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.

Before Official Multiculturalism: Women’s Pluralism in Toronto, 1950s-1970s by Franca Iacovetta (University of Toronto Press)	Constance of France: Womanhood and Agency in Twelfth-Century Europe by Myra Miranda Bom (Palgrave Macmillan)	Inclusive Sponsorship: A Bold Vision to Advance Women of Color in the Workplace by Jhaymee Tynan (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
Jeanne Mammen: Art Between Resistance and Conformity in Modern Germany, 1916–1950 by Camilla Smith (Bloomsbury Visual Arts)	Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders edited by Heike Bauer (Syracuse University Press)	Marie-Antoinette’s Legacy: The Politics of French Garden Patronage and Picturesque Design, 1775-1867 by Susan Taylor-Leduc (Amsterdam University Press)
Mussolini’s Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Carolina Moorehead (Harper)	On the Significance of Religion in Violence Against Women and Girls by Sandra Pertek (Routledge)	Opting Out: Women Messing with Marriage Around the World edited by Joanna Davidson and Dinah Hannaford (Rutgers University Press)
Pepsi and the Pill: Motherhood, Politics and Film in Britain and France, 1958–1969 by Melissa Oliver-Powell (Berghahn Books)	Reel Gender: Palestinian and Israeli Cinema edited by Sa’ed Atshan and Katharina Galor (Bloomsbury Academic)	Stateswomen: A Centennial History of Arkansas Women Legislators, 1922-2022 by Lindsley Armstrong Smith and Stephen A. Smith (University of Arkansas Press)
A Thousand Steps to Parliament: Constructing Electable Women in Mongolia by Manduhai Buyandelger (University of Chicago Press)	Undesirable: Passionate Mobility and Women’s Defiance of French Colonial Policing, 1919–1952 by Jennifer Anne Boittin (University of Chicago Press)	A Woman’s Empire: Russian Women and Imperial Expansion in Asia by Katya Hokanson (University of Toronto Press)
Women Artists in Expressionism: From Empire to Emancipation by Shulamith Behr (Princeton University Press)	Women, Dance and Parish Religion in England, 1300-1640: Negotiating the Steps of Faith by Lynneth Miller Renberg (Boydell Press)	Women in Ancient Egypt: Revisiting Power, Agency, and Autonomy by Mariam F. Ayad (American University in Cairo Press)