Web Sites That May Be Useful

1. http://www.bjpinchbeck.com

Click on "reference", "history", or "social studies"
and follow the links to sites that may contain your
subject

2. http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm.htm

Search by your subject’s name

3. http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm

Search by your subject’s name

4. http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

Search by your subject’s name

5.  http://womenshistory.miningco/library/bio/blbio_list.html

Search by your subject’s name

As a last resort, use a search engine such as Altavista or Yahoo
or Google.
Put your subject’s full name inside quotation marks

FYI -- http://www.greatwomen.org/grtwmn.htm is a good web site