Reviews for American Women Civil Rights Activists: Biobibliographies of 68 Leaders, 1825-1992

The average rating for American Women Civil Rights Activists: Biobibliographies of 68 Leaders, 1825-1992 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-07-21 00:00:00 David Bartlett A reference book about first or given names, the book is presented in two sections. The first section is a list of descriptive and cultural meanings and then lists the names (and their cultural context or nationality) that carry that meaning. For example, under the entry "beautiful" are the names Belle (french), Bella, Ilona (Hungarian), Calantha (Greek) and so on. Another example - the descriptor "bold" has the names Tracy (Latin), Germaine (Old German) and others. The first section is sub-divided giving female names first followed by male names. Section two is simply an index of names listed alphabetically. Each entry here is followed an f or m indicating female or male and a few words that describe its historical or cultural meaning. This is an indispensible book for expectant parents and its especially good in its clarifying the meaning behind names. It's refreshing to have a source that puts names into a context. Though I am past the baby naming stage, I still occasionally turn to this book and discover new names and new meaning for old names. A definite asset.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-13 00:00:00 Susan Glatczak I really liked this book, it's a unique addition to a name book collection or for a writer or role-player to name a character. I had to take away a star however, as it was in sore need of further editing. There were numerous spelling errors and typos.