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Women's and Gender Studies

Library resources for research in Women's and Gender Studies

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Biography Index
Reference CT100 .X2 B2 (1946-2002 only)

Current Biography (and Current Biography Yearbook)
Reference CT 100 .C8 (1942-2010 only)

American National Biography
Reference CT213 .A68 1999 and 2002 supplement

Continuum Dictionary of Women's Biography
Reference CT3202 .C66 1989

Notable American Women 1607-1950
Reference CT3260 .N57

Notable American Women: The Modern Period
Reference CT3260 .N573

Notable American Women: Completing the Twentieth Century
Reference CT3260 .N5725 2004

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
Reference HQ1121 .O93 2008

Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World
Reference HQ1127 .S25 2001

Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World
Reference HQ1143 .E93 2000

Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times
General Stacks HQ1123 .I74 1970 (check Status)
Supplement HQ1123 .I74 1988

 

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