The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History captures the experiencesof women throughout world history in a comprehensive, 4-volume work. Althoughthere has been extensive research on women in history by region, no text orreference work has comprehensively covered the role women have played throughoutworld history. The past thirty years have seen an explosion of research and effort to presentthe experiences and contributions of women not only in the Western world butacross the globe. Historians have investigated womens daily lives in virtuallyevery region and have researched the leadership roles women have filled acrosstime and region. They have found and demonstrated that there is virtually nohistorical, social, or demographic change in which women have not been involvedand by which their lives have not been affected. The Oxford Encyclopedia ofWomen in World History benefits greatly from these efforts and experiences, andilluminates how women worldwide have influenced and been influenced by thesehistorical, social, and demographic changes. The Encyclopedia contains over 1,300 signed articles arranged in an A-Z formatfor ease of use. The entries cover six main areas: biographies; geography andhistory; comparative culture and society, including adoption, abortion,performing arts; organizations and movements, such as the Egyptian Uprising, andthe Paris Commune; womens and gender studies; and topics in world history thatinclude slave trade, globalization, and disease. With its rich and insightfulentries by leading scholars and experts, this reference work is sure to be avalued, go-to resource for scholars, college and high school students, andgeneral readers alike.

Bonnie G. Smith is a Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and has published widely.