A website from the White House giving information about First Ladies.

The articles in this encyclopedia are researched and written by third and fourth grade elementary students in Pontico Hills, NY

Features photographs, letters and facts about Helen Keller's life.

Features biographies and facts about famous women.

A biography about Margaret Brown, including facts about her voyage on the Titanic

A biography of Rosa Parks and her work during the Civil Rights Movement

This page of links about famous women was gathered by the Horace Mann Middle School, although some links are not working

Biographies about women in history, compiled by Villanova University

This website is dedicated to famous women in flight and in space

Features famous women in the military

Biographies of famous women in history

A brief overview of notable locations which were made famous by notable women

A biography website sponsored by the Biography Channel

This website gives information about Presidents, including links to the Presidential Library.

Also sponsored by the White House, this website offers information about what life was like during each presidency.

Sponsored by the University of Virginia, this website offers in-depth, researched information on American Presidents.

Presented by the Smithsonian Institute, this site features portraits of each President and short biographies on each one.

This website tells you little known facts about each of the Presidents

FactMonster gives details about Presidential elections and biographies

Lots of information about the United States' Goverment and Presidents!

Profiles of our nation's leaders

An article from National Geographic which tells about interesting Presidential facts

The Internet Public library offers information on Presidents past and present.

Benjamin Franklin serves as a tour guide to the U.S. Government

Compiled by Yahoo Kids

Biographies of famous African Americans

Profile of famous African Americans in history

Short bios of famous African Americans. A good starting point, but will need additional information

Selected biographies of famous African Americans

Features articles and videos on famous African Americans. Created by History.com

Presented by Gale, this site details famous African Americans and their lives.

Famous African American Biographies arranged by category

See how many questions you can answer, or read each article about a famous person first!

A website sponsored by the Nobel Peace Prize Association which gives biographical facts about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A website featuring photos and biographical facts about Jesse Owens, the Olympic track star.

Features notable inventors and inventions

Facts about famous African American Inventors and the ideas which they developed

Bill Nye the Science Guy answers science questions, suggests ideas for experiments and more!

An interactive and informative website about science and invention. Features games and facts!

A national gallery of Hall of Fame inductees into the Invention Hall of Fame

A fun and interactive page for kids, sponsored by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Learn about inventions or try to make your own in order to solve the puzzles!

Learn all about inventions, presented by the Smithsonian Institute.

A fun website which lets you play with interactive inventions and learn about them at the same time. Created by the Getty Museum

Pictures and descriptions of ancient inventions and how they came to be.

Learn all about modern inventors and how their creations changed their lives.