Biographical Directory of American History
- Links to a large collection of textbook-style biographies of prominent people in US history.
- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/biographies/biographies.cfm

Green, Hetty
- All about the Witch of Wall Street, who died the world's most famous miser.
- http://www.brfwitness.org/Bread/witchws.htm

Eastman, George
- The story of George Eastman, and the transformation of photography.
- http://www.pbs.org/amex/eastman

Murrow, Edward R.
- Portrait of Edward R. Murrow, a journalist who dared to uphold freedom of thought in a time of McCarthyism.
- http://www.evesmag.com/murrow.htm

Spotlight Biography: Elections and Voting
- Article on three people who changed the electoral landscape in America: Andrew Jackson, Lucretia Coffin Mott, and Carrie Chapman Catt.
- http://educate.si.edu/spotlight/elect.html

Tilden, Samuel J. - Forgotten U.S. President
- Free teleplay about the US Presidential election of 1876 and Samuel Tilden, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote.
- http://homepages.msn.com/StageSt/nikki7486/

Walker, Madam C.J.
- 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.]
- http://www.madamcjwalker.com/

Hershey, Milton
- A biographical site about the founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company. Timeline, short biography, and links.
- http://miltonhershey.com/

Fisher, Carl
- How the vision of entrepreneur Carl Fisher created America's premier vacation destination - Miami Beach.
- http://www.pbs.org/amex/miami

Beaumont, William - Family and Genealogy
- 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.
- http://www.james.com/beaumont

Freeman, Elizabeth 'Mumbet'
- One of the first black women slaves to be set free in the USA.
- http://mumbet.com/