Notable American Women: The Modern Period : a Biographical Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 0674627334
- ISBN-13
- 9780674627338
- Series
- Notable American Women
- Category
- Biography
- Pages
- 773
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Authors
- Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green
Description
Over 400 entries review the lives and careers of outstanding women who died between 1951 and 1975, presenting basic data on ancestry, education, and marital status
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- 2004
- 729 pages
- Paperback
- Harvard University Press
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