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Nawal El Saadawi
(Egypt)
Memoirs of a Woman Doctor
by Nawal El Saadawi
The Innocence of the Devil
by Nawal El Saadawi
Florence Sabin
, 1871-1953 (U.S.A.: CO, MD)
Florence Sabin : Scientist
by Robin Campbell
Louise Sacchi
(U.S.A.)
Jehan Sadat
(Egypt)
Sade
(Nigeria, Great Britain)
Another profile
The Best of Sade
Nafis Sadik
(Pakistan)
Population, the Unfpa Experience
by Nafis Sadik (Editor)
Ginetta Sagan
Sakajawea
(Shoshone, North American Indian)
Another profile
The Story of Sacajawea, Guide to Lewis and Clark
by Della Rowland
Sacajawea
by Anna Lee Waldo
Susanna Madora Salter
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Sammu-ramat (Semiramis)
(Assyria)
Another profile
Deborah Sampson
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Secret Soldier : The Story of Deborah Sampson
Edith Sampson
(U.S.A.: PA, IL)
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
(Spain)
George Sand
(France)
Story of My Life : The Autobiography of George Sand
by George Sand, Thelma Jurgrau (Editor)
Indiana
by George Sand, Sylvia Raphael (Translator)
Mauprat
by George Sand et al.
Marta Sandal
(Norway)
Summer Sanders
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Linda Sanford
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Sang, Xue
(China)
Margaret Sanger
(U.S.A.: NY)
Another profile
Margaret Sanger Clinic
Breaking Barriers : The Feminist Revolution from Susan B. Anthony to Margaret Sanger to Betty Friedan
by Jules Archer
Helen Santos Luz
(Brazil)
Sappho
(Greece)
Another profile
Another profile
Samples of her poetry
Additional information
Susan Sarandon
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Another profile
Another profile
May Sarton
(Belgium, U.S.A.)
Journal of a Solitude
by May Sarton
At Eighty-Two : A Journal
by May Sarton
Bonita V. Saunders
(U.S.A.: VA, MD)
Jeanne Sauvé
(Canada)
Augusta Savage
(U.S.A.: FL, NY)
Another profile
Gamin
, 1930
Gamin
, description
Savinirmadi
(India)
Svetlana Savitskaya
(Russia)
Kathleen Hawk Sawyer
(U.S.A.)
Diane Sawyer
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
May Sayigh
(Palestine)
Marjorie Scardino
(U.S.A.)
In Britain, a Texas Tornado Shatters the Glass Ceiling - And Makes a Big Bet on Print
(
Columbia Journalism Review
, May/June 1997)
Caterina Scarpellini
(Italy)
Karen Scavotto
(U.S.A.)
Cheryl Shavers
(U.S.A.: AZ, CA)
Linda Schele
(U.S.A.: TN, OH, TX)
Another profile
The Code of Kings : The Language of Seven Sacred Mayan Temples and Tombs
by Linda Schele et al.
A Forest of Kings : The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
by Linda Schele, David Freidel (Contributor)
Maya Cosmos : Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path
by David Freidel, Linda Schele (Contributor), Joy Parker, Justin Kerr, MacDuff Everton
Debbie Schenberger
(U.S.A.)
Barbara Schett
(Austria)
Another profile
Sandra Schmirler
(Canada)
Carolee Schneemann
(U.S.A.: IL, NY)
Celita Schutz
(U.S.A.)
Tasha Schwikert
(U.S.A.: NV)
Donna Shirley
(U.S.A.)
Phyllis Schlafly
(U.S.A.: MO, DC)
Rose Schneiderman
(Poland, U.S.A.)
Solidarity Forever : Rose Schneiderman & the Women's Trade Union League
by Gary E. Endelman
Sophie Scholl
(Germany)
Sally Hughes Schrader
(U.S.A.)
Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner
(South Africa)
Pat Schroeder
(U.S.A.)
24 Years of Housework...and the Place Is Still a Mess : My Life in Politics
by Pat Schroeder
Sigrid Schultz
(France, Germany)
Clara Josephine Schumann
(Germany)
Felice N. Schwartz
(U.S.A.:NY)
Another profile
Lillian Schwartz
(U.S.A.)
Why Is the Mona Lisa Smiling?
June Scobee
(U.S.A.)
Silver Linings : Triumph of the Challenger 7.
by June Scobee Rodgers
Barbara Ann Scott
(Canada)
Charlotte Angas Scott
(England, U.S.A.)
Sister Florence Marie Scott
(U.S.A.)
Denise Scott Brown
(Zambia, South Africa, U.S.A.)
Briana Scurry
(U.S.A.: MN)
Mary Jane Seacole
(Jamaica)
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
by Mary Seacole, William L. Andrews (Illustrator)
Jean Ann Seago
(U.S.A.: CA)
Carolyn Endicott Sears
(U.S.A.)
Jean Seberg
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Laura Secord
(U.S.A., Canada)
Another profile
Margaret Rhea Seddon
(U.S.A.: TN)
Angelle Seeling
(U.S.A.)
Monica Seles
(Yugoslavia, U.S.A.)
Another profile
Return of a Champion; The Monica Seles Story
by Joseph Layden
Monica Seles : The Comeback Kid (Sports Stars)
by Mark Stewart
Hannah Senesh
(Hungary, Israel)
Nikki Serlenga
(U.S.A.)
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
(U.S.A.)
Anne Sexton
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Another profile
Anne Sexton : a Self-Portrait in Letters
by Linda Gray Sexton (Editor), Lois Ames (Editor), Anne Sexton
The Complete Poems
by Anne Sexton, Maxine Kumin
Jane Seymour
(Great Britain)
Another profile
Another profile
This One 'N That One in Splat! : The Tale of a Colorful Cat (This One and That One)
by Jane Seymour, James Keach (Contributor), Geoffrey Planer (Illustrator)
This One 'N That One in Yum! : A Tale of Two Cookies
by Jane Seymour, James Keach (Contributor), Geoffrey Planer (Illustrator)
Caterina Sforza
(Italy)
Huda Shaarawi
(Egypt)
Harem Years : The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist 1879-1924
by Huda Shaarawi, Margot Badran (Editor)
Shagrat al-Durr
(Egypt)
Saira Shah
(Great Britain)
Journalist Saira Shah: Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban
Jeanne Shaheen
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Donna Shalala
(U.S.A.: OH, NY, FL)
Another profile
Cheryl Shavers
(U.S.A.)
Anna Howard Shaw
(Great Britain, U.S.A.: MI)
Another profile
A Voice from the Woods : The Story of Anna Howard Shaw
by Don Brown
Tianna Shaw
(U.S.A.)
Mary (May) French Sheldon
(U.S.A.)
Linda Schele
(U.S.A.)
The Code of Kings : The Language of Seven Sacred Mayan Temples and Tombs
by Linda Schele et al.
A Forest of Kings : The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
by Linda Schele, David Freidel (Contributor)
Maya Cosmos : Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path
by David Freidel, Linda Schele (Contributor), Joy Parker, Justin Kerr, MacDuff Everton
Kate Shelley
(U.S.A.: IA)
Another profile
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
by Margaret K. Wetterer, Karen Ritz (Illustrator)
Mary Shelley
(England)
Another profile
Chronology
Cindy Shenberger
(U.S.A.)
Jyoti Shenoy
(India)
Patsy Sherman
(U.S.A.)
Murasaki Shikibu
(Japan)
Another biography
Another profile
Diary of Lady Murasaki
by Murasaki Shikibu, Richard Bowring (Translator), Murasaki Shikibu
Tale of Genji [UNABRIDGED]
by Murasaki Shikubu, Murasaki Shikibu, Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator), Lady Murasaki
Utako Shimodo
(Japan)
Jenny Shipley
(New Zealand)
Donna Shirley
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Another profile
Managing Martians
by Donna Shirley et al.
Vandana Shiva
(India)
Interview with Dr. Shiva
Biopiracy : The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge
by Vandana Shiva
Monocultures of the Mind : Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology
by Vandana Shiva
Carolyn Shoemaker
(U.S.A.)
Fact Sheet: Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter
Catherine Filene Shouse
(U.S.A.)
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver
(U.S.A.: MA)
Elisabeth Shue
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Anne-Gaelle Sidot
(France)
Gayle Sierens
(U.S.A.)
Mimi Silbert
(U.S.A.: CA)
Another profile
Leslie Marmon Silko
(North American Indian, U.S.A.)
Gardens in the Dunes
by Leslie Marmon Silko
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit : Essays on Native American Life Today
by Leslie Marmon Silko
Miina Sillanpää
(Finland)
Beverly Sills
(U.S.A.)
Esther Silver-Parker
(U.S.A.: NC, GA, NY)
Sibeso Simasiku
(Zambia)
Jean Simmons
(Great Britain, U.S.A.: CA)
Another profile
Film credits
Ruth Simmons
(U.S.A.: TX, LA, NJ, CA, MA)
Another profile
Nina Simone
(U.S.A.: NC, NY, PA)
Another profile
Official Website
I Put a Spell on You : The Autobiography of Nina Simone
by Nina Simone, Stephen Cleary
The Soulful Divas: Personal Portraits of over a dozen divine divas from Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, & Diana Ross, to Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, & Janet Jackson
by David Nathan
Alda Simpson
(U.S.A.)
Lorna Simpson
(U.S.A.)
Focus : Five Women Photographers : Julia Margaret Cameron/Margaret Bourke-White/Flor Garduno/Sandy Skoglund/Lorna Simpson
by Sylvia Wolf, Abby Levine (Editor)
Ruth Simpson
(U.S.A.: CA)
Sissi
(Brazil)
Sandy Skoglund
(U.S.A.)
Focus : Five Women Photographers : Julia Margaret Cameron/Margaret Bourke-White/Flor Garduno/Sandy Skoglund/Lorna Simpson
by Sylvia Wolf, Abby Levine (Editor)
Mary Emily Sinclair
(U.S.A.)
Arpita Singh
(India)
Elisabetta Sirani
(Italy)
Charlotte Emma Moore Sitterly
(U.S.A.)
Barbara Sizemore
(U.S.A.: IL, DC, PA)
Lisa Skinner
(Australia)
Norma Merrick Sklarek
(U.S.A.: New York, California)
Another profile
Another profile
Sandy Skoglund
(U.S.A.)
Focus : Five Women Photographers : Julia Margaret Cameron/Margaret Bourke-White/Flor Garduno/Sandy Skoglund/Lorna Simpson
by Sylvia Wolf, Abby Levine (Editor)
Allana Slater
(Australia)
Gillian Slovo
(South Africa, Great Britain)
Every Secret Thing : My Family, My Country
by Gillian Slovo, Roger Donald (Editor)
Catnap
by Gillian Slovo
Anna Deveare Smith
(U.S.A.: MD, CA, NY, PA)
Bessie Smith
(U.S.A.: TN, NY, PA)
Another profile
Another profile
Another profile
Bessie Smith Songbook
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism : Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday
by Angela Y. Davis
Elizabeth Oakes (Prince) Smith
(U.S.A.)
Grace Cossington Smith
(Australia)
Grace Cossington Smith
by Bruce James
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
(U.S.A.)
The Submuloc Show - Columbus Whos : A Visual Commentary on the Columbus Quincentennial from the Perspective of America's First People
by Jaune Quick to See Smith
Katie Smith
(U.S.A.)
Linda Smith
(U.S.A.: CA)
Margaret Chase Smith
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Another profile
First Lady of the Senate : A Life of Margaret Chase Smith
by Alberta Gould, Jane Weinberger (Editor)
Sally L. Smith
(U.S.A.)
No Easy Answers : The Learning Disabled Child at Home and at School
by Sally L. Smith
Succeeding Against the Odds : How the Learning-Disabled Can Realize Their Promise
by Sally L. Smith
Hannah Snell
(Great Britain)
Olympia Snowe
(U.S.A.)
Gloria Penner Snyder
(U.S.A.)
Rebecca Snyder
(U.S.A.)
Marta Sobral
(Brazil)
Kate Sobrero
(U.S.A.)
Zulu Sofola
(Nigeria)
Olga Soffer
(U.S.A.: NY, IL)
Another profile
Beyond Art : Pleistocene Image and Symbol
by Margaret W. Conkey (Editor), Olga Soffer (Editor), Deborah Stratmann (Editor)
Anita Sohus
(U.S.A.)
Suzanne Somers
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
After the Fall : How I Picked Myself Up, Dusted Myself Off, and Started All over Again
by Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food
by Suzanne Somers, Leslie Hamel (Illustrator)
Mary Fairfax Somerville
(Scotland)
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
(Mexico)
Shaunna Sowell
(U.S.A.)
Laurinda Spear
(U.S.A.)
Janet Spector
(U.S.A.: WI, MN)
What This Awl Means : Feminist Archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota Village
by Janet D. Spector
Princess Diana
(U.K.)
Another profile
Another profile
Diana : Portrait of a Princess
by Jayne Fincher, Judy Wade (Contributor)
Diana: A Celebration
(VHS)
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
(India, U.S.A.)
Rachael Sporn
(Australia)
Dawn Staley
(U.S.A.: PA, VA)
Jane Lathrop Stanford
(U.S.A.)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
, (U.S.A.)
Another biography
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
. Speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848.
Solitude of Self
. Speech given January 18, 1892 to the Congressional Judiciary Committee.
The Woman's Bible
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Women's Liberty
by Kathryn Cullen-DuPont, John Anthony Scott (Editor)
Nora Stanton (Barney)
(U.S.A.)
Barbara Stanwyck
(U.S.A.)
Elizabeth's Barbara Stanwyck Page
Ethel Stark
(Canada)
Freya Stark
(France, U.K.)
Another profile
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark
by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
Alexander's Path
by Freya Stark
Women Explorers in Asia : Susie Carson Rijnhart, Alexandra David-Neel, Lucy Atkinson, Freya Stark, Dervla Murphy (Capstone Short Biographies)
by Margo McLoone, Margo McLoone-Basta
Galina V. Starovoitova
(Russia)
Belle Starr
(U.S.A.)
Belle Starr and Her Times : The Literature, the Facts, and the Legends
by Glenn Shirley
Cathryn Starr
(U.S.A.)
Julie Stav
(Cuba, U.S.A.)
CULTURAL INVESTMENT from the Tampa Tribune
Get Your Share : The Everyday Woman's Guide to Striking It Rich in the Stock Market
by Julie Stav, Deborah Adamson
Katy Steding
(U.S.A.)
Gertrude Stein
(U.S.A., France)
Gertrude Stein Online
Gloria Steinem
(U.S.A.)
The Education of a Woman : The Life of Gloria Steinem
by Carolyn G. Heilbrun
Revolution from Within : A Book of Self-Esteem
by Gloria Steinem
Arlene Stevens
(U.S.A.)
Nettie Maria Stevens
(U.S.A.)
Maria Stewart
(U.S.A.: CT, MA, DC, NY, MD)
Maria W. Stewart : America's First Black Woman Political Writer : Essays and Speeches (Blacks in the Diaspora)
by Marilyn Richardson (Editor)
Sarah Stewart
(Mexico, U.S.A.)
Katherine and Marjorie Stinson
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Queen of the Air : The Story of Katherine Stinson
by Mary C. Powell et al.
Wilma Stockenström
(South Africa)
Lucy Stone
(U.S.A.)
Lucy Stone : Speaking Out for Equality
by Andrea Moore Kerr
Friends and Sisters : Letters Between Lucy Stone and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, 1846-93
by Carol Lasser, Marlene Deahl Merrill (Editor)
Sharon Stone
(U.S.A.)
Patty Stonesifer
(U.S.A.)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
(U.S.A.)
Emily Jennings Stowe
(Canada)
Emily Stowe : Doctor and Suffragist
by Mary Beacock Fryer
Meryl Streep
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Another profile
Barbra Streisand
(U.S.A.)
Annabella Stropparo
(Italy)
Kerri Strug
(U.S.A.)
Shirley Strum
(U.S.A.: CA; Kenya)
Another profile
Almost Human : A Journey into the World of Baboons
by Shirley C. Strum, George B. Schaller
The New Physical Anthropology : Science, Humanism, and Critical Reflection (Advances in Human Evolution Series)
by Shirley C. Strum (Editor), Donald G. Lindburg (Editor), David A. Hamburg
Irene Stuber
(U.S.A.)
Hanna Suchocka
(Poland)
Hanna Suchocka Speaks at Penn
Niara Sudarkasa
(U.S.A.: FL, NY, MI, PA)
The Strength of Our Mothers : African & African American Women & Families : Essays and Speeches
by Niara Sudarkasa
Education Is Still the Key : Selected Speeches & Essays
by Niara Sudarkasa
Anne Sullivan Macy
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Another profile
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Portrait of Hellen Keller, Anne Sullivan and Polly Thomson
Helen and Teacher : The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy
by Joseph P. Lash
Sandy Sully
(U.S.A.)
Margaret Sumner
(U.S.A.: NJ, PA, CA, NH)
Sun, Wen
(China)
Efua Theodora Sutherland
(Ghana)
Bertha von Suttner
(Austria)
Alexandra Swanson
(U.S.A.)
Sheryl Swoopes
(U.S.A.: TX)
Another profile
Alison Sydor
(Canada)
Marguerite Syvertson
(U.S.A.)
Violette Szabo
(Great Britain)
Another profile
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Deborah Szekely
(U.S.A.: DC)
Irena Szewinska
(Russia, Poland)
Utako Shimodo
(Japan)
Henrietta Szold
(U.S.A.: MD; Israel)
Another profile
Another profile
Daughter of My People : Henrietta Szold and Hadassah
by Hazel Krantz
Lost Love : The Untold Story of Henrietta Szold : Unpublished Diary and Letters
by Henrietta Szold et al.
Wislawa Szymborska
(Poland)
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