The Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of women's biography / original compiler and editor, Jennifer S. Uglow ; assistant editor on first edition (for science, mathematics, and medicine), Frances Hinton
Edition
4th ed. / revising editor on 3rd and 4th eds., Maggy Hendry
Foreword to First Edition -- Acknowledgements to First Edition -- A Note and Acknowledgements to Third Edition -- A Note and Acknowledgements to Fourth Edition -- Additional Reference Sources -- A Note on Presentation -- The Dictionary -- Subject Index
Summary
Includes women who have hit the headlines in the five years since the last edition. Corrects some notable omissions such as Yoko Ono. Historical coverage has been broadened as well as coverage of all parts of the world
Notes
Revised edition of: The Northeastern dictionary of women's biography. 3rd ed. 1999