Notable American women: a biographical dictionary completing the twentieth century

42-6204 CT3260 2004-48859 CIP Notable American women: a biographical dictionary completing the twentieth century, ed. by Susan Ware. Belknap, Harvard, 2005 (c2004). 729p bibl indexes ISBN 067401488X, $45.00

The latest volume in the "Notable American Women" series, Ware's book continues the tradition of scholarly diversity praised in its predecessors. The first three volumes, covering 1607-1950 (ed. by Edward T. James et al., CH, Apr'72), researched and assessed the accomplishments of 1,359 women. The scholars who...