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Amsterdam University Press has just announced the upcoming publication of the 34th edition of the Yearbook of Women\u2019s History<\/em>. This year’s edition focuses on the role of women in the maritime sector.<\/p>\n Diverting from the image of women passively waiting for men to return, this edition of the Yearbook of Women\u2019s History<\/em> argues that women shaped port-life as much as men. It highlights that women were important social and economic actors. Contributions in this Yearbook show women as stevedores, wharf owners, inn-keepers and union-leaders. They cover the period from the seventeenth century up until the present, and range from Finland to Cura\u00e7ao, Wilhemshaven to Colonial America. Using visual, written, and oral sources, this Yearbook<\/em> brings together authors from different countries and backgrounds to shed a new light on the women that were indispensable to port life.<\/p>\n This year’s edition is edited by Posthumus alumna Claudia Hacke and co-editors Kirsten Kamphuis, Charlotte Meijer, Marleen Reichgelt, Iris van der Zande, and Irene Jacobs, and will be published both in paperback as in an online Open-Access version.<\/p>\n