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Chambers Dictionary of Eponyms by Martin H. Manser

Current Biography by H. W. Wilson Company

Dictionary of American Biography by Allen Johnson

Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen and others

Famous Idahoans by Richard J. Beck

Idaho 100: Stories from Idaho Century Citizens by John Kirk

Voices of the American West by Corinne Platt; Meredith Ogilby; Bill Kittredge (Foreword by)

Webster's New Biographical Dictionary by Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff

Who did what; the lives and achievements of the 5000 men and women--leaders of nations, saints and sinners, artists and scientists--who shaped our world.

Who Was When? : A Dictionary of contemporaries by Miriam A. De Ford; Joan S. Jackson

Who's Who in the Greek World by John Hazel

Amazons to Fighter Pilots: a biographical dictionary of military women by Reina Pennington; Robin Higham (Editor); Gerhard Weinberg (Foreword by)

American Women in Sports by Paula Edelson

American Women in the Performing Arts by Liz Sonneborn

American Women in the Visual Arts by Carol Kort; Liz Sonneborn

American Women Leaders and Activists by Donna Martinez

The Norton Book of Women's Lives by Phyllis Rose

A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women by Marjorie Lightman; Benjamin Lightman

The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris The autobiographical memoir of the first woman, African American, and South Asian American to become attorney general of the State of California, and the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate. Harris discusses the impact that her family and community had on her life, and how she came to discover her own sense of self and purpose.

Women in Science and Math by Lisa Yount

American Scientists by Charles W. Carey; Lisa Yount (Revised by)

The Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to the 100 Most Influential Scientists by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Staff; John Gribbin

Encyclopedia of World Scientists by Elizabeth H. Oakes

The Environmentalists: a biographical dictionary from the 17th century to the present by Alan Axelrod; Charles Phillips

The Nobel Scientists: a biographical encyclopedia by George Thomas Kurian

Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists by Emily J. McMurray (Editor); Donna Olendorf (Editor)

African-American Athletes by Nathan Aaseng

Latino Athletes by Ian C. Friedman;

Notable Sports Figures by Dana R. Barnes

A Who's Who of Sports Champions: their stories and records by Ralph Hickok

African Americans in the Military by Catherine Reef

Brassey's Encyclopedia of Military History and Biography by Franklin D. Margiotta

Great Military Lives: a century in obituaries by The Times; The Times

African Americans in the Performing Arts by Steven Otfinoski

African Americans in the Visual Arts by Steven Otfinoski

Artists from Latin American Cultures: a biographical dictionary by Kristin G. Congdon; Kara Kelley Hallmark

A Biographical Dictionary of Artists by Lawrence Gowing (Editor)

Lives of the Great 20th Century Artists by Edward Lucie-Smith

Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History, Routledge A uniquely authoritative and comprehensive reference work on the key men and women in the history of homosexuality from antiquity to the middle of the twentieth century. It includes biographies, with references, on figures - famous, notorious or unknown - in politics, social activism, culture and the arts, medicine, religion and other fields throughout Europe, North and South America, South Africa and Australasia.