Brief biographical sketches of individuals who have made significant contributions to Women Working or whose manuscripts, diaries, letters, or archival materials have been digitized.
| Abbott, Edith | Social Worker and Educator |
| Addams, Jane | Reformer |
| Barton, Clara | Founder of the American Red Cross |
| Beard, Mary Ritter | Historian and Campaigner |
| Beecher, Catharine | Author and Women's Rights Activist |
| Blackwell, Elizabeth | Physician and Author |
| Bosworth, Louise Marion | Researcher |
| Brandeis, Louis D. | Lawyer and Supreme Court Justice |
| Campbell, Helen Stuart | Writer |
| Chadwick, James R. | Doctor and Women's Health Expert |
| Fiske, Minnie Maddern | Actress |
| Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens | Astronomer |
| Gay, E. Jane | Photographer |
| Gilder, Jeannette Leonard | Journalist |
| Goldmark, Josephine Clara | Author and Legal Expert |
| Greene, H. | Farmer |
| Grimke, Sarah and Grimke, Angelina Weld | Abolitionists and Women's Rights Activists |
| Henry, Alice | Labor Reformer |
| Holley, Marietta | Author and Humorist |
| Howe, Julia Ward | Writer and Rights Activist |
| Hull, Josephine Sherwood | Actress |
| Jacobi, Mary Putnam | Physician |
| Kelley, Florence | Reformer and Activist |
| Kemble, Fanny | Actress |
| Kingsley, Delia | School Teacher |
| McCulloch, Catharine Waugh | Lawyer |
| Mitchell, Maria | Astronomer |
| Myrick, Hanna Glidden | Physician |
| O'Hare, Kate Richards | Socialist and Anti-War Activist |
| Peabody, Francis Greenwood | Minister and Harvard Faculty Member |
| Pinkham, Lydia | Entrepreneur |
| Richards, Ellen | Chemist |
| Sanger, Margaret | Nurse and Birth Control Activist |
| Schoedler, Lillian | Secretary |
| Shouse, Catherine Filene | Researcher and Philanthropist |
| Stanton, Elizabeth Cady | Reformer and Suffragist |
| Stone, Lucy | Reformer and Suffragist |
| Tarbell, Ida | Journalist and Lecturer |
| Wheeler, Candace | Interior Designer |
| Willard, Emma Hart | Educational Reformer |
| Willard, Frances Elizabeth | Temperance Leader and Reformer |
| Woodhull, Victoria | Women's Rights Activist |
| Wright, Carroll Davidson | Statistician and Labor Expert |
| Zakrzewska, Dr. Marie Elizabeth | Physician and Medical Educator |