March 8, 2024

International Women’s Day:

Remembering Mary C. McCall Jr. and the Unfinished Battle for Women’s Rights

J. E. Smyth

It’s International Women’s Day, and women’s rights are being rolled back all over the world, perhaps, mostly notably, in the country that hosted the first International Women’s Day in 1909—the United States. Globally, women still make less money per hour...

March 8, 2019

#WomanUP for International Women’s Day!

University Presses across the country have banded together to showcase each other’s works for International Women’s Day. Take a look at some of our faves! Follow #WomanUP up Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to see more from our peer presses. Enter our...

March 9, 2018

Weekly RoundUP: Women’s History, Pi Day and More!

Good evening UPers. Hope your day was better than mine. Why? Because I’m just generous that way. Ready for some news? I’ve got the scoop. UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KANSAS Happy belated birthday to all women everywhere – We rock; we’re...

March 8, 2018

A Walk Down Memory Lane: Press Director Jennifer Crewe Reflects on Her Publishing Journey

“THE BOOKS WE PUBLISH SHAPE THE WORLD OF IDEAS AND ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIETY.” — JENNIFER CREWE, ASSOCIATE PROVOST & DIRECTOR, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS In honor of International Women’s Day, today, we’re featuring a post from our press...

March 9, 2012

International Women’s Day

Yesterday, March 8, was International Women’s Day, held every year as a celebration of the advances in women’s rights that have already been made and a reminder of the advances in women’s rights that are still to come. In honor...