A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms

"The excellent team of authors represents two generations of post-1989 women's historians in CESEE, many of whom published path-breaking research in their respective countries. The main goal of this dictionary is to offer reliable information on the history of women's movements and feminism in CESEE. The editors' aim is to provide comparative materials for students and researchers looking at the history of feminism and the women's movement from a transnational perspective. What unifies this project, is its political aim: to provide a "historical support" for contemporary feminism in the region by presenting it as a historical continuation of once interrupted indigenous women's movements, rather than as simply a post-1989 Western ideological import. Thus, the project responds to the very real problem of the deepening and institutionalizing of gender inequality in the countries of the region (mostly post-communist ones)."—Ab Imperio

"This useful reference covers the former territories of the AustroHungarian empire and the European countries of the Ottoman and Soviet empires.... This is an excellent introduction for English speakers. It could also be a useful resource for specialists in the field since most of the bibliographies include references to archival resources: the sources are nearly all foreign. I have also discovered that a large number of sources are not cataloged in OCLC (WorldCat) by any institution: if this means these resources are not in the United States, then bibliographers have a good source for trying to acquire feminist materials from this area of the world. In addition to academic and research libraries, I recommend this book for high school and public libraries for women seeking information on feminists from countries of their origin."—Feminist Collection

"Anyone interested in women's movements and feminism in Europe will find a wealth of useful information here – much of it otherwise inaccessible in the English language. The work of synthesising and analysing women's and feminist movements in most of the countries of central, eastern and south eastern Europe still lies ahead. This volume provides an important start, and is a very welcome reference book."—Gender & History

"The Dictionary, which grew out of a project to create a calendar with 'biographical portraits of feminists from Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe,' has stong inspirational value and a human interest angle that attend this genre. Along with the original research, it should provide a strong basis for further scholarly investigation into this fascinating topic."—Slavic and East European Journal