In light of this week’s Supreme Court news, we’ve assembled a list of books and journals that provide insightful analysis into the history of reproductive rights in the United States. […]
Essential Roe v. Wade Reading List
Category: women’s history
Q&A with Elena Tajima Creef, Author of Shadow Traces
Elena Tajima Creef, author of Shadow Traces: Seeing Japanese/American and Ainu Women in Photographic Archives, answers questions on her influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: Why did […]
Free Ebook Giveaway: Queering the Global Filipina Body
April’s free ebook is here! Check out Queering the Global Filipina Body: Contested Nationalisms in the Filipina/o Diaspora by Gina K. Velasco before the month is over! Contemporary popular culture […]
Q&A With Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Author of Dressed for Freedom
Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, author of Dressed for Freedom: The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: Why did you […]
NWSA 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press National Women’s Studies Association 2021 virtual exhibit! Step inside and take a look at some of our featured titles as well as interviews […]
Q&A with Rachel Afi Quinn, Author of Being La Dominicana
Rachel Afi Quinn, author of Being La Dominicana: Race and Identity in the Visual Culture of Santo Domingo , recently answered some questions about what inspired her to write her […]
Q&A With Melanie Bell, Author of Movie Workers
Melanie Bell, author of Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways in her book. Q: Why did you decide […]
Pioneering Women in Cinema and Theater Reading List
From the beginnings of silent films to the talkies we have now, women have played a pivotal role in the development of film whether it be behind the scenes or […]
Our January 2021 Free Ebook: To Live Here You Have to Fight by Jessica Wilkerson
Kick off the new year with January’s free ebook! We’re giving away To Live Here, You Have To Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements For Social Justice by Jessica Wilkerson! […]
Q&A With Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Author of Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving
Author of Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy During Jim Crow, Tyrone McKinley Freeman, answers questions about his inspirations, motivations and what he wants readers to know […]
Q&A with Sara E. Lampert, Author of Starring Women
Author, Sara E. Lampert, of Starring Women: Celebrity, Patriarchy, and American Theater, 1790-1850 answers questions about her purpose for writing, book influences, and discoveries about entertainers for her book. Q: […]
Homeland Maternity Honored with James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award
We are pleased to announce Homeland Maternity: US Security Culture and the New Reproductive Regime by Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz is the winner of the National Communication Association’s (NCA) James A. Winans-Herbert […]