The Palgrave MacMillan Dictionary of Women's Biography by Uglow, Jenny

The Palgrave MacMillan Dictionary of Women's Biography (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781403934482)

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The Palgrave MacMillan Dictionary of Women's Biography by Uglow, Jenny

The Palgrave MacMillan Dictionary of Women's Biography

$53.00
The Palgrave MacMillan Dictionary of Women's Biography by Uglow, Jenny

The Palgrave MacMillan Dictionary of Women's Biography

$53.00
Format: Paperback
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The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography contains essential details of the lives of over 2100 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life-from queens to cooks, engineers to entertainers, pilots to poisoners. In addition to new entries covering the past five years, the historical coverage has also been broadened in response to new research, as has coverage of women from Third World countries. With subsections for further reading, a comprehensive subject index and bibliographical survey, the Dictionary of Women's Biography is an invaluable reference source, priced for every woman's bookshelf.

Author: Jenny Uglow
ISBN-10: 1403934487
ISBN-13: 9781403934482
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2005
Pages: 668
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.44w x 1.39d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2006 pg. 402
By Jenny Uglow
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JENNY UGLOW's latest book is A Little History of British Gardening. Her previous book, The Lunar Men, won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History in 2003. Her biography of William Hogarth was published in September 1997 and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Award. She writes and reviews for, amongst other publications, The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement and The Independent on Sunday.

MAGGY HENDRY taught in Ghana, and travelled in India gaining insights into the struggles of women who often risk their lives for their beliefs. On her return she worked voluntarily in an information exchange for women worldwide. She has a degree in African Studies, has written educational books for Africa and worked on several biographical encyclopaedias. She is currently working on a new biographical encyclopaedia and a historical novel.

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