This is the first published volume on a variety of sources for Chinese women's history. It is an attempt to explore overt and covert information on Chinese women in a vast quantity of textual and non-
The value of this collection lies in its linking together of a group of internationally renowned scholars who are at the forefront of their fields to present some of their recent findings on different
Brings together detailed biographies of Chinese women of the period. Apart from a few semi-fictional characters, all of the women were historical personages of outstanding achievement in a field of st
