Andrea O'Reilly (born 1961) is a writer on women's issues and currently a

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

in the School of

Women's Studies Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppress ...

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, Canada.

Career

O'Reilly founded the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) at York University in 1998 and ran it until it closed in 2010. Its disbandment led to the inception of a new organization, the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement ( MIRCI). 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. 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". She is also the author and editor of eighteen books on motherhood.

Selected works

* ''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 The ''Encyclopedia of Motherhood'' is a comprehensive, specialized encyclopedia of all issues relevant to motherhood ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a ...

'', General Editor. (Sage, 2010)

References

External links

York University Profile

Demeter Press
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oreilly, Andrea 1961 births Living people Canadian people of Irish descent Canadian non-fiction writers Canadian feminists Feminist studies scholars Academic staff of York University Canadian women non-fiction writers