Criteria for Role Models
http://www.northsouth.org/CriteriaForRoleModel.asp
..A list of characteristics that a role model may have.

Role Project Model for Girls
http://www.womenswork.org/girls/
What do you want to be when you grow up?
This site was created to share the notion that girls can grow up to be almost anything--in a wide variety of professional careers--way more than they probably know exist.

Information on Your Hero

MY HERO
http://myhero.com/home.asp
illuminates the "unsung" heroes in the cities, towns, and countries where we live. Submit a description of your hero or browse other submissions.

Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
...contains 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world. The dictionary can be searched by several ways: achievements, professions, names etc.

Biography
http://www.biography.com/
...database of over 15,000 famous people

Biographies
http://www.multcolib.org/ref/biog.html
links to common biographies students often need for reports: includes African Americans, Hispanics, artists and women.

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