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Women's almanac 2002 / Doris Weatherford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weatherford, Doris.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Miscellanea.
- Women.
- Women--History--Miscellanea.
- Almanacs.
- History.
- Miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- 380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Women's almanac
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, CT : Oryx Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Presents a tremendous amount of information about women in this country and throughout the world, covering news, contemporary issues, statistics, profiles of notable women, women in U.S. and world history, and provides a bibliography and lists of organizations and Web sites.
- Contents:
- Part 1 News 3
- World News 3
- U.S. News 9
- Obituaries 23
- Part 2 Contemporary Issues 29
- Part 3 Statistical Indicators 59
- Country-by-Country Survey 59
- United States Statistical Portrait 131
- Notable Women of U.S. History 145
- Notable Women of World History 179
- Part 5 History 209
- United States
- Timeline: Women in U.S. History 209
- Women's History, State-by-State 239
- Worldwide
- Timeline: Women in World History 307
- Appendix 1 Calendar of Historical Anniversaries 363
- Appendix 2 Women in Government 365.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-350) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Delphine Okie Richardson Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1573565105
- OCLC:
- 51164886
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