A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements And Feminisms ― Central, Eastern And South Eastern Europe, 19th And 20th Centuries

A Ukrainian literary translator founds a feminist publishing house. A Russian noblewoman becomes a leader of the socialist women's movement and a commissar under the Soviets. An Austrian activist, who was also Jewish, escaped to France to live out the last months of her life, dying of natural causes only six days before the nazis invaded. These and about 150 other men and women of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe prove that nineteenth and twentieth century feminism was not restricted to Northern Europe and the US. This collection of articles accessible to general readers focuses on the subjects' commitment to feminism within literature, education, politics and social welfare and includes period photographs and illustrations. Each entry includes a list of resources suitable for further reading. Distributed by Books International. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)