A celebration of Ms.—the most startling, most audacious, most norm-breaking of the magazine’s groundbreaking pieces on women, men, politics (sexual and otherwise), marriage, family, education, work, motherhood and reproductive rights, as well as the best of the magazine’s fiction, poetry and letters. • Featuring Toni Morrison, Billie Jean King, Alison Bechdel, Brittney Cooper, Joy Harjo and Audre Lorde, among many others.
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50 Years of Ms.
The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution
Hardcover
$50.00
Sep 19, 2023ISBN9780593321560
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Ebook
$14.99
Sep 19, 2023ISBN9780593321577
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Since its earliest days, Ms. has been a brazen act of independence, demonstrating the untapped potential for journalism that centers news and analysis on women and their lives. The magazine’s new book, 50 YEARS OF Ms., showcases it all, decade by decade, as well as behind-the-scenes photographs that reveal and reflect the changes set in motion by Ms.—and, of course, the iconic covers that galvanized readers.
It is a stunning collection: 500-plus pages filled with the best of the magazine’s features and award-winning fiction and poetry. Naturally, no Ms. anthology would be complete without highlights from the thousands of letters to the editors that poured in over the years from women and men, girls and boys, from across the country and around the globe.
As it proudly features some of the most revolutionary writers and thinkers of the past half century, the book is as much a reflection on the era as it is a road map for the path forward.
Ms. on Tour
- Sep. 18 New York, NY Roosevelt House Public Institute @ Hunter College Recap
- Sep. 18 New York, NY McNally Jackson Books (Seaport)
- Sep. 20 New York, NY Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Public Library Recap
- Sep. 22 Washington, DC Politics and Prose Recap
- Sep. 22 Austin, TX Texas Tribune Festival Recap
- Sep. 26 Greenwich, CT Athena Books
- Sep. 26 Washington, DC Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Sep. 27 South Hadley, MA Odyssey Bookshop
- Sep. 28 Northampton, MA Smith College Recap
- Oct. 02 Cambridge, MA Harvard Bookstore @ Cambridge Public Library
- Oct. 03 Claremont, CA Claremont McKenna College Athenaeum Recap
- Oct. 05 Los Angeles, CA Hammer Museum Recap
- Oct. 10 Pasadena, CA Vroman’s Bookstore Recap
- Oct. 10 Berkeley, CA Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore
- Oct. 11 Corte Madera, CA Book Passage Recap
- Oct. 14 Chicago, IL Journalism & Women Symposium (JAWS) Camp Recap
- Oct. 17 Chicago, IL Women & Children First Bookstore
- Oct. 21 Charlottesville, VA Democracy360 by University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy Recap
- Oct. 26 Baltimore, MD The Ivy Bookshop
- Oct. 29 Los Angeles, CA Skirball Cultural Center
- Nov. 01 Virtual American University Women & Politics Institute's Women on Wednesdays
- Nov. 27 San Francisco, CA + Virtual Commonwealth Club Recap
- Dec. 04 New York, NY + Virtual Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center Recap
- Dec. 07 Atlanta, GA Margaret Mitchell House Museum
- Dec. 08 Decatur, GA + Virtual Charis Books & More
- Jan. 30 Virtual The 92nd Street Y
- Mar. 01 Virtual University of Iowa Recap
Reviews
- “An illustrated guide to toppling the patriarchy … 50 Years of Ms. recounts how the magazine upended norms, disrupted the print world, and made trouble.” The New York Times Read More
- “Spillar, the executive editor of Ms. magazine, takes a lively and inspiring look at the pioneering feminist periodical. … This thorough survey makes a persuasive case for the magazine’s continued importance.” Publishers Weekly Read More
- “This thoughtfully curated and zestful celebration of the first 50 years of Ms. would be fascinating under any circumstances, but given the renewed assaults on women’s rights it’s all the more compelling.” Booklist (Starred) Read More
- “Verdict: A timely and thought-provoking collection of feminist essays, which shows how far society has come and how much work is left to do to obtain true gender equality.” Library Journal Read More
- “The book, including pieces by Steinem, Barbara Ehrenreich, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde and other heavyweights, provides an essential look back while making an impassioned case for the critical role of feminist writing going forward.” Bookpage Read More
- “The book is empowering because that's what Ms. has always been about. Helping women to seize the power we have and to use it, to act collectively, to realize that together we can make change happen, even if it takes 50 years.” Newsmax Read More
News
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Ms. After 50: Gloria Steinem and a Feminist Publishing Revolution
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Democracy Is Feminist
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How Women’s Magazines Ignited a Revolution
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Girlhood Is Trending
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The Approval Matrix
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Ms. Magazine Turns 50
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Ms. Magazine Wins PEN America’s Impact Award
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Ms. Magazine Looks Back on its First 50 Years
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Gloria Steinem on the Making of America's First Feminist Publication
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Sisterhood at the Smith Archives: ‘50 Years of Ms.’ Charts How a Magazine Influenced a Movement That Led to Our Current Moment
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The First Cover of Ms. Magazine
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Ms. Retrospective — ‘An Illustrated Guide to Toppling the Patriarchy’
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Ms. Magazine Turns 50
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50 years after Ms. magazine's debut, why is the patriarchy still alive and well?
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50 years of Ms. Magazine: How the groundbreaking publication sparked a feminist revolution
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Feminists Reflect, Look Forward As Ms. Magazine Publishes 50-Year Anthology
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Ms. Magazine and 50 Years on the Frontlines of Feminism
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