Chronology of Women's History

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This is a narrative chronology of women's experiences and achievements throughout world history, from Cro-Magnon childbirth and ancient Egyptian cosmetics, to Janet Reno and the Tailhook scandal. Entries are arranged by year or group of years in an format of ten subject categories. Here the reader will find information concerning women's legal rights, life expectancy, medical care and daily tasks, as well as the achievements of thousands of individual women in politics, warfare, jurisprudence, literature, the visual and performing arts, athletics, exploration, activism, business, science, scholarship and religion. Almost every inhabited area of the globe is covered; well-known periods of Western history are covered thoroughly and supplemented by information from Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa. Women have had to overcome major obstacles throughout human history and they have accomplished much despite those barriers. This work contains many thousands of testimonies to their achievements. Each chapter covers a year or group of years and consists of ten categories: general status and daily life; government, military and the law; literature and the visual arts; performing arts and entertainment; athletics and exploration; activism; business and industry; science and medicine; education and scholarship; and religion. Brief entries summarise the most important or characteristic events of each period, while explanatory essays illuminate broad trends and unusual aspects of women's lives in a variety of cultures. Information can be located by consulting the topic and name index.

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An ambitious, multiethnic chronology of women's achievements from 20,000 B.C. to A.D. 1993. Students would find this easy-to-read resource a good starting point for assignments.- School Library Journal
Multicultural and worldwide in its coverage. Recommended for general readers and lower-division undergraduates, and as a general reference of all educators.-Choice
The Chronology makes available information difficult to acquire elsewhere. History and Women's Studies reference collections should find this a useful volume.- Reference Book Review
This reference work is filled with facts about women: short biographies, women's issues and organizations, and women's accomplishments worldwide from prehistory through 1993. The entries are short, and topics are diverse. Although the entries are short, the global scope makes this a valuable reference tool as well as one of those interesting-to-browse volumes. Highly recommended.-The Book Report
Unlike some books I have seen, there doesn't appear to be any filler material or mention of women without significant feminist historical reference. As a feminist interested in women's past, I found all the entries I browsed useful and relevant.-Prehistory
What do women want For one thing they will want the new Greenwood Press publication Chronology of Women's History. I suspect men will want it too. Kirstin Olsen has compiled a sui generis of reference materials. Nothing else compares--not in scope, coverage, or depth--since this is the first publication to give the chronicle of women as known at this date and time. As with many reference works, it's a fascinating read. The 107-page index is monumental and a virtual listing of who's who among women. A definite buy for all libraries, public and academic.-RQ
"An ambitious, multiethnic chronology of women's achievements from 20,000 B.C. to A.D. 1993. Students would find this easy-to-read resource a good starting point for assignments."- School Library Journal
"Multicultural and worldwide in its coverage. Recommended for general readers and lower-division undergraduates, and as a general reference of all educators."-Choice
"The Chronology makes available information difficult to acquire elsewhere. History and Women's Studies reference collections should find this a useful volume."- Reference Book Review
"This reference work is filled with facts about women: short biographies, women's issues and organizations, and women's accomplishments worldwide from prehistory through 1993. The entries are short, and topics are diverse. Although the entries are short, the global scope makes this a valuable reference tool as well as one of those interesting-to-browse volumes. Highly recommended."-The Book Report
"Unlike some books I have seen, there doesn't appear to be any filler material or mention of women without significant feminist historical reference. As a feminist interested in women's past, I found all the entries I browsed useful and relevant."-Prehistory
"What do women want For one thing they will want the new Greenwood Press publication Chronology of Women's History. I suspect men will want it too. Kirstin Olsen has compiled a sui generis of reference materials. Nothing else compares--not in scope, coverage, or depth--since this is the first publication to give the chronicle of women as known at this date and time. As with many reference works, it's a fascinating read. The 107-page index is monumental and a virtual listing of who's who among women. A definite buy for all libraries, public and academic."-RQ

Author Bio

KIRSTIN OLSEN is author of Remember the Ladies: A Woman's Book of Days (1989) and other books. She is working on a one-act play about Queen Elizabeth I and a historical novel set in England and France from 1770 to 1792. She has taught high school and middle school English and worked as a free-lance writer.