Elementary Library Services

Monadnock Regional School District
Charlotte Lesser, Director of Elementary Library Services
Monadnock Regional School District
600 Old Homestead Hwy.
E. Swanzey, NH 03446
(603) 357-6538

Biography Internet Sites

General Sites:

Biography-center
http://www.biography-center.com/

Biographies for Kids: Famous Leaders for Young Readers
http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm

Biography Magazine Search Page
http://www.biography.com/search/index.html

Biography Online 
http://biography.com

Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography (use search box)
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/

Eyewitness: History Through the Lives of Those Who Lived It (select a time period or click on index) 
http://www.ibiscom.com

Famous Hispanics in the World (scroll down and select name from list)
http://coloquio.com/famosos/alpha.htm

Famous people of the 20th century - an alphabetical list of about 200 names with a biography and photo
http://history1900s.about.com/library/misc/blpeople.htm

Gallery of Achievers (click on subject or theme for related biographies)
http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html

The History Channel (use search box in "Search any topic in History" section)
http://www.historychannel.com

The History Place (scroll down for time periods)
http://www.historyplace.com

InfoPlease Biography (use search box or categories)
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

Meet Amazing Americans (select name from list)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa

Spectrum Biographies (click on a portrait button)
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/index.html

Their Stamp on History (people featured on postage stamps) (click on category or "view the name index")
http://www.stamponhistory.com/

Time 100: the Century's Most Influential People (click a category)
http://www.time.com/time/time100/

Virtual Library: History--US--Biography
http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/biography.html

Women:

American Women in Uniform (select a time period)
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/

First Ladies
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/

National Women's Hall of Fame (use search box at top)
http://www.greatwomen.org/home.php

Women's International Center Biographies (select letter from alpha list or scroll down)
http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm


Send suggestions or comments to Charlotte Lesser, Director of Elementary Library Services, Monadnock Regional School District
email to:clesser@mrsd.org
Last revised: 9/4/07

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