Women's Almanac 2000

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Phoenix, January 19, 1999 - approximately 50% of the world's population is female. Yet, historically, information specifically related to women and girls was difficult to find. Gender-specific information, however, has become far more prevalent in recent years and this new wealth of knowledge can be overwhelming. "Women's Almanac", edited by Doris Weatherford, organizes important information on women's issues in a manageable, first-stop reference source. A remarkable new biennial compendium, "Women's Almanac" features analyses of current news and issues that affect women throughout the world. Replete with diverse fields of information, this "Almanac" covers a broad range of both historical and contemporary knowledge. Statistical data, biographical sketches, US and worldwide chronologies, and other resources combine in this valuable one-volume, ready-reference source. Unlike some general reference sources, "Women's Almanac" includes rare, lesser-known information. Included are such names as: Janelle Commisiong (Trinidad/Tobago), the first Black Miss Universe; Su Shueh-Lin (China), a writer and veretan of China's 1919 May Fourth Movement for free expression; Samuramat, legendary queen of Assyria; and Rose Pastor Stokes (US), a prominent reformer involved in the New York City Shirtwaist Strike. A wealth of information can be found within the pages of this resource. For easy reference, the "Almanac" logically organizes this information in seven sections: current news and newsmakers - a brief recap of global news about the people and events from the past two years that influenced women's lives; contemporary issues -an A-Z compilation of the current topics that concern women; country-by-country survey - statistical profiles of 190 countries including data on population, sex ratio, school enrollment and educational attainment figures for women, infant and maternal mortality, contraceptive prevalence, and illiteracy; profiles - historical and contemporary notable women throughout the world, such as Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jiang Qing, Hypatia and Indira Gandhi, as well as many lesser-known women; history - a US chronology, spanning from the colonial period to the year 2000; resources - information on government and international resources, organizations, publications and web sites; and calendar - important anniversaries for women, such as International Women's Day (March 8) and the ratification of the 19th Amendment (August 26). With broad coverage and the inclusion of current news and hard-to-find facts, "Women's Almanac" is destined to become the definitive reference source for information relating to women.

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.,."a fascinating compendium of contemporary and historical information about women."-Choice
.,."[collections] focusing on women's issues would be hard-pressed to find so much as easily accessible in a single package."-Feminist Collections
...a fascinating compendium of contemporary and historical information about women.-Choice
...[collections] focusing on women's issues would be hard-pressed to find so much as easily accessible in a single package.-Feminist Collections
I do judge books by their covers, and this one is tops....The design is simple, striking, and women-centered. The variety of information makes this almanac useful as a reference source.-Gale Group Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Women's Almanac 2000will prove useful to librarians answering general fact and figure questions about famous women and women's issues, both current and historical.-American Reference Books Annual
..."collections focusing on women's issues would be hard-pressed to find so much as easily accessible in a single package."-Feminist Collections
..."a fascinating compendium of contemporary and historical information about women."-Choice
..."[collections] focusing on women's issues would be hard-pressed to find so much as easily accessible in a single package."-Feminist Collections
"Women's Almanac 2000will prove useful to librarians answering general fact and figure questions about famous women and women's issues, both current and historical."-American Reference Books Annual
"I do judge books by their covers, and this one is tops....The design is simple, striking, and women-centered. The variety of information makes this almanac useful as a reference source."-Gale Group Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Author Bio

Executive editor and contributor DORIS WEATHERFORD is an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida, is active in the political arena, and has been extensively recognized for her contributions to the field of womens studies. Her book A History of the American Suffragist Movement was selected as a 1998 Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International. Her other books include Milestones: A Chronology of American Women's History erican Womens History: An A-Z of People, Organizations, Issues and Events reign and Female: Immigrant Women in America, 1840-1920 d American Women in World War II. In 1995, she received one of five awards conferred by the Florida Commission on Human Relations at Floridas Annual Civil Rights Conference, and in 1994, she received the National Order of Women Legislators Hall of Fame Award.