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| Genre/Form: | Biography Dictionaries Biography Biographies |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Notable American women, 1607-1950. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971 (OCoLC)607905468 |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edward T James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S Boyer; Radcliffe College. |
| ISBN: | 0674627318 9780674627314 0674627342 9780674627345 |
| OCLC Number: | 167545 |
| Notes: | "Prepared under the auspices of Radcliffe College." |
| Description: | 3 v. 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Biographies A-F -- Biographies G-O -- Biographies P-Z. Abolitionists -- Actresses and theatre managers -- Anthropologists and folklorists -- Architects and interior decorators -- Art collectors and patrons -- Art critics and historians -- Art educators -- Astronomers -- Authors -- Biologists -- Botanists and horticulturists -- Chemists and physicists -- Children's authors -- Circus performers -- Civil war figures -- Classicists -- College administrators -- Composers -- Dancers -- Educational reformers -- Educators of the handicapped -- Entrepreneurs -- Explorers and travelers -- Feminists -- Film actresses and directors. Geographer and geologist -- Hawaiian nobility -- Health reform advocates -- Heroines -- Historians -- Historical preservationists -- Home economics -- Illustrators -- Indian captives -- Indian reform advocates -- Indian women -- Inventors -- Kindergartners -- Labor leaders -- Labor reformers -- Lawyers -- Lecturers and orators -- Librarians -- Literary scholars -- Magazine editors -- Ministers and evangelists -- Missionaries -- Missionary society leaders -- Mormon women. Music educators and patrons -- Naturalists -- Negro women -- Newspaperwomen -- Nurses -- Painters -- Peace advocates -- Performing musicians -- Philanthropists -- Philosophers -- Photographer -- Physicians -- Political figures -- Printmakers -- Prison reformers -- Psychologists -- Religious educators -- Religious founders and leaders -- School founders and administrators -- Sculptors -- Settlement houseleaders. Social and civic reformers -- Social economists -- Social leaders -- Social workers -- Socialists and radicals -- Suffragists -- Temperance advocates -- Translators -- Welfare work leaders -- Wives of the presidents -- Women's club leaders. |
| Responsibility: | Edward T. James, editor. Janet Wilson James, associate editor. Paul S. Boyer, assistant editor. |
Abstract:
Contains biographical sketches of women whose achievements have contributed to the nation's history.
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