This study provides a qualitative exploration of juvenile biographies of women a genre defined here as a book dealing with the whole or partial life of an individual and reviewed as nonfiction for readers in elementary middle or junior high school. Beginning with a survey of juvenile material on Elizabeth Tudor published in England and the United States between 1852 and 2002 author Gale Eaton scrutinizes thirtyfour booksjuvenile biographies histories and collected biographiesfor trends in both content and rhetoric.WellDressed Role Models The Portrayal of Women in Biographies for Children then goes on to look at close readings of books published in the United States in the years 1946 1971 and 1996 and presents a penetrating analysis of a genre that serves the needs of youth. The findings of this study include the fact that juvenile biographies make role models out of women who in many cases never would have become famous by following all the rules for good girls.