Research Guides: Biographies: Historical Figures

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Gale Directory Library: Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Indexed resources on where to find biographical material on people from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor.
Gale In Context: Biography
Includes biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
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Books in the Library Collection

The Rise of the Medieval World, 500-1300: A Biographical Dictionary by Jana K. Schulman (Editor)
Publication Date: 2002

Includes over 400 people whose contributions in literature, religion, philosophy, education, or politics influenced the development and culture of the Medieval world.
Great American Women in the Nineteenth Century: A Biographical Encyclopedia by Frances E. Willard (Editor); Mary A. Livermore (Editor); Patricia Lengermann (Introduction by); Jill Niebrugge-Brantley (Introduction by)
Call Number: REF CT3260 .A4725 2005

Publication Date: 2005

Documents the lives and achievements of remarkable American women who lived during the nineteenth century.
A Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by A. Rosalie David; Antony E. David
Publication Date: 1996

Important historical and cultural figures as well as some well-known individuals in Egypt's long history (c 3100 BC - c AD 600). Rulers and members of their families, significant figures and important foreigners with whom the Egyptians came into contact are all included.
Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women: Notable Women from Sappho to Helena by Marjorie Lightman; Benjamin Lightman
Call Number: REF HQ1136 .L54 2000

Publication Date: 1999

Recounts more than 400 stories of women from pagan Greece in the 7th century B.C.E. to the rise of Christianity in the 4th century C.E.
Encyclopedia of Women in the American West by Gordon Morris Bakken (Editor); Brenda Farrington (Editor)
Call Number: REF HQ1438 .W45 E53 2003

Publication Date: 2003

Captures the lives of more than 150 women who made their mark from the mid-1800s to the present, contextualizing their experiences and contributions to American society.
Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dicationary by Carole Levin; Debra Barrett-Graves; Jo Eldridge Carney; W. M. Spellman; Gwynne Kennedy; Stephanie Witham
Call Number: HQ1143 .E93 2000

Publication Date: 2000

Profiles of 70 women, most of whom are unsung, but all of whom are remarkable for their courage, initiative, and accomplishments in a world where the conventional wisdom was for women to be chaste, silent, and obedient. Includes artists, builders, mystics, political leaders, religious activists, diarists and dramatists, poets and writers, and scholars.