Unequal Sisters

Unequal Sisters has become a beloved and classic reader, providing an unparalleled resource for understanding women’s history in the United States today.

First published in 1990, the book revolutionized the field with its broad multicultural approach, emphasizing feminist perspectives on race, ethnicity, region, and sexuality, and covering the colonial period to the present day. Now in its fifth edition, the book presents an even wider variety of women’s experiences. This new edition explores the connections between the past and the present and highlights the analysis of queerness, transgender identity, disability, the rise of the carceral state, and the bureaucratization and militarization of migration. There is also more coverage of Indigenous and Pacific Islander women. The book is structured around thematic clusters: conceptual/methodological approaches to women’s history; bodies, sexuality, and kinship; and agency and activism.

This classic work has incorporated the feedback of educators in the field to make it the most user-friendly version to date and will be of interest to students and scholars of women’s history, gender and sexuality studies, and the history of race and ethnicity.

Stephanie Narrow is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of California, Irvine.

Kim Cary Warren is an associate professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and an Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the School of Professional Studies at the University of Kansas.

Judy Tzu-Chun Wu is Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine, Director of the Humanities Center and Center for Liberation, Anti-Racism, and Belonging, and Associate Dean for Research, Faculty Development, and Public Engagement.

Vicki L. Ruiz is Distinguished Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine.