Notable American women : the modern period : a biographical dictionary / edited by Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green ; with Ilene Kantrov, Harriette Walker.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c1980.Description: xxii, 773 p., [16] p. of plates : ports. 25 cmISBN:
  • 674627334
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CT 3260 .N843 1980
Summary: 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
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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

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