Stacey Zembryzcki, who teaches in History at Dawson College, and her co-editors received the Oral History Association’s Best Book Award for 2019. Their book, titled, Beyond Women’s Words: Feminisms and the Practices of Oral History in the Twenty-First Century (Routledge, 2018) brings together scholars and activists in the field of feminist oral history. It uses Sherna Berger Gluckand Daphne Patai’s classic text, Women’s Words, as a platform to reflect on how feminisms, broadly defined, have influenced, and continue to influence, the wider field of oral history. This remarkable collection brings together an international, multi-generational, and multidisciplinary line-up of authors whose work highlights the great variety in understandings of, and approaches to, feminist oral histories.

The Oral History Association’s Annual Best Book Award was established in 1993. It recognizes a published book that uses oral history to make a significant contribution to contemporary scholarship; and/or significantly advances understanding of important theoretical issues in oral history; and/or is an outstanding example of sound oral history methodology. More information about the Oral History Association and the Best Book Award is available on their website.