The book analyzes the general directions of research on the "female theme" in our country and abroad for two centuries, from 1800 to 2000. This is the result of twenty years of selfless work by NA. Pushkareva in the libraries of our country and abroad. The bibliography presented in the volume has about 8 thousand titles of books, articles, journal and many newspaper publications, arranged in alphabetical order by their authors and compilers. The volume is equipped with a unique "key" (pointer), not only facilitating the use of the book as a reference book, but also giving an idea of ​ ​ the degree of development of problems in our and foreign science.