United States History: Biography

Detailed articles on more than 18,000 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped the United States. Includes bibliographies and links to web resources. Several hundred new entries added each year.

Combines full text profiles with listings and links to articles from otherdatabases. Coverage is worldwide, but with strong emphasis on U.S. Includes profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book and performance reviews, speeches, obituaries.

Illustrated collection of 50,000 biographies. The main focus is Britain and its former colonies and imperial possessions, but it includes full biographical coverage of North America up to American independence

Search a database maintained by the U.S. Congress; provides a brief profile and, where available, photograph and bibliography.[

Biographical profile (with bibliography) for every individual who served in the U.S. and Confederate cabinets from 1789 through 2000.

A portrait and biographical sketch of each First Lady, from the White House website.

Medals of Honor citations granted to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861. Site maintained by the U.S. Army.

Profiles of each President made available by the White House website. Also points to profiles of First Ladies and, where available. links to Presidential Libraries.

Profiles of more than 150 figures in San Diego history, including a photograph or portrait in most cases. From the San Diego Historical Society

Detailed profiles, historical essays, primary documents, time line, bibliographies.

Profiles and transcribed interviews with twelve leaders and participants in the Woman's Suffrage Movement. Project directed by the Bancroft Library's Oral History Office, Berkeley.