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- catalog abstract "From the Blurb: A "prequel" to the highly acclaimed The Quotable Woman: 1800-1981, this all-new volume mines the centuries to create a treasury of additional quotations from outspoken women born from biblical times through the end of the eighteenth century. Arranged chronologically, the book's more than 6,000 quotations range all over the world and touch on nearly every subject imaginable-friendship, politics, love, religion, education, the arts, woman's role in society. Marked by the same completeness, exacting scholarship, and sense of discovery as the previous volume, The Quotable Woman: From Eve to 1799 reacquaints us with the world's most famous women-Sappho, Joan of Arc, Marie Antoinette, and Jane Austen, to name only a few. In addition, the book introduces us to hundreds of fascinating women nearly forgotten by history, whose thoughts are nonetheless as timely today as the day they were uttered. Complete biographical and subject indexes are included.".
- catalog contributor b1677436.
- catalog contributor b1677437.
- catalog created "c1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "c1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1985.".
- catalog description "From the Blurb: A "prequel" to the highly acclaimed The Quotable Woman: 1800-1981, this all-new volume mines the centuries to create a treasury of additional quotations from outspoken women born from biblical times through the end of the eighteenth century. Arranged chronologically, the book's more than 6,000 quotations range all over the world and touch on nearly every subject imaginable-friendship, politics, love, religion, education, the arts, woman's role in society. Marked by the same completeness, exacting scholarship, and sense of discovery as the previous volume, The Quotable Woman: From Eve to 1799 reacquaints us with the world's most famous women-Sappho, Joan of Arc, Marie Antoinette, and Jane Austen, to name only a few. In addition, the book introduces us to hundreds of fascinating women nearly forgotten by history, whose thoughts are nonetheless as timely today as the day they were uttered. Complete biographical and subject indexes are included.".
- catalog description "Preface -- How to use this book -- Quotations -- Quotations from the Bible -- Quotations from 2300 BC -- AD 1799 -- Biographical index with note -- Subject index with note.".
- catalog extent "xv, 533 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0871963078".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "c1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Facts on File Publications,".
- catalog subject "082/.088042 19".
- catalog subject "PN6081.5 .Q64 1985".
- catalog subject "Quotations, English.".
- catalog subject "Women Quotations.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- How to use this book -- Quotations -- Quotations from the Bible -- Quotations from 2300 BC -- AD 1799 -- Biographical index with note -- Subject index with note.".
- catalog title "The Quotable woman, from Eve to 1799 / compiled and edited by Elaine Partnow, assistant editor, Claudia B. Alexander.".
- catalog type "Quotations. fast".
- catalog type "text".