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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. 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.


Black Women Writers at Work
by Claudia Tate
(Haymarket Books)

Dr. Nurse:
Science, Politics, and the Transformation of American Nursing
by Dominique A. Tobbell
(University of Chicago Press)

Good for a Girl:
A Woman Running in a Man’s World
by Lauren Fleshman
(Penguin Books)

Hit Girls:
Women of Punk in the USA, 1975-1983
by Jen B. Larson
(Feral House)

A Research Agenda for Organization Studies, Feminisms and New Materialisms
edited by Marta B. Calas and Linda Smircich
(Edward Elgar Publishing)

Shirley Chisholm:
Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics
by Anastasia C. Curwood
(University of North Carolina Press)

Understanding Indigenous Gender Relations and Violence
by Catherine E. McKinley
(Springer)

The Woodville Women:
100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History
by Sarah J. Holder
(Pen and Sword History)

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