737 pages
Purchase Details
Paperback, 0-14-051406-6
Publication date: 1998
Readership: For schools, colleges and universities. The Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women is also a fascinating book for everyone to browse through.

The entirely new, stimulating, and informative Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women has entries on women from all over the world, and through the ages:

A significant number of clear and concise biographies, on figures such as Marie Curie, Yingchao Deng, Diana, Princess of Wales, Nell Gwyn, Pope Joan, Sappho, Mary Shelley, and Mai Zetterling.
Biographies on major figures, from politicians, saints and scientists, to poets, film stars and writers, among many others.
A detailed network of cross-references.