Women's Studies 

For information about women, their lives, and their work:

Contemporary Authors

Encyclopedia Britannica Profiles

Encyclopedia of Women's Autobiography. 2 vols. Victoria Boynton and Jo Malin, eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005. Ref HQ1185 .E63 2005 

Encyclopedia of Virginia        For example, a profile of Mary-Cooke Branch Munford

Female Nobel Prize Laureates

Notable Women

Women in Science, Mathmatics, and Technology

Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. 17 vols. Anne Commire, ed. Waterford, CT: Yorkin, 1999. Ref HQ1115 .W6 1999