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Women of strength
biographies of 106 who have excelled in traditionally male fields, A. D. 61 to the present
By Baldwin, Louis
- ISBN
- 978-0-78640-250-2
- Publisher
- Jefferson, N.C. ; McFarland, c1996.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 1997
Similar to the Continuum Dictionary of Women's Biography (Continuum, 1989), the Larousse Dictionary of Women is the more substantive of the two works considered here. International in scope, it contains about 3000 biographical sketches of notable women from ancient times to the present. The sketches are two or three paragraphs long and offer quotations, a chronology, and sometimes photographs. About half of these sketches have been gleaned by Larousse staffer Parry from previous Larousse dictionaries,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
