Recent Books That May Be 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.

Anastasia and Her Sisters by Carolyn Meyer (Simon & Schuster)	Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy by Meredith K. Ray (Harvard University Press)	Every Father’s Daughter: Twenty-Four Women Writers Remember Their Fathers by Jane Smiley et al. (McPherson & Co.)
Femocratic Administration: Gender, Governance, and Democracy in Ontario by Tammy Findlay (University of Toronto Press)	Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who Commanded Her Own Army by Phyllis Birnbaum (Columbia University Press)	Michelle Obama: A Life by Peter Slevin (Alfred A. Knopf)
The Civilian War: Confederate Women and Union Soldiers During Sherman’s March by Lisa Tendrich Frank (Louisiana State University Press)	Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare’s Plays by Tina Packer (Alfred A. Knopf)	Women on the Role of Public Higher Education: Personal Reflections from CUNY’s Graduate Center edited by Deborah S. Gambs and Roe M. Kim (Palgrave Macmillan)