Black Women in America [Hardcover]

Product Details

• Hardcover: 3 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195223748
• ISBN-13: 978-0195223743
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.9 x 4.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,816,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring Resource for Libraries and Living Rooms, July 29, 2005

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Anna Julia "Herstorian" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Women in America (3 Vol. Set) (Hardcover)

Black Women in America is the most authoritative resource for African-American Women's History on the market. Published by England's Oxford University Press, it explores the historical contributions of Black women to American life. The 3 volume set is enormous in scope, yet is presented in well illustrated compact volumes. Biographies and critical essays illuminate the past from America's Revolutionary War Era to the present. Black Women in America is an inspiring resource for libraries and living rooms. This well researched encyclopedia set reminds us of the noble ideals that make America great.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Disappointed, February 27, 2011

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sivy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (2 Volume set) (Paperback)

I a relative and descendent to Sarah Parker Remond am truly disappointed in the information listed. Still researching my family history cannot begin to tell you how I was utterly dumbfounded when I read she was primarily self-taught. Actually, she was educated formally, yet her family abolitionists and outspoken business owners in protest left their lucrative business and moved to RI where segregation was not the case and she was educated their until the laws where changed in Massachusetts, where she was born.
She later was educated in Italy and received a degree to become a medical doctor. Yes, you are correct she married and never returned.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a "must-have" reference source, October 8, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (Hardcover)

Those serious about African-American and women's history MUST include this encyclopedia in their reference collections.