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.

Phillis Wheatley Chooses Freedom: History, Poetry, and the Ideals of the American Revolution by G.J. Benfield (New York University Press)	Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly (Atria Books)	Re-Evaluating Women’s Page Journalism in the Post-World War II Era: Celebrating Soft News by Kimberly Wilmot Voss (Palgrave Macmillan)
Red Light Labour: Sex Work Regulation, Agency, and Resistance edited by Elya M. Durisin et al. (University of British Columbia Press)	The Grind: Black Women and Survival in the Inner City by Alexis S. McCurn (Rutgers University Press)	Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture by Karen E.H. Skinazi (Rutgers University Press)