". Disciplining Women is a deeply thought-out and well-constructed study that does as it intends to do by dissecting the meanings inherent in Black sorority life. Whaley's own identity as insider-outsider complicates her cultural readings of AKA and BGLOs in general and makes her analyses rich and provocative." -- Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth ".Whaley offers a fair and even treatment of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) history . This book will be of particular interest to scholars of women's organizations, social movements, and activist groups. In addition, Whaley's work is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on fraternal organizations." -- Journal of American History "An insightful book that opens up a worthwhile discussion of a new intellectual discourse about the young generation.

" -- CHOICE " Disciplining Women provides a unique outsider's/insider's peek into a world known only to a very few, and it situates that world within a larger context of black culture and black women's activism." -- Katrina Bell McDonald, author of Embracing Sisterhood: Class, Identity, and Contemporary Black Women " Disciplining Women is a well-written scholarly engagement that drills deeper than most other recent works on this subject. As a political philosopher, I was impressed by the use of strong theory to shore up arguments." -- Ricky L. Jones, author of Black Haze: Violence, Sacrifice, and Manhood in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities.