

BOOKS
Writer • Historian • Russianist
HELEN

Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
ABC Clio, 2001
Award Winner
Oustanding Reference Source, 2002, RUSA (Reference and Users’ Service
Association) of the American Library Association
This splendid book covers nearly 500 entries on pioneering women in many
spheres of social reform, including political activism, welfare and philanthropy...
Particularly welcome is the number of entries on women who are unfamiliar to
Western eyes...Written in clear prose, [it is] informative and wide ranging...
a text to dip into and enjoy.
June Purvis,Times Higher Educational Supplement
To have compiled a reference source featuring more than 400 people from
64 countries, a large number of them poorly documented, and having the
nerve toexclude many of the better-known, safer names...Helen Rappaport
meritsapplause...it contains much that is new and not found elsewhere.
Reference Reviews, USA
BBC Women’s hour Radio 4 co-presenting six slots
Women Who Made a Difference based on key British women from my
book: An Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers(2001-2)
To Listen go to:
Programme 1 Anti-slavery www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
Programme 2 Prison Reform www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
Programme 3 Pacifism www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
Programme 4 Birth control www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
Programme 5 Workhouse reform www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
Programme 6 Child recue www.bbc.co.uk/radio4