The Feminist Press At Cuny imprint: 158 books

by Zoe Pilger
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015

At twenty-three, Ann-Marie is single, broke, and furious, and convinced that love-sweet love!-is the answer to all of her problems. Then she meets legendary second wave feminist Stephanie Haight, who becomes obsessed with the idea that she can save Ann-Marie and her entire generation. From Little Mermaid-themed...

Pussy Riot!

A Punk Prayer For Freedom

by Pussy Riot
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012

On February 21, 2012, five members of a Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot staged a performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Dressed in brightly colored tights and balaclavas, they performed their “Punk Prayer” asking the Virgin Mary to drive out Russian president Vladimir...
by Esther Singer Kreitman
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009

A semi-autobiographical portrait of the original Yentl and “an important contribution to the vastly neglected genre of feminist Yiddish literature” (Booklist). In this autobiographical novel—originally published in Yiddish as Der Sheydim Tanz in 1936—Esther Kreitman lovingly depicts...
by Sarah Schulman
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016

A “captivating, perceptive, and empathic novel of New York” told with “panache and mischievous ebullience” (Booklist, starred review). In this retelling of Balzac’s Parisian classic Cousin Bette, Sarah Shulman spins her revenge story in Mad Men era New York City. Bette, a lonely spinster,...
by Ann Jones
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009

This landmark study offers a rogues’ gallery of women—from the Colonial Era to the 20th century—who answered abuse and oppression with murder: “A classic” (Gloria Steinem). Women rarely resort to murder. But when they do, they are likely to kill their intimates: husbands, lovers,...
by Faye Moskowitz
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011

A collection of life stories so funny, moving that “you don’t have to be a Jewish feminist mama to love this book . . . but it wouldn’t hurt” (Tablet Magazine).   Here are the collected autobiographical writings of memoirist, poet, and professor Faye Moskowitz. Known for both her sense...

The Doulas

Radical Care for Pregnant People

by Mary Mahoney, Lauren Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016

As more feminism migrates online, full-spectrum doulas remain focused on life’s physically intimate relationships: between caregivers and patients, parents and pregnancy, individuals and their own bodies. They are committed to supporting a pregnancy no matter the outcome-whether it results in birth, abortion, miscarriage, or adoption-facing the question of choice head-on.

I Still Believe Anita Hill

Three Generations Discuss the Legacies of Speaking Truth to Power

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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012

A searing collection of essays looks back at the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings that ignited a national debate about workplace sexual harassment. In the fall of 1991, Anita Hill captured the country’s attention when she testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee describing...

Kamala

Feminist Folktales from Around the World

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Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016

In this second volume of folktales, a Punjabi woman outwits seven ruthless thieves, an Incan girl restores harmony to the empire, and a mischievous Norwegian lass thwarts her entitled landowner. Spanning centuries and continents, Kamala recalls how the dazzling courage, cleverness, and power of women have always held our world together.

The Hunter Maiden

Feminist Folktales from Around the World

by Ethel Johnston Phelps
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017

In these high-spirited adventures, a diverse cast of female protagonists prove themselves in handling adversity and injustice. These heroines lend their daring and determination to everything from battling evil wizards in Russia to outsmarting tricky demons in South Africa.
by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010

As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn't work. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, first published by the Feminist Press in 1973, is an...

Sultana's Dream

And Selections from The Secluded Ones

by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Hanna Papanek
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013

Sultana’s Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopia-a tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world. "The...
by Olive Higgins Prouty
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012

“Don’t let’s ask for the moon! We have the stars!” The film that concludes with Bette Davis’s famous words, reaffirmed Davis’s own stardom and changed the way Americans smoked cigarettes. But few contemporary fans of this story of a woman’s self-realization know its source. Olive Higgins...
by Olive Higgins Prouty
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015

This pulp classic of motherhood and money introduced the immortal character portrayed on film by Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Midler—“a feminist gem” (Michael Bronski). An ambitious woman from working-class roots, Stella sets her sights on marrying rich—and hits a bullseye. But her unshakable...
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