title: Great Women Writers: The Lives and Works of 135 of the World's Most Important Women Writers, from Antiquity to the Present (A Henry Holt Reference B)
author: Frank Northen Magill
description: YA-Alphabetically arranged, this excellent book provides biographical and critical information, written in an easy-to-read style. Entries are usually four pages in length and include a listing of each woman's primary works. The sections on achievements discuss the author in relation to the other writers or events of her time. "Biography" and "Analysis" will be especially helpful to teens researching an author. The last two sections provide listings of other major works and where to go for further information. An interesting introduction briefly traces the development and recognition of female writers throughout history.<br />Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  **WOM E N I N A N T IQU I T Y**
  
  
  _Series Editors: Ronnie Ancona and Sarah B. Pomeroy_
  
  
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  is book series provides compact and accessible introductions to the life and
  
  
  historical times of women from the ancient world. Approaching ancient history
  
  
  and culture broadly, the series selects fi gures from the earliest of times to
  late antiquity.
  
  
  _Cleopatra_
  
  
  _A Biography_
  
  
  Duane W. Roller
  
  
  _Clodia Metelli_
  
  
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  _e Tribune’s Sister_
  
  
  Marilyn B. Skinner
  
  
  _Galla Placidia_
  
  
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  _e Last Roman Empress_
  
  
  Hagith Sivan
  
  
  _Arsinoë of Egypt and Macedon_
  
  
  _A Royal Life_
  
  
  Elizabeth Donnelly Carney
  
  
  
  
  
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  _Elizabeth Donnelly Carney_
  
  
  
  
  
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