Remarkable Women of the Twentieth Century: 100 Portraits of Achievement

by Kristen Golden and Barbara Findlen

The 20th century has brought extraordinary changes in the lives of women, who now stand poised to enter the next millennium with choices that previous generations could never have imagined. Paying... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567995993
• ISBN13: 9781567995992
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.3" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

Remarkable Women; Remarkable Book

I and the women of my Branch of the American Association of University Women found this book so impressive that we selected it to award a graduating senior girl from each of our six local high schools. The authors are clear that they have not selected THE most remarkable women of the 20th Century but rather those who represent a broad crossection of the women who shaped an incredible 100 years. The choices must have been agonizing considering all the achievements of women from 1900 through 1999! Although I may not agree with the philosophy of all the women included (Margaret Thatcher for example), for good or not they made a difference, changed lives and influenced the world around them.The authors have spanned socio-economic, ethnic, geographic and chronological distances giving a flavor of the whole 20th Century. The photographs are wonderful and unique. When is the last time you saw a truly elegant, young Eleanor Roosevelt?From those who experienced the early years of the 20th Century to those who will always identify themselves as 21st Century women, this book offers a reason and the means to reflect upon the the 20th Century and many of the women who made it remarkable.