Famous Women

Famous Women

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780674011304

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Giovanni Boccaccio devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is this text, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women.


Notable Black American Women

Notable Black American Women

Author: Jessie Carney Smith

Publisher: VNR AG

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 842

ISBN-13: 9780810391772

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Arranged alphabetically from "Alice of Dunk's Ferry" to "Jean Childs Young," this volume profiles 312 Black American women who have achieved national or international prominence.


Almost Famous Women

Almost Famous Women

Author: Megan Mayhew Bergman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-01-06

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1476786569

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Nearly every story in this collection is based on a woman who attained some celebrity, from Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter, Allegra, to Oscar Wilde's troubled niece, Dolly.


Great Men And Famous Women

Great Men And Famous Women

Author: Charles Francis Horne

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781022616073

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Part of a larger biographical series, this book examines the lives and legacies of some of the world's most famous artists and authors. Featuring well-known figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, and Michelangelo, as well as lesser-known artists and authors, this book offers an engaging and informative glimpse into the lives of these creative geniuses. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Notable American Women

Notable American Women

Author: Barbara Sicherman

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 818

ISBN-13: 9780674627338

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Modeled on the "Dictionary of American Biography, "this set stands alone but is a good complement to that set which contained only 700 women of 15,000 entries. The preparation of the first set of "Notable American Women" was supported by Radcliffe College. It includes women from 1607 to those who died before the end of 1950; only 5 women included were born after 1900. Arranged throughout the volumes alphabetically, entries are from 400 to 7,000 words and have bibliographies. There is a good introductory essay and a classified lest of entries in volume three.


Notable Women Scientists

Notable Women Scientists

Author: Pamela Proffitt

Publisher: Gale Research International, Limited

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13:

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Biographical profiles of 500 women around the world who have made significant contributions to the field of science, from antiquity to the present.


Notable Women in the Physical Sciences

Notable Women in the Physical Sciences

Author: Benjamin F. Shearer

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1997-04-30

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13:

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Each entry provides a fact box outlining major life events and career milestones and concludes with sources for further reading. Forty-seven photographs complement the text. Disciplines covered include astronomy, astrophysics, bacteriology, biochemistry, biophysics, cancer researh, chemistry, nuclear physics, and physics.


De viris et feminis aetate nostra Florentibius

De viris et feminis aetate nostra Florentibius

Author: Paolo Giovio

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780674055056

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Paolo Giovio's dialogue provides an informed perspective on the sack of Rome in 1527, from a friend of Pope Clement VII. The work discusses literary style and whether the vernacular could surpass Latin as a vehicle for literary expression. This volume includes a fresh edition of the Latin text and the first translation into English.