REF HQ1180 .C37 1990. Entries carry useful annotations. A combined encyclopedia with half the entries representing individual biographies and half covering general topics and organizations that impacted black women's lives. Articles are signed, usually illustrated with a portrait, and conclude with a short bibliography. Volume 2 gives a chronology and a detailed 150-page subject index.
Biographies are lengthy, signed, and carry extensive bibliographies.
Only those persons with a death date before the end of 1950 are included. There is a classified index at the back of v. 3. A fourth volume, subtitled The Modern Period, covers women who died between 1951 and 1975. A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies. 1999 Arranged alphabetically by name, each entry carries a biographical sketch and a list of references to full-length biographies of the individual.