Women's Studies

A wellspring of wisdom from Black women leaders in higher education for the next generation.

A survey of Jewish women’s history from biblical times to the twenty-first century.

A feminist approach to America’s four best friends.

Collection of articles and fiction by pioneering journalist and turn-of-the-twentieth-century feminist, Miriam Michelson.

Examines the social and historical significance of women’s contributions to American silent film comedy.

Examines the tale of Cinderella as a fascinating, multilayered, and ever-changing story constantly reinvented in different media and traditions.

A selection of the path-breaking feminist writings of Hava Shapiro (1878–1943), one of the first women writers to contribute to modern Hebrew literature.

Explores the peculiar enchantments at the heart of Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and Carter’s commitment to imagining unforeseen possibilities for heterosexual love and desire.

Explores representational strategies in the groundbreaking series The L Word.