Compiled with the aid of women's studies prof. from leading U.S. colleges and univ. Felder has ranked social reformers, women's rights activists, scientists, educators, labor leaders, artists, performers, and sports figures -- women who have inspired, inflamed, changed attitudes, and changed the world. Many have passed into history as the first, the finest, or the most prominent women in their fields. Others are less famous but equally significant achievers who are at last receiving the recognition they deserve. Includes: Eleanor Roosevelt, Marie Curie, Susan B.

Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Jane Austin, Simone de Beauvoir, Queen Elizabeth I, Rosa Parks, Mother Teresa, Catherine the Great, Anne Frank, Sandra Day O'Conner, and Lucille Ball. Photos.