THE BIBLIOGRAPHY HAS THREE SECTIONS INCLUDING AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR OR TITLE, OF 22 WORKS CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES AVAILABLE ON THE SUBJECT OF WOMEN ABUSE; A LIST OF 130 SUGGESTED READINGS, LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR AND COVERING THE EXPANDING BODY OF LITERATURE AND A SPECIAL LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. SOURCES LISTED DATE FROM 1954 THROUGH 1978; MOST ARE FROM 1973 TO 1978. INCLUDED ARE BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, MAGAZINE ARTICLES, STATUTES, AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS. AN INTRODUCTION DISCUSSES SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROWING AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM OF WOMAN ABUSE. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS COMPILED BY FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK. (CFW)