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.

How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature by Emily Hauser (Princeton University Press)	Saloons, Prostitutes, and Temperance in Alaska Territory by Catherine Holder Spude (Oxford University Press)	Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead (Princeton University Press)
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder (Alfred Knopf)	Women’s Activist Theatre in Jamaica and South Africa: Gender, Race, and Performance Space by Nicosia M. Shakes (University of Illinois Press)	Writing for Their Lives: America’s Pioneering Female Science Journalists by Marcel Chotkowski (MIT Press)