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Overview
Until recent times, the history of women has been relegated to a secondary status, the accomplishment of women either ignored or simply unknown. Now in The Timetables of Women's History, Karen Greenspan gathers the most important events and people in Women's History into one lively, accessible volume that celebrates the achievements of women through the ages. Thousands of chronological entries are organized into categories such as Statecraft/Military, Education, Humanities/Fine Arts, Performing Arts/Entertainment/Sports, and General Context. There is a separate category for Daily Life/Customs/Practices, which notes changes and trends in the domestic sphere - from the appearance of the bustle in the 1860s to the opening of the first birth control clinic in the United States in 1917 to the decision by The New York Times to adopt the term "Ms." in 1986. The Timetables of Women's History highlights the accomplishments of women not only in the United States, but throughout the world, noting, for example, that female physicians were granted legal permission to practice in England in 1877, that the first known ruler of Japan was a woman, and that Frenchwomen were given the right to vote in 1944 (the women of mainland China gained the vote in 1974). Illustrated with more than 100 photographs and line drawings, this volume also includes a series of essays covering a variety of related topics such as twentieth-century women of science, modern women warriors, and great female blues singers. Biographical sketches note the wide range of achievements of women from Sappho to Sylvia Plath, from Queen Victoria to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and from the "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind to Janis Joplin. Comprehensive in its scope and sure to be of interest to everyone from scholars to students to browsers, The Timetables of Women's History is a valuable and delighful reference source.Published to coincide with Women's History Month, this valuable reference highlights the contributions of women throughout history and the world. Includes more than 6,000 entries, arranged chronologically, organized into categories, with biographical profiles on prominent figures, overviews of key topics and issues, and supplemented with black-and-white photos.
Editorials
Library Journal
Greenspan (English, Skidmore) offers a third recent chronology of women's history, complementing James Trager's The Women's Chronology and Kirstin Olsen's Chronology of Women's History (both LJ 8/94). Greenspan's work differs from the other two primarily in layout, the utilization of the double-page grid of other timetables titles, and the inclusion of nearly 100 short essays. The essays include biographical sketches and topics such as housework, dowry, pornography, Renaissance artists, women in early Islam, and the feminization of poverty. Unfortunately, there are no bibliographies for these essays, nor is there a bibliography for the work as a whole. In a comparison of several entries, Greenspan has little overlap with either Trager or Olsen. Appropriate for school, public, and undergraduate collections. (Index and several essays not seen.)-Patricia A. Beaber, Trenton State Coll. Lib., N.J.Booknews
A year-by-year chronology of women's history, from the Bronze Age to 1992. Brief entries on statecraft, the military, education, arts, sports, and daily life are wedged between time lines with b&w photos and illustrations, with some 70 short essays running at the bottoms of pages. Essay topics include women warriors, women in ancient India, witchcraft, Renaissance women artists, and American women in law. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
March 1, 1996
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pages
464
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780684815794