Topics: Biography : Women
This category includes sites about well known and historically significant women. All sites are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.
Adams, Abigail
This category lists pages and sites about Abigail Adams (1744–1818), wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
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Barton, Clara
This category lists pages and sites about Clara Barton born Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912), a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian.
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Frank, Anne
This category lists pages and sites about Anne Frank. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust.
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Gāndhī, Indira
This category lists pages and sites about Indira Priyadarśinī Gāndhī , who was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to March 24, 1977, and again from January 14, 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984.
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Keller, Helen
This category lists pages and sites about Helen Keller, who was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on July 27, 1880.
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Mother Teresa
This category lists pages and sites about the Albanian Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997) who founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work.
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