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~ Heroic Women in History ~

Bates, Daisy - worked with Aboriginal people Boadicea - Ancient British Queen
 Cavell, Edith - British nurse  Earhart, Amelia - American Aviator
 Joan of Arc - French Military Leader Johnson, Amy - British Aviator
 Keller, Helen - American Writer & Social Worker  Mother Teresa - Indian Nun
 Nightingale, Florence - British Health Reformer  Pocahontas - Native American Heroine
 Stanhope, Lady Hester - British Traveller  Suu Kyi, Aung San - Burmese Political Leader
Wake, Nancy - WWII Resistance  

 

SUBJECT HEADINGS   BROWSE THE SHELVES 
  • Joan of Arc
  • Kings, Queens & Rulers (for Boadicea)
  • Nurses and Nursing - History (for Cavell & Nightingale)
  • Florence Nightingale
  • Air Pilots - Biography (for Earhart & Johnson)
  • Helen Keller
  • Nuns (for Mother Teresa)
  • Biography - Women  (for Mother Teresa)
  • Burma (for Suu Kyi)
  • Nancy Wake
  • Daisy Bates
  • North American Indians - History (for Pocahontas)
  • 362.41092     persons with impaired vision (HK)
  • 944.026092   European history 1380-1461 (JoA)
  • 610.73092     Nurses & Nursing - History (EC & FN)
  • 940.5485      WWII Intelligence (NW)
  • 362.70899    racial, ethnic & national groups (DB)
  • 972.01            Early American Hist - 1519 (P)
  • 305.40922     Women in History (B)
  • 920                 Biographies
  • 271.9002       Nuns (MT) 
  • 954.05            History of India 1971 - (MT)
  • 959.01            History of Burma (ASSK)
  • 629.13            Air Pilots - biography (AJ & AE)

    

REFERENCE COLLECTION   VIDEOS 
  • R920.72 PEN  Biographical Dictionary of Women
  • R920.2 WHO  Who's who in the 20th Century
  • R920.2 WHO  Who did what ?
  • R909.82 CHR  Chronical of the 20th Century
  • R911 MCE  The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History
  • R920.02 DIC  A dictionary of 20th C World Biography
  • R920.02 HUT The Hutchinson Paperback Dictionary of World Biography
  • R920.02 JON Dictionary of World Biography
  • R920.02 BOU  Great lives - over 1000 men & women who have shaped history
  • R920.094 MON  Monash Biographical Dictionary of 20th C Australia
  • R994.0092 ATO The A_Z Who's who in Austrlaia's history
  • R944.009 AUS  Australian Dictionary of Biography
  • R944.092 SER  Dictionary of Australian Biography
  •  VC FR    French
  • VC E        English
  • VC H       History
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES   INTRANET RESOURCES  
Online newspapers & magazines    
VERTICAL FILES   OTHER
  PIC 944.026092 Joan of Arc pictures and posters
INTERNET SITES  

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc Archive

http://members.aol.com/hywwebsite/private/joanofarc.html

 

Illuminating Lives: Joan of Arc

www.mcs.drexel.edu/~gbrandal/Illum_html/Joan.html

 

Women's History Month - Biography - Joan of Arc

www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/bio/joan_of_arc.htm

 

Joan of Arc - Top Biography

top-biography.com/9092-Joan%20of%20Arc/

Boadicea

Queen Boudicca And The Events Leading To The Iceni Rebellion

members.tripod.com/~ancient_history/boad.html

 

Boadicea: Queen of the Iceni

members.netnormal.com/library/boadicea.htm

 

Boudica (Boadicea) Warrior Queen of the Iceni

www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/England-History/Boudica.htm

 

Edith Cavell

Welcome to the Edith Cavell web pages

www.edithcavell.org.uk/

 

Tribute To Edith Cavell

www.fallenmartyrs.com/england.htm

 

Nurse Edith Cavell

womenshistory.about.com/library/prm/bledithcavell1.htm

 

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale Museum Web Site

www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/

 

Florence Nightingale

womenshistory.about.com/cs/nightingale/

 

Florence Nightingle - Top Biogrpahy

www.top-biography.com/9062-Florence%20Nightingale/

 

Lady Hester Stanhope

STANHOPE, LADY HESTER LUCY

18.1911encyclopedia.org/S/ST/STANHOPE_LADY_HESTER_LUCY.htm

 

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart - biography

ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html

 

Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum

www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/

 

Official Amelia Earhart Website

www.ameliaearhart.com/

 

Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson: Pioneer Airwoman

www.ninety-nines.org/johnson.html

 

Amy Johnson

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/collections/exhiblets/johnson/start.asp

 

Amy Johnson

www.callnetuk.com/home/orwin/people/dead/People/Johnson.html

 

Helen Keller

TIME 100: Heroes & Icons - Helen Keller | page 1

www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/keller01.html

 

RNIB Factsheet - The life of Helen Keller

www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/fctsheet/keller.htm

 

Helen Keller

www.afb.org/htm_asp/CollectionID=1/info_documents.htm

 

Helen Keller-Top Biography

www.top-biography.com/0043-Helen%20Keller/

 

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa: the official website

www.tisv.be/mt/indmt.htm

 

CNN - Mother Teresa: Angel of Mercy

www.cnn.com/WORLD/9709/mother.teresa/

 

TIME 100: Heroes & Icons - Mother Teresa | page 1

www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/teresa01.html

 

Aung San Suu Kyi

Burma Peace Campaign

www.burmapeacecampaign.org/

 

Who2 Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi

www.who2.com/aungsansuukyi.html

 

CNN.com - Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi - April 24, 2002

europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/04/23/suukyi.profile/

 

Nancy Wake

The New Zealand Edge : Heroes : Warriors : Nancy Wake

www.nzedge.com/heroes/wake.html

 

Nancy Wake

www.64-baker-street.org/html/nancy_wake.html

 

NANCY WAKE

www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/wake.htm

 

Daisy Bates

Daisy Bates

members.ozemail.com.au/~fliranre/bates.htm

 

[PDF] Daisy Bates

teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLpdf/champions/DaisyBates.pdf

 

Yahooligans! – Daisy Bates

www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/Australia/History/Biographies/Bates__Daisy/

 

Pocohontas

Pocahontas

www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/famous/pocahontas.htm

 

Life and Legend of Pocahontas

www.nps.gov/colo/Jthanout/Pocahnts.html

 

 



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