Andrea O'Reilly
Andrea O'Reilly (born 1961) is a writer on women's issues and currently a Professor in the School of Women's Studies at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Career
[edit]O'Reilly founded the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) at York University in 1998 and ran it until it closed in 2010.[1] Its disbandment led to the inception of a new organization, the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI).[2] She is founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, now the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement.[2] In 2006, as director of ARM, she founded Demeter Press, the first feminist press on motherhood. As well, she is founder of the feminist mothers group "Mother Outlaws".[3]
She is also the author and editor of eighteen books on motherhood.[4]
Selected works
[edit]- Redefining Motherhood: Changing Identities and Patterns. (Second Story Press, 1998)
- Toni Morrison and Motherhood: A Politics of the Heart. (SUNY Press, 2004)
- From Motherhood to Mothering: The Legacy of Adrienne Rich's Of Woman Born. (SUNY Press, 2004)
- Motherhood: Power and Oppression (edited by Marie Porter, Patricia Short & Andrea O'Reilly). (Women's Press, 2005)
- Rocking the Cradle: Thoughts on Feminism, Motherhood and the Possibility of Empowered Mothering. (Demeter Press, 2006)
- Encyclopedia of Motherhood, General Editor. (Sage, 2010)
References
[edit]- ^ "Motherhood association to close". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
- ^ a b Epp Buller, Rachel (June 4, 2014). "Andrea O'Reilly: Motherhood is NOT a Liability". LiteraryMama.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Andrea O'Reilly". us.sagepub.com. SAGE Publications Inc. 9 May 2024.
- ^ Lindsay, Sandy (June 30, 2018). "Professor Andrea O'Reilly speaks on motherhood yesterday and today". Saugeen Times.
