September’s free e-book is here! Check out Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden before the month is over! The 1831 Southampton […]
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Tag: women and gender studies
Q&A with Ethel Tungohan, author of CARE ACTIVISM
Ethel Tungohan, author of Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Movement-Building, and Communities of Care, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I […]
The Winnifred Eaton Conference 2023
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press reading list for the 2023 Winnifred Eaton Conference! Use the promo code WEATON23 for 50% off the below books when ordering from our website, July 27-29, 2023. Chinatown […]
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 The Berkshire Conference on the History of Women triennial conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog […]
Q&A with Catherine Russell, author of THE CINEMA OF BARBARA STANWYCK
Catherine Russell, author of The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Gregory J. Kaliss, author of BEYOND THE BLACK POWER SALUTE
Gregory J. Kaliss, author of Beyond the Black Power Salute: Athlete Activism in an Era of Change, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]
Q&A with Emek Ergun, author of VIRGIN CROSSING BORDERS
Emek Ergun, author of Virgin Crossing Borders: Feminist Resistance and Solidarity in Translation, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? This book, […]
Free E-book Giveaway: MOVIE WORKERS
April’s free e-book is here! Check out Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema by Melanie Bell before the month is over! After the advent of sound, women in […]
Free E-book Giveaway: UNLIKELY ANGEL
March’s free e-book is here! Check out Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton by Lydia R. Hamessley before the month is over! Dolly Parton’s success as a performer and […]
2023 Women’s History Month
Please join us in honoring women’s history every month and especially in March, as we celebrate with some of our highly anticipated women’s history publications. Women, Gender, and Families of […]
NWSA 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 National Women’s Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]
MADAM C. J. WALKER’S GOSPEL OF GIVING shortlisted for the 2022 Indiana Authors Awards
Join us in congratulating Tyrone Mckinley Freeman, whose book, Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy during Jim Crow, has been shortlisted for the 2022 Indiana Authors Awards in […]