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 […]
2026 Women’s History Month Reading List: Women in Music
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2026 Women’s History Month Reading List: Women in Art
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 […]
Free E-book Giveaway: MEAN GIRL FEMINISM
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 […]
Winner of the 2025 NWSA/ University of Illinois Press First Book Prize
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: […]
Free E-book Giveaway: CONTEMPORARY PLAYS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
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 […]
NWSA 2025 Virtual Exhibit
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, […]
Free E-book Giveaway: CARCERAL LIBERALISM
November’s free e-book is here! Check out Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices against State Violence edited by Shreerekha Pillai before the month is over! Carceral liberalism emerges from the confluence of […]
Q&A with the author of CRIMINALIZATION OF WOMEN
Michele Eggers-Barison, author of Criminalization of Women: Abortion, Inequity, and Resistance in Chile, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? This work […]
Q&A with the author of UNLEARNING THE HUSH
Marlee S. Bunch, author of Unlearning the Hush: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did […]
Q&A with the editors of QUEER, WOMEN OF COLOR, & CRITICAL APPROACHES TO FEMINIST MENTORSHIP & PEDAGOGY
Leandra H. Hernández, Stevie M. Munz, and Jessica Pauly, editors of Queer, Women of Color, and Critical Approaches to Feminist Mentorship and Pedagogy, answer questions about their new book. Q: […]
Free E-book Giveaway: MONEY, MARRIAGE, AND MADNESS
July’s free e-book is here! Check out Money, Marriage, and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott by Kim E. Nielsen before the month is over! Anna Ott died in the […]
Q&A with the author of ALMOST NOTHING
Nora Wendl, author of Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I decided to write this book […]