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Cook Memorial Library
413 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Libertyville, IL. 60048
847-362-2330
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290 Evergreen Drive
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
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Biography

20th Century | Presidents | Women | African Americans | Inventors | Chicago

Biography Resource Center
Database. The Biography Resource Center is a database of biographical information on more than 185,000 people from throughout history and around the world.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Database. Based on the Academic American Encyclopedia. Updated monthly, this online encyclopedia contains expanded articles, bibliographies and hyperlinks to other web resources. Recommended for grades 5 and up.

SIRS Discoverer
Database. For elementary and middle school students. Choose "Notable People" to find biographies.

Student Resource Center
Database. Reference essays, articles from magazines and newspapers, photographs and other resources for students in grades 6 through 12. Choose "Person Search" to find biographical information.

Biography.com Over 25,000 biographies of important people, past and present. Search by name, keyword, category, or alphabetical order.

20th Century

The Time 100 Biographies of 100 extraordinary people who helped reshape the world in the 20th century.

Women of the Century "100 Years of American Heroes." Read biographies, explore by decade, and more.

Presidents

American Experience: The Presidents

POTUS: Presidents of the United States

Women

Women of the Century "100 Years of American Heroes." Read biographies, explore the decade-by-decade illustrated timeline of women's history, and more.

Women Who Changed History Discover women who have made a difference. Nominate a hero for the "Honor Roll of Notable Women" and play the "History Mystery Challenge" to see if you can identify some famous females!

The Quest for Equality The history of women's suffrage and the modern women's movement, from the World Book Encyclopedia . Readers will also find biographies of trailblazing women and links to other web sites on women's history.

African Americans

African American Biographies From Yahooligans!

Africans in America America’s journey through slavery, from PBS Online. Each section, based on a particular time period, features a Resource Bank of pictures, stories, biographies and more.

Culture and Change Black history in America. Includes an interactive timeline and a special feature on African American Inventors. From Scholastic.

Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History Read biographies, search through the Image Gallery, and check out the timeline of African American history!

Profiles Biographies of famous African Americans from PBS's African American World.

Inventors

Zoom Inventors and Inventions Search for inventions alphabetically, by timeline, by industry, or by country.

National Inventors Hall of Fame

Chicago

Chicago Women's History from Chicago Public Library

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