Women's Studies
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Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution
Paperback
The groundbreaking investigation into motherhood and womanhood from an influential and enduring feminist voice, now for a new generation.
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
Paperback
Winner of the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography
"Exhilarating…A rich resurrection of a forgotten history." —Parul Sehgal, New York Times
Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower
Hardcover
China’s single women—are they the source of its future?
The Extra Woman: How Marjorie Hillis Led a Generation of Women to Live Alone and Like It
Hardcover
From the flapper to The Feminine Mystique, a cultural history of single women in the city through the reclaimed life of glamorous guru Marjorie Hillis.
Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements
Paperback
Reframing feminism for the twenty-first century, this bold and essential history stands up against "bland corporate manifestos" (Sarah Leonard).