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	Famous Women
		Women of all social backgrounds from students to mothers are exploring this new passion.
		They know that these are women who might just let them put their feet up on their couches with their shoes on, or stand shoulder to shoulder with them at 3 AM in front of the refrigerator, drinking milk right out of the carton.
		Today her name is perpetuated by the largest women's cigar smoking society, the George Sand Society, founded in Santa Monica, California in 1992.
	www.allflavoredcigars.com /html/famous_women.html (856 words)

	Nancy Engel - Famous Women
		They were each caring, good women, who gave over most of their lives to consciously inspiring and encouraging others.
		They are to be followed not just for the prominent and famous feats of their lives; but even more for the subtle, everyday examples they were.
		Getting women the right to vote became "The Cause" to which she gave the rest of her life.
	members.cox.net /nancyjengel/famouswomen.html (1701 words)

	Famous Women of Japanese History
		Masako was a remarkable figure and such was her political ability and sway in Kamakura that she was given the nickname of 'ama-shôgun', or the nun-shôgun.
		Few women in Japanese history have quite the pathos of Oichi, a sister of Oda Nobunaga reknowned for her beauty.
		While countless other women were at times forced to take up arms (in defense of their castle, for example), Tomoe seems to have been a consumate warrior.
	www.samurai-archives.com /women.html (1617 words)

	Famous Kansans, Women
		At the turn of the century she was appointed Kansas State Librarian and elected president of Kansas Press Women.
		She one of the first American women to travel the trail and she also kept one of the most detailed journals of daily experience on the trail.
		While part of a network of women working on issues related to wives and mothers, Lilla Day Monroe was one of the leaders in the suffrage movement in the early 1900s.
	www.kshs.org /people/women.htm (1674 words)

	Women Who Changed History (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Explore the history behind women's fight for the right to vote.
		Meet 10 remarkable contemporary women scientists and find out about the exciting work they do.
		Celebrate the accomplishments of women while utilizing math skills.
	teacher.scholastic.com.cob-web.org:8888 /activities/women/index.htm (107 words)

	Famous Women Quotes - Famous Quotes about Women from Basic Quotations - Famous Quotes by Famous People - Famous ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.
		Women have invented nothing in all that, except the men who were born as male babies and grew up to be men big enough to be killed fighting.
		Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.
	www.basicquotations.com /index.php?cid=19 (1759 words)

	Famous Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Women Mathematicians A project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia.
		Women Nobel Prize Laureates Women from the following fields are recognized with this prestigious honor: Physics, Physiology and Medicine, Peace and Literature.
		Women of NASA Highlights young women of NASA who are successful in the fields of math, science and technology.
	www.vonl.com /humble9/famous.htm (311 words)

	Famous Maryland Women
		M ary Katherine Goddard was a pioneer among women in Baltimore town in the era of the American Revolution.
		She was born a slave in the District of Columbia in 1837.
		She was one of the first Black women to earn a degree from a major U.S. college.
	www.sailor.lib.md.us /maryland/famous/women (792 words)

	Women of the Century - DiscoverySchool.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Women were excluded from voting booths, most colleges and universities, and all but a few professions.
		Now women can be found in the halls of Congress, science labs, athletic fields—even outer space.
		Then explore a visual timeline of the century, highlighting important events in the march to equality, female celebrities of the day, and the changing roles of everyday women.
	school.discovery.com /schooladventures/womenofthecentury (136 words)

	famous women
		These women may not have achieved their high places in jobs and the world if women had not worked during World War II.
		Sandra Day O'connor was the first women to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
		These are a few of the many women who are famous today and it might be because women worked outside the home during World War II and stood up for their rights.
	webpages.charter.net /jeneric/rosie/famwomen.htm (230 words)

	Famous Women
		Yet, since women count beauty among their foremost endowments and have achieved, owing to the superficial judgment of mortals, much glory on that account, it will not seem excessive to place beauty here and in the following pages as the most dazzling aspect of their fame.
		Eve, furthermore, became a citizen of Paradise as much by right of origin as of residence, and she was cloaked in a radiance unknown to us.
		She experienced the pains of frequent childbirth and also suffered the grief which tortures the mind at the death of children and grandchildren.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/b/boccaccio-women.html (800 words)

	Famous Women in Nuclear Science
		The talents, skills and intellect of Harriet Brooks, Fanny Gates, and Chen Shiung Wu were among other great women nuclear physicists from the early 20th century whose work contributed to our understanding of nuclear technology.
		For a detailed look at the contributions of women to physics visit the Physics Website of the University of California - Los Angeles in the USA.
		Despite considerable progress made by women and girls in science and technology, studies today show that too many women still feel they learn and work in unfriendly or hostile environments and other technological workplaces.
	www.iaea.org /Resources/Women/famous.html (483 words)

	Famous Women Inventors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Throughout the 20th century, and now into the 21st, famous women inventors have played a vital role in the world of innovation.
		In fact, women have become increasingly prevalent in the field and are responsible for such momentous advances as windshield wipers, disposable diapers, the first computer language and the Mars Rover.
		Famous Women Inventors is pleased to present an introduction to a handful of the many females whose ingenuity helped to shape the world as we know it over the last century.
	www.women-inventors.com (144 words)

	Famous Women Quizzes and Famous Women Trivia -- FunTrivia
		Although most of these American women are better known for other accomplishments, they each wielded the editor's blue pencil at one time or another.
		This quiz is about women who have gone down in history for their achievments, but sometimes we forget what they are famous for.
		From Biblical times to the modern state of Israel- not all of these women were Jewish, but all played an important part in the history of the Jewish people.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/people/famous_women.html (1085 words)

	Famous Creative Women: Inspirational Quotations and Biographies
		Find a born-on-this-day famous creative woman for each day of the year.
		Browse the indexes for famous women by last name, birthday and profession.
		Search a database of 80,000 famous people (women and men) by day of birth.
	www.famouscreativewomen.com (109 words)

	Famous Canadians Theme Page
		There are over 50 biographies of famous Canadian women, some of which also have links to related resources.
		This site contains two intermediate level research lessons (Focus on Women and Women in History) which pose motivating, genuine problems or open-ended real life problems whose solutions and answers are not easily found.
		Celebrating Women's Achievements "Each year the National Library celebrates Women's History Month in Canada by honouring the contributions of Canadian women in developing Canada.
	www.cln.org /themes/famous.html (1340 words)

	The Sikhism Home Page: Women in Sikhism
		She was an unlimited source of bounty and helped create a new social consciousness for women.
		At one time the country of Afghanistan and Kashmir were under the jurisdiction of women masands (priests).
		Mai Bhago was the brave women who shamed the 40 deserters to return to the battle of Muktsar.
	www.sikhs.org /women_h.htm (455 words)

	Famous American Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Finally, interview an important woman in your life and create a timeline of her life.
		Now together make a mobile of your famous American woman using important facts and dates found in the biography.
		Have each set of partners use different colored markers or tape to draw a line showing the life span of their famous American woman.
	wneo.org /WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/women/women.html (380 words)

	Famous Women
		The first and largest women's activist group on the internet --empowering women in politics, media, society, the economy and cyberspace.
		The University of Maryland women's studies database, begun in September 1992, serves those people interested in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues.
		As part of its continuing commitment to women's higher education, Loyola University Chicago established the Ann Ida Gannon, BVM, Center for Women and Leadership.
	www.easternct.edu /depts/edu/sift/sift99/women.htm (392 words)

	Women's biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Women's biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present
		Not only will it look better, it will have many new features including better searching.
		This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com (101 words)

	Famous Women Multicultural Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Introduction: To meet the needs of students and researchers studying Famous American Women, the first three volumes of our Reference Library of American Women - Famous American Women are devoted to famous American women while the fourth volume expands coverage to include notable women from around the world.
		Each authoritative article on famous American women begins with a brief descriptive paragraph that provides a capsule identification and a statement of the woman's significance.
		This is the finest set of books available for studying famous American women of today and throughout history.
	www.multicultural-books.net /FamousWomen.html (561 words)

	Powell's Books - Famous Women by Giovanni Boccaccio
		The more than 100 women whose life stories make up this volume range from the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological figures to Renaissance contemporaries of its author, the master storyteller Giovanni Boccaccio.
		Virginia Brown's acclaimed translation, commissioned for The I Tatti Renaissance Library, is the first English edition based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.
		The first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women, Famous Women affords a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential.
	www.powells.com /partner/30264/biblio/0674011309 (221 words)

	Notable Women Ancestors: Women's Biographies (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The lives of ALL women are "notable" - at least in the eyes of the genealogists who research them, and that is the ONLY criteria necessary for a woman to be included at this web site.
		There are an even greater number of women who, while possibly not contributing anything historically significant, nonetheless managed to lead very interesting lives.
		The lives of some women are known to us only because of the historical circumstances that pushed them, often unwillingly, into the limelight, such as the colonial women who were accused of witchcraft or taken captive by warring Native Americans.
	www.rootsweb.com.cob-web.org:8888 /~nwa (576 words)

	Utah: Famous Women \| eThemes \| eMINTS
		There is a link to pictures of artwork done by Utah women artists, the women honored by the Utah Commission for Women and Familes, and a link to an eThemes Resource on women's history month.
		Learn about the Utah Women and Families honors that are given each March to women who have made significant contributions in their community and state.
		There are links to women who have won this award as well as a Showcase of winners past and present.
	www.emints.org /ethemes/resources/S00001332.shtml (501 words)

	Famous Firsts by American Women
		Suzanne Vaillande appears in The Bird Catcher, in New York, the first ballet presented in the U.S. She was also probably the first woman to work as a choreographer and set designer in the United States.
		Anne Parrish establishes, in Philadelphia, the House of Industry, the first charitable organization for women in America.
		She is also the first director of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), and the first woman to receive the U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/womensfirsts1.html (1657 words)

	Famous Chinese Women Topic Center - Chinese
		She was women's world chess champion between 1991 and 1996, and again in 1999 and 2000.
		Vera Wang Vera Wang is a famous fashion designer based in New York, NY, USA.
		She is famous for her wedding gown collection among other specialities.
	www.famouschinese.com /topic/Famous_Chinese_Women (815 words)

	Women Mathematicians (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These pages are part of an on-going project at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics.
		To increase awareness of women's ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, the Association for Women in Mathematics sponsers an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers.
		Agnes Scott College, founded in 1889, is a private liberal arts college for women in Decatur, GA, a suburb of Atlanta.
	www.agnesscott.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /lriddle/women/women.htm (924 words)

	History of Famous Women
		The overall objective for this lesson is not only familiarity with women who are famous because they have made major contributions to society, but also that students identify with these women in terms of their character and the obstacles they face in achieving their goals in life and work.
		Students will learn about the kinds of obstacles or problems these women had to overcome, and what made them famous.
		HINTS: Remember, March is "Women’s History Month." It is also important to balance famous women with famous men.
	www.ricw.state.ri.us /lessons/101.htm (369 words)

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		Learn about the girl, and her famous "diary." Anne was truly a sweet girl, and an inspiration to us all!
		Known as the "Moses of Her People," Tubman was an outstanding woman who played a major role in American history and the Underground Railroad.
		A dedicated pioneer, she was known as the "Napoleon of the Women's Rights Movement.
	www.aboutfamouspeople.com /article1137.html (585 words)

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