Publisher's Synopsis
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.
