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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rachel E. Black, author of Cheffes de Cuisine: Women and Work in the Professional French Kitchen, answers questions on her culinary influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: […]
To celebrate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment and Women’s Equality Day on August 26, we’re offering a 50% discount on all women’s suffrage books! Use Promo Code 100vote on […]
August’s free e-book is here! To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, we are giving away copies of 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage. Compiled by […]
It’s that time of year again! The University of Illinois Press and the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) are pleased to continue the annual competition for the best dissertation or […]
Dawn Durante is a senior acquisitions editor at the University of Illinois Press. In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked her some questions about her new anthology, 100 Years of […]
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. To commemorate the anniversary, we’ve put together a list of 20 books and articles from our list that provide insightful analysis, […]
The hit film Hidden Figures re-acquainted the zeitgeist with the idea that women in general, and African American women in particular, have long participated in scientific endeavor. Science on the Home Front tells women’s […]
Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and passionate filmmakers working in France today, Claire Denis has continued to make beautiful and challenging films since the 1988 release of […]