Famous American Women: a biographical dictionary from colonial times to the present by edited by Robert McHenryCall Number: HQ1412 .F35 1983
ISBN: 0486245233
From Pocahontas to Twyla Tharp, documents the lives and careers of 1035 distinguished American women in biographical entries of about 400 words. Among them are artists, abolitionists, athletes, poets, businesswomen, diplomats, lawyers, First Ladies, feminists, reformers, teachers, missionaries, doctors, patriots, politicians, singers and socialites.