Notable Hispanic American Women
- ISBN-10
- 0787620688
- ISBN-13
- 9780787620684
- Category
- Hispanic American women
- Pages
- 377
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gale / Cengage Learning
- Author
- Joseph M. Palmisano
Description
Contains short biographies of three hundred Hispanic American women who have achieved national or international prominence in a variety of fields.
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