A unique peak into the lives of women authors like Abigail Adams, Aphra Behn, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
...its emergence in paperback is extremely welcome....on a large number of the writers included this is literally the only modern source to which we can turn. American Behavioral Scientist
This dictionary, consisting of almost 500 short essays on major and minor British and American women writers, is a major contribution to the field of women's literature...Recommended for undergraduate or graduate libraries, especially those serving women's studies programs. Choice Reviews
...the first reference that has collected in one place information on the lives and works of women who were writing during the extraordinarily productive period from 1660 to 1800....it serves as an important foundation for further literary and women's studies scholarship. Bookman's Weekly
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