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Woman's record, or, Sketches of all distinguished women, from "the beginning" till A.D. 1850 : arranged in four eras, with selections from female writers of every age / by Sarah Josepha Hale ; illustrated by two hundred and thirty portraits, engraved on wood by Lossing and Barritt .
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1853 Hale
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Biography.
- Women.
- Genre:
- Marbled edges (Binding)
- Physical Description:
- xlviii, 17-904 p. : ports. ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Woman's record
- Sketches of all distinguished women, from "the beginning" till A.D. 1850
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper & Brothers, 1853.
- Summary:
- Biographical sketches of distinguished women throughout the world, although women of western Judeo-Christian culture predominate.
- Notes:
- "List of authorities": p. 904.
- Includes index.
- Advertisements following p. 904.
- Many of the entries in this book generated correspondence between Hale and the subject that is contained in the archival collections of the Athenaeum.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Rebound in green buckram, retaining original marbled edges.
- Athenaeum copy: Formerly the property of the Michigan State Library.
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- Cited in:
- BAL 6880.
- OCLC:
- 1385629
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