Dictionary of Virginia Biography: Caperton-Daniels

Dictionary of Virginia Biography: Caperton-Daniels
Author: Sara B. Bearss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 734
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

This book "is a multivolume historical reference work intended for teachers, students, librarians, historians, journalists, genealogists, museum professionals, and other researchers who have a need for biographical information about those Virginians who, regardless of place of birth or death, made significant contributions to the history or culture of their locality, state, or nation. ..., Virginia is defined by the state's current geographic boundaries, plus Kentucky prior to statehood in 1792 and West Virginia prior to statehood in 1863. With a few exceptions, no person is included who did not live a significant portion of his or her life in Virginia."--P. vi.

Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635

Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635
Author: Martha W. McCartney
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 840
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780806317748

"From the earliest records relating to Virginia, we learn the basics about many of these original colonists: their origins, the names of the ships they sailed on, the names of the "hundreds" and "plantations" they inhabited, the names of their spouses and children, their occupations and their position in the colony, their relationships with fellow colonists and Indian neighbors, their living conditions as far as can be ascertained from documentary sources, their ownership of land, the dates and circumstances of their death, and a host of fascinating, sometimes incidental details about their personal lives, all gathered together in the handy format of a biographical dictionary" -- publisher website (January 2008).

A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms

A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms
Author: Francisca de Haan
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 698
Release: 2006-01-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 6155053723

This Biographical Dictionary describes the lives, works and aspirations of more than 150 women and men who were active in, or part of, women’s movements and feminisms in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Thus, it challenges the widely held belief that there was no historical feminism in this part of Europe. These innovative and often moving biographical portraits not only show that feminists existed here, but also that they were widespread and diverse, and included Romanian princesses, Serbian philosophers and peasants, Latvian and Slovakian novelists, Albanian teachers, Hungarian Christian social workers and activists of the Catholic women’s movement, Austrian factory workers, Bulgarian feminist scientists and socialist feminists, Russian radicals, philanthropists, militant suffragists and Bolshevik activists, prominent writers and philosophers of the Ottoman era, as well as Turkish republican leftist political activists and nationalists, internationally recognized Greek feminist leaders, Estonian pharmacologists and science historians, Slovenian ‘literary feminists,’ Czech avant-garde painters, Ukrainian feminist scholars, Polish and Czech Senate Members, and many more. Their stories together constitute a rich tapestry of feminist activity and redress a serious imbalance in the historiography of women’s movements and feminisms.

A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789

A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789
Author: Edward C. Papenfuse
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801890970

This unique historical and genealogical resource draws on the extraordinarily intact legislative, judicial, religious, and personal records of members of the first Maryland legislature. The two-volume set contains profiles of nearly fifteen hundred men who served in the state's legislature in the first 150 years after Maryland's founding.The major public and private aspects of each legislator's career are quickly discernible: family background, marriage, children, social status, religious affiliation, occupation, other offices held, and military service. Many entries include a brief summary of a legislator's stance on public and private issues. A final category, wealth at death, inventories the legislator's estate and notes any significant changes in wealth between first election and death.

Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Author: Vered Amit
Publisher:
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2004
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780415223799

In addition to covering the primary centers of production in the United States and Britain, this volume also includes leading anthropologists from a wide range of regions and backgrounds. Combining valuable essays on seminal historical figures, as well as entries on the foremost scholars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this unique reference offers an important overview of the historical and contemporary reach of anthropological research. With nearly 600 signed entries from a global team of contributors, this comprehensive work is destined to be the definitive reference source for authoritative information on the historical and contemporary key figures in the field.

West Virginia Biographical Dictionary

West Virginia Biographical Dictionary
Author: Jan Onofrio
Publisher: Somerset Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 307
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0403098440

West Virginia Biographical Dictionary contains biographies on hundreds of persons from diverse vocations that were either born, achieved notoriety and/or died in the state of West Virginia. Prominent persons, in addition to the less eminent, that have played noteworthy roles are included in this resource. When people are recognized from your state or locale it brings a sense of pride to the residents of the entire state.

Maryland Biographical Dictionary

Maryland Biographical Dictionary
Author: Jan Onofrio
Publisher: Somerset Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 557
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0403098238

Maryland Biographical Dictionary contains biographies on hundreds of persons from diverse vocations that were either born, achieved notoriety and/or died in the state of Maryland. Prominent persons, in addition to the less eminent, that have played noteworthy roles are included in this resource. When people are recognized from your state or locale it brings a sense of pride to the residents of the entire state.