Women and Gender Studies Information Resources

Resources in Women Studies

Titles listed in this guide will be found in different departmental libraries. All of the sources are reference materials. The call numbers as well as the location of each resource is listed on the left column within each source description.
Note: Most sources, with the exception of a few, are print resources.

Call Numbers 305	Social Groups
305.31	Men
305.4	Women
305.5	Social Classes
305.8	Racial ethnic, national groups
305.906	Persons by cultural level, marital status, sexual orientation or special social status.
306	Culture and Institutions
306.08	Indigenous racial, ethnic, and national groups
306.2	Political Institutions
306.4	Specific aspect of Culture, i.e. language, science, art, etc.
306.7	Sexual Relations
306.76	Sexual Orientation
306.8	Marriage and Family
306.85	Family
306.89	Separation and Divorce

Abstracts and Indexes
Online through the ORR	Contemporary Women's Issues. 1992-. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258147 This database provides access to information about women from over 190 countries. Indexes over 600 journals, newsletters, research reports and fact sheets. Covers subject areas such as health, education, psychology and sociology. Full text is available for the majority of sources indexed.
Online through the ORR	GenderWatch. 1970-. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258226 This database provides full text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and governmental and special reports. The publications indexed focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. Contains archival material that dates back to 1970.
Online through the ORR	GLBT Life with Full Text. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=395384 Abstracts and indexes a large variety of journals, newspapers, and monographs as well as provides full text for 50 of the most important and historically significant GLBT sources. Many of the sources indexed contain information relevant to women’s studies.
Main Ref 016.815 M316I Main Ref 016.815 M316W	Index to American Women Speakers, 1828-1978. 1980. We Shall Be Heard: An Index to Speeches by American Women, 1978 to 1985. 1988. These two companion sources index speeches given by American women. Index to American Women Speakers indexes speeches from conferences, anthologies, symposia, documentary histories, government documents, and periodicals. Includes a “List of Books Indexed” which must be referenced to in order to locate full citations. Entries consist of name of speaker, title of speech, a brief biography, source title, and page numbers where the speech can be found in the cited source. We Shall Be Heard, indexes speeches from conference and symposium papers, documentary histories, collections of lectures, anthologies in women’s studies, sermons, and government documents. Includes every speech from every senator and congresswoman from 1978 to 1985. Each entry consists of author, title of speech, the source, and page numbers.
Africana/ Afro-Americana Ref Main Ref 016.81108 C366I	Index to Poetry by Black American Women. 1986. Indexes 400 African-American women poets and over 4,000 individual poems. Profiles prolific poets as well as less-familiar ones. Also indexes 185 anonymous poems, traditional folk songs, spirituals, and gospel tunes. The entries are arranged alphabetically. Although outdated this is one of the best and most complete compilations of African-American women poets.
Main Ref 016.9207 IR2I Main Ref 016.9207 IR2ISUP	Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: Biographies and Portraits. 1970. Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: A Supplement. 1988. This index and its supplement provide a list of important women from ancient times to 1987. Arranged by subject into seven categories: Women as Pioneers, Women in History, Patriots and Military Leaders, Religion, Fine Arts, Literature, and Science and Invention. Emphasis is placed on American and British historical figures and only a few contemporary women are included. Each entry consists of dates of birth and death, nationality, occupation, and a list of sources where information about each woman can be obtained.
Main Ref 016.92072 P521s	Subject Guide to Women of the World. 1996. This source was designed to act as a companion piece to Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times (1970) and Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: A Supplement (1988). The above sources list women by last name; this source takes the same women and arranges them by subject and then by last name.
Online through the ORR	Women’s Studies International. 1992-. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258182 “Identifies [sources] on women's studies and feminism.” Indexes nearly 800 different sources from 1972 to the present. Journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, important websites and web documents, and grey literature are all included.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Education Ref Modern Languages Ref 305.4201 H883D1995	The Dictionary of Feminist Theory. 2nd ed. 1995. Presents a “broad, cross-cultural and international account of contemporary feminist thought and describes the conceptual tools we need to understand economic, political and sexual discrimination and the modes of analysis which are useful for feminist politics.” A similar resource of note is Fifty Key Concepts in Gender Studies. 2004 (Education Ref, 305.42 P641f), which defines 50 important concepts that gender studies is built upon.
Architecture and Art Ref Q. 709.22 D561	Dictionary of Women Artists. 1997. This two-volume set provides biographical information on over 600 female artists “from the Middle Ages to the present day, in countries throughout Europe as well as America and Australia." Includes over “20 key survey essays.” Emphasis is historic rather than contemporary. Excludes women born after 1945, architects and interior, garden, and fashion designers. Also profiles less-familiar amateur artists and artists working in the decorative arts.
Education Ref Q. 303.4840973 En19	Encyclopedia of American Social Movements. 2004. Volumes one and two of this four-volume set dedicate an entire section to the Women’s Movement. This section ranges from the “Women’s Social Movement” from 1800-1869 to the “Women’s Movement” from 1990 to the present. Each section includes introductory articles on critical themes, aspects, and events of the movement; biographical portraits of key leaders and figures; excerpts from primary sources and historical documents; and a bibliography.
Main Ref Undergrad Ref 200.820973 En19	Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion. 1998. Entries are alphabetically arranged by topic. Includes biographical entries on 19th and 20th century women of diverse religious faiths, races, and ethnicities; covers many religious denominations as well as witchcraft, ecofeminism and quasi-religions. Includes some topical entries.
English Ref 809.8928703 W617e	Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature. 2004. Includes 70 biographical entries on female writers as well as 20 topical entries. Predominantly American and British in scope, but includes significant authors from other countries who have been published in English. “Each entry includes biographical information, a thorough interpretative summary of at least one major work, a list of her other writings, internal cross-references, and a list of ‘References and Suggested Readings.’ ”
Education Ref Main Ref 305.4203 En195	Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories. 2000. Focuses on the second-wave of feminism that began in the 1960s. Emphasis is placed on the English world, but also includes some aspects of French feminist theory.
Education Ref Main Ref Q. 305.403 En198	Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender. 2001. This two-volume set is arranged alphabetically and covers many topics exploring current research and scholarship conducted on the psychology of women and gender. Attention is given to differences between males and females, and also differences between diverse women.
Education Ref 305.4869703 En19	Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. 2003. Currently, the library has two volumes of this set, “Dedicated to substantive topics of relevance to women and Islamic cultures globally.” Includes 360 entries on women in relation to their roles in the family, law, politics, and other aspects of Islamic cultures around the world.
Main Ref Undergrad Ref Q. 200.82 En19	Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion. 1999. This two-volume source is arranged alphabetically and contains entries on all the world’s religions. Focus of biographical entries is on individual women and their roles in a particular religion. Includes articles on the history of individual religions and their regional variations. Topical entries deal with topics such as adultery which is described in relation to how it is viewed in each religion and how women are viewed in relation to this topic.
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref Main Ref Undergrad Ref Q. 305.4097303 En198	Encyclopedia of Women in American History. 2002. This three-volume set is divided as follows: v. 1. Colonization, revolution, and the new nation, 1585; v. 2. Civil War, western expansion, and industrialization, 1820-1900; v. 3. Suffrage, world war, and modern times, 1900-present. Shorter entries are biographical and topical. Longer articles analyze and interpret the developments in women’s history from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. A similar resource is Encyclopedia of Women's History in America. 2nd ed., 2000 (History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref/ Undergrad Ref Q. 305.40973 C897e2000), which consists of 500 entries that describe events, legislative acts, court cases, organizations, individuals, and publications central to women’s history.
Education Ref Main Ref Undergrad Ref Q. 320.082 En19	Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics. 1999. Consists of 700 alphabetically arranged entries. Includes every woman in the U.S. who has served in a political capacity, as well as significant events, court cases, concepts, and political issues. Contains three appendices: one with primary documents, another with tables, and the final with information on different organizations.
Applied Life Studies Ref Q. 613.04244 En192	Encyclopedia of Women’s Health. 2004. Provides A to Z coverage of important issues affecting women’s health from AIDS to violence. Entries are written from medical, psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, historical and legal perspectives. Of note is the special focus on some issues as they apply to minority women, rural women, the elderly, and other underserved populations.
Main Ref 305.42 G856a Main Ref 305.42 G856c Main Ref 305.42 G856e Main Ref 305.42 G856m Main Ref 305.42 G856n Main Ref 305.42 G856s	The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide: Asia and Oceania. 2003. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide: Central and South America. 2003. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide: Europe. Desai. 2003. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide: The Middle East and North Africa. 2003. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide. North America and the Caribbean. 2003. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa. 2003. This six-volume set presents authoritative, comprehensive, and current data on a broad range of contemporary women’s issues in more than 130 countries. Each volume is divided into chapters on a specific country or a group of countries within a region. Each chapter covers education, employment and the economy, family and sexuality, health, politics and law, religion and spirituality, and violence. Each entry lists special organizations that deal with women’s issues in that particular country.
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref 305.4096703 Sh434h	Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2005. Provides 1,000 alphabetically arranged entries on notable African women in history, politics, religion, and the arts from the 10th century to 2004. Includes entries on important organizations and publications.
Main Ref Q. 305.40973 H629	A History of Women in the United States: State-by-State Reference. 2004. This four-volume set is organized alphabetically by state. Short biographical profiles for each state entry provide brief accounts of important women within that state. Includes a list of prominent places in each state that played a crucial role in women's history. Includes visual materials such as state maps, timelines, and photographs. An appendix provides a chronology (1530-2003), a number of primary documents, statistical tables, and a general bibliography.
Main Ref Undergrad Ref 324.62303 H195i	International Encyclopedia of Women’s Suffrage. 2000. Demonstrates “the international dimensions of the demand for women’s rights to vote.” Focuses on U.S and the U.K, but a number of countries from the five continents are also mentioned. Entries range from half of a page to a page in length, include images, and are cross-referenced with “see also.” Provides a useful chronology that lists the year women obtained full suffrage in individual countries.
Main Ref 920.07209924 J556	Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. 1997. This two-volume encyclopedia includes 800 biographies of individual Jewish women and 110 topical entries. Includes women who were born or immigrated to America, whose major accomplishment were achieved in America, and women who were educated in America but emigrated and achieved much in another country. Entries include pictures and are approximately two pages long, and contain a bibliography.
Education Ref 305.4203 Ic72001	The Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminism. 2001. This source is divided into two parts. Part I consists of four essay that give an “overview of the development of feminist thought in Great Britain and America, and examine the impact of the theories and ideas on various areas of culture.” Part II provides information about feminism’s most prominent thinkers, activists, performers and writers.
Education Ref Undergraduate Ref Q. 305.403 R765	Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women’s Issues and Knowledge. 2000. This four-volume encyclopedia focuses on ideas and actions in relation to women and does not contain biographical entries. It consists of 13 thematic categories: 1. Arts and Literature 2. Culture and Communication 3. Ecology and the Environment 4. Economy and Development 5. Education 6. Health, Reproduction and Sexuality 7. History and Philosophy of Feminism 8. Households and Families 9. Politics and the State 10. Religion and Spirituality 11. Science and Technology 12. Violence and peace 13. Women’s Studies. Articles are arranged in an alphabetical order across themes.
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref Main Ref Q. 973.7082 H231w	Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia. 2004. Provides information about the diverse roles women played in the U.S. Civil War. Includes a total of 128 entries, both thematic and biographical, some of which are on famous women but a number on unknown women. Sources for the entries include women’s diaries and correspondence, pamphlets, memoirs, newspaper accounts, essays, and fiction.
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref 305.4090203 W842	Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia. 2004. This two-volume set contains over 300 entries on individual women “and on broad topics relating to the experience of women in Europe and elsewhere in the world between the 2nd and 15th centuries C.E.” Focuses on European and American women in the literary professions, but also “endeavored to include more neglected achievements, social classes, occupations, creeds, and even sexual preferences.” A similar resource is the Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages, Jennifer Lawler, (History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref 305.40902 L423e), which provides a “a brief introduction to the world in which medieval women lived, an A to Z reference to medieval women, and the various aspects of their lives, a glossary that defines general terms.”
Education Ref 305.4203 W842	The Women’s Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism. 2006. This two-volume set provides information about the “third-wave” of the women’s movement which began in 1991. Volume one consists of 200 A-Z entries, which focus on U.S pop culture. Thirty-seven of the 200 entries are biographical and cover a diverse range of individuals. Volume two contains primary documents, mostly "nonfiction pieces from crucial books and magazines."
Main Ref 305.403 W842 1999	Women’s Studies Encyclopedia. 1999. This three-volume set provides “information about women from all fields and disciplines of study.” Focus is on women in the United States.
Education Ref 324.6230941 C856w	The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. 2001. Profiles 400 individuals and 800 organizations involved with the women’s suffrage movement from the 1860s to 1920s in Britain.

Statistics
Education Ref 305.43329 M363a	The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics 2002. 2001. Includes chapters on women in American politics as well as chapters on African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Native minorities, and gays and lesbians in American politics.
ACES Ref Govt Documents Main Ref Q. 306.85097 302 St29 1999	Statistical Handbook On the American Family. 1999. Provides statistics on the following subjects: Marriage – Quality of marriage and family life – Divorce and separation – Children – Sexual attitudes and behaviors and contraceptive use – Living arrangements and kinship ties – Working women, wives, and mothers – Demographic and economic context – Child care.
Education Ref Govt Documents Q. 305.40973 T122S 1996	Statistical Handbook On Women in America. 2nd ed. 1996. Includes 260 tables and 80 charts with statistics up to 1994. Sources include federal government (some unpublished tables) and nongovernmental publications. Divided into four main sections: A. Demographic Events and Characteristics; B. Employment and Economic Status; C. Health Characteristics; D. Social Characteristics.
Main Ref Q. 305.4021 ST29 1995	Statistical Record of Women Worldwide. 2nd ed. 1995. “Brings together actual statistical data on the lives and status of women throughout the world from a wide variety of sources—government and nongovernment, U.S. and international, published and unpublished—in a single accessible and affordable compilation.” The coverage is 60% U.S and 40% International. Dates range from 1970 to 1994.
Latest Volume In Govt. Documents UN.ST/ESA/S7	The World’s Women: Trends and Statistics. “Includes a set of statistical tables, presented at the end of each chapter, containing data for up to 220 countries or areas.”

Bibliographies
Africana/Afro-Americana Ref Main Ref 016.30548896 T368a	African American Women: An Annotated Bibliography. 2001. Contains theoretical and empirical work and works published by large and small regional presses. Materials included were published between 1975 and 1999.
Main Ref Undergrad Ref Q. 016.305407 R227	Reader’s Guide to Women’s Studies. 1998. “Provides brief discussions of some of the best books on over 500 topics and individuals in women’s studies.”
Education Ref Govt Documents 016.3054 H878u	United States Government Documents On Women, 1800-1990: A Comprehensive Bibliography. 1993-. “7,000 documents are described in two volumes, and the documents represent most of the published reports of agencies, commissions, and Congress on women or on topics directly affecting women’s health and welfare.”
Education Main Ref 016.3014242 St5w 2004	Women’s Studies: A Recommended Bibliography. 2004. This fully annotated source is divided into 19 chapters. Each chapter lists reference sources, monographs, 1999 core titles,and world wide web/internet sites.

Biographical Sources
Education Ref 303.484 L269a	A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists. 2002. Includes 145 biographical entries. Covers the period from 1800 to 1959. Includes women who did the following: educated women and children; obtained legal change through nonviolent direct action; influenced women’s voting rights; and contributed to women’s self-help efforts.
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref Main Ref 920.72 K955a	A to Z of Women in World History. 2002. 260 women are included. Women profiled are business leaders, lawyers, fashion designers, journalists, religious leaders, rulers, scholars, science and health practitioners, visual artists, rights activists and writers. Includes cross-references to show how a specific women discussed was influenced by other women in the source. Each entry includes essential facts on the woman and some context of the world she lived in.
Main Ref Undergrad Ref 509.2273 B153A	American Women In Science: A Biographical Dictionary. 1994. Arranged alphabetically by career and then by the last name, this volume consists of 500 biographical entries on American women in various fields of science who began their careers before 1950. Entries include full name, dates of birth and death, profession, education, employment history, and marital status, as well as a biographical sketch with a list of cited sources. This volume is updated by American Women In Science: 1950 to the Present: A Biographical Dictionary. 1998 (Biology Ref/Main Ref/ Undergrad Ref 500.82092273 B151a).
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref Main Ref Undergrad Ref Q. 509.22 B524	The Biographical Dictionary of Women In Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times To the Mid-20th Century. 2000. This two-volume set “demonstrates the wide variety of science-related activities in which women have been involved throughout history.” Profiles 2500 women scientists the ancient times to living scientists born before 1910 or those born more recently but who have since died.
Undergrad Ref Q. 305.48896073 B561 2005	Black Women in America. 2nd ed. 2005. This three-volume set chronicles the history of African-American women from 1619 to 2004. Includes approximately 150 topical and over 335 biographical entries.
Main Ref 920.720869 L715E	European Immigrant Women in the United States: A Biographical Dictionary. 1994. Provides “basic biographical information and bibliography on well-known and unknown European immigrant women in the U.S from the post-revolutionary era to the present,” but excludes all living women. Includes 239 entries with biographical summaries of the women’s lives and careers.
Main Ref 920.7203 Ex87	Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary. 2000. Provides basic information on approximately 70 women, some well-known and others obscure, from 18 countries and 19 fields of endeavor. Most women included lived between the tenth and the seventieth centuries. Mostly Western European women are included, but a few women from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and India are also represented.
Education Ref Main Ref 920.7208997 N213 2001	Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. 2nd ed. 2001. Provides over 250 biographical entries on Native American women born between 1499 and 1965. Focus is on Cherokee and Sioux women. “Features familiar historical figures and lesser-known contemporary women.”
Main Ref Undergrad Ref History, Philosophy, & Newspaper Ref 920.7 N843	Notable American Women, 1607-1950. 1971. This three-volume set contain information about 1,359 women who died between 1607 and 1950. Entries consist of name, dates, career/profession, and a lengthy annotated bibliography with primary and secondary sources. Wives of presidents are excluded. In addition to the original three-volume set, two other volumes extend the coverage of this source. Notable American Women: The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary (Education Ref/ Main Ref/ History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Ref 920.7 N8431) which includes 442 women who died between 1951 to 1975, and Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century (Main Ref 920.720973 N843) which “profiles 483 women who died between Jan. 1, 1976 and Dec. 31, 1999.”
Africana/ Afro-Americana Ref Main Ref Undergrad Ref Q. 920.7208996 N843	Notable Black American Women. 1992-2003. “This work defines the lives of [black] women from colonial times to the present.” Lists 300 women born between 1686 and 1970. To be included a woman has to be a pioneer, an important entrepreneur, leading businesswoman, literary or creative figure, a leader of a social or human justice movement, a major government official, a creative figure in performing arts, a noted orator or public speaker, educator or leader.
Main Ref Undergrad Ref Q. 920.7008968 N843	Notable Hispanic American Women. 1983. Includes 300 biographical entries. Women from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, or Spanish-speaking Central or South America are included. Focus is on contemporary women, but a few historical figures are also mentioned. For additional biographies on Hispanic women see Notable Hispanic American Women: Book II. 1998 (Main Ref Q. 920.7008968 N8431998). This volume provides biographies not included in the earlier volume.
Main Ref 920.72098 N843	Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. 2001. Provides information about 72 outstanding Spanish and Portuguese-speaking women “in the fields of politics, the visual arts, religion, government, education, literature, popular culture, and the sciences.” Women included were born after 1900.
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref 920.72 P1752005	The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography. 4th ed. 2005. “Contains essential details of the lives of over 2100 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life.” Both historical and contemporary in scope; includes women from Third World Countries.
Main Ref 305.420922 W842	Women Public Speakers In the United States, 1800-1925: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook. 1993. Entries are about 10 pages long; each entry provides background information and discusses the professional life of each woman and her life as a speaker. Cites collections of writings or speeches of each woman, and provides a selected bibliography. Excludes minorities. This source is updated and continued by Women Public Speakers In the United States, 1925-1993: A Bio-critical Sourcebook. 1994 (Main Ref 305.420922 W8421994), which addresses some omissions of “past scholarship and publication” and adds two new sections not included in the previous volumes: Rhetorical Significance and Rhetorical Strategies.

Chronologies and Timelines
Main Ref 305.409 C468	Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places & Events that Shaped Women's History. 1997. Provides information on “important people, places, and events in the history of women from ancient times” to 1996. Divided into four parts by chronological sections, and then by subject such as activism, administration, sports, etc. Includes a historical timeline from 40,000 B.C. to 1996, a section on myths and legends, and excerpts from primary documents.
Main Ref Undergrad Ref 305.420973 C793w	What American Women Did, 1789-1920: A Year-by-Year Reference. 2001. “Provides a broad picture of what women did and thought, portraying their many activities and accomplishments and the events, trends, movements, and forces affecting them.” The entries are organized chronologically and most are biographical, but a few are on organizations and topics. Includes many pictures with detailed captures.
Undergrad Ref 305.40202 F847W1998	The Wilson Chronology of Women's Achievements: A Record of Women's Achievements from Ancient Times to Present. 1998. Chronicles the history of women from Venus down to Janet Reno. Lists thousands of women, works, and events that had a significant effect on women’s history. Arranged by date and then by subject. Subjects include Politics/Law/War/, Religion/Education/Everyday Life, Science/Technology/Medicine, and Arts/Literature. Includes quotations and excerpts throughout the work.
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref Main Ref Undergrad Ref 305.409 T677W	Women's Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record from Prehistory to the Present. 1994 Follows the history of women and their achievements from approximately 3 million B.C. to 1993. Arranged by year in two columns to a page. More than 3,500 women and 13,000 events are mentioned.
Main Ref 908.2 W842	Women's Firsts. 1997. Provides information on nearly 2,500 landmark achievement by women from the ancient times to 1994. Includes a timeline of events from 40,000 B.C. to 1994. Arranged by subject matter into chapters. Biographical and topical entries in each chapter are further arranged chronological. Each entry is followed by sources where the information for each entry was obtained.

Quotation Sources
Main Ref 305.4 K472a	American Proverbs About Women: A Reference Guide. 1998. Contains quotations about women. Arranged in chapters by the “type” of woman and stereotypical “characteristics” that women are supposed to exhibit. (i.e. “Wives and Marriage,” “Virtuous Women,” etc.) Each chapter is introduced by an essay.
Main Ref Q. 808.88 P258q 2001	The Quotable Woman: The First 5,000 Years. 2001. Includes quotes from 3,667 women from all around the world. 952 of these women are from non-English speaking countries, but only English translations are included. The quotations included range from Eve (pre-4000 B.C.E) to 1996. To be included, the quotations not only have to be informative but they have to be inspirational.

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