America 250 Free-to-Read Collection

Discover, read, and share a collection of free journal articles from Penn State University Press to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States! Every month from July through December 2026, PSU Press will pick a theme related to American history, politics, arts, or culture, and make a few related articles free-to-read for the entire month.

September’s theme is “Social Change.” The articles listed below will be free to read through September 30, 2026.

You can also celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with 50% off individual one-year subscriptions to all PSU Press journals! Enter discount code 036USA250 when ordering. This special offer expires on 12/31/2026.

1. “Dissenting Images: Engaging the Pedagogy of Protest” by Erica R. Meiners and Therese Quinn (Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy 27:1, September 2017)


2. “Women of the Civil Rights Movement: Black Feminism and Social Progress” by Jane Duran (Philosophia Africana 17:2, Winter 2015)


3. “‘Devoted to the Interests of Jewish Women’: The American Jewess (1895–1899)” by Samantha Pickette (Studies in American Jewish Literature 43:2, September 2024)


4. “Potentially Queer: Mass Cultural Images in Vanity Fair and George Platt Lynes’s Scrapbooks” by Sabrina Czelustek (The Journal of Modern Periodical Studies 15:1, July 2024)

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