Maggie Humm. New York ; London : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1994.

Lorraine Code. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

By Janet K. Boles, Diane Long Houveler ; with the assistance of Rebecca Bardwell. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c1996.

Maggie Humm. 2nd ed. Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c1995.

Mary Ellen Snodgrass. New York : Facts On File, c2006.

This six-volume set explores the history of women and feminism throughout literature, from classical antiquity to modern times. Topics covered include misogyny and women's social roles in ancient civilizations, 16th-century women's devotional literature, 17th- and 18th-century women's captivity narratives, the women's suffrage movement in 19th-century America, women writers of the "Lost Generation," lesbian literature, and much more.

Editor, Pamela Kester-Shelton; forward by Hortense Spillers. Detroit: St. James Pres, c.1996.

Contains bio-bibliographic information from Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Authors as well as critical articles from journals.

Edited by Clare Buck. New York : Prentice Hall General Reference, c1992.

Edited by Paul and June Schlueter. Rev. and expanded ed. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1998.

An encyclopedia of women's writing in English, especially those writers and texts that have been popularly read in the last 25 years. Includes entries for writers, texts, general terms, genres and movements. Subjects range from early medieval English writing through today. Demonstrates the increase in literacy and the changes to the language as colonies evolved.

Edited by Vicki K. Janik and Del Ivan Janik.

Edited by Abigail Burnham Bloom. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000

Philip C. Kolin. New York : Garland, 1991.

Editors, Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements, Isobel Grundy ; consulting editors, Barbara Christian ... [et al.] ; contributing editors, Julia Boffey ... [et al.] New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990.

Provides a critical introduction to women writers of the English Renaissance.

Provides coverage on the best-known American women writers spanning from colonial days to the present, including biography, criticism, and bibliography for each; also includes lesser-known writers whose work is found in journals, letters, stories, and even hymns. Entries feature an assessment of the writer's works; basic biography and complete bibliography, as well as comprehensive data on writers' names, including pseudonyms, aliases, parents' names and husbands' names, etc.

Ann R. Shapiro, editor-in-chief ; Sara R. Horowitz, advisory editor for fiction, Ellen Schiff, advisory editor for drama, Miriyam Glazer, advisory editor for poetry. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.

Compiled by Roberto G. Trujillo and Andres Rodriguez ; with an introductory essay by Luis Leal. 1st ed. Oakland, Calif. : Floricanto Press, c1985.

Presents commentary and analysis on American women writers from a variety of ethnic groups and genres. Entries include biographical information, critical analysis, and bibliographies of key primary and secondary works.

Editors in chief, Cathy N. Davidson, Linda Wagner-Martin ; editors, Elizabeth Ammons ... [et al.]. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Edited by Marina Ledkovsky, Charlotte Rosenthal, Mary Zirin. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press 1994.

Edited by Janet Pérez and Maureen Ihrie. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Edited by Diane E. marting. New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.

Edited by Friederike Eigler and Susanne Kord. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press 1997.

Edited by Rinaldina Russell. Westport Conn.: Greenwood Press 1997.

By Christy Gavin. New York : Garland Pub., 1999.

Provides analysis of American playwrights whose works have a strong feminist message. Covers four eras, including feminist dramatists of colonial America, the suffrage plays of the early women's movement, the social protest dramas of the 1920s and 1930s, and the plays advocating equal rights from the late 1960s onward.

Susan Croft. London : Faber and Faber, 2001.

By Elaine T. Partnow with Leslie Anne Hyatt. New York : Facts On File, 1998.