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Article: Notable Black American Women, Book III.(Book review)
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- Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
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- January 1, 2006
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Jessie Carney Smith, ed., NOTABLE BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN, Book III. New York: Thomson Gale, 2003. 881p. photos. index. $145.00, ISBN 0-7876-6494-4.
This is the third in a series that began in 1992 of excellent biographical dictionaries of prominent historical and contemporary African American women. For each volume, women were eligible for inclusion if they met one or more of the following criteria: pioneer in a particular endeavor, important entrepreneur, leading businesswoman, literary or creative figure of stature, leader of social or human justice, major governmental or organizational official, or distinguished scholar or educator. In the second volume, in many ...