Historical Dictionary of Women's Education in the United States.(Review)

Historical Dictionary of Women's Education in the United States. Ed. by Linda Eisenmann. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.534p. acid free, $95 (ISBN 0-313-29323-6).

The Historical Dictionary of Women's Education in the United States provides a concise overview of women's education in the United States from colonial times to the present. The authors of the book's 245 original articles define and explore significant events, ideas, movements, institutions, and people for an audience of researchers, scholars, teachers, and students. Although the Dictionary strives for, and largely achieves, geographic, racial, and socioeconomic diversity, its editor's admitted …