Global Voices from the Women¿s Library at the World¿s Col...
Wadsworth, Sarah / Dalbello, Marija
Long recognized as a cultural watershed and touchstone of modernity, the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (World¿s Columbian Exposition) was the site of the first large-scale international library of writing by women. The result of years of planning and cooperation by women¿s organizations in twenty-four countries from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the library of the Woman¿s Building contained more than 8, 000 volum...