Notable American women : the modern period : a biographical dictionary /
Notable American women : the modern period : a biographical dictionary /
edited by Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green ; with Ilene Kantrov, Harriette Walker.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c1980.
- xxii, 773 p., [16] p. of plates : ports. 25 cm.
The life stories of American women--442 of them--who have in some way affected contemporary American life are explored in this lauded companion to "Notable American Women, 1607-1950." The basics--the crucial dates, ancestry, parents, education, marital status, and children--provide invaluable material for both the researcher and the general reader. Beyond these essentials, a brief essay focuses on each woman's life and personality, and evaluates her career from a historical framework. Sixteen new pages of photographs specially selected for the paperback edition have been included. www.alibris.com
674627334
Women--United States
CT 3260 / .N843 1980
The life stories of American women--442 of them--who have in some way affected contemporary American life are explored in this lauded companion to "Notable American Women, 1607-1950." The basics--the crucial dates, ancestry, parents, education, marital status, and children--provide invaluable material for both the researcher and the general reader. Beyond these essentials, a brief essay focuses on each woman's life and personality, and evaluates her career from a historical framework. Sixteen new pages of photographs specially selected for the paperback edition have been included. www.alibris.com
674627334
Women--United States
CT 3260 / .N843 1980
