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Women's History & Studies: Reference Books

Selected resources for finding books, articles, and more on topics in women's history.

Reference Books

Reference Books

A to Z of American Women in the Performing Arts
  R 791.082 So591a

Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics
  R 301.592 M364a 1999

American Women in Science: 1950 to the Present
  R 500.82092273 B153am 1998

Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women
  R 301.4120922 L626b

Biographical Dictionary of English Women Writers, 1580-1720
  R 820.99287 B52

Biographical Dictionary of Women Artists in Europe and America Since 1850
  R 709.22 D918b

Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras
  R 785.0922 H192b2

Chronology of Women’s History
  R 301.412 OL85c

Contemporary American Women Poets
  R 811.54099287 C7665

Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers
  R 813.5099 C7672

Contemporary American Women Sculptors
  R 730.922 W339c

Contemporary Women Artists
  R 709.22 C768

Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800
  R 928.2 D561

Dictionary of Women Artists
  R 709.22 D561

Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
  R 709.22 P452d

Domestic Violence Sourcebook
  R 362.8292 D668
 
Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia
  R 973.917092 R677YeL

Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion
  R 200.820973 B441e

Encyclopedia of British Women Writers
  R 820.9928703 En195 1998

Encyclopedia of Women and Crime
  R 364.082 En195

Encyclopedia of Women and Gender
  R 301.41203 En193

Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America
  R 796.082 En195 1998

Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion
  R 200.82 En195 1999

Encyclopedia of Women in American History
  R 301.412 En194 2002

Encyclopedia of Women in the American West
  R 305.420978 En198

Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World
  R 301.412090103 Sa345e

Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
  R 301.24203 R182e

Encyclopedia of Women’s Health Issues
  R 613.0424403 G252e

Encyclopedia of Women’s History in America
  R 301.412 C897e2

Enslaved women in America: An Encyclopedia
  R 306.362 E59
 
From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music
  R 781.7296 W152f

Handbook of American Women’s History
  R 301.412 H191 2000

Historical Dictionary of British Women
  R 920.72 H6293 2003

Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs
  R 338.04 O621h

History of Women in the U.S.
  R 305.4 H6299

Icons of Beauty: Art, Culture, and the Image of Women
  R 704.9424 M269
 
International Encyclopedia of Women & Sports
  R 796.082 In855 2001

Jewish Women in America Historical Encyclopedia
  R 920.72089924 J556

Modern Women Writers
  R 809.89287 M7208

Native American Women Biographical Dictionary
  R 970.2 A1 N213 2001

North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
  R 709.22 N812

Notable Black American Women
  R 920.7208996 N843

Notable Hispanic American Women
  R 920.72 N899

Notable Women in Mathematics
  R 510.922 N843

Notable Women in the Life Sciences
  R 574.0922 N843

Notable Women in the Physical Sciences
  R 500.20922 N843

Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports in America
  R 796.0820922 W888o2

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
  R 305.4203 O984
 
Quotable Woman
  R 301.412 Q575 2001

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women
  R 301.412 R765 2000

Statistical Record of Women Worldwide
  R 305.4021 St2966

Women in American Politics: History and Milestones 
  R 324.082 W362
 
Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy
  R 809.3876 W872
 
Women in the American Civil War
  R 973.7082 W87246
 
Women in World History
  R 305.42 W8724

Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe
  R 809.89287 N843

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