Biographical Directory of American History - http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/biographies/biographies.cfm Links to a large collection of textbook-style biographies of prominent people in US history.
Spotlight Biography: Elections and Voting - http://educate.si.edu/spotlight/elect.html Article on three people who changed the electoral landscape in America: Andrew Jackson, Lucretia Coffin Mott, and Carrie Chapman Catt.
Uncle Sam Image Gallery - http://home.nycap.rr.com/content/unclesam.html Pictures and historical information about Uncle Sam, an American legend based on an actual person.
Beaumont, William - Family and Genealogy - http://www.james.com/beaumont Dr. William Beaumont (1785-1853) was the U.S. Army surgeon who researched the physiology of human digestion, working with a patient who had a hole in his stomach.
Corbett, Boston - http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln32.html The story of Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth.
Tilden, Samuel J. - Forgotten U.S. President - http://homepages.msn.com/StageSt/nikki7486/ Free teleplay about the US Presidential election of 1876 and Samuel Tilden, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote.
Eastman, George - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eastman/ The story of George Eastman, and the transformation of photography.
Fisher, Carl - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/miami/ How the vision of entrepreneur Carl Fisher created America's premier vacation destination - Miami Beach.
Freeman, Elizabeth 'Mumbet' - http://mumbet.com/ One of the first black women slaves to be set free in the USA.
Hershey, Milton - http://miltonhershey.com/ A biographical site about the founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company. Timeline, short biography, and links.
Murrow, Edward R. - http://www.evesmag.com/murrow.htm Portrait of Edward R. Murrow, a journalist who dared to uphold freedom of thought in a time of McCarthyism.
Green, Hetty - http://www.brfwitness.org/Bread/witchws.htm All about the Witch of Wall Street, who died the world's most famous miser.
Walker, Madam C.J. - http://usion1.com/u3/ An account of the life of an entrepreneur, who rose from the cotton fields of the South to become a successful self-made American businesswoman. [Created by her great-great-granddaughter, A'Lelia Bundles.]
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