Welcome to the web site for biographies of women in mathematics.
Cell biologist Danuta Bois fulfills her desire to uncover the accomplishments of women ignored by history books with her Distinguished Women website.
Famous women's biographies, organized by field of accomplishment
Women's International Center: Biographies
When researching biographies for school reports, it's important to use a variety of resources. For most non-controversial subjects, I like starting with Wikipedia.
From John Adams (second President of the United States) to Georgi Zhukov ( World War II Soviet general), BBC houses an excellent alphabetic archive of biographies.
Although the children's television series Bio4Kids is no longer running on the Biography channel, the companion website is still worth visiting.
Chances are if you are a student, you will have to write a biography this year. Where do you start? What should you put in it?
