Elaine Bernstein Partnow’s latest work is a collection of quotations entitled The Quotable Jewish Woman, Wisdom, Inspiration & Humor from the Mind and Heart (Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT): In it, the voices of 317 fascinating women--including those of the Bible, actors, poets, humorists, scientists, and literary and political figures--whose ideas, activism, services, talent, and labor have touched the world, come together in one comprehensive volume.
Partnow has authored several other books, best known of which is the nationally acclaimed The Quotable Woman, The First 5,000 Years (5th edition, 2001: Facts On File, NY), a collection of more than 19,000 quotations from all over the world from over 3,750 women, spanning earliest recorded history to the present day, it has been in print since 1978. She is also author of Everyday Speaking on All Occasions and The Female Dramatist. Her fiction has been published in The Seven Hills Review, her poetry in The Sea Oats Review, and her articles in Cosmopolitan and New World.
Elaine is also a public speaker, or performance lecturer, as she refers to herself, noted for her living history portrayals of notable women. She has brought her expertise on women=s issues and her prodigious presentation skills to tens of thousands of women, men and children internationally.
In New Orleans, where she lived for several years, she created The Living History Institute, a non-profit organization with a mission to bring living history into the schools.
She has done volunteer work as an educational interpreter for the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge and Wakulla State Park in Florida. She also is a volunteer mediator for the county court system.
Included in several editions of Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who in Entertainment, Partnow is the on-line columnist of AWomen of Wisdom@ for the award-winning web site, [login to view URL]. You can find out more about Elaine at her website: [login to view URL].
Publications include:
2008 Book, The Complete Idiots Guide to Great Quotes for Every Occasion (Alpha Books, New York). Collection of 2,000 quotes from men and women. Indexed.
2004 Book, The Quotable Jewish Woman, Wisdom Inspiration and Humor from the Mind and Heart (Jewish Lights Publishing, Woostock, VT). Collection of 2,400 quotations from 304 women from biblical times to the present day. Arranged by subject. Biographical dictionary included.
2001 Book, The Quotable Woman: The First 5,000 Years (Facts On File, New York). Fifth edition, in progress. Revised and updated to include more than 3,000 women and 20,000 quotations. Fully indexed by subject, contributor, nationality and ethnicity, and professions. Recommended by the American Library Association.
1998 Book, The Female Dramatist, with Lesley Hyatt (Facts On File, New York). Profiles of over 200 women playwrights from around the world, from the middle ages to the present day. Includes biographical listings. 50 illustrations. Indexed.
1998 Book, Everyday Speaking for All Occasions, with Susan Partnow (Doubleday Book Club). A practical guide to preparing and delivering speeches, from formal addresses to improvisational toasts.
1988 Play, Hear Us Roar: A Woman's Connection, one-woman two-act play interweaving the personal growth of a girl of the Fifties to a woman of the Eighties with the growth of the contributions and impact of women in history.
1988 Performance Piece, Movers & Shakers: American Women in Politics, semi-improvisational educational theatre piece depicting several great women from American history.
1987 Play, Hispanic Women Speak, one-woman one-act living history play depicting seventeen notable women from various periods of history with Hispanic backgrounds.
1983 Photographic Artists & Innovators, with Turner Browne (Macmillan Books, New York); a 700-page biographical dictonary of over 2,000 leaders in photography from the 1800s to the present day; illustrated; appendices of photographic museums and galleries.
1977 The Quotable Woman: 1800-1975 (Corwin Books, New York; trade ed., 1979, Anchor/Doubleday, New York; mass paperback ed., 2 vols., 1980, Pinnacle Books, New York); original reference work--see description for revised edition above. Recommended by American Library Assoc.
