Edited by Bonnie G. Smith
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, edited by Bonnie G. Smith,
captures the experiences of women throughout history in a far-reaching, four-volume
work. Although there has been extensive research on women in history by region, no other
text or reference work has comprehensively covered the role women have played throughout
world history. With over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical
articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society,
organizations, movements, and gender studies,
Women in World History is the
definitive reference work in the field.
In the past thirty years there has been
an explosion of research and an effort to present the experiences and contributions of
women not only in the Western world, but across the globe. Scholars have investigated
women’s daily lives in virtually every area and researched the leadership
roles women have filled across times and regions. They have found that there is
virtually no historical, social, or demographic change in which women have not been
involved and by which their lives have not been affected.
Women in World History
helps tell this story, illuminating how women worldwide have influenced and been
influenced by these historical, social, and demographic changes.
Bonnie G. Smith
is Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers University and the Director of the
Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University. She received her Ph.D. from the
University of Rochester and is the author of
The Gender of History: Men, Women, and
Historical Practice; Global Feminisms: A Survey of Issues and Controversies;
Gendering Disability; and The Medieval and Early Modern World.
e-reference edition ISBN: 9780195337860
Print edition ISBN: 9780195148909
Print edition publication date:
2008
Publishing history: First published 2008
Copyright: © Oxford University Press 2008
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