The Struggle Continues—Because It Must
Women’s history is a record of hard-won gains and constant resistance. It is inseparable from the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, bodily autonomy, economic justice, and the freedom to live openly and safely. Every advance has faced backlash. Every right has required defense.
At The New Press, we publish books that tell these stories with clarity and urgency—because understanding the past is essential to confronting the present. History isn’t something to celebrate once a year. It’s something to use.
Books can’t replace movements, but they can fuel them.
Buy any of our Women’s History titles and use the code DEFEND30 for 30% off your order. An Under The Bus eBook will be added to the cart for free!
Under the Bus
Called a “damn fine book” by Elle magazine, the hardcover edition of Under the Bus changed the conversation about women at work—the question is not only about those women at the top trying to “break the glass ceiling” but instead why millions are stuck on the sticky floor. Fredrickson shows that our labor laws are based on outdated, misogynistic, and racist assumptions that leave huge sectors of the workforce without ...
Use the code DEFEND30 at checkout for 30% off these and other Women’s History titles
The Trials of Madame Restell
The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century—and a story that has unmistakable parallels to ...
$29.99
Girls, Unlimited
Bestselling author and advocate Dr. Monique Couvson makes a compelling, passionate case for why we should invest in girls’ unlimited ...
$26.99
Escape from Kabul
The extraordinary true story of the Afghan women judges who fought for justice in the courtroom, and then fought to ...
$28.99
From the Ground Up
An award-winning author’s powerful exploration of the remarkable women driving transformative change in America’s food system It’s well known that ...
$27.99
37 Words
A sweeping history of the federal legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in education, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Title ...
$29.99 – $42.00
Andrea Dworkin
From one of America's leading biographers, the definitive story of the radical feminist and anti-pornography activist, based on exclusive access ...
$29.99
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape is brilliant, frank, empowering, and urgently necessary. Sohaila Abdulali has created ...
$15.99 – $24.99
Equal Means Equal
When the Equal Rights Amendment was first passed by Congress in 1972, Richard Nixon was president and All in the ...
$16.95 – $18.99
“The Sex Side of Life”
The publication of Constance M. Chen's "The Sex Side of Life" rescued from obscurity the life and accomplishments of an ...
$15.00
Words of Fire
The timeless and essential anthology of Black Feminist thought—showing that Black women have always understood the need for feminism to ...
$26.99 – $29.99
Pushout
The “powerful” (Michelle Alexander) exploration of the harsh and harmful experiences confronting Black girls in schools, and how we can ...
$18.95 – $49.00
Intertwined
Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel PrizeA powerful argument that greater inclusion of women in conservation and climate science ...
$27.99
