New Book Follows Chicago Women Over A Decade Who Have HIV Or Aids

By Natalie Moore
New Book Follows Chicago Women Over A Decade Who Have HIV Or Aids
Northwestern University sociology and African American studies professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes joined the Morning Shift on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, to discuss her new book, "Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality." The cover image is by artist Sally Deng. University of California Press
New Book Follows Chicago Women Over A Decade Who Have HIV Or Aids
Northwestern University sociology and African American studies professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes joined the Morning Shift on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, to discuss her new book, "Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality." The cover image is by artist Sally Deng. University of California Press

New Book Follows Chicago Women Over A Decade Who Have HIV Or Aids

By Natalie Moore
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Northwestern University sociology and African American studies professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes spent a decade documenting the lives of more than 100 Chicago women living with HIV or AIDS. 

Her new book, Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality, chronicles a number of obstacles women face before their diagnoses. But the book is not a collection of stories of despair.

Watkins-Hayes joins the Morning Shift to discuss her new book and the techniques women with HIV or AIDS have used to make their voices heard.

GUEST: Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Northwestern University sociology and African American studies professor

LEARN MORE: “Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality”