Womens Firsts 1 [Hardcover]

Susan B. Gall (Author), Caroline Crawford Zilboorg (Author), Christine Todd Whitman (Foreword)

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Wider in scope than the earlier Book of Women's Firsts (LJ 11/1/92), this book records nearly 2500 achievements of women worldwide. Editor Zilboorg (Richard Aldington & H.D., Indiana Univ., 1992) has arranged the firsts in 15 subject areas, including activism, the arts, education, health, military, religion, and science. Within these subjects, events are arranged by year and sometimes by country. The general index is supplemented by a time line and indexes by day and by year. While some firsts refer to minor public offices?the entry for Beatrix Potter celebrates her as the first female president of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association?most entries have more substance, and each entry is documented with one or more sources. Suitable for school and public libraries and for women's studies collections.?Patricia A. Beaber, Trenton State Coll. Lib., N.J.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 564 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Gale (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787601519
• ISBN-13: 978-0787601515
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,883,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good book for reports, June 3, 2000

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This review is from: Womens Firsts 1 (Hardcover)

This book was very discriptive and gave important information on the women that started the Women's Movement and how they succeeded in their efforts to get the movement to where it is now.