Journal of Women's History

Author Guidelines

The editors invite submission of article-length manuscripts (not exceeding 10,000 words including endnotes, 35 pages in length). We are interested in articles based on original empirical research as well as reflections on conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues in womens history. The Journal also welcomes letters to the editor in response to recent articles. We regret that we are unable to return manuscripts.

Each manuscript or letter to the editor must be on one-sided pages and double-spaced throughout, including quoted material. Endnotes should be used and appear double-spaced on pages following the text. The authors name and addresses (department and/or home address and e-mail address) should appear on a separate page in order to facilitate anonymous review.

While the authors preferences will be considered, it is the editors policy to refer to women by their last names and to use African American to designate U.S. citizens of African descent. Gender specific terms should not be used to refer to mixed groups (i.e., using mankind to refer to all people) or to personify such groups as male (i.e., the historian's perception of his role).

Authors should follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition. Direct quotations in the manuscript (text and endnotes) require corresponding page numbers in the endnotes.

Please send four copies of manuscripts, an abstract of your article (no more than 150 words giving the argument and significance of your article), and an electronic copy on disk (word processing file on a 3.5 MS-DOS IBM-compatible disk or CD-ROM, preferably in Microsoft Word) to:

Jean Allman and Antoinette Burton, Editors
Journal of Womens History
c/o Department of History
The University of Illinois
309 Gregory Hall
810 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801

For more information, email womenshistory@uiuc.edu.