Links
The Dictionary of Dutch Women is not the only reference source offering information on women of the past. There are comparable projects in other countries as well as biographical reference sources of a more general nature offering information about women. Should you feel that after consulting the Dictionary of Dutch Women you need more information, it may be worthwhile to have a look at one of the other biographical sources listed below (these are mainly in Dutch).
Other dictionaries of women- Het Damescompartiment online (information on Indonesian (and Dutch) writers)
- Virtuele vrouwennetwerken: http://www.roquade.nl/womenwriters/nl/home.html (website that publishes findings of the research on the data bank "WomenWriters", which contains information on the literary production of (European) women and the reaction on these productions)
- Dictionnaire of the SIEFAR: http://www.siefar.org/DicoAc.html (biographical information on famous and not so famous women in French history from the earliest times up to 1780)
- Biografischen Datenbank und Lexikon Österreichischer Frauen: http://www.univie.ac.at/biografiA/index.html (dictionary of Austrian women, devided in several catagories: scientists, writers of children literature, Jews)
- Biografische berichten van de Stichting Emancipatie online: http://www.emancipatie.nl/home/Emancipatie_algemeen/Biografische_berichten (collection of various sources women that played an important role in Dutch society.
- Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland: http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/en/index_html (reference work containing short biographical descriptions of individuals who played a significant role during the latter half of the nineteenth century and in the twentieth century either in the Netherlands or in Dutch overseas territories: also many women)
- Biografisch Woordenboek van het Socialisme en de Arbeidersbeweging in Nederland: http://www.iisg.nl/bwsa/index.html (Biographical sketches of 574 men and women that played an important role in socialism and societal movements before 1940)
- Parlementair Documentatie Centrum: http://www.parlement.com/9291000/modulesf/g6ki9ydx (Biographical information on ministers, secretaries of state, members of parliament from 1813 up to now)
- Levensberichten van leden der Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/host/mnl/mnl/levens/register/regna45.htm (Biographical sketches of writers and publicists that deceased between 1946 and 1997)
- Digitale Bibliotheek van Nederlandse Letterkunde: http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs (list of names of Dutch authors through the centuries, with basic information on age, works and sources)