Women Leaders of Europe and the Western Hemisphere: A Biographical Reference

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Xlibris Corporation, Aug 11, 2009 - Biography & Autobiography - 303 pages
Women Leaders of Europe and the Western Hemisphere offers short biographical entries on women, both famous and obscure, holding the reins of power from ancient times up to the present day on three continents. In addition to these alphabetically and regionally arranged entries, two essays present often astonishing anecdotes concerning many of these forgotten women, bringing them to life and imbuing their stories with all the flamboyance and drama of an epic movie. Its companion book covers women leaders from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific.
 

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Contents

Section 1
7
Section 2
13
Section 3
17
Section 4
36
Section 5
53
Section 6
68
Section 7
73
Section 8
90
Section 26
216
Section 27
219
Section 28
225
Section 29
233
Section 30
243
Section 31
250
Section 32
253
Section 33
255

Section 9
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Section 10
98
Section 11
105
Section 12
114
Section 13
131
Section 14
132
Section 15
138
Section 16
181
Section 17
182
Section 18
184
Section 19
190
Section 20
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Section 21
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Section 22
205
Section 23
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Section 24
211
Section 25
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Section 34
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Section 35
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Section 36
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Section 37
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Section 38
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Section 39
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Section 40
276
Section 41
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Section 42
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Section 43
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Section 44
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Section 45
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Section 46
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Section 47
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Section 48
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Women Leaders of Europe and the Western Hemisphere: A Biographical Reference
Guida M. Jackson,Guida Myrl Jackson-Laufer
Limited preview - 2009
Women Leaders of Europe and the Western Hemisphere: A Biographical Reference
Guida Jackson
No preview available - 2009

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About the author (2009)

Guida Jackson’s other fiction includes Passing Through, Death by Chicken, Hitting It Big, and Cybergasm. She has worked as a newspaper editor, magazine editor, book editor, lecturer in English (University of Houston), and Creative Writing (Montgomery College). She has a BA in Journalism, MA in the Humanities specializing in Latin American Literature, and PhD in Comparative Literature specializing in Third World Literature, particularly West African. She is founder of Touchstone Literary Journal (1976) and Panther Creek Press (1999), and author of 18 fiction and non-fiction books, published by Simon & Schuster, Oxford University Press, Barnes & Noble Books, and others. Three of her books, Women Who Ruled, Encyclopedia of Traditional Epics, and Women Rulers Throughout the Ages, have been on Library Journal’s Best Reference List. She lives with Jack, Hunter, and Lili Hume in Houston, Texas.

Bibliographic information

TitleWomen Leaders of Europe and the Western Hemisphere: A Biographical Reference
AuthorGuida M. Jackson
PublisherXlibris Corporation, 2009
ISBN1469113546, 9781469113548
Length303 pages
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