Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Women's History Month Picks

Don't forget to check out some of our women's studies books to help commemorate Women's History Month!

New books from Fall '11 and Spring '12:
A MESS OF GREENS: SOUTHERN GENDER AND SOUTHERN FOOD
By Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt

PHILLIS WHEATLEY: BIOGRAPHY OF GENIUS IN BONDAGE
By Vincent Carretta 

MAKING WAR, MAKING WOMEN: FEMININITY AND DUTY ON THE AMERICAN HOME FRONT, 1941-1945
By Melissa A. McEuen

WOMEN, GENDER, AND TERRORISM
Edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron E. Gentry

Select backlist:
New in paperback
GEORGIA'S FRONTIER WOMEN: FEMALE FORTUNES IN A SOUTHERN COLONY
By Ben Marsh  

MARGARET FULLER, WANDERING PILGRIM
By Meg McGavran Murray 


FLANNERY O'CONNOR: THE OBEDIENT IMAGINATION
By Sarah Gordon




GLASS CEILINGS AND 100-HOUR COUPLES: WHAT THE OPT-OUT PHENOMENON CAN TEACH US ABOUT WORK AND FAMILY
By Karine Moe and Dianna Shandy

MERCY OTIS WARREN: SELECTED LETTERS
Edited by Jeffrey H. Richards and Sharon M. Harris

ROMANCING THE VOTE: FEMINIST ACTIVISM IN AMERICAN FICTION, 1870-1920
By Leslie Petty

SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN: WOMEN WRITERS AND THE ART OF SURVIVAL
Edited by Marilyn Kallet and Judith Ortiz Cofer

SOUTHERN WOMEN AT THE SEVEN SISTER COLLEGES: FEMINIST VALUES AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM, 1875-1915
By Joan Marie Johnson