Women's History: By Name

These 9 women have woven stories into the fabric of our history:
Delilah L. Beasley (1867-1934)
Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899-2005)
Eleanor Flexner (1908 –1995)
Polly Welts Kaufman (1929-Present)
Lynn Sherr (1943- Present)
Judy Yung (1946-Present)
Darlene Clark Hine (1947- )
Holly Near (1949-Present)
Vicki L. Ruiz (1955 – )

Seven major figures in twentieth-century suffragist history are represented here with full-length oral histories.

Jackie Kennedy appreciated art and intellectual engagement. A television special gave a tour of the newly remodeled White House. This is a 5 minute "segment" of the complete title film, JFK: Part Three.

When the GVRL screen appears, select BIOGRAPHY from the left menu. Then, at the upper right of the screen, enter a woman's name (or enter woman or female) into the box to search "Biography."

Historical local, regional and national news

This database covers over 500,000 people with biographical profiles, and obituaries. And, the database includes over 36,000 images!

The news coverage includes deep archives in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts.

See also information about finding obituaries via LexisNexis given at the end of this column.

Searches 4 Proquest databases (Gender Watch; Ethnic NewsWatch; Historical Newspapers (New York Times); Ebrary E-Books)

From the Great Lives from History Series.