Dayton Metro Library - Default Reference Desk

Allen, Florence Ellinwood, 1884-1966.

Booth, Stephane Elise.

Baker, Nina Brown, 1888-

Baker, Rachel, 1903-

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke.

Tabor, Margaret Emma.

Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910.

Edwards, Susan, 1948-

Colwell, Lynn Hutner.

A biography of Erma Bombeck, tracing her life from her early childhood in Dayton, Ohio, through her current life as one of America's best-known humorists and columnists.

Clemmer, Mary, 1839-1884.

Cary, Alice, 1820-1871.

Freedland, Michael, 1934-

Vendler, Helen Hennessy.

Farrell, Suzanne, 1945-

Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.

Covers Lillian Gish's childhood years, spent in the theater in the early 1900s before the movie era.

Oderman, Stuart, 1940-

Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.

Anthony, Carl Sferrazza.

A history of women in the United States from the seventeenth century to modern times, discussing the roles they have played in society and historical events and focusing on individuals from Pocahontas to Sandra Day O'Connor. Will include Maya Lin.

It isn't easy to achieve an overview of the diverse work of contemporary American visual artists, hence the value of this handsomely produced volume (and its companion PBS series), which makes accessible the work of 21 living artists of different generations, backgrounds, and artistic metiers. Distinguished curator and writer Storr and his equally insightful coauthors, Thelma Golden, Katy Siegel, and Lynn M. Herbert, neatly, sometimes poignantly elucidate the ways in which contemporary art is relevant to everyday life by considering the artists within the embrace of four fertile themes: place, spirituality, identity, and consumption. In writing about place, for instance, Golden interprets the works of southern photographer Sally Mann, West Coast street and installation artists Margaret Kilgallen and Barry McGee, and the radically different sculptors Pepon Osorio (king of exuberant clutter) and minimalist Richard Serra. Also present in this dynamic, significant gathering are light artist James Turrell, painters Shahzia Sikander and Kerry James Marshall, installation artist Ann Hamilton, and sculptors Louise Bourgeois and Maya Lin. - Donna Seaman; 216p YA/C: An outstanding survey for serious art students. DS-

Coser, Stelamaris, 1948-

Peach, Linden, 1951-

Kubitschek, Missy Dehn.

Examines the life and work of the successful novelist, who became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

Rigney, Barbara Hill, 1938-

Weinstein, Philip M.

Kasper, Shirl, 1948-

Alderman, Clifford Lindsey.

Examines the life and times of sharpshooter Annie Oakley with emphasis on her role as entertainer in Buffalo Bill's West Show and other shows of the time.

Havighurst, Walter, 1901-

Riley, Glenda, 1938-

Swartwout, Annie Fern, 1888-

Gloria Steinem is included in this work.

Heilbrun, Carolyn G., 1926-

A biography of the feminist writer and activist who founded "Ms." magazine, helped found the National Women's Political Caucus, and helped establish the Women's Action Alliance.

Stern, Sydney Ladensohn.

Wilson, Robert Forrest, 1883-1942.

A biography of the nineteenth-century author famous for the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which denounced slavery and intensified the disagreement between the North and South.

Adams, John R., 1900-

Gerson, Noel Bertram, 1914-

Hedrick, Joan D., 1944-

Wise, Winifred Esther, 1906-

Gilbertson, Cathrene P. 1890-

Wagenknecht, Edward, 1900-

Ryerson, Florence, 1894-

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.

Foster, Charles H. 1913-

Stowe, Lyman Beecher, 1880-1963.

Scott, John Anthony, 1916-

Story of how a brilliant nineteenth-century woman embarked on a journey from darkness and frustration into discovery of herself through powers of expression.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.

Examines the private life and political career of the only president to also serve as Supreme Court justice and describes the influence of his wife, Nellie.

Daniels, Doris, 1931-

A biography of an urban pioneer who evolved new concepts of public health, led the movement for peace, and pressed government to assume responsibility for the economic well-being of its citizens.

Epstein, Beryl Williams, 1910-

Duffus, R. L. 1888-1972.

A biography of the nurse whose many campaigns, including her establishment of the settlement house on Henry Street in New York, introduced the concept of public health nursing to America.

Gabriel, Mary, 1955-

Sachs, Emanie Louise Nahm.

Marberry, M. Marion, 1908-

Brough, James, 1918-

Underhill, Lois Beachy, 1935-

Women in Ohio

ALLEN, FLORENCE ELLINWOOD

ANTHOLOGY

BARA, THEDA

BICKERDYKE, MARY ANN

BLACKWELL, ELIZABETH

BOMBECK, ERMA

CARY, ALICE

DANDRIDGE, DOROTHY

DAY, DORIS

DEE, RUBY

DILLER, PHYLLIS

Dorothy Dandridge (actor)

DOVE, RITA

FARRELL, SUZANNE

GARFIELD, LUCRETIA

GISH, DOROTHY

GISH, LILLIAN

HAMILTON, VIRGINIA (See Also Virginia Hamilton's Works of Fiction)

HARDING, FLORENCE

HAYES, LUCY WEBB

HECHE, ANNE

HOLMES, KATIE

LIN, MAYA

MORRISON, TONI

OAKLEY, ANNIE

PARKER, ELEANOR

SCHILLE, ALICE

STEINEM, GLORIA

STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER

STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER (Works of Fiction)

TAFT, HELEN

WALD, LILLIAN D.

WOODHULL, VICTORIA CLAFLIN