women Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Mary Ellen Pleasant
"This site is dedicated to accurate presentation of the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, called the 'Mother of Civil Rights in California.' ... We also support the work of scholar/performer Susheel Bibbs, who ... has re-researched Pleasant's life and is presenting it accurately for the first time." The site features an illustrated biography of Pleasant, including information about her study with Voodoo Queen Marie LaVeaux. Also includes information about Bibb's chautauqua performances and related activities. http://www.mepleasant.com Topics: Black Resources, Business, Notable People, Notable People: Women, United States History Last updated Sep 21, 2006 Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator
Includes photos, interviews, and "a brief life history of Mary McLeod Bethune including her founding of the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro Girls" (now Florida's Bethune-Cookman College). Also features resources for teachers. From the Florida Memory Project. http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/MaryBethune/ Topics: Black Resources, Education, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Women Last updated Jan 6, 2004 Maya Angelou, b. 1928
A profile and critique of Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Johnson), briefly reviewing her autobiographical novels. The related links provide additional background on her life and works. From the project Voices From the Gaps, Women Writers of Color, at the University of Minnesota. http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/angelouMaya.php Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, History, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 7, 2009 The Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
This digital collection contains over one hundred artifacts concerning Mildred Wirt Benson, "journalist, pilot, amateur archaeologist, ghostwriter, and the original author of the best-selling Nancy Drew mystery series [as Carolyn Keene]." Features book covers, photographs, correspondence, short stories, and more. Includes a timeline, a collection overview, and descriptions of some elements of the collection. From the University of Iowa Libraries. http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/mwb/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 11, 2007 Mollie Orshansky
This brief biography profiles Orshansky's lifetime achievements and contributions to U.S. government service, notably at the Social Security Administration (SSA), where she developed the "poverty threshold," the original measure of poverty. This "statistical measurement of the low income population, and its causal effects of Federal programs" is still in use today. From the SSA history archives. http://www.ssa.gov/history/orshansky.html Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 10, 2004 Most Curious and Peculiar: Women Taxidermists in Colonial Sydney
Essay related to a past exhibition that "follows the careers of Jane Tost and her daughter Ada Rohu, two professional taxidermists who worked in Sydney [Australia] between 1856 and 1900." Describes the careers of the two women, taxidermy and natural history during the Victorian period, and women's role in taxidermy in Australia. Includes a few images. From the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. http://www.usyd.edu.au/museums/whatson/exhibitions/ctaxidex.shtml Topics: Animals, History By Place, Notable People: Women Last updated Oct 8, 2007 Mother Jones: The Woman
Article from Mother Jones magazine about its namesake Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones). The article notes that "few remember much about Mother Jones, who battled corporate presidents and politicians, who went to jail repeatedly for organizing workers, and who converted tens of thousands of Americans to the labor movement and the left." Discusses her work as an organizer for the United Mine Workers in the 1890s and related activities. http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/2001/05/motherjones_gorn.html Topics: Families, Geology, History, Industries, Labor, Notable People: Women, Technology, United States History Last updated Apr 25, 2005 Natalie Vivian Scott
This exhibit celebrates Natalie Vivian Scott (1890-1957), "decorated war hero, a celebrated newspaperwoman, an award winning playwright, a wilderness explorer, a Red Cross nurse, translator, teacher and social worker." She was "the only American woman in ... [World War I] to earn France's highest medal for courage, the Croix de Guerre." Also covers her involvement with the New Orleans French Quarter Renaissance and work in Taxco, Mexico. From the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University. http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/NVS/NVS_Home.htm Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 26, 2007 Nikki Giovanni
This site celebrates the life and work of poet Nikki (born Yolande Cornelia) Giovanni. In addition to photographs of Giovanni, the site includes a biography, timeline of her life and accomplishments, and links to other sites. Also lists her poetry books, children's books, and essays (no excerpts), and features clips from a documentary about Giovanni. The multimedia section contains video clips of Giovanni reciting poems and delivering speeches. http://nikki-giovanni.com/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Poetry Last updated Jan 7, 2006 The Nobel Peace Prize 1979: Mother Teresa
Background about Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Macedonia), who was awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work in Calcutta, India, and other areas. Includes a biography, Nobel lecture, press release and presentation speech, video clip, and articles. From the Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 25, 2007 The Nobel Peace Prize 2004: Wangari Muta Maathai
Material about Dr. Wangari Maathai, who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace," and who was the first African woman and the first environmentalist to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Includes a biography for Maathai (who was born in Kenya, also studied in the U.S. and Europe, and founded the Green Belt Movement), interview, video presentation, and Nobel lecture. From the Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2004/ Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Apr 24, 2008 Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
This companion site to a PBS program explores the work of these suffragists. Find information for use in the classroom, articles and essays, historic documents including the "Declaration of Sentiments" from the Seneca Falls Convention, and biographical information. Also find recommended books, related links, and discussion forums. http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Feb 28, 2005 O'Connor Taking Swing Vote Into Retirement
Collection of news stories related to the retirement in July 2005 of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor from the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to information about O'Connor's career (including a 2002 interview), this site provides analysis on Supreme Court succession. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4726166 Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Judicial Process, Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 6, 2005 Octavia Estelle Butler, 1947-2006
Biography of Octavia Butler, "the first African-American woman to gain popularity and critical acclaim as a major science fiction writer." Includes a selected bibliography, extensive references to works about the author, and a few related links. From Voices From the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color, a collaborative academic project housed at the University of Minnesota Department of English. http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/butlerOctavia.php Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 7, 2009 The Official Site of Amelia Earhart
Biography, photographs, achievements, quotes, and other information about this famous aviator, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The site includes news of events in her honor, facts about other records she set, and what is known about her disappearance during her 1937 attempt to fly around the world. http://www.ameliaearhart.com/ Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Transportation Last updated Apr 10, 2009 Ohioana Authors: Mildred Wirt Benson
Biography of Mildred Wirt Benson, journalist and writer of juvenile series books, including 23 of the first Nancy Drew mysteries (under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene). Includes a list of her works, awards and honors, audio of a radio feature on Benson, and related material. From WOSU radio in partnership with the Ohioana Library. http://www.ohioana-authors.org/benson/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 14, 2006 On the Trail of Sojourner Truth in Ulster County, New York
This presentation features images and artifacts related to the abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was born in Ulster County, New York, in 1797. Discusses locations related to and believed to be connected to Sojourner Truth, such as the Hardenburgh House in Rifton, the John Ignatius Dumont farm, Poppletown, and the Ulster County Court House. From librarian Corinne Nyquist of the Sojourner Truth Library at State University of New York (SUNY), New Paltz. http://www.newpaltz.edu/sojourner_truth/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women, U.S. History By Place Last updated Nov 21, 2007 The Pauline Johnson Archive
Devoted to spoken word performer Emily Pauline Johnson (1861-1913), "one of Canada's most popular and successful entertainers at the turn-of-the-century." Includes photos, correspondence, post cards, personal items, fan letters, reviews, articles, programs and tickets, a bibliography, poetry, short stories, and manuscripts. The daughter of a Mohawk Native-Canadian father and an English mother, Johnson used the Mohawk name 'Tekahionwake'. Available in English and French. From Canada's Digital Collections and McMaster University. http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/%7Epjohnson/mock.html Topics: Authors by Region, Authors by Region: United States, Correspondence, Literature: Fiction, Native Americans, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Poetry Last updated Jun 23, 2006 A Pilot and an Adventurer: Mildred Wirt Benson
This 2002 obituary provides biographical details about Mildred ("Millie") Wirt Benson, "newspaper reporter for more than eight decades and author of the first 23 Nancy Drew mysteries that inspired generations of readers." Includes a list of the Nancy Drew books written by Benson under the pseudonym of Carolyn Keene and a photo of Benson as an aviator. Note: Benson's columns for the newspaper are no longer available on this site. From the Toledo Blade, Ohio. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2002105290069 Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 15, 2006 Poets.org: Gertrude Stein
Material about Gertrude Stein, poet, prose author, and "a passionate advocate for the 'new' in art." Features a biographical introduction, poems from "Tender Buttons," information about Pablo Picasso's 1905 portrait of Stein, and an introduction to Modernism. Also includes links to works by other Modernist poets such as Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot. From the Academy of American Poets. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/315 Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Jan 23, 2008 Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi
Profile of Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, the "pro-democracy campaigner and leader of the opposition National League for Democracy party (NLD) ... [who] has spent more than 10 of the past 17 years in some form of detention under Burma's military regime." Includes details of the life of this 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, photos, and related news stories and information about Burma. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1950505.stm Topics: Notable People: Government, Notable People: Women Last updated Sep 8, 2009 Prudence Crandall
Profile of Prudence Crandall (1803-1890), who "maintained the nation's first private secondary school for 'Young Ladies of Color' for over a year and a half," becoming "a symbol in the cause of African American education and abolitionism." Includes a classroom activity plan and link to museum honoring Crandall. From the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. http://www.cwhf.org/browse_hall/hall/people/Crandall.php Topics: Black Resources, Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 27, 2008 Register of the Japanese American Research Project (JARP): The Estelle Ishigo Papers, 1941-1957
Contains correspondence, writings, drawings, and paintings of Estelle Ishigo, documenting World War II Japanese American internment life "in the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp [Wyoming] and the Federal Public Housing Authority resettlement trailer camps in Southern California." Includes biography. From the Library, Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/ Topics: Art by Region, California: History, Correspondence, Notable People: Women, United States History, World War II Last updated Jul 6, 2006 Rice to Strengthen Partner Ties
January 2005 article about Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's nominee for secretary of state. Includes excerpts from Rice's answers to policy questions, a profile of Rice, a video clip, and related articles. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4185269.stm Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Jan 19, 2005 The Rosa Parks Bus at the Henry Ford Museum
"On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded ... [a] Montgomery City bus to go home from work. On this bus on that day, Rosa Parks initiated a new era in the American quest for freedom and equality." This site provides information about the restoration of this historic bus and images of the bus. Also includes a chronology, a bibliography, and links to additional information. From the Henry Ford Museum. http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/rosaparks/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People: Women Last updated Nov 2, 2005 Rosa Parks Library and Museum
The website for this library and museum contains information about Rosa Parks (1913-2005), the black woman whose refusal to give her seat on a public bus to a white man inspired the 1955 civil rights movement event known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Includes biographical information, photos, and links to more information about Parks and Montgomery, Alabama, history. From Troy University, Montgomery, Alabama. http://montgomery.troy.edu/museum/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People: Women Last updated Oct 26, 2005 Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights
In this lesson designed for grades seven and eight, "Rosa Parks, 'The Mother of the Modern-day Civil Rights Movement,' describes her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott [of 1955-56] and helps students understand the importance of every individual citizen in a democracy." Includes the transcript of an interview with Parks, a brief biography of Parks, and an essay about being arrested, the boycott, and the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. From Scholastic Inc. http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People: Women Last updated Oct 26, 2005 Sadako and the Paper Cranes
Companion to an exhibit about Sadako Sasaki, who was "born in 1943 and experienced the [Hiroshima] bombing at age two [and died in 1955]. She was healthy and athletically gifted growing up, but ten years after the bombing, she was suddenly hospitalized. The diagnosis was leukemia. One day, a thousand paper cranes arrived at the hospital. ... This inspired her to begin folding her own." Includes photos. From the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/virtual/VirtualMuseum_e/exhibit_e/exh0107_e/exhi_top_e.html Topics: Notable People: Women, Weapons Last updated Oct 23, 2006 Secret of Photo 51
This companion site to a PBS NOVA episode "investigates the seminal role that Rosalind Franklin and her remarkable X-ray photograph played" in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. Includes background materials, program transcript, images, a slide show, and related resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/photo51/ Topics: Biology, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Science, Science Last updated Feb 28, 2005 Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli
This "exhibition celebrates the extraordinary creativity of the Italian-born designer, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) who, together with Coco Chanel, dominated fashion between the two world wars." The site includes images of women's fashions by this surrealist-inspired designer, conservation information, Schiaparelli's "Twelve Commandments for Women," and activities for children. From the Philadelphia Museum of Art. http://www.philamuseum.org/micro_sites/exhibitions/schiaparelli/home.htm Topics: Fashion, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Aug 29, 2007 Sojourner Truth Institute
Website for this organization dedicated to preserving the message of Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), a former slave who "traveled the country as a forceful and passionate advocate for the dispossessed, using her quick wit and fearless tongue to fight for human rights." Features an extensive biography of Truth, a timeline, images, speeches, an exhibit of art about Truth, a quiz, and details about the Sojourner Truth monument park in Battle Creek, Michigan. http://www.sojournertruth.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Nov 16, 2007 Sojourner Truth: Online Resources
Annotated links to resources on former slave, abolitionist, and suffragist Sojourner Truth, including historical collections, exhibitions, lesson plans and classroom activities, photos, and related materials. Also includes a brief bibliography with biographies and titles for younger readers. Compiled by Angela McMillian, Digital Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress (LOC). http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/truth/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated May 5, 2009 Stanton and Anthony Papers Project
"The mission of this project is to find and copy all of the [Elizabeth Cady] Stanton and [Susan B.] Anthony papers that still survive — as manuscripts and printed texts — and make those primary sources available and useful for research." The site features the full text of materials by the two women's rights advocates, a timeline, bibliographies for adults and children, statistics on women's voting records from 1868 to 1873, and related resources. From Rutgers University. http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Politics, Women Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Supreme Court Watch: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Provides highlights from the career of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired from the U.S. Supreme Court in July 2005. Also includes analysis of "the first woman justice's pivotal role on the nation's top court," a 2003 interview, and links to related websites. Includes audio and video clips. From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Online NewsHour. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/supreme_court/oconnor-career.html Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Judicial Process, Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 6, 2005 The Susan B. Anthony House
The official site of the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, New York, provides a biography and timeline of the American civil rights leader, abolitionist, suffragist, and temperance worker. The virtual and online tours provide exterior and interior views of the house, which is a National Historic Landmark; the entire neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There is also brief information on the Anthony dollar. http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Museums by Place: United States, Notable People: Women, Women Last updated Oct 2, 2004 The Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Collection, 1971-1991
A collection of nearly 80 images of artworks by Theresa Cha, including examples of artist books, concrete poetry, mail art, and performance art. Contains a brief biography and an overview of the collection. From the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf238n986k Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Photograph Collections, Poetry, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jul 3, 2006 They Called Them the "Mercer Girls": Washington Territory's Cargo of Brides
This site relates the story of 11 women who arrived in the Washington Territory in the 1864 as a result of the plans of Seattle resident Asa Mercer to balance the male-to-female ratio in Seattle. Features excerpts from 1864 newspapers announcing the arrival of the women, biographical information, a photo gallery of descendents of the women, and related information. From a genealogy enthusiast. http://www.mercergirls.com Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963
This Web site explores the history of Jane Addams and Hull-House, the social settlement she founded in Chicago in 1889. It features "interpretive narrative, selected essays and images, and a great variety of historical texts including relevant letters, memoirs, newspaper and magazine articles, popular literature, political tracts and cartoons." Includes curriculum materials. Searchable. From the University of Illinois at Chicago. http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Women, U.S. History By Place Last updated Apr 13, 2005 Vivienne Westwood
This site is a companion to an exhibit about British punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. The site features an overview of her career (including her collaboration with Malcolm McLaren in the 1970s and 1980s), a virtual tour of the exhibit, images of selected designs, and a bibliography. From the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1231_vivienne_westwood/ Topics: Fashion, Notable People: Women Last updated Dec 2, 2004 Wilma Rudolph
Information about Olympic track star Wilma Rudolph, who won three gold medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Provides a brief biography and an overview of her athletic career, achievements, and awards. Also includes recommended reading. From an online exhibit called Women In History: Living Vignettes of Women From the Past, hosted by the Lakewood (Ohio) Public Library. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/rudo-wil.htm Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Sports, The Olympic Games, The Olympic Games: Competitions, Women Last updated Mar 1, 2007 Yamada (Mitsuye) Papers
Poet Mitsuye Yamada was born Mitsuye May Yasutake in Japan; at the age of 3, she emigrated to the United States with her parents and grew up in Seattle. When World War II began she was relocated to the Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho. This site describes the collection of her papers at the Special Collections and Archives of the University of California, Irvine, libraries and provides a biography and chronology of her life. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf5d5nb2wc Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Poetry Last updated Aug 4, 2005 The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress
This site presents "a selection of ten plays written by [Zora Neale] Hurston (1891-1960), author, anthropologist, and folklorist. Deposited in the United States Copyright Office between 1925 and 1944. ... The plays reflect Hurston's life experience, travels, and research, especially her study of folklore in the African-American South." Includes a chronology, a bibliography, and searchable and browsable images of pages from the plays. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/hurston/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Performing Arts Last updated Dec 2, 2008 |
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