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A year-by-year chronology of women's history, from the Bronze Age to 1992. Brief entries on statecraft, the military, education, arts, sports, and daily life are wedged between time lines with b&w photos and illustrations, with some 70 short essays running at the bottoms of pages. Essay topics include women warriors, women in ancient India, witchcraft, Renaissance women artists, and American women in law. No bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Library Journal Review

Greenspan (English, Skidmore) offers a third recent chronology of women's history, complementing James Trager's The Women's Chronology and Kirstin Olsen's Chronology of Women's History (both LJ 8/94). Greenspan's work differs from the other two primarily in layout, the utilization of the double-page grid of other timetables titles, and the inclusion of nearly 100 short essays. The essays include biographical sketches and topics such as housework, dowry, pornography, Renaissance artists, women in early Islam, and the feminization of poverty. Unfortunately, there are no bibliographies for these essays, nor is there a bibliography for the work as a whole. In a comparison of several entries, Greenspan has little overlap with either Trager or Olsen. Appropriate for school, public, and undergraduate collections. (Index and several essays not seen.)-Patricia A. Beaber, Trenton State Coll. Lib., N.J. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Similar in format to Bernard Grun's Timetables of History (CH, Mar'76), this volume highlights the major events and chief participants in women's history. Covering a broad time period, 4000 BCE to 1992, and with no geographical limits, this chronology cannot be comprehensive, but it offers an array of quick facts that demonstrate the magnitude of women's historical influence and achievement through the ages. Entries are arranged by year in ten topical columns: general, daily life, humanities, occupations, education, performing arts/entertainment/sports, religion/philosophy, science, statecraft/military, and reform. Famous women are listed along with the obscure. There are some problems with indexing and format, but overall the volume is easy to read and use. A subject index lists items by year and category. More than 60 brief essays focus on key individuals and events (e.g., Christine de Pizan) or give an overview of issues and trends (women in medicine). Some 100 photographs and line drawings help make the book attractive. Useful on reference shelves, high school through research libraries. M. J. Finnegan; Salem Public Library

Booklist Review

This latest in Simon & Schuster's Timetables series (Timetables of History, Timetables of American History, Timetables of Jewish History, Timetables of Science) lists thousands of entries in parallel columns. In the introduction, Greenspan defines the 10 categories under which women's activities are listed: Daily Life/Customs/Practices, Humanities/Fine Arts, Reform, Science/Technology/Discovery, Statecraft/Military, etc. Short essays that focus on key individuals and events or provide overviews of issues and trends in women's history distinguish this title from the other chronologies, Chronology of Women's History [RBB S 15 94] and The Women's Chronology [RBB O 15 94]. Essays cover such topics as "The Italian Women's Movement" and "The Feminization of Poverty and Homelessness." Black-and-white photographs throughout the book add interest. The detailed index cites year and category. This chronology begins in approximately 4000 B.C., discussing deities in the Sumerian religion. It ends in 1992, including such events as Katherine Dunham's hunger strike, the designation of 1992 as the "Year of the Woman," and the UN conference in Geneva dealing with poor rural women. Not as comprehensive as the Chronology of Women's History, this attractive book is similar to The Women's Chronology. It is a recommended purchase for public and school libraries that don't own one of the other chronologies. (Reviewed Apr. 1, 1995)