Internet
Women of the Hall: Time Travel Project - http://www.haverhill-ma.com/libraries/middle/womenwebquest.html
Official assignment webpage

National Women's Hall of Fame - http://www.greatwomen.org/
Brief biographies and lists of further resources for 207 notable women

Women's International Center: Biographies - Database of women's biographies, maintained by Women's International Center, non-profit education and service foundation with a mission to acknowledge, honor and encourage women.

Biography.com - Biography channel's website, containing short authoritative biographies

The Internet Public Library Biography Resources - links compiled by the IPL

Databases
Biography Resource Center - http://www.nmrls.org/reference/libraries/haverhill.shtml
use your library card number to access from home

Grolier Online - http://www.nmrls.org/reference/libraries/haverhill.shtml
Online Encyclopedia with biographical entries

Books
Abigail Adams (1744-1818), first lady and mother of a president
Abigail Adams : a Revolutionary woman by Jacqueline Ching jB/Ada
Biography of woman who witnessed the American revolution firsthand as the wife of one president and the mother of another. 112 pp.

Abigail Adams: Witness to a revolution by Natalie S. Bober Biog/Adams A
Biography of woman who witnessed the American revolution firsthand as the wife of one president and the mother of another. 248 pp.

Woman of independence : the life of Abigail Adams by Susan Provost Beller
Biography of woman who witnessed the American revolution firsthand as the wife of one president and the mother of another. 128 pp.

Jane Addams (1860-1935), settlement house activist and crusader for the poor
Jane Addams by Jane Hovde Biog/Addams J
Traces Addam's career from the 1889 founding of Hull House to her staunch pacifism during WWI, and her role in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. 131 pp.

Jane Addams by Mary Kittredge jB/Add
Profiles the life of a social worker and pacifist. 111 pp.

Madeline Korbel Albright (1937- ), US Secretary of State
Seasons of her life : a biography of Madeleine Korbel Albright by Ann Blackman Biog/Blackman A
Biography of secretary of state 398 pp.

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), writer and suffragist
Invincible Louisa: The story of the author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs jB/Alc
Biography of author of popular children's novels 247 pp.

Maya Angelou (1928-),  poet and writer
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Biog/Angelou M
Story of the sad southern childhood of African-American writer and poet. 290 pp.

Maya Angelou by Nancy Shuker Biog/Angelou M
Biography of African-American poet and writer. 128 pp.

Clara Barton (1821-1912), army nurse and American Red Cross founder
Clara Barton : Civil War nurse by Nancy Whitelaw jB/Bar
128 pp.

Clara Barton and the American Red Cross by Eve Marko jB/Bar
Bbiography of Clara Barton and a history of the American Red Cross 236 pp.

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), teacher
Mary McLeod Bethune, teacher with a dream by jB/Bet
Biography of black teacher and human rights activist. 80 pp.

Mary McLeod Bethune, a great American teacher by Pat McKissak jB/Bet
Biography of black teacher and human rights activist. 111 pp.

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), first female doctor
Elizabeth Blackwell by Jordan Brown
Biography of first female doctor .111 pp.

Nellie Bly (1864-1922), Newspaper Reporter
Making headlines : a biography of Nellie Bly by Kathy Lynn Emerson jB/Bly
Biography of reporter who would go to many lengths to get a story. 111 pp.

Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), writer
The lives of Pearl Buck; a tale of China and America by Irvin Block jB/Buc
Biography of writer 169 pp.

Pearl S. Buck : revealing the human heart by Cornelia Spencer Biog/Buck P
Biography of writer 192 pp.

Rachel Carson (1907-1964), scientist and environmentalist
Rachel Carson by E.A. Tremblay Biog/Carson R
A biography of the biologist who helped initiate the environmental movement. 118 pp.

Rachel Carson : the environmental movement by John Henricksson Biog/Carson R
A biography of the biologist who helped initiate the environmental movement. 96 pp.

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), painter
Mary Cassatt: Painter of modern women by Griselda Pollock 759.13/Cassatt M
Biography of artist. 224 pp.

Mary Cassatt by Michael Cain jB/Cas
Examines the life and work of the strong-willed American woman who studied in Paris and became a noted contributor to the Impressionist movement. 92 pp.

Bessie Coleman (1892-1926), pilot
Emily Dickinson, poet
Amelia Earhart, pilot
Mary Baker Eddy

Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), jazz and pop artist
Ella Fitzgerald by Bud Klimet jB/Fit
Biography of African-American jazz singer. 112 pp.

Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), writer and social reformer
In search of Margaret Fuller : a biography by Abby Slater Biog/Fuller M
Biography of a critic, journalist, and social reformer. 215 pp.

Margaret Fuller by Anthony W. Brown Biog/Fuller M
Biography of Trancendentalist author. 159 pp.

Helen Keller (1880-1968), writer and activist
The World At Her Fingertips: The story of Helen Keller by Joan Dash Biog/Keller H
Biography of deaf blind mute who went to college, became a writer, and advocated for the blind. 253 pp.

Helen Keller, Rebellious Spirit by Laurie Lawlor jB/Kel
Biography of spirited disabled girl  who went to college, became a writer, and advocated for the blind. 168 pp.

Story of My Life by Helen Keller Biog/Keller H
Autobiography of deaf blind mute who went to college, became a writer, and advocated for the blind. 75 pp

Billie Jean King (1943- ), tennis star
Billie Jean by Billie Jean King with Frank Deford Biog/King B
Autobiography of women's tennis champion. 220 pp.

Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927), Girl Scouts of America founder
Lady from Savannah: the life of Juliette Low by Gladys Denny Shultz and Daisy Gordon Lawrence Biog/Low J
Biography of Girl Scouts USA Founder. 383 pp.

Margaret Mead (1901-1978), anthropologist
Margaret Mead by Edra Ziesk jB/Mea
109 pp.

Margaret Mead by Jacqueline Ludel Biog/Mead M
118 pp.

Margaret Mead : a voice for the century by Robert Cassidy Biog/Mead M
176 pp.

Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), abolitionist and feminist
Lucretia Mott : a guiding light by Jennifer Fisher Bryant
Biography of active leader of the abolitionist and feminist movements, from her humble roots in New England to her days at a New York Quaker boarding school, and through her decades of social service in Philadelphia. 182 pp.

Lucretia Mott, Foe of Slavery by Doris Faber jB/Mot
A brief biography of the nineteenth-century Quaker woman important participant in the cause of abolition and who was an later in women's rights.

Annie Oakley (1860-1926), sharpshooter and entertainer
Bulls-eye : a photobiography of Annie Oakley by Sue Macy jB/Oak
Biography of female sharpshooter and wife of Buffalo Bill. 64 pp.

Annie Oakley of the Wild West by Walter Havighurst Biog/Oakley A
Biography of female sharpshooter and wife of Buffalo Bill.

Georgia O'Keeffe(1887-1986), artist
The art & life of Georgia O'Keeffe by Jan Garden Castro 759.13/O'Keefe G
Biography of a prominent American artist renowned for her images of gigantic flowers, cityscapes, and distinctive desert scenes.192 pp.

Portrait of an artist : a biography of Georgia O'Keeffe by Laurie Lisle Biog/O'Keeffe G
Biography of a prominent American artist renowned for her images of gigantic flowers, cityscapes, and distinctive desert scenes.394 pp.

Rosa Parks (1913-), civil rights activist
Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks Biog/Parks R
Autobiography of African-Americanwoman who refused to move to the back of the bus. 192 pp.

Rosa Parks: a Penguin Lives biography by Douglas Brinkley Biog/Parks R
Biography of African-Americanwoman who jump started the Civil Rights Movement.  246 pp.

Sally Ride (1951- ), astronaut, scientist, teacher
Sally Ride : shooting for the stars by Jane Hurwitz and Sue Hurwitz jB/Rid
Biography of first American woman in space.115 pp.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), first lady
Here comes Eleanor: A new biography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Virginia Veeder Westervelt Biog/Roosevelt E 
Biography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own, devoted to helping others and working for peace. 142 pp.

Eleanor Roosevelt: A life of discovery by Russell Freedman jB/Roo
A photo-biography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. 198 pp.

Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994), Olympic champion
Wilma Rudolph by Tom Biracree jB/Rud
Biography of African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics. 111 pp.

Gloria Steinem (1934 - ), feminist, activist, writer
Gloria Steinem by Carolyn Daffron jB/Ste
Biography of the feminist writer and activist who founded ''Ms.'' magazine, helped found the National Women's Political Caucus, and helped establish the Women's Action Alliance. 115 pp.

Anne Sullivan (1866-1936), teacher
Teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy : a tribute by the foster-child of her mind by Helen Keller Biog/Sullivan A
Biography of companion and teacher who was the eyes and ears of Helen Keller. 247 pp.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931), orator, journalist
Ida B. Wells-Barnett : powerhouse with a pen by Catherine A. Welch jB/Wel
Biography of the African American woman who used her talents as a speaker and journalist to work for the civil rights of black people. 104 pp.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett : woman of courage by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk jBiog/Wells-Barnett I
Biography of the African American woman who used her talents as a speaker and journalist to work for the civil rights of black people. 128 pp.

Oprah Winfrey (1954- ), entertainer
Oprah Winfrey by Belinda Friedrich jB/Win
A biography of the popular talk show host who rose from a childhood of poverty to become one of the most visible and wealthiest women in the nation. 112 pp

Oprah Winfrey by Judith Janda Presnall Biog/Winfrey O
A biography of the popular talk show host who rose from a childhood of poverty to become one of the most visible and wealthiest women in the nation. 111 pp.

Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), politician, feminist
Victoria Woodhull : first woman presidential candidate by Jacqueline McLean Biog/Woodhull V
Examines the life of the nineteenth century feminist who was a selected as the presidential candidate for the Equal Rights Party in 1872. 112 pp.

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