The wonderful woman indexer of England: Nancy Bailey.

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      A biography of the pioneering British indexer Nancy Bailey is presented. Topics discussed include her childhood years and family background, her job of compiling an index to the annual survey "The Year's Art" around 1885 or 1886, and her work as an indexer for the tabloid magazine "Pearson's Weekly." Also mentioned are the establishment of her indexing office in London, England and her reappointment as official indexer of businessman Thomas Curson Hansard until 1901.