The first African American woman to receive an official pilot's license, Bessie Coleman led a captivating life. Here you can learn about her many accomplishments.

This informative resource is a biography of Amelia Earhart and her accomplishments, focusing on the early years, her celebrity status, and her last flight.

A summary of Georgia O'Keeffe's earlier life and accomplishments, embellished with a picture of O'Keefe, and images of her earlier works.

This is a small-group project utilizing web research, cooperation, creativity and hands-on production in order to fully understand the impact of social reformers of the 19th century. Students will be responsible for building a monument...

This resource presents biographical information about Nancy Morgan Hart. Along with a retelling of her actions, assisting the patriots, in the American Revolution.

An essay that looks at issues affecting Americans leading up to the Civil War. These included economic changes that led to new ideological, social, cultural, and political issues that further divided the nation along moral and regional...

Learn about Newport, New Hampshir's "most famous native," Sarah Josepha Hale. When you learn of her many accomplishments, it is easy to see why the town is so proud of her, and why she is important even today.

SoccerTimes offers concise information on Mia Hamm's career in soccer, including her accomplishments on and off the field. You'll find brief biographical information and highlights of her career, year by year.

A concise outline of the accomplishments of Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes, the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics.

Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, shown in her laboratory. This photograph was distributed when McClintock received the American Association of University Women...

Discover more about Egypt's Golden Empire when you visit this site.

A great outline that highlights the important parts of the Progressive Era from those involved in reforms to the reform programs themselves. Not much detail, but good information.

At this site from MIT Invention Dimension you can read about Virginia Apgar and her accomplishments as "One of Columbia University's first female M.D.s," as a researcher of childbirth, and as the inventor of the "Newborn Scoring System."

This biography provides information about Jean Augustine and her accomplishments. Good for short assignments or as a beginning to a class.

Born in Milwaukee in 1924, Vel Phillips was a women's and civil rights activist, and the first female African American lawyer in Wisconsin. Her many accomplishments as an African American woman paved the way for others.

This short bio of Jewel Plummer Cobb summarizes her accomplishments and links to many other prominent women in the Science and Engineering field. It offers a current photo and lists the positions she holds.

View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1991 to commemorate Harriet Quimby, the first woman ever to earn a pilot's license in the U.S. With a short passage on her accomplishments in both aviation and journalism.

Dorothea Lange's life and accomplishments are examined through this article.

A biography of the passionate Susan B. Anthony. What accomplishments of hers forever changed the path of the United States?

A very general description of some of the accomplishments of Emmy Noether. Included is a list of references and sources written about Emmy. A picture of Emmy Noether is also provided.

As the first woman ever to receive a doctorate, Elena Piscopia contributed to many fields, including mathematics. Her biography and details of her interests and accomplishments are presented in this summary.

A short biography is offered on the life and accomplishments of Winifred Merrill, the first American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.

The life and accomplishments of Hypatia-- the Egyptian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher-- are documented in this synopsis. While the focus is on earlier events in her life, information is also provided on her contributions to...

Full of education and charity, Elena Piscopia devoted her life to learning and ministering to the poor. Her accomplishments as a mathematician and philosopher are discussed in this short biography.