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January 5, 2023 (January 3, 2023)

AHA 2023 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 American Historical Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]

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January 1, 2023 (November 21, 2022)

Free E-book Giveaway: THE MARK OF SLAVERY

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Janaury’s free e-book is here! Check out The Mark of Slavery: Disability, Race, and Gender in Antebellum America by Jenifer L. Barclay before the month is over!  Time and again, […]

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November 10, 2022 (November 2, 2022)

NWSA 2022 Virtual Exhibit

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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 […]

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August 17, 2022 (August 17, 2022)

MADAM C. J. WALKER’S GOSPEL OF GIVING shortlisted for the 2022 Indiana Authors Awards

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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 […]

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July 27, 2022 (July 26, 2022)

SURVIVING SOUTHAMPTON wins the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize

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We are pleased to announce that Surviving South Hampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden has won the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize from SHEAR […]

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June 15, 2022 (June 13, 2022)

Q&A with Miriam Thaggert, author of RIDING JANE CROW

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Miriam Thaggert, author of Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad, answers questions on the significance of the time period she writes about, what she hopes readers […]

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June 2, 2022 (June 1, 2022)

DREAM BOOKS AND GAMBLERS has been awarded a grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund

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We are pleased to announce that Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund has awarded a grant to support publication of the book Dream Books and Gamblers: Black Women’s […]

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June 1, 2022 (May 31, 2022)

Refresh for the Women and Film History International series

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We are happy to announce that you will see new books coming from assistant acquisitions editor Mariah Schaefer in the near future. Mariah has been working on charting the future […]

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March 16, 2022 (March 15, 2022)

Celebrating 35 Years of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History Series

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The inaugural year of the Women in American History series saw two books published: Women Doctors in the Gilded-Age Washington: Race Gender, and Professionalism by Gloria Moldow and Friends and […]

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March 1, 2022 (February 23, 2022)

Free Ebook Giveaway: The Heart of a Woman

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Celebrate Women’s History Month with March’s free ebook The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price by Rae Linda Brown. The giveaway ends at the […]

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November 19, 2021 (November 5, 2021)

Q&A With Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Author of Dressed for Freedom

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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 […]

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August 4, 2020 (October 29, 2020)

Pioneering Women in Music

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Through their unique and often challenging life experiences, the women showcased in this roundup have shaped various musical genres during their time and generations to come. From performance, to music […]

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