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The first comprehensive guide to women activists from every part of the world, illuminating the broad range of women's struggles to reform society from the 18th century to the present.

Despite being marginalized, disenfranchised, impoverished, and oppressed, women have always stepped forward in disproportionate numbers to lead movements for social change. This two-volume encyclopedia documents the visions, struggles, and lives of women who have changed the world.

This encyclopedia celebrates the lives and achievements of nearly 300 women from around the globe--women who have bravely insisted that the way things are is not the way they have to be. Nadeshda Krupskaya, the wife of Lenin, spearheaded the drive against illiteracy in post-revolutionary Russia. American Dorothy Day founded the Catholic worker movement. Begum Rokeya Hossain organized a girls' school in Calcutta in 1911. Rachel Carson launched the modern environmental movement with her book Silent Spring . The stories of these women and the hundreds of others collected here will restore missing pages to our history and inspire a new generation of women to change the world.

Over 400 A-Z biographical entries, including the childhood, education, achievements, and challenges of each woman A timeline that spans the history of women reformers from the French Revolution, to the second wave of feminism in the late 1970s, to the disenfranchised status of women in many countries in the contemporary Middle East Numerous drawings and photographs of women reformers Two special indexes listing reformers by country and by cause

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• Foreword(p. xv)
• Preface(p. xvii)
• Acknowledgments(p. xxi)
• Women Social Reformers by Country(p. xxiii)
• Women Social Reformers by Cause(p. xxix)
• Volume 1 A-L
• Abbott, Edith(p. 1)
• Abbott, Grace(p. 2)
• Abella de Ramirez, Maria(p. 3)
• Addams, Jane(p. 4)
• Afghan Women Social Reformers(p. 7)
• Alma Dolens(p. 9)
• Alvarado Rivera, Maria Jesus(p. 10)
• Ames, Jessie Daniel(p. 12)
• Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett(p. 13)
• Anneke, Mathilde Franziska(p. 16)
• Anthony, Susan B.(p. 18)
• Arenal, Concepcion(p. 21)
• Armand, Inessa(p. 22)
• Ashby, Margery Corbett(p. 25)
• Ashrawi, Hanan(p. 27)
• Astor, Nancy(p. 28)
• Auclert, Hubertine(p. 31)
• Augspurg, Anita(p. 33)
• Aung San Suu Kyi(p. 35)
• Azmudeh, Tuba(p. 37)
• Bajer, Mathilde(p. 39)
• Baker, Ella(p. 40)
• Baker, (Sara) Josephine(p. 42)
• Balch, Emily Greene(p. 43)
• Bamber, Helen(p. 44)
• Barakat, Hidiya Hanim(p. 46)
• Barrios de Chungara, Domitla(p. 47)
• Barton, Clara(p. 50)
• Bates, Daisy(p. 52)
• Bates, Daisy(p. 53)
• Baumer, Gertrud(p. 54)
• Beale, Dorothea(p. 55)
• Beard, Mary Ritter(p. 57)
• Beauvoir, Simone de(p. 59)
• Beccari, Alaide Gualberta(p. 60)
• Becker, Lydia(p. 61)
• Beecher, Catharine Esther(p. 63)
• Behruzi, Mariam(p. 65)
• Belmont, Alva(p. 66)
• Bennett, Louie(p. 68)
• Benson, Stella(p. 70)
• Besant, Annie(p. 71)
• Bethune, Mary McCleod(p. 75)
• Bhatt, Ela(p. 76)
• Billington-Greig, Teresa(p. 78)
• Black, Clementina(p. 80)
• Blackburn, Helen(p. 81)
• Blackburn, Molly(p. 82)
• Blackwell, Alice Stone(p. 82)
• Blackwell, Antoinette Brown(p. 83)
• Blackwell, Elizabeth(p. 85)
• Blatch, Harriot Stanton(p. 88)
• Bloomer, Amelia Jenks(p. 90)
• Bloor, Ella Reeve(p. 92)
• Bodichon, Barbara(p. 93)
• Bol Poel, Martha(p. 96)
• Bondfield, Margaret(p. 97)
• Bonner, Yelena(p. 99)
• Bonnin, Gertrude(p. 100)
• Booth, Catherine(p. 102)
• Boucherett, Jessie(p. 104)
• Braun, Lily(p. 106)
• Bremer, Fredrika(p. 108)
• Brittain, Vera(p. 110)
• Brown, Charlotte Hawkins(p. 112)
• Brown, Olympia(p. 113)
• Bukhari, Shahnaz(p. 114)
• Burdett-Coutts, Angela(p. 115)
• Buss, Frances(p. 117)
• Butler, Josephine(p. 119)
• Byrne, Lavinia(p. 123)
• Caballero de Castillo Ledon, Amalia Gonzalez(p. 125)
• Cai Chang(p. 125)
• Caird, Mona(p. 126)
• Caldicott, Helen(p. 128)
• Campoamor, Clara(p. 129)
• Carmichael, Amy Wilson(p. 130)
• Carpenter, Mary(p. 131)
• Carrillo Puerto, Elvia(p. 133)
• Carson, Rachel(p. 135)
• Cary, Mary Ann Shadd(p. 137)
• Casely Hayford, Adelaide Smith(p. 138)
• Casgrain, Therese(p. 139)
• Castle, Barbara(p. 140)
• Catt, Carrie Chapman(p. 142)
• Cauer, Minna(p. 144)
• Chattopadhyaya, Kamaladevi(p. 146)
• Chaudharani, Saraladevi(p. 147)
• Chertkoff de Repetto, Fenia(p. 148)
• Chew, Ada Nield(p. 149)
• Child, Lydia Maria(p. 150)
• Chisholm, Caroline(p. 152)
• Chisholm, Shirley(p. 154)
• Clough, Anne Jemima(p. 155)
• Cobbe, Frances Power(p. 157)
• Collado, Maria(p. 160)
• Collett, Camilla(p. 162)
• Cooper, Selina(p. 162)
• Cornelius, Johanna(p. 164)
• Courtney, Kathleen D'Olier(p. 165)
• Cousins, Margaret(p. 166)
• Cunard, Nancy(p. 168)
• Daulatabadi, Sadiqa(p. 173)
• Davies, (Sarah) Emily(p. 174)
• Davison, Emily Wilding(p. 178)
• Day, Dorothy(p. 179)
• de Silva, Agnes(p. 181)
• Deng Yingchao(p. 182)
• Deng Yuzhi(p. 182)
• Dennett, Mary Ware(p. 184)
• Deraismes, Marie(p. 186)
• Deroin, Jeanne(p. 187)
• Despard, Charlotte(p. 189)
• Diana, Princess of Wales(p. 192)
• Dilke, Emilia(p. 193)
• Ding Ling(p. 195)
• Dirie, Waris(p. 196)
• Dix, Dorothea Lynde(p. 197)
• Dodge, Grace(p. 200)
• Dohm, Hedwig(p. 201)
• Dominguez Navarro, Ofelia(p. 202)
• Dorkenoo, Efua(p. 205)
• Dreier, Mary Elisabeth(p. 206)
• Dugdale, Henrietta(p. 206)
• Durand, Marguerite(p. 207)
• Dutt, Saroj Nalini(p. 208)
• Dworkin, Andrea(p. 209)
• Eastman, Crystal(p. 211)
• Edelman, Marian Wright(p. 214)
• Edgeworth, Maria(p. 216)
• Edip, Halide(p. 217)
• Farnham, Eliza Wood(p. 219)
• Fawcett, Millicent Garrett(p. 220)
• Felix, Concepcion(p. 224)
• Filosova, Anna(p. 224)
• First, Ruth(p. 226)
• Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley(p. 228)
• Ford, Isabella(p. 230)
• Foster, Abby (Abigail) Kelley(p. 232)
• Friedan, Betty(p. 234)
• Fry, Elizabeth(p. 237)
• Fukuda Hideko(p. 239)
• Fuller, (Sarah) Margaret(p. 241)
• Furujhelm, Annie(p. 244)
• Gage, Matilda Joslyn(p. 247)
• Garcia, Maria del Refugio(p. 249)
• Gaskell, Elizabeth(p. 250)
• al-Ghazali, Zeinab(p. 253)
• Gibbons, Abigail Hopper(p. 254)
• Gilman, Charlotte Perkins(p. 256)
• Glucklich, Vilma(p. 258)
• Goegg, Marie Pouchoulin(p. 259)
• Goldman, Emma(p. 261)
• Goldstein, Vida(p. 264)
• Gomez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, Gertrudis(p. 266)
• Gonne, Maud(p. 267)
• Gore-Booth, Eva(p. 270)
• Gouges, Olympe de(p. 271)
• Grand, Sarah(p. 272)
• Greer, Germaine(p. 274)
• Grierson, Cecilia(p. 277)
• Grimke, Angelina Emily and Sarah Moore(p. 279)
• Gutierrez de Mendoza, Juana Belen(p. 282)
• Gwis-Adami, Rosalia(p. 284)
• Hale, Clara(p. 285)
• Hamer, Fanny Lou(p. 286)
• Hamilton, Alice(p. 287)
• Hani Motoko(p. 289)
• Haslam, Anna(p. 290)
• He Xiangning(p. 292)
• Heymann, Lida Gustava(p. 293)
• Heyrick, Elizabeth(p. 294)
• Hill, Octavia(p. 296)
• Hiratsuka Raicho(p. 300)
• Hobhouse, Emily(p. 301)
• Holtby, Winifred(p. 303)
• Hopkins, (Alice) Ellice(p. 305)
• Hossain, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat(p. 308)
• Howe, Julia Ward(p. 309)
• How-Martyn, Edith(p. 312)
• Huerta, Dolores(p. 314)
• Ichikawa Fusae(p. 317)
• Inglis, Elsie(p. 319)
• Ishimoto Shizue(p. 321)
• Ito Noe(p. 322)
• Jackson, Helen Hunt(p. 325)
• Jacobi, Mary Putnam(p. 327)
• Jacobs, Aletta(p. 329)
• Jameson, Anna Brownell(p. 331)
• Jebb, Eglantyne(p. 333)
• Jeffers, Audrey Lane(p. 335)
• Jellicoe, Anne(p. 335)
• Jex-Blake, Sophia(p. 337)
• Jilani, Hina, and Asma Jahangir(p. 339)
• Jimenez y Muro, Dolores(p. 340)
• Jinnah, Fatima(p. 341)
• Jones, Mary(p. 342)
• Joseph, Helen Beatrice(p. 344)
• Joshi, Anandibai(p. 345)
• Juhacz, Marie(p. 346)
• Kanno Suga(p. 349)
• Kar, Mehrangiz(p. 350)
• Kartini, Raden Adjeng(p. 351)
• Kaur, Rajkumari Amrit(p. 352)
• Kehew, Mary Morton(p. 353)
• Keller, Helen(p. 354)
• Kelley, Florence(p. 357)
• Kenney, Annie(p. 359)
• Key, Ellen(p. 361)
• Khan, Raana Liaquat Ali(p. 363)
• Kingsford, Anna(p. 364)
• Kishida Toshiko(p. 367)
• Kollontai, Alexandra(p. 368)
• Kovalevskaya, Sofya(p. 372)
• Krog, Gina(p. 373)
• Krupskaya, Nadezhda(p. 374)
• Kuliscioff, Anna(p. 376)
• Kuzwayo, Ellen(p. 378)
• La Flesche, Susette(p. 381)
• Labarca Hubertson, Amanda(p. 382)
• Lange, Helene(p. 383)
• Lanteri-Renshaw, Julieta(p. 385)
• Laperriere de Coni, Gabriela(p. 386)
• Lathrop, Julia(p. 388)
• Lawson, Louisa(p. 389)
• Lee Tai-Young(p. 391)
• Lind-af-Hageby, Louise(p. 393)
• Linton, Eliza Lynn(p. 396)
• Liu-Wang Liming(p. 397)
• Livermore, Mary(p. 399)
• Lockwood, Belva Ann(p. 400)
• Lowell, Josephine Shaw(p. 402)
• Luisi, Paulina(p. 404)
• Lutz, Bertha(p. 406)
• Lytton, Lady Constance(p. 408)
• Volume 2 M-Z
• Maathai, Wangari Muta(p. 411)
• Machel, Graca Simbine(p. 412)
• MacMillan, Chrystal(p. 413)
• MacPhail, Agnes(p. 414)
• Malkowska, Olga(p. 415)
• Manuchehrian, Mehrangiz(p. 418)
• Manus, Rosa(p. 419)
• Markievicz, Constance de(p. 420)
• Marshall, Catherine(p. 423)
• Marson, Una(p. 424)
• Martineau, Harriet(p. 426)
• Masarykova, Alice(p. 429)
• Maxeke, Charlotte Manye(p. 431)
• Mayreder, Rosa(p. 432)
• McAuley, Catherine(p. 433)
• McClung, Nellie(p. 435)
• McDowell, Mary(p. 436)
• McMillan, Margaret(p. 439)
• Menchu Tum, Rigoberta(p. 441)
• Michel, Louise(p. 443)
• Mink, Paule(p. 444)
• Mirovich, Zinaida(p. 445)
• Mitchell, Hannah(p. 447)
• Montagu, Lily(p. 448)
• Montefiore, Dora(p. 449)
• Montessori, Maria(p. 451)
• More, Hannah(p. 454)
• Moreau de Justo, Alicia(p. 456)
• Mother Teresa(p. 459)
• Mott, Lucretia Coffin(p. 460)
• Mozzoni, Anna Maria(p. 463)
• M'rabet, Fadela(p. 465)
• Murphy, Emily Gowan(p. 466)
• Musa, Nabawiyya(p. 467)
• Muzzilli, Carolina(p. 469)
• Myrdal, Alva(p. 470)
• Nabarawi, Saiza(p. 473)
• Naidu, Sarojini(p. 474)
• Nasif, Malak Hifni(p. 476)
• Nation, Carry(p. 478)
• Nawaz, Begum Jahanarah Shah(p. 480)
• Neilans, Alison(p. 481)
• Nelken i Mausberger, Margarita(p. 482)
• Ngoyi, Lilian(p. 484)
• Niboyet, Eugenie(p. 485)
• Nightingale, Florence(p. 486)
• Noble, Christina(p. 493)
• Noonuccal, Oodgeroo Moongalba(p. 495)
• Norton, Caroline(p. 496)
• O'Brien, Charlotte Grace(p. 499)
• Orzeszkowa, Eliza(p. 501)
• Osorio, Ana da Castro(p. 502)
• Otto-Peters, Luise(p. 503)
• Ovington, Mary White(p. 504)
• Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi(p. 507)
• Pankhurst, Christabel(p. 509)
• Pankhurst, Emmeline(p. 513)
• Pankhurst, (Estelle) Sylvia(p. 518)
• Pappenheim, Bertha(p. 521)
• Pardo Bazan, Emilia(p. 523)
• Parks, Rosa(p. 524)
• Parnell, Anna(p. 527)
• Parren, Callirhoe Siganou(p. 528)
• Paterson, Emma(p. 529)
• Patkar, Medha(p. 531)
• Paul, Alice(p. 532)
• Peabody, Elizabeth(p. 535)
• Pechey-Phipson, Edith(p. 537)
• Peckover, Priscilla(p. 539)
• Pelletier, Madeleine(p. 540)
• Perkins, Frances Coralie(p. 542)
• Peron, Eva(p. 544)
• Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline(p. 546)
• Pizzey, Erin(p. 549)
• Plaminkova, Frantiska(p. 550)
• Pokrovskaya, Mariya(p. 552)
• Popelin, Marie(p. 554)
• Popp, Adelheid(p. 554)
• Potonie-Pierre, Eugenie(p. 556)
• Prejean, Sister Helen(p. 557)
• Qiu Jin(p. 559)
• Qurratual-Ayn(p. 561)
• Rahnavard, Zahra(p. 563)
• Ramabai, Pandita Saraswati(p. 564)
• Ramphele, Mamphela(p. 567)
• Ranade, Ramabai(p. 569)
• Rankin, Jeanette(p. 570)
• Ransome-Kuti, Fumilayo(p. 571)
• Rathbone, Eleanor(p. 573)
• Rau, Dhanvanthi Rama(p. 577)
• Rawson de Dellepiane, Elvira(p. 579)
• Reddi, Muthulakshmi(p. 580)
• Richard, Marthe(p. 582)
• Robins, Elizabeth(p. 583)
• Robins, Margaret Dreier(p. 586)
• Rodriguez Acosta, Ofelia(p. 588)
• Roland, Pauline(p. 588)
• Roosevelt, (Anna) Eleanor(p. 590)
• Rose, Ernestine(p. 593)
• Roussel, Nelly(p. 595)
• Royden, Maude(p. 595)
• Rukhmabai(p. 598)
• Rutnam, Mary(p. 600)
• Rye, Maria(p. 601)
• el-Saadawi, Nawal(p. 605)
• Sabas Aloma, Mariblanca(p. 607)
• Saghal, Manmohini Zutshi(p. 609)
• al-Said, Aminah(p. 609)
• Salomon, Alice(p. 611)
• Sand, George(p. 612)
• Sanger, Margaret(p. 614)
• Santoso, Maria Ullfah(p. 618)
• Schlafly, Phyllis(p. 619)
• Schneiderman, Rose(p. 620)
• Schreiber, Adele(p. 622)
• Schreiner, Olive(p. 623)
• Schwimmer, Rosika(p. 625)
• Scott, Rose(p. 628)
• Scudder, Vida(p. 630)
• Seacole, Mary(p. 631)
• Severine(p. 633)
• Shabanova, Anna(p. 634)
• Shafiq, Durriyah(p. 636)
• Sha'rawi, Huda(p. 638)
• Shaw, Anna Howard(p. 641)
• Sheehy-Skeffington, Hannah(p. 643)
• Sheppard, Kate(p. 645)
• Shirreff, Emily Anne(p. 647)
• Shishkina-Yavein, Poliksena(p. 648)
• Sister Nivedita(p. 650)
• Sister Subbalakshmi(p. 652)
• Sisulu, Nonsikelelo Albertina(p. 652)
• Soewondo-Soerasno, Nani(p. 653)
• Somerset, Lady Isabella(p. 654)
• Song Qingling(p. 656)
• Sorabji, Cornelia(p. 659)
• Sorabji, Susie(p. 661)
• Spence, Catherine(p. 662)
• Stanton, Elizabeth Cady(p. 664)
• Starovoitova, Galina(p. 668)
• Stasova, Nadezhda(p. 671)
• Steinem, Gloria(p. 672)
• Stocker, Helene(p. 674)
• Stone, Lucy(p. 676)
• Stopes, Marie(p. 678)
• Stout, Lady Anna(p. 681)
• Stowe, Emily Jennings(p. 683)
• Stowe, Harriet Beecher(p. 684)
• Street, Jessie(p. 687)
• Stritt, Marie(p. 689)
• Suslova, Nadezhda(p. 690)
• Suttner, Bertha Felice Sophie von(p. 692)
• Suzman, Helen(p. 693)
• Swanwick, Helena(p. 694)
• Szold, Henrietta(p. 696)
• Taleqani, Azam(p. 699)
• Tang Qunying(p. 700)
• Tarbell, Ida(p. 701)
• Tata, Lady Mehrbai Dorab(p. 702)
• Taylor, Harriet(p. 703)
• Te Puea(p. 705)
• Terrell, Mary Church(p. 706)
• Thomas, Martha Carey(p. 707)
• Tiburtius, Franziska(p. 709)
• Tod, Isabella(p. 710)
• Torres, Elena(p. 712)
• Tristan, Flora(p. 713)
• Trubnikova, Mariya(p. 715)
• Truth, Sojourner(p. 716)
• Tubman, Harriet Ross(p. 718)
• Twining, Louisa(p. 720)
• van Gripenberg, Alexandra(p. 723)
• Verone, Maria(p. 724)
• Vincent, Eliska(p. 725)
• Wald, Lillian D.(p. 727)
• Wang Huiwu(p. 729)
• Ward, Mary(p. 730)
• Webb, Beatrice(p. 732)
• Weiss, Louise(p. 735)
• Wells-Barnett, Ida B.(p. 737)
• Wheeler, Anna Doyle(p. 739)
• Wickremasinghe, Doreen(p. 741)
• Willard, Emma Hart(p. 743)
• Willard, Frances(p. 744)
• Wollstonecraft, Mary(p. 747)
• Wolstenholme-Elmy, Elizabeth(p. 750)
• Woodhull, Victoria Claflin(p. 754)
• Wright, Frances(p. 756)
• Xiang Jingyu(p. 759)
• Yajima Kajiko(p. 763)
• Yamada Waka(p. 764)
• Yosano Akiko(p. 765)
• Zakrzewska, Marie(p. 769)
• Zetkin, Clara(p. 770)
• Ziyadah, Mai(p. 772)
• Appendix Organizations by English and Original Names(p. 775)
• Chronology(p. 789)
• Selected Bibliography(p. 813)
• Index(p. 857)

Reseñas proporcionadas por Syndetics

Library Journal Review

In this generously illustrated reference, Rappaport (Joseph Stalin: A Biographical Companion; Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion) profiles more than 400 women social reformers, many of whom have never before been profiled. About half are from the United Kingdom or the United States, and the rest come from more than 60 other countries. With a few contemporary exceptions, most of these women were active between the late 18th century and the 1970s in a variety of causes (e.g., abolition, education, child welfare, labor issues, prison reform, peace movements, reproductive rights, and many others). There are even sketches of a few women who were antisuffrage or anti-equal rights. Besides a general index, a chronology, and a bibliography, there are references at the end of each article and separate indexes of women listed by cause and by country. Based on a sample, over 25 percent of the women are not included in the much larger, 15-volume set Women in World History (LJ 1/00), edited by Anne Commire. Worldwide coverage and useful indexes make this set a convenient, worthy addition to high school and academic libraries as well as women's studies collections in public libraries. Patricia A. Beaber, Coll. of New Jersey Lib., Ewing (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Beginning with the French Revolution, and extending to their efforts to protect human rights in the 21st century, women have been responsible for much modern progressive reform. In the last few decades, scholars have documented the work of such women, but a comprehensive encyclopedia that chronicles modern women's reform efforts in all countries has been lacking. Rappaport (an independent writer, researcher, and author of Josef Stalin: A Biographical Companion, 1999, and other reference works) single-handedly undertakes this daunting task, offering a work that describes female efforts to effect social reform over the last 300 years both in the West and in Third World countries. Following an introduction by Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, the encyclopedia includes more than 400 well-written entries of 1,000 or more words each with bibliographic entries, an extensive general bibliography, and informative appendixes. Its readability and inclusiveness make it useful for general undergraduate libraries, though not as comprehensive (or expensive) as the massive Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, ed. by Annie Commire (CH, Apr'00). T. McDevitt Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Booklist Review

Women have been in the forefront of social reform and often made their mark in history in their efforts to improve society. This encyclopedia includes over 400 reformers from the French Revolution until the present, from 64 countries. In order to include a number of women from different nationalities and ethnic backgrounds, the author took a very liberal view of "reformer," encompassing writers and philanthropists. Even so, the majority of the women included are American or British. Among them are many names one would expect to find such, as Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the three Pankhursts; but also many less familiar individuals, such as Mehrangiz Kar of Iran and Lee Tai-Young of Korea. There is a wonderful entry on Afghan women social reformers, who are mostly anonymous. Women engaged in violent activities such as armed conflict and destruction of property (except for some of the major suffragists) were excluded. The encyclopedia is arranged alphabetically by last name. Lists of women by country and by cause as well as by name introduce the work. The articles generally vary in length from one to five pages, and many are accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. Cross references to entries for women who shared similar concerns are included along with up-to-date and often extensive references and further reading. The work concludes with an appendix of the organizations cited most often in the book, giving their founding dates and names in original language other than English; a chronology from 1789-2001; and a 44-page bibliography. Since many of these women can be found in other biographical resources, the true value of this work lies in the emphasis on women in the role of reformers. It is a valuable addition to any collection on women, social welfare, or reform movements. The selected bibliography is an excellent collection development tool. Recommended for public and academic libraries.

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Helen F. Rappaport was born in 1947 in Bromley. She is a British historian, author, and actress. She studied Russian at Leeds University where she was involved in the university theatre group and launched her acting career. After acting with the Leeds University theatre group she appeared in several television series including Crown Court, Love Hurts and The Bill.

In the early nineties she became a copy editor for academic publishers Blackwell and OUP. She also contributed to historical and biographical reference works published by Cassell and Readers Digest. She became a full-time writer in 1998, writing three books including An Encyclopaedia of Women Social Reformers in 2001, with a foreword by Marian Wright Edelman. It won an award in 2002 from the American Library Association as an Outstanding Reference Source. Her 2008 book Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs received many positive reviews in both the UK and US where it became a bestseller.

Her titles include: Joseph Stalin: A Biographical Companion, Conspirator: Lenin in Exile, Magnificent Obsession; Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy, and Capturing the Light: The Birth of Photography. In 2014 her title, The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)