A Historical Dictionary Of British Women

This reference book, containing the biographies of more than 1,100 notable British women from Boudicca to Barbara Castle, is an absorbing record of female achievement spanning some 2,000 years of British life.Most of the lives included are those of women whose work took them in some way before the p...

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Main Author Hartley, Cathy
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 2005
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Europa
Edition2
Subjects
Annuals, Yearbooks, Periodicals & Almanacs
Biographical Reference
Women
Women - Great Britain - History - Dictionaries
college
newnham
astronomical
CBE
Adelaide
Richard III
Nephews
Royal Academy
Nursery
Mistress
Newnham College
society
Haymarket
Follow
Large Family
Maiden
drury
Somerville College
Essex
North
Fellowships
Countess
lane
Tour
Superb
USA
Historical Dictionary
natural
Cathedral
suffrage
women's
Held
Duke Of York
Post-war
royal
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Summary:This reference book, containing the biographies of more than 1,100 notable British women from Boudicca to Barbara Castle, is an absorbing record of female achievement spanning some 2,000 years of British life.Most of the lives included are those of women whose work took them in some way before the public and who therefore played a direct and important role in broadening the horizons of women. Also included are women who influenced events in a more indirect way: the wives of kings and politicians, mistresses, ladies in waiting and society hostesses.Originally published as The Europa Biographical Dictionary of British Women, this newly re-worked edition includes key figures who have died in the last 20 years, such as The Queen Mother, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, Elizabeth Jennings and Christina Foyle.
ISBN:9781857432282
1857432282
DOI:10.4324/9780203403907