Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers Author:Helen Rappaport, Marian Wright Edelman The road to equality and social justice is paved with the efforts of legions of tenacious women who made major sacrifices for their causes. Now the accomplishments of hundreds of women are recognized and illuminated in a first-of-its-kind reference work that ranges over the entire world, from the eighteenth century to the present. Special fe... more »atures include: Coverage of women?s activism around the world, from the French Revolution to today Many women in this volume never before included in a biographical dictionary Focus on the lives of women little known outside their native countries International in scope and balanced in its coverage, with emphasis on third-world activists Written in plain jargon-free language. The book covers social reformers in many areas: health care, medicine, housing, the environment, civil rights, women?s, workers?, and children?s rights, labor legislation, family reform, birth control, suffrage, the international peace movement, and other issues affecting the daily lives of ordinary people.« less