The Work of Writing Women’s Work
07/08/2025
Today’s post comes to us from Jennifer Moore, the Regents’ Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico and author of the new book Women’s Work: Building Peace in… READ MORE
Category: Women’s Studies
University Press Week: Who StepsUP at, with, or for your press?
11/11/2024
Today’s post is a part of University Press Week 2024’s blog tour. This year, the members of the Association of University Presses (AUPresses)—an organization of 160 mission-driven publishers in the… READ MORE
Highlights from Our 2024 Women’s History Month Collection
03/19/2024
Penn Press is celebrating Women’s History Month by sharing a collection of books in women’s history and studies that we have published in the past six years—and through the end… READ MORE
Highlights from Our Women’s History Month Collection!
03/15/2023
March is Women’s History Month, and Penn Press is marking the occasion by offering 40% off all books in our collection of books in women’s history and studies that we have… READ MORE
An Excerpt From The Silver Women in Honor of Women’s History Month
03/09/2023
March is Women’s History Month, and to mark the occasion, we’re sharing an excerpt from the new book The Silver Women: How Black Women’s Labor Made the Panama Canal by… READ MORE
Women Healers: Always Essential Medical Workers
03/08/2022
In honor of Women’s History Month, Penn Press is excited to share a new blog post from Susan Brandt, author of Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia. Coming this… READ MORE
A Select Reading List for Women’s History Month
03/17/2021
In observance of Women’s History Month, Penn Press has assembled a reading list commemorating and encouraging the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history…. READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Spring 2021 catalog!
03/04/2021
Exciting new titles this season include: • An Illustrated Business History of the United States by Richard Vague, a sweeping, lively, and highly approachable history of American business from the nation’s… READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Fall 2020 catalog!
09/02/2020
Exciting new titles this season include: • In Defense of Populism by Donald T. Critchlow, which argues, contrary to contemporary warnings about the dangers of populism, that grassroots activism is essential… READ MORE
Reading List: Race, policing, and protest
06/05/2020
In the past two weeks, tragic police killings of African Americans have once again sent shockwaves through the nation and have prompted a widespread and ongoing surge of activism. These… READ MORE
