Iwasaki, Mineko, Geisha, a Life, Washington Square Press, 2003.

Although a geisha would never call herself a prostitute, there are a few similarities in the two professions. In this book, Iwasaki exposes some of the elements of her profession, for which she began training at the tender age of five.

Partnow, Elaine T., and Lesley Anne Hyatt, The Female Dramatist: Profiles of Women Playwrights from Around the World from the Middle Ages to the Present Day, Facts on File, 1998.

This rare collection of historical data focuses on dramatists who happen to be women. More than two hundred female playwrights are included, with information on the plays they produced as well as the critical response that the plays received. This is a good book about the evolution of plays written by women.

Pizer, Donald, ed., The Cambridge Companion to American Realism and Naturalism: From Howells to London...