Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Biographical resources

Women in Red – Resources
Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR), whose objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's biographies and women's works, broadly construed. This resource list is intended to support work in those areas.

This is a list under development of biographical dictionaries and other resources that contain information about women who may be notable.

Lists of biographical dictionaries

• WiR's list of fully accessible biographical dictionaries.
• List of biographical dictionaries of women writers in English

Books

• Bewley, Aisha (2004). Muslim Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Ta-Ha Publishers.
• Booth, Alison (2021). "Collective Biographies of Women". University of Virginia Libraries.
• Cohen, Aaron I., ed. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. New York, London: Books & Music (USA).
• Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah (2007). Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages.
• Dimand, Robert W.; Dimand, Mary Ann; Forget, Evelyn L., eds. (2004). A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists. E. Elgar. ISBN 978-1-84376-902-6.
• Gaze, Delia, ed. (1997). Dictionary of Women Artists. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.
• Golemba, Beverly E. (1992). Lesser-known women: a biographical dictionary. Lynne Rienner Publishers.
• International Who's Who of Women. London: Europa Publications Ltd. 1992. Annual editions thereafter.
• Kuhn, Annette; Radstone, Susannah, eds. (1990). The Women's Companion to International Film. Virago Press.
• Law, Cheryl (2000). Women: A Modern Political Dictionary. ‎I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781860645020.
• Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century.
• Oakes, Elizabeth H., ed. (2002). International encyclopedia of women scientists. ISBN 9780816043811.
• Rappaport, Helen; Marian Wright Edelman (2001). Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers. ABC-Clio.
• "Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women". Jewish Women's Archive. 2021., under continuing development
• Smith, Bonnie G., ed. (2008). Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 4 vols.
• Sparrow, Walter Shaw (1905). Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413–1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day.
• Uglow, Jenny; Hendry, M. (2005). The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography.

Resources by continent or country

Africa

• Sheldon, Kathleen (2016). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (2nd ed.). Rowman and Littlefield.
• Talhami, Ghada (2012). Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Scarecrow Press.

Argentina

• Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986). Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas (3rd ed.). Plus Ultra.

Australia

• "Australian Women's Register". University of Melbourne; NFAW. 2021., under development, now over 7,000 items
• The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia

Austria

• Korotin, Ilse, ed. (2016). "Lexikon Österreichischer Frauen" (in German). Böhlau Verlag: Austria-Forum. ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2.

Canada

• Types of Canadian Women, 1903, ed. Henry James Morgan
• Woman's Who's Who of America, 1915, ed. John William Leonard (Canada and US)

China

• Lily Xiao Hong Lee; Clara Lau; A.D. Stefanowska, eds. (1998). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: v. 1: The Qing Period, 1644-1911. Routledge.
• Lily Xiao Hong Lee; Sue Wiles, eds. (2014). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II: Tang Through Ming 618 - 1644. Routledge.

Denmark

• "Kvinfo Expert Database" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Over 1,100 profiles of qualified Danish women in a variety of sectors, compiled as a basis for furthering their careers and success
• Møller Jensen, Elisabeth, ed. (2001). Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon. Rosinante & Co., 1,924 biographies in book form and online (in Danish)

Great Britain

• English Female Artists, 1876, Ellen C. Clayton, Tinsley Brothers. Also Vol 2. See English Female Artists for red links
• The Women of England, their Social Duties and Domestic Habits, 1939, Mrs. Ellis; Fisher, Son, & Co.
• Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân, eds. (2018). New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (2nd ed.). ‎ Edinburgh University Press.
• Gray, Sara (2019). British Women Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of 1,000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River.
• Oldfield, Sybil (2001). Women Humanitarians: A Biographical Dictionary of British Women Active Between 1900-1950. ‎Continuum. ISBN 9780826449627.

Netherlands

• "Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland". Huygens. 2021., under continued development in Dutch

Sweden

• Larsson, Lisbeth; Sjöberg, Maria, eds. (2021). "Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon". University of Gothenburg., under development since 2018 (in Swedish and English)

Switzerland

• "Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse". Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales (ASSH). 2017. under development in French, German and Italian with many biographies of women

United States

• Bernstein, Leonard; Winkler, Alan; Zierdt-Warshaw, Linda, eds. (1997). African and African American Women of Science. ‎ Peoples Pub Group.
• Braukman, Stacy Lorraine; Ware, Susan, eds. (2004). Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01488-6. OCLC 937332808.
• Carney Smith, Jessie (1992–2003). Notable Black American Women.
• Davis, Michael D. (1992). Black American Women in Olympic Track and Field: A Complete Illustrated Reference. McFarland & Co.
• Dublin, Thomas; Sklar, Kathryn Kish, eds. (2021). "Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States". Alexander Street.
• Hanaford, Phebe (1892), Daughters of America; Or, Women of the Century
• Handy, D. Antoinette, ed. (1998). Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press.
• Hine, Darlene Clark, ed. (2005). Black Women in America (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
• Hyman, Paula E.; Moore, Deborah Dash, eds. (1997). Jewish women in America: an historical encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. 2 vols.
• Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (3 vols)
  • James, Edward T., ed. (1971). Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-62731-8. OCLC 167545.
  • James, Edward T., ed. (1971). Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 2. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-62731-8. OCLC 221275644.
  • James, Edward T., ed. (1971). Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 3. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-62731-8. OCLC 221275644.
• Leonard, John W. (1914), Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary ...
• Litoff, Judy Barrett; McDonnell, Judith, eds. (1994). European immigrant women in the United States: a biographical dictionary. New York: Garland Pub.
• McLeod, Mary; Rosner, Victoria (eds.). "Pioneering Women of American Architecture". Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation.
• Ruiz, Vicki L.; Korrol, Virginia Sánchez, eds. (2006). Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia. Indiana University Press.
• Sewall, May Wright (1894), The World's Congress of Representative Women: A Historical Resume ..., Volume 2
• Sicherman, Barbara; Green, Carol Hurd, eds. (1980). Notable American Women: The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-62733-8. OCLC 834112895.
• Willard, F. E.; Livermore, M. A. R. (1893). A woman of the century: Fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo: Moulton.
• Magazine: The Idler, Volume 6, 1895

By state, city or region

• Notable Women of St. Louis, 1914, Mrs. Chas. P. Johnson
• Representative Women of New England, 1904, ed. Julia Ward Howe, New England Historical Publishing Company
• Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America, 1928, Max Binheim and Charles A Elvin, Publishers Press. Now on Wikisource: *Women of the West
• Prominent Women of Texas, 1896, Elizabeth Brooks
• Women of the South Distinguished in Literature, 1860, Mary Forrest
• The Living Female Writers of the South, 1871, Mary T. Tardy

Periodicals

Newsmedia

• The Idler, Volume 6, 1895
• Women's Wear Daily/WWD via EBSCO or ProQuest with Wikipedia Library bundle.

Academic journals

Available in JSTOR with the Wikipedia Library bundle:

• Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity (1987 - 2013)
• Black Women, Gender + Families (2007 - 2012)
• Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal (1990 - 2011)
• Clio. Femmes, Genre, Histoire (1995 - 2017)
• Clio. Women, Gender, History (2013 - 2019)
• Debate Feminista (1990 - 2017)
• DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies (2014 - 2019)
• Early Modern Women (2006 - 2017)
• Estudos Feministas (1992 - 2020)
• Feminist Formations (2010 - 2015)
• NWSA Journal 1988 - 2009)
• Feminist German Studies (2018 - 2020)
• Women in German Yearbook (1985 - 2017)
• Feminist Media Histories (2015)
• Feminist Review (1979 - 2017)
• Feminist Studies (1972 - 2021)
• Feminist Teacher (1984 - 2018)
• Frauen und Film (1974 - 2011)
• Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies (1975 - 2020)
• Gender and Development (1995 - 2013)
• Focus on Gender (1993 - 1994)
• Gender and Society (1987 - 2017)
• Hypatia (1986 - 2015)
• International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (2008 - 2017)
• Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (1985 - 2021)
• Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2005 - 2015)
• Legacy (1984 - 2020)
• Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism (2000 - 2017)
• Nouvelles Questions Féministes (1981 - 2017)
• Questions Féministes (1977 - 1980)
• Off Our Backs (1970 - 2008)
• Race, Gender & Class (1995 - 2017)
• Race, Sex & Class (1993 - 1994)
• Signs (1975 - 2015)
• Studies in Popular Culture (1977 - 2019)
• Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature (1982 - 2015)
• U.S.-Japan Women's Journal (2003 - 2017)
• U.S.-Japan Women's Journal. English Supplement (1991 - 2002)
• Woman's Art Journal (1980 - 2017)
• Women, Gender, and Families of Color (2013 - 2020)
• The Women's Review of Books (1983 - 2017)
• Women's Studies International (1982 - 1984)
• International Supplement to the Women's Studies Quarterly (1982)
• Women's Studies Quarterly (1981 - 2019)
• Women's Studies Newsletter (1972 - 1980)

Available in Project Muse, access by request at the Wikipedia Library:

• Black Women, Gender & Families
• Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal
• Camera Obscura
• Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
• differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies
• Early Modern Women
• Feminist Formations
• Feminist German Studies
• Feminist Teacher
• Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies
• Hypatia
• IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
• Journal of Middle East Women's Studies
• Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism
• Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues
• Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International
• philoSOPHIA
• Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
• U.S.-Japan Women's Journal
• Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture
• Women, Gender, and Families of Color
• Women in French Studies
• WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly

Red links

WiR's index of red link lists, both crowd-sourced and drawn from Wikidata. Of particular interest here is:

• Dictionaries and other reference works, some of which are biographies of women

See also

• List of biographical dictionaries
• List_of_online_encyclopedias#Biography
• Help:Find sources
• List of academic databases and search engines
• Wikipedia:Advanced source searching
• Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (science)
• Wikipedia:Journal sources