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.

Army Wives: From Crimea to Afghanistan, the Real Lives of the Women Behind the Men in Uniform by Midge Gillies (Aurum Press)	Big Bosses: A Working Girl’s Memoir of Jazz Age America by Althea McDowell Altemus (University of Chicago Press)	Downed by Friendly Fire: Black Girls, White Girls, and Suburban Schooling by Signithia Fordham (University of Minnesota Press)
Globalization, Gender Politics, and the Media: From the West to Latin America by Carolina Matos (Lexington Books)	The Intersection of Race and Gender in National Politics by Wanda Parham-Payne (Lexington Books)	Women, Religion, and the Gift: An Abundance of Riches by Momy Joy (Springer)