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
Category: Women’s Studies
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
The Real Housewives of Medieval France
02/18/2020
Today, we have a guest post from Noah D. Guynn, Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis and author of Pure Filth: Ethics, Politics, and… READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Spring 2020 catalog!
02/14/2020
Exciting new titles this season include: Bank Notes and Shinplasters by Joshua R. Greenberg, which shows how Americans accumulated and wielded monetary information in order to navigate the early republic's… READ MORE
The Secret History of Lesbian Desire in Postwar American Marriage
01/14/2020
Today we have a guest post from Lauren Jae Gutterman, who teaches American studies at the University of Texas at Austin and is author of Her Neighbor's Wife: A History… READ MORE
