September’s free e-book is here! Check out Chicago Latina Trailblazers: Testimonios of Political Activism edited by Rita D. Hernández, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, and Elena R. Gutiérrez before the month is […]
August’s free e-book is here! Check out To Advance the Race: Black Women’s Higher Education from the Antebellum Era to the 1960s by Linda M. Perkins before the month is […]
June’s free e-book is here! Check out The Sexual Politics of Empire: Postcolonial Homophobia in Haiti by Erin L. Durban before the month is over! Evangelical Christians and members of […]
Julie Geredien, author of Arrows Tipped with Flowers: Threshold Theory for Transformative Learning, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Although much of my early training […]
For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman Cathryn J. Prince From her start as one of the youngest activists in US history, Pauline Newman helped shape the […]
When the Good Life Goes Bad: The US and Its Seven Deadly Sins Stacey M. Floyd-ThomasForeword by Michael Eric Dyson The Seven Deadly Sins have become the seven markers of […]
Sallie Martin, Mother of Gospel Music Kay Norton Sallie Martin combined fame as a performer with a far-sighted business acumen that brought Black gospel music to a national audience and […]
Black Women’s Art Ecosystems: Sites of Wellness and Self-Care Tanisha M. Jackson It is not an uncommon burden but rather a choice that Black women artists embrace creating art as […]
March’s free e-book is here! Check out Mean Girl Feminism: How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss by Kim Hong Nguyen before the month is over! Mean girl feminism encourages […]
National Women’s Studies Association and the University of Illinois Press are pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 First Book Prize! Vivian D. Rodríguez-Rocha Project title: Countertopographies of Care: […]
February’s free e-book is here! Check out Contemporary Plays by African American Women: Ten Complete Works edited by Sandra Adell before the month is over! African American women have increasingly […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2025 National Women’s Studies Association conference! Use the promo code NWSA for 50% off of all books when ordering from our website, November 13-23, […]