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Black women in America : an Historical Encyclopedia

This is a comprehensive guide to the lives of 641 individual black women, most of whom are significant on a national level. There are also entries to more than 150 general topics and organizations involving Black women. Listed alphabetically, the signed entries have bibliographies and many have photographs. The length of the articles vary from one or two columns to multiple pages, especially for the topical entries. Entries are balanced and easily comprehensible. The appendices include a chronology, a classified bibliography, including a directory of research centers, and the biographies classified by occupations. There is an extensive index. Recommended as a first purchase among the new biographical sources about Black women for high school libraries.

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  • "Provides biographies and topical essays discussing the important roles Black women have played in American history."
  • "This is a comprehensive guide to the lives of 641 individual black women, most of whom are significant on a national level. There are also entries to more than 150 general topics and organizations involving Black women. Listed alphabetically, the signed entries have bibliographies and many have photographs. The length of the articles vary from one or two columns to multiple pages, especially for the topical entries. Entries are balanced and easily comprehensible. The appendices include a chronology, a classified bibliography, including a directory of research centers, and the biographies classified by occupations. There is an extensive index. Recommended as a first purchase among the new biographical sources about Black women for high school libraries."@en
  • "This is a comprehensive guide to the lives of 641 individual black women, most of whom are significant on a national level. There are also entries to more than 150 general topics and organizations involving Black women. Listed alphabetically, the signed entries have bibliographies and many have photographs. The length of the articles vary from one or two columns to multiple pages, especially for the topical entries. Entries are balanced and easily comprehensible. The appendices include a chronology, a classified bibliography, including a directory of research centers, and the biographies classified by occupations. There is an extensive index. Recommended as a first purchase among the new biographical sources about Black women for high school libraries."
  • ""Women such as Venus and Serena Williams, Condoleezza Rice, Carol Moseley Braun, Ruth Simmons, and Ann Fudge have become household names for their remarkable contributions to sports, politics, academia, and business. In nearly 600 entries, Black Women in America celebrates the remarkable achievements of black women throughout history, highlights their ongoing contributions in America today, and represents the new research the first edition helped to generate.""

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  • "Biografische woordenboeken (vorm)"
  • "Wörterbuch"
  • "Biographie"
  • "Lexikon"
  • "Verzeichnis"
  • "Encyclopedias"
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  • "enciklopedije"
  • "Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Encyclopedieën (vorm)"
  • "Encyclopédie (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Electronic reference sources"
  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"
  • "Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)"
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  • "Black women in America : an Historical Encyclopedia"@en
  • "Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia"@en
  • "Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia"
  • "Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia Vol. 1 A - L"
  • "Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia, volume 2, M-Z"
  • "Black women in America an historical encyclopedia"@en
  • "Black women in America"@en
  • "Black women in America"
  • "Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia Vol. 2 M - Z"
  • "Black women in america"@en

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