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Two biographies by African-American women / with an introduction by William L. Andrews.
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
- 1991
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PS508.N3 S36 1988g v.26 v.26 Off-site Two biographies by African-American women / with an introduction by William L. Andrews.
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
- 1991
- 2 Items
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Pioneering African-American women in the advertising business : biographies of MAD black WOMEN / Judy Foster Davis.
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- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
- 2017
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 17-316 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Great African-American women / Darryl Lyman.
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- Middle Village, N.Y. : J. David, c1999.
- 1999
- 2 Items
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African American women chemists / Jeannette E. Brown.
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- New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- 2012
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc D 12-394 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
African American women writers / Brenda Wilkinson.
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- New York : Wiley, 2000.
- 2000
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc *810.9-W (Wilkinson, B. African American women writers) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
African American women scientists and inventors / Otha Richard Sullivan, Ed.D. ; Jim Haskins, general editor.
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- New York : Wiley, c2002.
- 2002
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text J 926 S Offsite Not available - In use until 2024-06-06 - Please for assistance.Children's biographies of African American women : rhetoric, public memory, and agency / Sara C. VanderHaagen.
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- Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2018]
- 2018
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 19-376 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
This far by faith : readings in African-American women's religious biography / edited by Judith Weisenfeld and Richard Newman.
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- New York : Routledge, 1996.
- 1996
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text BR563.N4 T463 1996 Off-site African American biographies : profiles of 558 current men and women / by Walter L. Hawkins.
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1992.
- 1992
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc *920-H (Hawkins, W. African American biographies) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *R-RMRR E185.96 .H38 1992 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
African American biographies, 2 : profiles of 332 current men and women / by Walter L. Hawkins.
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1994.
- 1994
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *R-RMRR E185.96 .H38 1994 Suppl. Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
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African American biographies, 3 : profiles of 909 current men and women / Walter L. Hawkins.
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2009.
- 2009
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc F 14-281 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
This far by faith : readings in African-American women's religious biography / edited by Judith Weisenfeld and Richard Newman.
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- New York : Routledge, 1996.
- 1996
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 96-5 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
African American women scientists and inventors / Otha Richard Sullivan ; Jim Haskins, general editor.
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- New York : Wiley, c2002.
- 2002
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JBE 18-1005 Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.
African American women : a biographical dictionary / Dorothy C. Salem, editor.
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- New York : Garland, 1993.
- 1993
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *R-RMRR E185.96 .A45 1993 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc *920.72-A (African American women) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
African American women of the Old West / Tricia Martineau Wagner.
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- Guilford, Conn. : TwoDot, c2007.
- 2007
- 1 Item
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African rhythm--American dance; a biography of Katherine Dunham.
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- Knopf, [c1974]
- 1974
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc B-Dunham, K. (Harnan, T. African rhythm) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *MGYB (Dunham) 75-648 Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Encyclopedia of African American women writers [electronic resource] / edited by Yolanda Williams Page.
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- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
- 2007
- 2 Resources
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Classic African American women's narratives / edited by William L. Andrews.
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- 2003
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 03-368 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Encyclopedia of African American women writers / edited by Yolanda Williams Page.
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- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
- 2007
- 2 Items
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006031193.htmlItem details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc *810.9-E (Encyclopedia of African American women writers) v. 2 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc *810.9-E (Encyclopedia of African American women writers) v. 1 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Classic African American women's narratives / edited by William L. Andrews.
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- 2003
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PS647.A35 C56 2003 Off-site African American women in Congress : forming and transforming history / LaVerne McCain Gill.
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- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1997.
- 1997
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFF 97-1466 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc *328.73-G (Gill, L. African American women in Congress) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
African American women chemists in the modern era / Jeannette E. Brown.
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- New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- 2018
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text QD21 .B6925 2018 Off-site African American women chemists in the modern era / Jeannette E. Brown.
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- New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- 2018
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 19-37 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Not available - Please for assistance.And not afraid to dare : the stories of ten African-American women / Tonya Bolden.
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- New York : Scholastic, 1998.
- 1998
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text J 920.72 B Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc D 01-671 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Super sistahs : featuring the accomplishments of African-American women / Morrie Turner.
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- Oakland, Calif. : Bye Pub., ©2004.
- 2004
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 15-65 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Inner lives : voices of African American women in prison / Paula C. Johnson ; with a foreword by Joyce A. Logan and an afterword by Angela J. Davis.
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- New York : New York University Press, c2003.
- 2003
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 03-532 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Inner lives [electronic resource] : voices of African American women in prison / Paula C. Johnson ; with a foreword by Joyce A. Logan and an afterword by Angela J. Davis.
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- New York : New York University Press, c2003.
- 2003
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Women of hope : African Americans who made a difference / by Joyce Hansen ; foreword by Moe Foner.
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- New York : Scholastic Press, c1998.
- 1998
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc G 01-89 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Shaping memories [electronic resource] : reflections of African American women writers / edited by Joanne Veal Gabbin.
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- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.
- 2009
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Shaping memories : reflections of African American women writers / edited by Joanne Veal Gabbin.
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- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.
- 2009
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFE 09-4983 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
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Many blessings : a tapestry of accomplished African American women / Sonnee D. Weedn.
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- Novato, Calif. : Chispa Publishing, 2011.
- 2011
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc E 13-1129 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Saving American Beach : the biography of African American environmentalist MaVynee Betsch / written by Heidi Tyline King ; illustrated by Caldecott honoree Ekua Holmes.
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- New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2021]
- 2021
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc+ F 22-45 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Michelle Obama's impact on African American women and girls / Michelle Duster, Paula Marie Seniors, Rose C. Thevenin, editors.
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- [Cham, Switzerland] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
- 2018-2018
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc D 19-722 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
African American women playwrights : a research guide / edited by Christy Gavin.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1999.
- 1999
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFD 99-14303 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc *812.09-A (African American women playwrights) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
The Negro in American history; men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent, by John W. Cromwell.
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- Washington, The American Negro academy, 1914.
- 1914
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text E185.C92 1914 Off-site The Negro in American history ; men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent / by John W. Cromwell.
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- Washington : The American Negro academy, 1914.
- 1914
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text 326.8 C88 Off-site The Negro in American history [microform] : men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent / by John W. Cromwell.
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- Washington : American Negro Academy, 1914.
- 1914
- 2 Items
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The Negro in American history [microform] : men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent / by John W. Cromwell.
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- Washington : The American Negro Academy, 1914.
- 1914
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *Z-4597 Offsite The Negro in American history [microform] : men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent / by John W. Cromwell.
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- Washington : The American Negro Academy, 1914.
- 1987-1914
- 2 Items
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Writing African American women : an encyclopedia of literature by and about women of color / edited by Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu.
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- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
- 2006
- 2 Items
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The Negro in American history : men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent / by John W. Cromwell, secretary of the American Negro Academy, Washington, D.C.
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- Washington : The American Negro Academy, 1914.
- 1914
- 1 Item
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The Negro in American history; men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent, by John W. Cromwell.
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- Washington, The American Negro academy, 1914.
- 1914
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text E185 .C92 1914 Off-site The contributions of four African-American women composers to American art song / by Carren D. Moham.
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- 1998.
- 1997
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc D 00-667 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Notable Black American women / Jessie Carney Smith, editor.
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- Detroit : Gale Research, c1992-c2003.
- 1992-2003
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc *920.72-N (Notable Black American women. 2003) Book III Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Notable Black American women / edited by Jessie Carney Smith.
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- 1992-present
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text E185.96 .N68 1992 Book III Off-site Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text E185.96 .N68 1992 Book II Off-site Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text E185.96 .N68 1992 Book I Off-site Notable Black American women / Jessie Carney Smith, editor.
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- Detroit : Gale Research, c1992.
- 1992
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc *920.72-N (Notable Black American women) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *R-RMRR E185.96 .N68 1991 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Notable Black American women / Jessie Carney Smith, editor.
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- Detroit : Gale Research, ©1992-©2003.
- 1992-2003
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text E185.96 .N68 1992 Book II Off-site Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text E185.96 .N68 1992 Book III Off-site The book of African-American women : 150 crusaders, creators, and uplifters / Tonya Bolden.
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- Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Media, c1996.
- 1996
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc C 98-190 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Empowerment through an African American "mother tongue" : four nineteenth-century African American women autobiographers / by Johnnie M. Stover.
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- 1977.
- 1997
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc D 00-188 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
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