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Lists Biographies of Women (Information Please) Provides an alphabetic listing. 10-04 Women - Distinguished Women of Past and Present (Bois) Provides one of the most comprehensive sets of biographies of women available on the Net. Arranged alphabetically by last name or field. Women Heroes (Women in World History Curriculum - Reese) Provides biographies of influential women, by region of the world. Women in History (WWWomen) Provides a Directory and Search Engine related to women. Papers -02-27-07 Baseball Card Sells for $2.35 Million Dollars (ABC News) " The "Holy Grail of baseball cards," the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card once owned by hockey great Wayne Gretzky, has sold for a record-setting $2,350,000, the seller of the card said Monday." 02-07 Biographies of Famous Women (Gale Group) Provides over 100 biographies. Many include pictures 1-05 First Ladies of the United States (Virtualology) Presents, in alphabetical order, a profile for each First Lady of the United States of America (USA). The First Ladies include Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Adams, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Van Buren, Anna Harrison, Letitia Tyler, Julia Tyler, Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, Mary Todd Lincoln, Eliza Johnson, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, Ellen Arthur, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Ida McKinley, Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Ellen Wilson, Edith Wilson, Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth (Bess) Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy, Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalyn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush. 5-01 First Ladies of the United States (WETA - ExploreDC.org) Presents a profile for each First Lady of the United States of America (USA). The First Ladies include Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Adams, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Van Buren, Anna Harrison, Letitia Tyler, Julia Tyler, Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, Mary Todd Lincoln, Eliza Johnson, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, Ellen Arthur, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Ida McKinley, Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Ellen Wilson, Edith Wilson, Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth (Bess) Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy, Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalyn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush. 5-01 Heroines of Peace (The Nobel Foundation) Provides the story on nine women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, including Mother Teresa. Men and Women of Science (University of Michigan) Provides biograpical information on leading contributors to science. Presents the information at three levels of difficulty and by time period. Millender-McDonald, Juanita (Millender-McDonald.gov) "In 1997, a Glamour Magazine survey identified Congresswoman Millender-McDonald as 'one of eleven women who will change the world.' " 04-07 Millender-McDonald, Juanita (Wikipedia.org) "Juanita Millender-McDonald (September 7, 1938–April 22, 2007) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing California's 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles and the city of Long Beach, California. She was a member of the Democratic Party." 04-07 Photographers - Women (Leggat) Provides short biographies of women who are mentioned in the history of photography. 3-01 Walker, Maggie (Time Magazine) "In 1903 she convinced those who would listen to her to bring together about $9,400 and opened the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, becoming the first woman of any race to preside over a savings institution at a time when only a handful of women held power in corporations. "We need a savings bank," she said. "Chartered, offered and run by the men and women of this order. Let us have a bank that will take nickels and turn them into dollars."" "Bank customers deposited a nickel a week into their accounts, and the assets continued to multiply. By 1913, the bank had collected $300,000 in assets. By 1920, it had helped to purchase 600 homes. In 1929 the Great Depression struck, crippling financial institutions nationwide. But St. Luke Savings had enough in holdings to absorb all the other local black-owned banks and become Consolidated Bank and Trust, holding assets of $400,000. The bank is still headquartered in Richmond today." 02-07 Women - Biographies (DiscoverySchool.com) Provides biographies of influential women of the twentieth century. 3-01 Women - Biographies of Women Mathematicians (Riddle) Provides biographies in alphabetical order and by time period. 2-00 Women Artists (About.com - Mulder-Slater) Provides dozens of biographies of influential women artists. 3-01 Women Athletes (Sports Illustrated) Provides biographies of Sports Illustrated's opinion regarding the top 100 female athletes. 12-02 Women Lawyers (Stanford Law School) Provides biographies and profiles of dozens of pioneer women attorneys. Uses PDF format. 3-01 Women Mathematicians (Association for Women in Mathematics) Provides brief biographies of women mathematicians of the twentieth century. 8-01 Women Physicists (UCLA) Provides biographies of 86 eminent woment physicists. 4-03 Women Writers by Name, Country or Period (Ockerbloom) Provides biographies of women writers by name, country, or time period. Women of China (Asiapac - Internova) Provides illustrated biographies of 100 celebrated women of China. Women's Biographies (Bois) Provides an alphabetic list of hundreds of women of achievement from throughout the world. 6-02 Women's Biographies (National Women's Hall of Fame) Provides biographies of over a hundred great women. 1-01 Women's Biographies (University of Maryland) Provides biographies of historical women of achievement. Women Writers of Color (University of Minnesota) Provides biographies of women writers who are African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, Chicana, Latina, Indigenous, or Native American.

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