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Salome Waelsch
(Germany, U.S.A.)
Sarah Rosetta Wakeman
(U.S.A.)
Florence Wald
(U.S.A.: NY, CT)
Another profile
Lillian D. Wald
(U.S.A.: OH, NY)
Another biography
Henry Street Settlement
Always a Sister : The Feminism of Lillian D. Wald
by Doris Groshen Daniels
Sima Wali
(Afghanistan, U.S.A.: DC)
Statement by Sima Wali
Speaker discusses oppression of Afghan women
Alice Walker
(U.S.A.: GA, MS, NY, MA, CA)
Another profile
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Alice Walker
by Tony Gentry et al.
Color Purple
by Alice Walker
By the Light of My Father's Smile
by Alice Walker
Bree Walker
(U.S.A.)
Maggie Lena Walker
(U.S.A.: VA)
Pennies to Dollars : The Story of Maggie Lena Walker
by Muriel Miller Branch, Dorothy Marie Rice (Contributor)
Mary Edwards Walker
(U.S.A.: NY)
Another profile
Dr. Mary Walker : The Little Lady in Pants.
by Charles McCool Synder
(Madame C.J.) Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker
(U.S.A.: LA, MS, MO, CO, IN, NY)
Another profile
Villa Lewaro: Home of Madame C.J. Walker
Madame C J Walker
by Cookie Lommel
Women Inventors : Catherine Green, Harriet Hosmer, Madame C.J. Walker, Yvonne Brill, Naney Perkins
by Jean F. Blashfield
Judith C. Waller
(U.S.A.)
Patricia Wallington
(U.S.A.)
Ganna Walska
(Poland, Russia, U.S.A.: CA)
Lotusland : A Photographic Odyssey
by Theodore Roosevelt Gardner II, William B. Dewey (Photographer), Gregory L. Padgett (Photographer)
Annika Walter
(Germany)
Barbara Walters
(U.S.A.)
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Mary Walton
(U.S.A.)
Vera Wang
(U.S.A.)
Nancy Ward
(Cherokee, North American Indian)
Beloved Mother : The Story of Nancy Ward
by Charlotte Jane Ellington
Dinah Washington
(U.S.A.: AL, IL)
Another profile
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Georgia E. Patton Washington
(U.S.A.: TN)
Martha Washington
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Martha Washington, America's First First Lady
by Jean Brown Wagoner, Leslie Goldstein (Illustrator)
Martha Washington
by Joan F. Marsh
Ethel Waters
(U.S.A.: PA, NY)
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow : An Autobiography
by Ethel Waters et al.
Patty Jo Watson
(U.S.A.: IL, MO)
Another profile
The Origins of Agriculture : An International Perspective (Smithsonian Series in Archaeological Inquiry)
by C. Wesley Cowan (Editor), Patty Jo Watson (Editor)
Of Caves and Shell Mounds
by Kenneth C. Carstens (Editor), Patty Jo Watson (Editor)
Faye Wattleton
(U.S.A.: MO, OH, IL)
June Wayne
(U.S.A.)
Karrie Webb
(Australia)
Another profile
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Lois Weber
(U.S.A.)
Mary Ellen Weber
(U.S.A.)
Jean Webster (McKinney)
(U.S.A.)
Daddy-Long-Legs (Puffin Classics)
by Jean Webster
Dear Enemy
by Jean Webster
Sarah Weddington
(U.S.A.)
Fairfield County Weekly: Roe v. Wade
A Question of Choice
by Sarah Weddington
Mary Brent Wehrli
(U.S.A.: CA)
Rhonda ("Randi") Weingarten
(U.S.A.)
Fay Gillis Wells
(U.S.A.)
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
(U.S.A.: MS, TN, IL)
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Crusade for Justice; The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
by Ida B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster (Editor)
Ida B. Wells-Barnett : Crusader Against Lynching
by Elaine Slivinski Lisandrelli
Eudora Welty
(U.S.A.)
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One Writer's Beginnings
by Eudora Welty
Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
by Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty : Complete Novels: The Robber Bridegroom, Delta Wedding, The Ponder Heart, Losing Battles, The Optimist's Daughter (Library of America)
by Eudora Welty, Richard Ford (Editor), Michael Krayling (Editor)
Isabell Werth
(Germany)
Susanna Wesley
(England)
Susanna Wesley
by Arnold A. Dallimore
Susanna Wesley : The Complete Writings
by Susanna Wesley, Charles, Jr Wallace (Editor)
Rebecca West
(Great Britain)
Another profile
The Return of the Soldier (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
by Rebecca West
Young Rebecca : Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17
by Rebecca West, Jane Marcus (Editor)
Ruth Westheimer
(Germany, Israel, U.S.A.)
Dr. Ruth Talks to Kids : Where You Came From, How Your Body Changes, and What Sex Is All About
by Ruth Westheimer et al.
Sex for Dummies
by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer
Grandparenthood
by Ruth K. Westheimer, Steven Kaplan
Elsie V. Weston
(U.S.A.)
Hilary M. Weston
(Ireland, Canada)
Nancy Wexler
(U.S.A.)
Elaine Wexler-Mitchell
(U.S.A.)
Sara Whalen
(U.S.A.)
Edith Wharton
(U.S.A.)
Edith Wharton Restoration
The Mount: Edith Wharton's House
Phyllis Wheatley
(Senegal, U.S.A.: MA)
Diversity and Phyllis Wheatley
Phyllis Wheatley
by Victoria Sherrow
Anna Pell Wheeler
(U.S.A.)
Betty White
(U.S.A.)
Elizabeth Coleman White
(U.S.A.: NJ)
Morgan White
(U.S.A.)
Sarah Frances Whiting
(U.S.A.)
Wendy Whiting
(U.S.A.)
Christine Todd Whitman
(U.S.A.: NJ)
Christie Whitman for the People : A Political Biography
by Sandy McClure
Christine Todd Whitman : The Making of a National Political Player
by Art Weissman
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
(U.S.A.)
Sheila Widnall
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Linden Wiesman
(U.S.A.)
Laura Ingalls Wilder
(U.S.A.)
Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder : The Women Behind the Legend (Missouri Biography Series)
by John E. Miller, William E. Foley (Editor)
Little House Books
by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams (Illustrator)
Lucia Wiley
(Tillamook Indian, U.S.A.)
Ellen Wilkinson
(Great Britain)
Jemima Wilkinson
(U.S.A.)
Emma Willard
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Emma Willard School
Pioneers of Women's Education in the United States : Emma Willard, Catherine Beecher, Mary Lyon.
by Willystine Goodsell et al.
Plan for Improving Female Education
by Emma Willard
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
(U.S.A.: NY)
Anna Wessels Williams
(U.S.A.: NY)
Betty Williams
(North Ireland)
Betty Jo Williams
(U.S.A.)
Fannie Barrier Williams
(U.S.A.: NY, IL)
Another biography
Grace Alele Williams
(Nigeria)
Jody Williams
(U.S.A.: VT)
Nobel Laureate's Long Trip From Vermont Farm to Fame
A Global Ban On Landmines: Address To The Treaty Signing Conference And Mine Action Forum by Jody Williams
After Guns Fall Silent : The Enduring Legacy of Landmines
by Shawn Roberts, Jody Williams
Julie Williams-Byrd
(U.S.A.: VA)
Marguerite Thomas Williams
(U.S.A.: DC)
Natalie Williams
(U.S.A.: UT, CA)
Terrie M. Williams
(U.S.A.(U.S.A.: NY)
The Personal Touch : What You Really Need to Succeed in Today's Fast-Paced Business World
by Terrie Williams, Joe Cooney, Jonathan Tisch (Introduction), Bill Cosby
Terry Tempest Williams
(U.S.A.)
Refuge : An Unnatural History of Family and Place
by Terry Tempest Williams
Desert Quartet
by Terry Tempest Williams, Mary Frank (Contributor)
Serena Williams
(U.S.A.: MI, CA)
Venus Williams
(U.S.A.: CA)
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Grand Slam Stars : Martina Hingis, Venus Williams
by Michael Teitelbaum
Alison Williamson
(Great Britain)
Helen Newington Wills
(U.S.A.)
Bertha Wilson
(Canada)
Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson
(Canada)
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson : 1872-1961 (Encyclopedia of First Ladies)
by Alice K. Flanagan
Edith Wilson; The Woman Who Ran the United States
by James Cross Giblin, Michele Laporte (Illustrator)
Edith Goodall Wilson
(U.S.A.: KY)
Edith Wilson and her Jazz Hounds
(Sound clips)
He May Be Your Man...But He Comes To See Me...
Edith Wilson
Complete Recorded Works...Vol. 2 (1924-31)
Edith & Lena Wilson
Ellen Wilson
(U.S.A.)
Matilda R. Wilson
(U.S.A.)
Ann Winblad
(U.S.A.)
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Oprah Winfrey
(U.S.A.: MS, WI, TN, MD, IL)
Another profile
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Oprah's web site:
www.oprah.com
Journey to Beloved
by Oprah Winfrey, Ken Regan (Photographer), Jonathan Demme
The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey : A Portrait in Her Own Words
by Oprah Winfrey, Bill Adler (Editor)
Oprah Winfrey
by Lois P. Nicholson
Shelley Winters
(U.S.A.)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Katarina Witt
(Germany)
Chris Witty
(U.S.A.)
Hillary Wolf
(U.S.A.)
Mary Wollstonecraft
(Great Britain)
Another profile
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The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
by Claire Tomalin
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft, Barbara Taylor (Introduction)
Kara Wolters
(U.S.A.)
Flossie Wong-Staal
(China, U.S.A.: CA)
Another profile
Beatrice Wood
(U.S.A.)
I Shock Myself : The Autobiography of Beatrice Wood
by Beatrice Wood, Lindsay Smith
Playing Chess With the Heart : Beatrice Wood at 100
by Beatrice Wood, Marlene Wallace (Photographer)
Natalie Wood
(U.S.A.)
Lynette Woodard
(U.S.A.: KS, NY)
Another profile
Victoria Claflin Woodhull
(U.S.A.: OH, NY; UK)
The Woman Who Ran for President : The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull
by Lois Beachy Underhill, Gloria Steinem (Translator)
Notorious Victoria : The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored
by Mary Gabriel
Judy Woodruff
(U.S.A.)
Judy Woodruff Fund
Virginia Woolf
(Great Britain)
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A Room of One's Own
by Virginia Woolf, Mary Gordon
The Diary of Virginia Woolf
by Virginia Woolf, Anne O. Bell (Editor)
Fanny Bullock Workman
(U.S.A.: MA)
Another profile
Hannah Marie Wormington
(U.S.A.: CO)
Another profile
Frances Wright
(Great Britain, U.S.A.)
Fanny Wright : Rebel in America
by Celia Morris, Celia Morris Eckhardt
In Common Cause : The 'Conservative' Frances Trollope and the 'Radical' Francis Wright
by Susan S. Kissel
Irene Aloha Wright
(U.S.A.: CO)
Jane C. Wright
(U.S.A.: NY)
Another profile
Teresa Wright
(U.S.A.)
Empress Wu Zetian (Wu Chao)
(China)
Chien-Shiung Wu
(China, U.S.A.)
Another biography
Wu Tsao
(China)
Wu Yi
(China)
Henriette Wyeth
(U.S.A.)
The Artifice of Blue Light : Henriette Wyeth
by Paul Horgan
Kathryn S. Wylde
(U.S.A.)
Jane Wyman
(U.S.A.)
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