Biographies: Home

Wellesley College is home to many notable alumnae, including two from the class of 1959: 

Madeline Korbel Albright
article from Biography in Context

Amalya Lyles Kearse
article from West's Encyclopedia of American Law

More information about Wellesley College alumnae can be found in the Archives or by contacting the Alumnae Association.

Find books by and about people in the library catalog.

Use the subject search to find books about someone.

Use the author search to find books by someone.

Examples:

• Clinton, Hillary Rodham: 
  as a subject - as an author
• hooks, bell: 
  as a subject - as an author
• Kahlo, Frida: 
  as a subject - as an author

Before you use Wikipedia as a source of biographical information about people living or dead, learn how the community is expected to create and edit biographies of living people.

In a nutshell: Material about living persons added to any Wikipedia page must be written with the greatest care and attention to verifiability, neutrailty, and avoiding original research.

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