Journal of Women's History
Encyclopedia
The Journal of Women’s History is an academic journal
founded in 1989. It was the first journal devoted exclusively to the field of international women's history
. It explores multiple perspectives of feminism
rather than promoting a single unifying form. The journal accepts articles from all timeperiods and geographical regions exploring a wide-range of themes relating to women, gender, sexuality, and feminisms. The journal is published quarterly by the Johns Hopkins University Press
. Circulation is 684 and the average length of an issue is 200 pages.
The Journal of Women's History moved from the University of Illinois to Binghamton University in June 2010. At Binghamton University, the Journal is currently under the editorship of Professor Jean Quataert and Professor Leigh Ann Wheeler, with Professor Elisa Camiscioli as the Book Review editor and Professor Benita Roth as an associate editor. In 2010 the Binghamton editorial team shifted to online submissions and peer review through the ScholarOne database.
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
founded in 1989. It was the first journal devoted exclusively to the field of international women's history
Women's history
Women's history is the study of the role that women have played in history, together with the methods needed to study women. It includes the study of the history of the growth of woman's rights throughout recorded history, the examination of individual women of historical significance, and the...
. It explores multiple perspectives of feminism
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
rather than promoting a single unifying form. The journal accepts articles from all timeperiods and geographical regions exploring a wide-range of themes relating to women, gender, sexuality, and feminisms. The journal is published quarterly by the Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
The Johns Hopkins University Press is the publishing division of the Johns Hopkins University. It was founded in 1878 and holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously running university press in the United States. The Press publishes books, journals, and electronic databases...
. Circulation is 684 and the average length of an issue is 200 pages.
The Journal of Women's History moved from the University of Illinois to Binghamton University in June 2010. At Binghamton University, the Journal is currently under the editorship of Professor Jean Quataert and Professor Leigh Ann Wheeler, with Professor Elisa Camiscioli as the Book Review editor and Professor Benita Roth as an associate editor. In 2010 the Binghamton editorial team shifted to online submissions and peer review through the ScholarOne database.
External links
- Official website
- Journal of Women’s History on the JHU Press website
- Journal of Women’s History at Project MUSEProject MUSEProject MUSE is an online database of current and back issues of peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals. It was founded in 1993 by Todd Kelley and Susan Lewis and is a project of the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. It had support from the Mellon...