Encyclopedia of women in American history
Contributors: Appleby, Joyce Oldham.; Cheng, Eileen K.; Goodwin, Joanne L.
Publisher: Sharpe Reference; Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Armonk, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 800
Subjects: Women -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: Presents more than nine hundred alphabetized entries and related essays on topics and important figures in the history of American women from 1585 to 2001, as well as several source documents.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Colonization, revolution, and the new nation, 1585-1820 / general editor, Joyce Appleby; title: v. 2. Civil War, western expansion, and industrialization, 1820-1900 / general editor, Eileen K. Cheng; title: v. 3. Suffrage, world war, and modern times, 1900-present / general editor, Joanne L.  Goodwin.