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.

100 Black Women Who Shaped America: Their Legacy by Glenn L. Starks (Bloomsbury Academic)	Behind Everest: Ruth Mallory’s Story – First British Expeditions by Kate Nicholson (Pen and Sword History)	British Women’s Writing From Brontë to Bloomsbury, Volume 3: 1880s and 1890s edited by Adrienne E. Gavin and Carolyn de la L. Oulton (Palgrave Macmillan)
Empire Religiosity: Convent Habits in Colonial and Postcolonial India by Tim Allender (Manchester University Press)	Gendered Peace Through International Law by Louise Arimatsu and Christine Chinkin (Hart Publishing)	Jane Austen’s Men by Helen Amy (Amberley Publishing)
Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis by Julie Peakman (Reaktion Books)	The Routledge Companion to British Women’s Suffrage by Krista Cowman (Routledge)	Sarah Siddons: The First Celebrity Actress by Jo Willett (Pen and Sword History)
Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls‘ Comics Artists and Fans by James Welker (University of Hawai’i Press)	Understanding Women’s Empowerment in South Asia: Perspectives on Entitlements and Violations edited by Asoka Kumar Sarkar and Satyajit Das Guota (Palgrave Macmillan)	Women, Travel, and Writing in the Interwar Era: Changing Times, Changing Spaces by Ann Catherine Hoag (Routledge)