Author: JAMES, EDWARD T. JAMES, JANET WILSON (1918-1987). BOYER, PAUL S. RADCLIFFE COLLEGE
Title: Notable American Women, 1607-1950 : a biographical dictionary / Edward T. James, editor, Janet Wilson James, associate editor. Paul S. Boyer, assistant editor: volume II: G-O
Description: Cambridge. Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University press 1971. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression. Physical description; volume II (only): 659 pages. Notes; Prepared under the auspices of Radcliffe College. Summary; This superb biographical dictionary covers the lives of exceptional women throughout three and a half centuries of American history. Here are artists. lawyers. reformers. educators. entrepreneurs. physicists. writers. pioneers. presidents' ladies. film stars. Here are those known for their deeds and those famed for their looks--the genteel and the disreputable. the highborn and slave-born. Here are the famous in all areas of endeavor--names like Ruth Benedict. Jane Addams. Willa Cather. Isadora Duncan. Carole Lombard. Sojourner Truth. Pocahontas. Texas Guinan. the Everleigh sisters. Carrie Nation. Amelia Earhart. Here also are many names rescued from obscurity (volume II : G-O only). Subjects; 17th-20th centuries. Women — United States — Biography — Dictionaries. Biography — dictionaries. Women — North America — biography. Women — South America — biography. Women. American — Biography. Women — biography. Women — United States — Biography. Dictionaries. Biographical: United States. United States. Wives. American women. (1607-1950) — Biographical dictionaries. American history ; Women's studies ; Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who). USA ; (c 1600 to c 1700) ; (c 1700 to c 1800) ; (c 1800 to c 1900) ; 20th century. Biography & Autobiography / Women. History / General. Social Science / Gender Studies. Women - United States. Genres; Biographies. Quick Ref. Collection. ISBN: 0674627318. Weight in Kg appr.:

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