Kayo Denda Women's Studies Librarian kdenda@rci.rutgers.edu July 3, 2007

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Women's Studies:
Biographical Sources

Below are select online resources and titles mainly from Douglass Library reference collection. We invite you to search IRIS, our library catalog, for a complete record of each title or to explore our full collection.

• Web Resources
• Print and Microform Resources
  • American Women
  • American Women Legislators
  • Minority Women
  • Women in Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance History
  • Women in Business
  • Women in Film, Theater and Arts
  • Women in New Jersey
  • Women in Latin America
  • Women in Math and Science
  • Women in Military
  • Women in Sports
  • Women in World History

Web Resources

Celebration of Women Writers
Provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, plus links to complete published books written by women, spanning 3000 BC to the present, and more than 100 countries.

Distinguished Woman of Past and Present
Short biographies of distinguished women, indexed by name and field of activity.

Literature Resource Center
Searchable database of author biographies, bibliographies and literary criticism; covering more than 90,000 novelists, poets, journalists, and other writers. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature.

New Jersey Women's History
Searchable database with links to biographical, bibliographical information, as well as images and documents about New Jersey Women.

Past Notable Women of Computing and Mathematics
Biographical resources on women throughout history who have made notable contributions to these fields.

Women of the Hall
Brief biographical sketches of women who have been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Print and Microform Resources

There is also biological sources listed in Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Handbooks.

American Women

Adamson, Linda G. Notable Women in American History: a Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies.
Westport: Greenwood, 1999.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF CT3260.A27 1999

Biddle, Gertrude. Notable Women of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1942.
ALEXANDER F148.B5

Chapman, William. Notable Women of the Puritan Times [microform]
London: Sonnenschein, Lowry, 1887. Gerritsen collection of women's history; no. 513.3.
DOUGLASS M-FICH 127 no. 513.3

Claghorn, Charles Eugene. Women Patriots of the American Revolution: a Biographical Dictionary.
Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
DOUGLASS REF E276.C5 1991

Hartman, Mary S., ed. Talking Leadership: Conversations with Powerful Women.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999.
DOUGLASS HQ1233.T35 1999

James, Edward T., Janet Wilson James, and Paul S. Boyer, eds. Notable American Women, 1607-1950: a Biographical Dictionary.
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, DANA, KILMER REF CT3260.N57

Johnson, Anne André. Notable Women of St. Louis, 1914 [microform]
[St. Louis: Johnson, 1914. Gerritsen collection of women's history; no. 1421.
DOUGLASS M-FICH 127 no. 1421

Magill, Frank N. Great Lives from History.
American Women Series. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1995.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1412.G74 1995

Peterson, Barbara Bennet. Notable Women of Hawaii.
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1984.
ALEXANDER HQ1412.N67 1984

Scanlon, Jennifer, ed. Significant Contemporary American Feminists: a Biographical Sourcebook.
Westport: Greenwood, 1999.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN HQ1412.S56 1999

Sicherman, Barbara, Carol Hurd Green, and Ilene Kantrov, Harriette Walker, eds. Notable American Women: the Modern Period: a Biographical Dictionary.
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, DANA, KILMER REF CT3260.N573 1980b

Uglow, Jennifer S., and Frances Hinton, eds. The Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography.
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1999.
DOUGLASS REF CT3202.N67 1999

Who's who of American Women.
Chicago: Marquis Who's Who.
DOUGLASS REF E663.W58

American Women Legislators

Foerstel, Karen. Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women.
Westport: Greenwood, 1999.
DOUGLASS REF JK1012.F57 1999

Jones, Nancy Baker. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2000.
DOUGLASS REF F391.3.J66 2000

Minority Women

Bataille, Gretchen M., ed. Native American Women: a Biographical Dictionary.
New York: Garland, 1993.
DOUGLASS REF E98.W8B38 1993

Hine, Darlene Clark Black Women in America: an Historical Encyclopedia.
Brooklyn: Carlson Pub., 1993.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, DANA, KILMER REF E185.86.B542 1993

Salem, Dorothy C. African American Women: a Biographical Dictionary.
New York: Garland, 1993.
DOUGLASS, DANA, KILMER E185.96.A45 1993

Smith, Jessie Carney. Notable Black American Women.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN, DANA REF E185.96.N68 1991

Smith, Jessie Carney, ed. Powerful Black Women.
Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1996.
DOUGLASS REF E185.96.P69 1996

Sonneborn, Liz. A to Z of Native American Women.
New York: Facts on File, 1998.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF E98.W8S65 1998

Telgen, Diane, and Jim Kamp. Notable Hispanic American Women.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF E184.S75N68 1993

Women in Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance History

Echols, Anne, and Marty Williams. An Annotated Index of Medieval Women.
New York: M. Wiener; Oxford: Berg, 1992.
DOUGLASS, DANA REF CT3220.A56 1992; DOUGLASS (STACKS)

Levin, Carole, et al. Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: a Biographical Dictionary.
Westport: Greenwood, 2000.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF HQ1143.E93 2000

Lightman, Marjorie, and Benjamin Lightman. Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women: Notable Women from Sappho to Helena.
New York: Facts On File, 2000.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1136.L54 2000

Meyers, Carol, ed. Women in Scripture: a Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF BS575.W593 2000

Salisbury, Joyce E. Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1127.S25 2001

Women in Business

Oppedisano, Jeannette M. Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs: 1776 to the Present.
Westport; London: Greenwood, 2000.
DOUGLASS REF HF3023.A2O64 2000

Women in Film, Theater and Arts

Chinoy, Helen Krich, and Linda Walsh Jenkins.Women in American Theatre.
New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1987.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN, DANA PN2226.W6 1987

Cole, Janis. Calling the Shots: Profiles of Women Filmmakers.
Kingston Ont.: Quarry Press, 1993.
DOUGLASS REF PN1995.9.W6C65 1993

Farris, Phoebe. Women Artists of Color: a Bio-critical Sourcebook to 20th century Artists in the Americas.
Westport: Greenwood, 1999.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF N8354.W656 1999

Gavin, Christy. American Women Playwrights, 1964-1989: a Research Guide and Annotated Bibliography.
New York: Garland, 1993.
DOUGLASS REF, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN REF, DANA, KILMER PS338.W6G38 1993

Grattan, Virginia L. American Women Songwriters: a Biographical Dictionary.
Westport: Greenwood, 1993.
DOUGLASS, MUSIC REF ML106.U3G73 1993

Hillstrom, Laurie Collier and Kevin Hillstrom. Contermporary Women Artists.
Detroit: St. James Press, 1999.
DOUGLASS REF N8354.C66 1999

Robinson, Alice M., Vera Mowry Roberts, and Milly S. Barranger. Notable Women in the American Theatre: a Biographical Dictionary.
New York: Greenwood, 1989.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, KILMER REF PN2285.N65 1989

Unterburger, Amy L. The St. James Women Filmmakers Encyclopedia: Women on the other Side of the Camera.
Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1999.
DOUGLASS REF PN1998.2.S683 1999

Women in New Jersey

Bursyn, Joan, ed. Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women.
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997.
DOUGLASS, SPCOL HQ1438.N5P37 1997

Women in Latin America

Tappen Kathleen, and Bernice T. Morris. Prominent Women in Latin America [microform].
Washington: Research Division, Social and Geographic Unit, 1944. Gerritsen collection of women's history; no. 2932.
DOUGLASS M-FICH 127 no. 2932

Tompkins, Cynthia Margarita, and David William Foster, eds. Notable Twentieth-century Latin American Women: a Biographical Dictionary.
Westport: Greenwood, 2001.
DOUGLASS REF CT3290.N68 2001

Tovar, Aurora. Mil Quinientas Mujeres en Nuestra Conciencia Colectiva: Catálogo Biográfico de Mujeres de México
Mexico: Documentación y Estudio de Mujeres, 1996.
DOUGLASS REF CT3295.T68 1996

Women in Math and Science

Abir-Am, Pnina G., and Dorinda Outram. Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives: Women in Science, 1789-1979.
New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 1987.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, DANA Q130.U525 1987

Bailey, Martha J. American Women in Science: 1950 to the Present: a Biographical Dictionary.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF Q141.B254 1998

Morrow, Charlene, and Teri Perl. Notable Women in Mathematics: a Biographical Dictionary.
Westport: Greenwood, 1998.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF QA28.N68 1998

Oakes, Elizabeth H. International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists.
New York: Facts of File, 2002.
DOUGLASS REF Q141.O27 2002

Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey, and Kerry Lynne Meek. Women and Science: an Annotated Bibliography.
New York: Garland, 1996.
DOUGLASS REF Q130.O35 1996

Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey, and Joy Harvey. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century.
New York; London: Routledge, 2000.
LSM REF Q141.B5285 2000

Oppedisano, Jeannette M. Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs: 1776 to the present.
Westport: Greenwood, 2000.
DOUGLASS HF3023.A2O64 2000

Pycior, Helena M., Nancy G. Slack, and Pnina G. Abir-Am, eds. Creative Couples in the Sciences.
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1996.
ALEXANDER Q141.C68 1996

Schultz, Rima Lunin and Adele Hast, ed. Women Building Chicago 1790-1990: a Biographical Dictionary.
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1439.C47W66 2001

Scrivener, Laurie. A Biographical Dictionary of Women Healers: Midwives, Nurses, and Physicians.
Westport, CT: Oryx Press, 2002.
DOUGLASS REF R692.B52 2002

Shearer, Benjamin, and Barbara S. Shearer. Notable Women in the Life Sciences: a Biographical Dictionary.
Westport: Greenwood, 1996.
DOUGLASS REF QH26.N68 1996

Shearer, Benjamin, and Barbara S. Shearer. Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: a Biographical Dictionary.
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1997.
DOUGLASS REF Q141 .N734 1997

Zierdt-Warshaw, Linda. American Women in Technology: an Encyclopedia.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, c2000.
DOUGLASS REF T36.Z54 2000

Women in Military

Dever, John Patrick, and Maria C. Dever. Women and the Military: over 100 Notable Contributors, Historic to Contemporary.
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1995.
DOUGLASS REF UB416.D48 1995

Women in Sports

Christensen, Karen, Allen Guttmann, and Gertrud Ppfister, eds. International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports.
New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.
DOUGLASS REF GV709.I58 2001

Hawkes, Nena. Celebrating Women Coaches: a Biographical Dictionary.
Westport: Greenwood, 2000.
DOUGLASS GV697.A1H367 2000

Woolum, Janet. Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports in America.
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1992.
DOUGLASS, DANA REF GV697.A1W69 1992

Women in World History

Abbot, Willis John. Notable Women in History [microform]: the Lives of Women Who in all Ages, All Lands and in All Womanly Occupations Have Won Fame and Put Their Imprint on the World's History.
Philadelphia: J.C. Winston, 1913. Gerritsen collection of women's history; no. 4.
DOUGLASS M-FICH 127 no. 4

Adamson, Linda G. Notable Women in World History: a Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies.
Westport: Greenwood, 1998.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN CT3230.A33 1998

Black, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day [microform]: Biographical Sketches.
Glasgow: D. Bryce, 1893. Gerritsen collection of women's history; no. 267.2.
DOUGLASS M-FICH 127 no. 267.2

Burton, Margaret Ernestine. Notable Women of Modern China [microform].
New York: F.H. Revell, 1912. Gerritsen collection of women's history; no. 430.
DOUGLASS M-FICH 127 no. 430

Commire, Anne, ed. Women in World History: a Biographical Encyclopedia.
Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications, 1999-
DOUGLASS REF HQ1115.W6 1999 v.1-

Felder, Deborah G. The 100 Most Influential Women of all Time: a Ranking Past and Present.
Secaucus: Carol Pub. Group, 1996.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN, DANA REF CT3202.F395 1996

The International Who's Who of Women.
London: Europa Publications.
DOUGLASS, DANA REF CT3220.A56

Golemba, Beverly E., Lesser-known Women: a Biographical Dictionary.
Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1992.
DOUGLASS, DANA REF CT3203.G57 1992

Jackson-Laufer, Guida M. Women Rulers Throughout the ages: an Illustrated Guide.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF D107.J32 1999

Lee, Lily Xiao Hong and S. D. Stefanowska, eds. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women.
Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1998.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1767.5.A3B56 1998

Mazenod, Lucienne. Dictionnaire des Femmes Célèbres: de Tous les Temps et de Tous les Pays.
Paris: Laffont, 1992.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER REF CT3202.M39 1992

Peterson, Barbara Bennet, and He Hong Fei. Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century.
Armonk, N.Y.; London: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1767.5.A3N67 200

Saari, Peggy, ed. Prominent Women of the 20th Century.
New York: U.X.L, 1996.
DOUGLASS REF CT3235.S2 1995

Singh, Nagendra Kr., ed. Encyclopaedia of Women Biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh.
New Delhi: A. P. H. Pub. Corp., 2001.
DOUGLASS REF CT3720.E63 2001, v.1-3

Sweeney, Patricia E. Biographies of British Women: an Annotated Bibliography.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1993.
DOUGLASS REF CT3320.S85 1993

The World Who's Who of Women.
Cambridge, Eng., Melrose Press.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, DANA HQ1123.W65