Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: A Supplement - Tapa dura

The index is easy to use...worth purchasing. Recommended for public and undergraduate libraries. * CHOICE * This supplement and the original volume are handy reference sources for locating information on women from June Allyson or Jane Addams to Palmyran empress Zenobia. * Booklist * ...a welcome update... * Library Journal *

Analyzing 380 collections, this supplement to Mrs. Ireland's earlier Index to Women (1970) easily and quickly locates biographical information on women in all periods of history, including current celebrities. Nationality, occupation, dates, and portraits (when found in the book analyzed) are included. Arrangement is alphabetical, and easy-to-use symbols refer to the collections indexed. This is an index of popular rather than scholarly books, as found in public, school, college, and university libraries.