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Who’s Who of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Angelou, Maya - a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, she continues to travel the world, spreading her legendary wisdom.

Anderson, Marian -the artistic development and musical career of Marian Anderson

Anthony, Susan B. ...teacher, temperance and abolition organizer, outstanding women's rights activist...

Aquino, Corazon ...Former President of the Philippines
Austen, Jane - Information Page - The English author Jane Austen lived from 1775 to 1817. Her novels are highly prized not only for their light irony, humor, and depiction of contemporary English country life, but also for their underlying serious qualities.

Ball, Lucille - Queen of Comedy - All about the woamn who created 'I Love Lucy'.

Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821 - 1910) - Women in Science - Website provides a brief biography of the physician.

Calamity Jane...Martha Jane Canary (1848-1903) was born in Princeton, Missouri. This hard drinking woman wore men's clothing, used their bawdy language, chewed tobacco and was handy with a gun

Cassatt, Mary - (1844-1926), American painter, who lived and worked in France as an important member of the impressionist group.

Cather, Willa - Dedicated to the 20th century American author, with links, photos, and information. Cather won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for One of Ours. She died in 1947.

Catherine de Medicis - (1519-89), queen of France (1547-59) and mother of the last three Valois kings of France.

Catherine the Great - (1729-96), empress of Russia (1762-96), the second of that name, who continued the process of Westernization begun by Peter the Great and made Russia a European power.

Catt, Carrie Chapman - Suffragist and Peace Advocate - A Women of Courage profile, by the St. Lawrence County, NY Branch of the American Association of University Women.
Clinton, Hillary Rodham ...From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Earhart, Amelia - The early years, the celebrity, the last flight with pictures.

Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ...Quotes, The Life of Elizabeth I, The Works of Elizabeth I, Essays and Articles
Four Thousand Years of Women in Science - Webpages produced offer a collection of biographies, references, and photographs of women in science and engineering.

Betty Friedan, Who Ignited Cause in 'Feminine Mystique,' Dies at 85

Fuller, Sarah Margaret - American Author and Philosopher - Author/philosopher features an overview of her life and thought.

Gandhi, Indira - Gandhi, Indira Priyadarshini, née Nehru (1917-1984), prime minister of India (1966-1977; 1980-1984), whose controversial political career ended with her assassination by Sikh conspirators.

Hopper, Grace Murray ...programming pioneer

Hutchinson, Anne ...Upheld equally as a symbol of religious freedom, liberal thinking and feminism, Anne Hutchinson is something of a contentious figure for modern audiences.

Joan of Arc - in French, Jeanne d'Arc (1412-31), called the Maid of Orléans, national heroine and patron saint of France, who united the nation at a critical hour and decisively turned the Hundred Years' War in France's favor.

Keller, Helen - The Life - Blind, deaf woman who became world famous author and public speaker.

Mary, Queen of Scots - also Mary Stuart (1542-87), daughter of James V, king of Scotland, by his second wife, Mary of Guise.

Meir, Golda -(1898-1978), Israeli premier (1969-74), a founder of the state of Israel.

Monroe, Marilyn - Biography, films, images, and memorability.

Mother Teresa 1910 - 1997 - All about her.

Nightingale, Florence - A tribute to the nursing pioneer.

Rosa Parks... The Woman Who Changed a Nation

Pelosi, Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro (born March 26, 1940) is the 60th and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and is the first woman in U.S. history to hold that office.

Rice, Condoleezza (born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama) is the 66th United States Secretary of State

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT...voted the most admired woman in America

Sacajawea... Guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Sanger, Margaret: Papers Project...is a historical editing project sponsored by the Department of History at New York University. The Project was formed by Dr. Esther Katz in 1985 to locate, arrange, edit, research, and publish the papers of the noted birth control pioneer.

Thatcher, Margarte Hilda ...first woman to hold the office of prime minister of Great Britain (1979-1990).