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.

A Civil Society: The Public Space of Freemason Women in France, 1744-1944 by James Smith Allen (University of Nebraska Press)	Enduring Shame: A Recent History of Unwed Pregnancy and Righteous Reproduction by Heather Brook Adams (University of South Carolina Press)	Feminism, Adult Education and Creative Possibility: Imaginative Responses edited by Darlene E. Clover et al. (Bloomsbury Academic)
Feminist Formalism and Early Modern Women’s Writing: Readings, Conversations, Pedagogies edited by Lara Dodds and Michelle M. Dowd (University of Nebraska Press)	Isn’t Her Grace Amazing! The Women Who Changed Gospel Music by Cheryl Wills (Amistad)	The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within the Courts by Virginia L. Summey (University of Georgia Press)
Managing Sex in the U.S. Military: Gender, Identity, and Behavior edited by Beth Bailey et al. (University of Nebraska Press)	Mothercoin: The Stories of Immigrant Nannies by Elizabeth Cummins Munoz (Beacon Press)	The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work by Linda Babcock et al. (Simon & Schuster)
Persisting Partition: Affect, Memory and Trauma in Women’s Narratives of Pakistan by Humaira Saeed (Bloomsbury Academic)	This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson (Hachette Books)	Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon by Patricia Owens (Cambridge University Press)