Famous Women Of The Twentieth Century
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Notable American Women
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Author : Susan Ware
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2004
Notable American Women written by Susan Ware and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This latest volume brings the project up to date, with entries on almost 500 women whose death dates fall between 1976 and 1999. You will find here stars of the golden ages of radio, film, dance, and television; scientists and scholars; civil rights activists and religious leaders; Native American craftspeople and world-renowned artists. For each subject, the volume offers a biographical essay by a distinguished authority that integrates the woman's personal life with her professional achievements set in the context of larger historical developments.
Famous Women Of The Twentieth Century
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Author : Carol
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Famous Women Of The Twentieth Century written by Carol and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Famous Women Of The Twentieth Century
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Author : Carol Christian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Famous Women Of The Twentieth Century written by Carol Christian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with High interest-low vocabulary books categories.
Notable Women Of China
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Release Date :
Notable Women Of China written by and has been published by M.E. Sharpe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Women categories.
This text offers in-depth biographies of Chinese women from the fifth century BCE to the early 20th century. It reflects their achievements in poetry, literature, painting, music, dancing, calligraphy, medicine, science, politics, military leadership, diplomacy, religion, family and community life.
Famous Women Of The 20th Century
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Author : Carol Christian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Famous Women Of The 20th Century written by Carol Christian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
Women Of The Last Millennium
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Author : Arther Trace
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2000
Women Of The Last Millennium written by Arther Trace and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The aim of this book is to call attention to the most famous women who lived---and died---during the last millennium. There are actually thousands and thousands of women during this long period who have a serious claim to being famous, and as a result there may seem to be a certain arbitrariness in the choices of the 234 women whose biographies appear here. It is to be hoped, however, that there will be a general agreement that least upwards of 80 percent of those chosen in this study deserve to be regarded as the most famous. This book makes no claim to "discover" women whose achievements hav not hitherto been properly recognized, for the women's movement has already done much to assure that they have; rather it is just the opposite: to call attention to the contributions of the most famous women who have already established a wide reputation through their achievement, in virtually all of the major fields of endeavor. The book is therefore not intended to be either politically correct or politically incorrect. Rather it presents short biographies of truly famous women of Western civilization in chronological order beginning with the 11th century. A biographical study of this sort tells a great deal about the progress that women have made---and not made---over the past millennium in most of the major areas of achievement. It shows particularly the impact that the gradually expanding education of women has had on the history of Western culture. Even based upon the biographies of so few famous women as appear in this study, it is possible to make some valid observations about the history of their achievements. One may note, for example, that in the early centuries of the millennium most of the famous women were either religious or political figures, or occasionally both, though the same may likewise be said of famous men, because cultural contributions were necessarily limited by the very nature of the times, for both men and women. Many women became saints, just as many men did, though only a few of the influential women saints are represented here. Some influential women religious figures who did not become saints were sometimes charged with being frauds or even witches, as this study shows. One may observe too that among women political figures some wielded enormous power, even during the Middle Ages, at a time when there were no democracies but a plethora of monarchies. Famous women who came to achieve great political power sometimes inherited it, but they were also often queen-consorts of kings who were themselves weak or absent, or occasionally even insane. Women sometimes made their political power felt also through their sons, who often became kings or other men of power but remained under their mothers' influence. Women during these early centuries sometimes achieved power through multiple marriages, which were usually politically arranged. Some had the power of acquiring or giving away large sections of land, of hiring and firing ministers, of declaring war, of achieving peace, of reforming governments, and some, beginning in the 15th and 16th centuries, made many cultural contributions by building buildings and encouraging the arts. Some of them, however, in the end, as this study will show, bec ame so caught up in political intrigue that they suffered as a result of their power by being banished or sent to a nunnery or becoming impoverished, and some were even executed. Some of the women who held power in the early centuries of the millennium ruled over large sections of Italy and France. When they were not the power behind the throne, they were sometimes on the throne. Almost half of 16th century England, for example, was ruled by two women, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Four empresses were rulers in 18th century Rusia, one of them
The Most Influential Female Writers
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Author : Anne Cunningham
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2018-07-15
The Most Influential Female Writers written by Anne Cunningham and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-15 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
Women writers have historically been marginalized. This timely book offers an introduction to influential women writers spanning the globe and time periods with entries from antiquity to the present. The book addresses how history, race, class, and other social categories complicate any single defining category of the woman writer. Presenting a spectrum of diverse women writers and situating them within cultural and critical contexts, readers will understand what defines a successful woman writer, as well as a critical or subversive one.
100 Most Important Women Of The 20th Century
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Author : Lorraine Glennon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-08
100 Most Important Women Of The 20th Century written by Lorraine Glennon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08 with categories.
Selected by a team of top women historians from across the nation & the editors of Ladies' Home Journal,Ó the women in this book helped bring about a major transformation in the role of women in the 20th century. Narrowing the choice down to just 100 names was a daunting task. But some names practically suggested themselves: Eleanor Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan, Margaret Sanger, Mary McLeon Bethune, & Gloria Steinem. Not everyone will agree with every choice made for this book, but these women will influence our lives for untold years to come. They are listed in 7 categories: activists & politicians, writers & journalists, doctors & scientists, entrepreneurs, artists & entertainers, athletes, & pioneers & adventurers. Photos.
Dreamers Of A New Day
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Author : Sheila Rowbotham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Dreamers Of A New Day written by Sheila Rowbotham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
`Magnificent...Definitive.' Tristram Hunt, Observer --
Between The Sheets
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Author : Lesley McDowell
language : en
Publisher: Duckworth Overlook
Release Date : 2010
Between The Sheets written by Lesley McDowell and has been published by Duckworth Overlook this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
From Simone De Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre to Anais Nin and Henry James, McDowell examines the ruinous love affairs of the 20th century's greatest female writers, and these relationships' effects on their craft.