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AMERICAN WOMEN ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

Publication: Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
Publication Date: 01-JAN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: AMERICAN WOMEN ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS.(Shapers of the Great Debate on Women's Rights: A Biographical Dictionary)(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Joyce Duncan, SHAPERS OF THE GREAT DEBATE ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008. (Shapers of the great American debates, no.9.) 232p. bibl. index. $75.00, ISBN 978-0313338694; ebook, ISBN 978-0313082443 (contact publisher for price).

College lecturer Joyce Duncan aims to awaken student's appreciation for women's history by introducing them to the major figures in the fight for women's rights, starting with Fanny Wright (1795-1852) and ending with Rebecca Walker (1969-). As a historical narrative in the great-woman tradition, this book can be recommended as an engaging and inspirational resource. As a biographical dictionary, however, judged by the usual criteria applied to reference books, it is disappointing.

At the outset, the title promises more than the volume delivers. A more accurate title would be FEMALE Shapers of the Great Debate on AMERICAN Women's...

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