The most influential and distinguished women throughout the world are brought together in this unique single volume publication.
Listing over 6,000 entries from a variety of backgrounds, this new fourth edition reflects the growing role of women in modern society. A one-stop research tool with extensive indexing, making reference quick and easy, recognizing established personalities as well as women who are rising to prominence.
Key features:
· Each entry includes: nationality, date and place of birth, education, family details, career, awards and publications, leisure interests, address and telephone numbers, and e-mail and internet addresses where available
· Also indexed by profession
· Comprehensive biographies of women from all occupational fields are included: politics, finance, business, academia, science, literature, the media, fashion, the arts, medicine, sports and many more.

'This is a clear, accurate and up-to-date volume produced to Europa's usual high standards.' - Reference Reviews'The International Who's Who of Women is scrupulously up-to-copy-date.' - Times Literary Supplement'Valuable and unique, this work promises to be useful to academic, public, and business libraries, and to corporations, the media, and organizations and associations.' - Choice'Few reference libraries and academic libraries will be able to resist it.' - A Year in Reference