2017 Armitage-Jameson Prize winner Katrina Jagodinsky with Prize Committee Chair Elizabeth Escobedo at the 2017 CWWH Annual Breakfast in San Diego, California.

The Coalition for Western Women’s History awards the Armitage-Jameson Prize annually for the most outstanding monograph or edited volume published in western women’s, gender, and sexuality history. The Prize is named in honor of Susan Armitage and Elizabeth Jameson for their pioneering work in the field of western women’s history. See a list of previous award recipients here: Armitage-Jameson Prize Recipients, 2010-Present

Deadline for the 2023 Award Submission:  June 1, 2023

2023 CWWH Armitage Jameson Prize

The CWWH is pleased to announce the Armitage-Jameson Prize for the most outstanding monograph or edited volume published in western women’s, gender, and/or sexuality history published in 2021. To be eligible, the book must be published in 2022 and address women and gender in the North American West, which includes the relevant geographic regions of Canada and Mexico, as well as United States territories, past and present. The award recipient will receive $1000 and the publishing press will receive a certificate. The award will be presented at the CWWH Breakfast at the 2023 WHA annual meeting in Los Angeles, California from October 26-29, 2023. 

Presses are limited to the nomination of five titles and should send a copy of the nominated book to each member of the committee by June 1, 2023. Late submissions will not be considered.

$$ Donate to the Armitage-Jameson Fund here! $$

Armitage-Jameson Prize Committee

Armitage-Jameson Prize Committee 

Brianna Theobald
2022 Armitage-Jameson Prize Committee Chair
287 Mount Vernon Ave.
Rochester, NY 14620

Jennifer Holland
610 NW 17th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73103

Honor Sachs
4543 Meade St.
Denver, CO 80211

For membership information visit the CWWH website: www.westernwomenshistory.org or email the CWWH Recorder : cwwh.west@gmail.com