Women's Studies

Women Take Their Place in State Legislatures

The Creation of Women’s Caucuses

Anna Mitchell Mahoney

Investigating the opportunities, resources, and frames that women utilize to create legislative caucuses

258 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 19 tables, 2 maps

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Undermining Intersectionality

The Perils of Powerblind Feminism

Barbara Tomlinson

A sustained critique of the ways in which scholars have engaged with and deployed intersectionality

284 pages | 6 x 9

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Push Back, Move Forward

The National Council of Women's Organizations and Coalition Advocacy

Laura R. Woliver

An in-depth explanation of the coalition dynamics—origin, workings, strengths, and weaknesses—of the National Council of Women’s Organizations

240 pages | 6 x 9

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The Cost of Being a Girl

Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap

Yasemin Besen-Cassino

Traces the origins of the gender wage gap to part-time teenage work, which sets up a dynamic that persists into adulthood

208 pages | 6 x 9 | 11 tables, 8 line drawings

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Addressing Violence Against Women on College Campuses

Edited by Catherine Kaukinen, Michelle Hughes Miller, and Ráchael A. Powers

What we know, what we are doing, and how we can improve our prevention of and response to violence against women on college campuses

354 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 line drawings, 3 halftones

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Gross Misbehavior and Wickedness

A Notorious Divorce in Early Twentieth-Century America

Jean Elson

This fascinating story of the troubled marriage and acrimonious divorce of Nina and James Walker elucidates early twentieth-century gender and family mores

336 pages | 6 x 9 | 13 halftones

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Empowered by Design

Decentralization and the Gender Policy Trifecta

Meg Rincker

Do reforms that decentralize the state actually empower women?

244 pages | 6 x 9 | 17 tables, 9 line drawings, 6 halftones, 3 maps

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Getting Paid While Taking Time

The Women's Movement and the Development of Paid Family Leave Policies in the United States

Megan A. Sholar

Analyzing family leave policy in the United States—from the role of the women’s movement in the passage of paid leave to policymaking at the state level

252 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 3 tables

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The Gendered Executive

A Comparative Analysis of Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Chief Executives

Edited by Janet M. Martin and MaryAnne Borrelli

Examining national executives through the lens of identity, representation, and power

296 pages | 6 x 9 | 22 tables, 5 line drawings

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Navigating Gendered Terrain

Stereotypes and Strategy in Political Campaigns

Kelly Dittmar

Explores how candidates and campaign professionals navigate the gendered terrain of political campaigns

244 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 tables, 3 figures

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Women in Politics in the American City

Mirya R. Holman

How and why gender matters in framing and determining urban policy and politics

210 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 20 tables, 27 figures

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The Gender Knot

Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy
Third Edition

Allan G. Johnson

A compelling approach to gender inequality that empowers both men and women to be part of the solution instead of just part of the problem

328 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 table, 2 figures

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Jesus, Jobs, and Justice

African American Women and Religion

Bettye Collier-Thomas

Now in paperback, an extraordinary history of African American women, and their struggle for gender and racial equality in the church and society

736 pages | 6.25 x 9.125

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Asian American Women's Popular Literature

Feminizing Genres and Neoliberal Belonging

Pamela Thoma

How Asian American women writers mobilize popular genres of literature to imagine new forms of citizenship in a neoliberal society

236 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 halftones

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Celebrating Debutantes and Quinceañeras

Coming of Age in American Ethnic Communities

Evelyn Ibatan Rodriguez

How young women's coming of age rites cement community relations and reinforce ethnic identity

226 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 tables, 4 figures

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