Notable Women in American History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies

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This unique guide will enable students, librarians, teachers, and general readers to easily identify the best biographies and autobiographies of 500 of the most notable women in American history. Spanning from colonial America through 1998, the guide features entries on historical and contemporary women who have achieved recognition in more than 100 fields of endeavor. It annotates approximately 1350 recommended books published since 1970 about these women. The compilation of works selected here is unavailable in any other reference. Adamson, author of the acclaimed companion volume Notable Women in World History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies, provides the most up-to-date information on each woman's life, biographies, and autobiographies. Each entry contains a brief biographical sketch of the woman and an annotated list of up to five recommended biographies, autobiographies, letter collections, or journals concerning her life. Three appendixes listing the women according to year of birth, occupation, and ethnicity will help researchers easily locate women from specific time periods, professions, or ethnic backgrounds.

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Besides informing readers about notable American women and the books that study them, the book could alert prospective biographers to fields underrepresented by full-length biographies of participants.-Feminist Collections
Inexpensive and current, Notable Women in American History is a reasonable purchase for the public, high school pr undergraduate library.-Reference & User Services Quarterly
Like the companion volume, this work deserves a place on the shelves even with the large number of biographical sources that are now available on women. It would be useful in collection development and for answering biographical queries and is an important acquisition for high-school, public, and academic libraries.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Notable Women in American History will prove an invaluable tool for any researcher or library dealing with American history and women's studies.-Smoke & Fire News
Recommended for academic reference collections and larger public libraries.-Choice
This resource is an excellent place for students to begin an organized information search. With clear writing and competent editing, the format and selection criteria make this title an easy-to-use and helpful biographical tool that includes fun facts as well.-VOYA
This work is recommended as an excellent starting point for biographical research.-American Reference Books Annual
"Besides informing readers about notable American women and the books that study them, the book could alert prospective biographers to fields underrepresented by full-length biographies of participants."-Feminist Collections
"Inexpensive and current, Notable Women in American History is a reasonable purchase for the public, high school pr undergraduate library."-Reference & User Services Quarterly
"Notable Women in American History will prove an invaluable tool for any researcher or library dealing with American history and women's studies."-Smoke & Fire News
"Recommended for academic reference collections and larger public libraries."-Choice
"This resource is an excellent place for students to begin an organized information search. With clear writing and competent editing, the format and selection criteria make this title an easy-to-use and helpful biographical tool that includes fun facts as well."-VOYA
"This work is recommended as an excellent starting point for biographical research."-American Reference Books Annual
"Like the companion volume, this work deserves a place on the shelves even with the large number of biographical sources that are now available on women. It would be useful in collection development and for answering biographical queries and is an important acquisition for high-school, public, and academic libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Author Bio

LYNDA G. ADAMSON is Professor of Literature and Chair of the English Department at Prince George's Community College in Maryland. She is also author of Notable Women in World History (Greenwood, 1997), Recreating the Past (Greenwood, 1994), A Reference Guide to Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults (Greenwood, 1987), Literature Connections to American History, K-6 (1998), Literature Connections to World History, 7-12 (1998), Literature Connections to World History, K-6 (1998), American Historical Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Novels for Adults and Young Adults (1999), and World Historical Fiction: An Annotated Guide for Adults and Young Adults (1999).