Biography Websites

Marian Anderson
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/anderson/
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0803928.html
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=9
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/anderson.html

Maya Angelou
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0804025.html
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=11
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1

Susan B. Anthony
Kids InfoBits
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/gilded/susanb_1
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet-anthony.jsp
http://cfmedia.scetv.org/periscope/display/ArchiveStory.cfm?articleID=82&pageNumber=1&moduleID=52
http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/anthony/
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=13

http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/biographies/

Benjamin Banneker
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/banneker/
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/jb_date.cgi?day=09&month=11
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/special/banneker-benjamin.html#bio

James Beckworth
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/beckwourth/
http://www.beckwourth.org/
http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/trappers,_traders,_and_explorers/jamespbeckwourthandthemythologyofthewest.html

Ruby Bridges
elibrary elementary
Kids InfoBits
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/history/spotlight_september.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/ruby_bridges.htm

George Washington Carver
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/scientists/carver
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0810661.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/gwcoverview.htm
http://www.planet-science.com/outthere/index.html?page=/outthere/black_history/index.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/carver/
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/carver.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/30.html

Cesar Chavez
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/all/chavez
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/chavez/
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/bio/chavez_c.htm

Evelyn Cisneros

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/chh/bio/cisneros_e.htm

Bessie Coleman
Kids InfoBits
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/coleman/
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=182
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/coleman_b.htm
http://www.bessiecolemanfoundation.org/

Marie Curie
Kids InfoBits
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/curie/
http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/mariecurie.html
http://www.aip.org/history/curie/
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/curie.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/curie.html

Frederick Douglass
Kids InfoBits
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/progress/douglass_1
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0815988.html
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet-douglass.jsp
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/douglass/
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/douglass
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet-douglass.jsp

Jean DuSable
http://library.thinkquest.org/2667/DuSable.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215480/dusable.htm
http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1995/ihy951204.html

Amelia Earhart
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/all/earhart
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet-earhart.jsp
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/earhart/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/earhart/timeline/timeline.htm
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=53

Albert Einstein
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/einstein/
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004471/tep/en/biographies/albert_einstein.html
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-einstein.jsp

Duke Ellington
Kids InfoBits
http://pbskids.org/jazz/nowthen/duke.html
http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/class/ellington/de_match.asp
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/ellington
http://rholmes.myweb.uga.edu/ellington-bio.htm

Esteban
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/estevanico/

Gloria Estefan

Benjamin Franklin
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/leaders/franklinb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/franklin_benjamin.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_subject.html#people
http://smithsonianeducation.org/spotlight/start.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/franklin/
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet-benjamin-franklin.jsp
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/franklin.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/franklin.html

Ghandi
Kids InfoBits
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/gandhi/
http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/mohandasgandhi.html

Jane Goodall
Kids InfoBits
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/goodall/
http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/janegoodall.html
http://www.janegoodall.org/
http://www.janegoodall.org/jane/childhood.asp
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/janegoodall/jane/jane.html

Mia Hamm
Kids InfoBits
http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/miahamm.html
http://www.womensoccer.com/biogs/hamm.html
http://www.britannica.com/women/article-9404022

Matthew Henson
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/henson/
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/henson.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10854/mhenson.html

 

Milton Hershey

Whitney Houston

Shirley Jackson
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=85

Mae Jemison
Kids InfoBits
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775690.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/mae_jemison/index.htm
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/jemison/
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=88
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/jemison.html

Michael Jordan
Kids InfoBits
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0826601.html
http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016048.html


Percy Julian
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/julian.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/84.html

Ernest Just

Helen Keller
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=91
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=1&TopicID=129
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/helen_keller_bio.asp
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/hkmuseum.asp
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_keller.hcsp

Nat Love
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/natlove/natlove.html

Jan Ernst Matzeliger
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/matzeliger.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/288.html

Elijah McCoy
Kids InfoBits
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/mccoy/
http://www.ncalifblackengineers.org/Elijah McCoy.htm
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/mccoy.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/167.html

Garrett A. Morgan
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0878299.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0932275.html
http://www.planet-science.com/outthere/index.html?page=/outthere/black_history/index.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/morgan.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/224.html
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/stories/garrett_morgan.aspx

Barack Obama

Ellen Ochoa
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ochoa.html
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/bio/ochoa_e.htm
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ochoa.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/ochoa.htm
http://www.atomicmuseum.com/Tour/sc1.cfm

Jesse Owens
Kids InfoBits
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/owens/

Bill Pickett
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/PICKETT.HTM

Pochahontas
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/all/pocahonta
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet-pocahontas.jsp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/pocahontas/index.shtml#focus
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/pocahontas/

 

Marco Polo

Jackie Robinson
Kids InfoBits
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/robinson_jackie.htm
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,714576,00.html

Sacagawea
Kids InfoBits
http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/sacagawea.html
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sacagawea.htm
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=204

Sitting Bull
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/famous/sitting_bull.htm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sittingbull.htm

Susan McKinney Steward
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/29days.html

Levi Strauss
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/strauss.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/sfeature/index.html#invent2http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/strauss.htm http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/mtoz/strauss.html
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/strauss.htm

Sojourner Truth
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9511284
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/magazines/story/0,6277,203485,00.html
http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/extra/women/
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/truth/
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=158
http://www.britannica.com/women/article-9073571

Madam C. J. Walker
Kids InfoBits
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/walker/
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=163
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/cjwalker.html

Granville T. Woods
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/woods/
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/woods.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/311.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/woods.html

Tiger Woods
Kids InfoBits
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
http://www.tigerwoods.com/defaultflash.sps
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tigertime1.html