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In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re running a month-long raffle! In addition to featuring guest posts on our blog we’ll be linking to book excerpts from books authored by women on  Facebook and Twitter, and showcasing covers on Instagram.

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Five African American Women Pioneers in U.S. Finance (Mar 20, 2019)
Between 1888 and 1930, African Americans opened more than a hundred banks and thousands of other financial institutions. One of those institutions was St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and only bank run by black women. In her new book, Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal, Shennette
New Book Tuesday! The Caring Heirs of Doctor Samuel Bard; Malebranche; Vice, Crime, and Poverty and More! (Mar 19, 2019)
Our list of new books is now available! The Caring Heirs of Doctor Samuel Bard Profiles of Selected Distinguished Graduates of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Peter Wortsman Malebranche Theological Figure, Being 2 Alain Badiou. Translated by Jason E. Smith with Susan Spitzer. Introduction by Jason E. Smith. Vice, Crime, and Poverty
Sei Shōnagon: Why Gender Stereotypes of an Ancient Woman Writer Still Resonate Today (Mar 18, 2019)
“Meticulously researched and persuasively argued, Unbinding The Pillow Book offers a dynamic portrait of one of the most important works of world literature and of the woman who wrote it more than a millennium ago. The Pillow Book has long been one of my favorite books; now, having read this engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the different meanings it has
CUP Women in Science (Mar 16, 2019)
Today for Women’s History Month, we’re shining a spotlight on a few published works by women in science. Naomi Oreskes, author of The Collapse of Western Civilization was a recipient of the 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship. Donna Dickenson is a philosopher who specializes in medical ethics and has authored more than 20 books on the topic
Roundup: Nancy K. Miller and My Brilliant Friends (Mar 15, 2019)
This week we’ve been featuring Nancy K. Miller’s My Brilliant Friends: Our Lives in Feminism in honor of Women’s History Month. If you haven’t been following us, set the FOMO aside. We’ve got your back with today’s roundup post of this week’s post and previous media coverage related to Miller and her book! Enter our Women’s History Month book giveaway for a

New Titles from Distributed Presses

The China-U.S. Trade War and Their Future Economic Relations
The Fly
A Year Without a Winter
The Damned
Doing Democracy Differently
Facing Up to Low Productivity Growth