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Adamson, Lynda G. Notable Women in World History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
SML, Reference Z7963 B6 A28X 1998 (LC)

American National Biography

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Online)
SML Reference Z5305 U5 +B562 (LC)

Biography Index

Biography Resource Center (Online)

Cline, Cheryl. Women's Diaries, Journals, and Letters: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland Pub., 1989.
SML Reference Z7963 B6 C55 1989 (LC)

Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800. Ed. Janet Todd. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985.
SML Reference PR113 D5 1985 (LC)

Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Dictionary of Literary Biography (Online)
CCL Reference PN451 +D53 (LC)

Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. Sir Leslie Stephen. London: Oxford University Press, 1949.
SML Reference DA28 D5 1949 (LC)

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

Golemba, Beverly E. Lesser-Known Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1992.
SML Reference CT3203 G57X 1992 (LC)

Ireland, Norma Olin. Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: Biographies and Portraits. Westwood, MA: F.W. Faxon, 1970.
SML and CCL Reference Z7963 B6 173 (LC)

Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography. Ed. Jennifer S. Uglow; 3rd Ed. London: Macmillan, 1998.
SML Reference CT3202 M33 1998 (LC)

Ogilvie, Marilyn Baily. A Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. New York: Routledge, 2000. 2 vol.
Kline Reference Q141 +B5285X 2000

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography