Chambers Biographical Dictionary of Women

Edinburgh: Chambers. Very Good/Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0550150064 Hardback Hardback. First Edition. Chambers Biographical Dictionary of Women. This major new dictionary surveys the achievements of both famous and seldonm-documented women throughout the world and across all periods of history. Detailed biographies, many of them illustrated, bring the changing role of women vividly to life, and highlight the impact womenkind has had on many areas of human endeavour. Comprehensive - Over 3,000 entries spanning 80 voactional and subject categores, from cicnema and sculpture to science and women's rights. Easily accessible - Quick-reference A-Z format with over 140 illustrations. Internationa coverage - Documented lives and and accomplishments of women active on every continent. Historical modern - Women from all ages, from ancient Egyptians and Roman empresses to 19th-century feminists and preset-day poets and politicians. Chronological survey - Complementing the biographies, a fully integrated chronology of women's achievements, including legal landmarks, political positions, Olympic medals, Academy Awards and Nobel Prizes. Qotations - From 'Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little ' (Samuel Johnson) to 'A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle' (Gloria Steinhem). Illustrations. 741 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) .