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. As an Amazon Associate, WIAReport will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases.

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

Bodies That Work: African American Women’s Corporeal Activism in Progressive America by Tami Miyatsu (Peter Lang International Academic Publishers)	Doing Women’s History in Public: A Handbook for Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites by Heather Huyck (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)	Innovations and Challenges: Women, Language and Sexism edited by Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard (Routledge)
It’s Not About the Burqa edited by Mariam Khan (Picador)	More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You…and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Munoz (Seal Press)	Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles by James Overmyer (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
Ordinary Insanity: Fear and the Silent Crisis of Motherhood in America by Sarah Menkedick (Pantheon)	The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women by Sharon Moalem (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)	The Smart Woman’s Guide to Property Law: Protect Your Assets When You Live with Someone, Marry, Divorce, and More by Carla Spivack (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)