As the Texas House of Representatives passed a controversial abortion bill on Wednesday, opponents of the legislation, which now heads to the Texas State Senate, erupted in the House gallery. […]
Category: women’s history
NWSA/UIP First Book Prize deadline approaching!
The deadline for the NWSA-University of Illinois Press First Book Prize is June 1! The National Women’s Studies Association and the University of Illinois Press are pleased to announce a competition […]
Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass book trailer
In May 2013 we will publish Murphy Henry’s new book Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass, which documents the musical lives of more than seventy women including Sally Ann […]
Women’s History Month $2.99 e-book sale
For the month of March we have lowered the e-book list price of six Women’s History titles in the University of Illinois Press catalog to $2.99. The Moral Property of Women: […]
Q & A with One Woman in a Hundred author Mary Sue Welsh
Mary Sue Welsh is a former executive director of the Bach Festival of Philadelphia, where she worked with its chair Edna Phillips. She answered our questions about her new University of […]
The Beauvoir Series Q&A
On August 6, 2012, we published Political Writings, the fifth volume in The Beauvoir Series. Co-editor Margaret Simons answered our questions about the new book. Q: The previous books in […]
Framing Insanity
We have a selection of new titles that examine the different ways the U.S. legal system has defined insanity, especially in relation to gender. All of these books look at […]
New in paperback: Hands on the Freedom Plow
On August 27, 2012, we will publish a paperback edition of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC, edited by Faith S. Holsaert, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, […]
Q&A with Julie A. Gallagher, author of Black Women & Politics in New York City
On June 18, 2012, we will publish Black Women & Politics in New York City by Julie A. Gallagher, assistant professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine. Professor Gallagher […]
The Catholic Church vs. Birth Control: The Sanger Papers Feature Early Rounds in this Epic Battle by Peter C. Engelman
The current debate over the mandate for employers to cover contraception in health insurance plans harks back to earlier confrontations between the Catholic Church and family planning advocates. From the early […]
NPR explores Beauty Shop Politics
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Tiffany Gill, author of the University of Illinois Press book Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry on the December 28, […]
Q&A with Daughter of the Empire State author Jacqueline A. McLeod
On December 5, 2011, we will publish Daughter of the Empire State: The Life of Judge Jane Bolin, a biography of the nation’s first African American woman judge. Author Jacqueline A. […]