The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography contains essential details of the lives of over 2100 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life-from queens to cooks, engineers to entertainers, pilots to poisoners. In addition to new entries covering the past five years, the historical coverage has also been broadened in response to new research, as has coverage of women from Third World countries. With subsections for further reading, a comprehensive subject index and bibliographical survey, the Dictionary of Women's Biography is an invaluable reference source, priced for every woman's bookshelf.