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The Birth of American Sportswear
Patricia Campbell Warner
"This will be the book on women and sport clothing and will no doubt open the doors for additional research on the topic. . . . Patricia Warner has long been considered the expert in this field and numerous scholars have been anxiously awaiting the publication of this book."—Gayle V. Fischer
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-549-4
320 pp., 45 illus., 2006
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The Unlikely Founder of Women's Basketball
Ralph Melnick
"Engagingly written, fascinating in the depth of the research, and full of rare insight. I cannot think of a biography in the field of sports history that I have felt this strongly about in some years."—Jann Todd
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-568-5
256 pp., 24 illus., March 2007
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Critical Perspectives on Women and Food
Edited by Arlene Voski Avakian and Barbara Haber
"A solid, legitimizing contribution to writing about women and food."—Women's Review of Books
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-511-1
432 pp., 11 illus., 2005
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The American Left, the Cold War, and Modern Feminism
Daniel Horowitz
"A landmark contribution to our understanding of both Betty Friedan and the origins of the modern women's movement."—(London) Times Literary Supplement
Paper. ISBN 978-1-55849-276-9
384 pp., 33 illus., 2000
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Polly Adler
Edited with a new introduction by Rachel Rubin
"A major contribution to scholarship because it rescues from oblivion a vibrant and compelling immigrant story, presenting it from a new vantage point and allowing the reader to see the contradictions of the period Polly Adler lived through within a broadly painted historical context."—Elizabeth Ewen
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-559-3
432 pp., 6 illus., 2006
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The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
Lynda Van Devanter
"An awesome, painfully honest look at war through a woman's eyes."—Washington's Post Book World
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-298-1
336 pp., 2001
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Kathleen LeBesco
"Informatively and thoughtfully considers sites of struggle over the cultural meaning of fatness and will have special appeal to college-level health students as well as the health and fitness community with respect to its analysis of how fat creates oppression and stereotypes."—The Bookwatch
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-429-9
176 pp., 2003
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Martha Wright and Women's Rights
Sherry H. Penney and James D. Livingston
"Wright's strong but unpretentious personality jumps from the page in excerpts from her many letters. . . . [a] very readable scholarly biography."—Library Journal
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-447-3
352 pp., 16 illus., 2004
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The Life of Mary Livermore
Wendy Hamand Venet
"Anyone with an interest in the American history or women's history will delight in this fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the incipient American feminist movement and one its brightest stars."—ForeWord
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-513-5
344 pp., 17 illus., 2005
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