230:
193:
156:
119:
55:
as she worked, recording information she came across. She developed this information into a list of 1,000 women and over the course of two years built the first volume, with more than two hundred people helping. Smith later said that she woke up between 4:00 and 4:30 in the morning every day, worked
64:. Book one contained five hundred profiles, was 1,334 pages long, and weighed six pounds, but by February 1992 she already had three hundred names for inclusion in book two, which was set for publication in 1997, again by Gale. She condensed the volume into
75:
The second volume was actually published in 1994. Volume three was published in 2003, bringing the total of women profiled to 1,100. The third book included an index divided geographically and by occupation and subject covering all three volumes.
84:
A reviewer of the first volume considered the profiles "extensive" and "well written" and concluded that it was "an outstanding volume". A review of the third volume called the series "excellent".
371:
406:
411:
366:
381:
401:
396:
386:
376:
341:
32:
women. The first volume, with 500 profiles, was published in 1992, the second in 1994, and the third in 2003, all by
172:
135:
105:
351:
209:
229:
192:
155:
118:
391:
286:
Phyllis, H. W. 2006, "NOTABLE BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN, Book III: a
Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources",
346:
44:
25:
321:
266:
313:
258:
69:
61:
33:
48:
56:
until 6:00 before leaving for work, where she continued to research. The first volume of
224:
187:
150:
113:
29:
360:
52:
100:
Davis, Sandra D. (1992-02-18). "Librarian's Book Gives Black Women Their Due".
109:
317:
262:
325:
301:
270:
246:
51:
who also worked as a librarian. For twenty years she researched
36:. Smith spent more than twenty years researching for the book.
66:
Epic Lives: One
Hundred Black Women Who Made a Difference
60:was completed in December 1991 and published by
8:
245:Hudson, Robert J.; Smith, Robert P. (1995).
302:"Review of Notable Black American Women"
372:United States biographical dictionaries
92:
247:"Publications by Cla Members: 1994-95"
407:History of women in the United States
7:
412:Books about African-American history
282:
280:
367:Biographical dictionaries of women
136:"Author finds surprises in 'Women"
14:
210:"'Go Figure!': All about numbers"
228:
191:
154:
117:
134:Straight, Cathy (1992-02-18).
1:
173:"Black women of distinction"
171:Siegel, Suzie (1992-03-24).
58:Notable Black American Women
24:is a three-volume series by
21:Notable Black American Women
208:Simser, Jill (1992-10-18).
428:
300:Hughes, M. Elaine (1992).
68:, which was published by
382:Series of history books
290:vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 26.
40:Writing and publication
402:2003 non-fiction books
397:1994 non-fiction books
387:1992 non-fiction books
377:African-American women
288:Feminist Collections,
214:The Orlando Sentinel
47:was a professor at
45:Jessie Carney Smith
26:Jessie Carney Smith
177:The Tampa Tribune
70:Visible Ink Press
419:
330:
329:
297:
291:
284:
275:
274:
242:
236:
235:
233:
232:
222:
221:
205:
199:
198:
196:
195:
185:
184:
168:
162:
161:
159:
158:
148:
147:
131:
125:
124:
122:
121:
102:Arizona Republic
97:
28:profiling 1,100
427:
426:
422:
421:
420:
418:
417:
416:
357:
356:
338:
333:
299:
298:
294:
285:
278:
244:
243:
239:
227:
219:
217:
207:
206:
202:
190:
182:
180:
170:
169:
165:
153:
145:
143:
133:
132:
128:
116:
99:
98:
94:
90:
82:
49:Fisk University
42:
17:
12:
11:
5:
425:
423:
415:
414:
409:
404:
399:
394:
389:
384:
379:
374:
369:
359:
358:
355:
354:
349:
344:
337:
336:External links
334:
332:
331:
292:
276:
257:(2): 243–250.
237:
225:Newspapers.com
200:
188:Newspapers.com
163:
151:Newspapers.com
140:The Tennessean
126:
114:Newspapers.com
91:
89:
86:
81:
78:
41:
38:
30:Black American
16:Reference book
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
424:
413:
410:
408:
405:
403:
400:
398:
395:
393:
392:Cengage books
390:
388:
385:
383:
380:
378:
375:
373:
370:
368:
365:
364:
362:
353:
350:
348:
345:
343:
340:
339:
335:
327:
323:
319:
315:
311:
307:
303:
296:
293:
289:
283:
281:
277:
272:
268:
264:
260:
256:
252:
248:
241:
238:
231:
226:
215:
211:
204:
201:
194:
189:
178:
174:
167:
164:
157:
152:
141:
137:
130:
127:
120:
115:
111:
107:
103:
96:
93:
87:
85:
79:
77:
73:
71:
67:
63:
59:
54:
50:
46:
39:
37:
35:
31:
27:
23:
22:
309:
305:
295:
287:
254:
250:
240:
223:– via
218:. Retrieved
216:. p. 97
213:
203:
186:– via
181:. Retrieved
179:. p. 88
176:
166:
149:– via
144:. Retrieved
142:. p. 25
139:
129:
112:– via
101:
95:
83:
74:
65:
57:
43:
20:
19:
18:
251:CLA Journal
104:. pp.
53:Black women
361:Categories
312:(1): 121.
220:2021-03-18
183:2021-03-11
146:2021-03-11
88:References
318:0033-7072
263:0007-8549
80:Reception
352:Volume 3
347:Volume 2
342:Volume 1
326:25829222
271:44322946
324:
316:
269:
261:
322:JSTOR
267:JSTOR
314:ISSN
259:ISSN
62:Gale
34:Gale
363::
320:.
310:32
308:.
306:RQ
304:.
279:^
265:.
255:39
253:.
249:.
212:.
175:.
138:.
110:E4
108:,
106:E1
72:.
328:.
273:.
234:.
197:.
160:.
123:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
