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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of WIAReport.

Here are the latest selections. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.


Harvester of Hearts:
Motherhood Under the Sign of Frankenstein
by Rachel Feder
(Northwestern University Press)

Mulata Nation:
Visualizing Race and Gender in Cuba
by Alison Fraunhar
(University Press of Mississippi)

Realizing Our Place:
Real Southern Women in a Mythologized Land
by Catharine Egley Waggoner and Laura Egley Taylor
(University Press of Mississippi)

The Narrative of Lucy Ann Lobdell:
A Woman’s Case for Equality
by Lisa Macchia Ohliger
(Westholme Publishing)

Votes For Women!
The Pioneers and Heroines of Female Suffrage
by Jenni Murray
(Oneworld Publications)

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