Selected Bibliography

The Development of Communication Networks Among Women, 1963-1983

– a history of women’s media in the U.S. 

by Martha Allen

Selected Bibliography Interviews

Allen, Donna.  Personal interview.  19 August 1983.

Densmore, Dana.  Personal interview.  18 April 1987.

Dougherty, Ariel.  Personal Interview.   2 April 1987.

Kassel, Paula.  Personal Interview.  November 12, 15, 1986.

Werden, Frieda.  Personal Interview.  12 November 1986.

Books, Theses
Armstrong, David. A Trumpet to Arms, Alternative Media in America. Boston:  South End Press, 1981.

Bagdikian Ben. H.  The Information Machines, Their Impact on Men and the Media.  New York:  Harper & Row, 1971.

Bagdikian, Ben. H. The Media Monopoly.  Boston:  Beacon Press, 1983.

Banner, Lois W.   Women in Modern America, A Brief History. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1974.

Baxandall, Rosalyn, Linda Gordon, and Susan Reverby, eds.  America’s Working Women  New York:
Random House, 1976.

Beasley, Maurine and Sheila Gibbons.  Women in Media:  A Documentar Source Book.  (Washington , D.C.:  Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press, 1977).

Berry, Mary Frances.  Why ERA Failed: Politics, Women’s Rights and the Amending Process of the Constitution. Bloomington:  Indiana  University Press, 1986.

Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. Our Bodies Ourselves.  New York:  Simon & Schuster, 1976.

Brody, Michal, ed.  Are We There Yet?  A Continuing History of Lavender Woman.  Iowa City;  Aunt Lute Company, 1985.

Emery, Edwin.  The Press and America, An Interpretive History of Journalism. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978.

Evans, Sara.  Personal Politics, The Roots of Women’s Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement & the New Left.  New York:  Random House, 1980.

Friedan, Betty.  The Feminine Mystique.   New York:  Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1963.

Grimstad, Kirsten and Susan Rennie, eds.  The New Woman’s Survival Catalog.  New York:  Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1973.

“Historical Documents.  NOW (National Organization for Women)  Bill of Rights.”  In Sisterhood Is Powerful.  Ed.  Morgan, Robin.  New York:  Random, 1970, pp. 512-514.

Hole, Judith and Ellen Levine.  Rebirth of Feminism. New York: Quadrangle Books, Inc., 1971.

Honey, Maureen.  Creating Rosie the Riveter; Class, Gender, and Propaganda during World War II. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1984.

Hudson, Frederic.  Journalism in the United States 1690-1872. New York: Harper Bros., 1873.

Hymowitz, Carol and Michaele Weissman,  A History of Women in America. New York:  Bantam, 1978.

Jacobs, William Jay.  Women in America History.  Beverly Hills: Benzinger Bruce & Glencoe, Inc., 1976.

Kessler, Lauren.  The Dissident Press.  Beverly Hills:  Sage Publications, 1984.

Lee, James Melvin.  History of American Journalism.  New York:  Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1917.

Lee, Alfred Mcclung Lee. The Daily Newspaper in America.  New York: MacMillan Co., 1937.

Lewis, Cherie S.  Television License Challenges by Women’s Groups.  Ann Arbor:  University Microfilms International, 1986.

Mather, Anne.  “A History of Feminism Periodicals.”  Masters Thesis. University of Georgia, 1974

Morgan, Robin, ed. Sisterhood is Powerful, An Anthropology of Writings From the Women’s Liberation Movement.  New York: Random, 1970.

Mott, Frank Luther. American Journalism, A History:  1690-1960. New York: MacMillan, 1962.

Murray, Pauli. Song in a Weary Throat. New York:  Harper & Row, 1987.

O’Neill, Lois Decker, ed. The Women’s Book of World Records and Achievements.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979.

Papachristou, Judith, ed.  Women Together, A History in Documents of the Women’s Movement in the United States. New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.

Pember, Don R.  Mass Media in America.  Chicago:  Science Research Associates, Inc., 1983.

Rivers, William L.  The Opinion Makers, The Washington Press Corps. Boston:  Beacon Press, 1967.

Tebbel, John.  The Compact History of the American Newspaper.  New York:  Hawthorne Books, 1963.

Tinker, Irene, ed.  Women in Washington, Advocates for Public Policy. Beverly Hills:  Sage Publications, 1983.

West, Celeste, ed.  Words In Our Pockets, The Feminist Writers Guild Handbook on How to Gain Power, Get Published & Get Paid. Paradise, California: Booklegger Press, 1985.

Articles
 “A black woman responds to women’s liberation.”  off our backs, 15 april 1971.

“A Collective — to share responsabilities, ideas, decision-making, as well as menial work.”  Up From Under,  May/ June 1970, p. 50.

“A New Press And an ‘Old’ Press.”  Media Report to Women, February 1974, p. 8.

“A Newspaper With No Editorials?” her-self,  April 1973, p.1.

“A Struggle for Identity.”  It Ain’t Me Babe,  6 August 1970, p. 2.

“About Us.” Majority Report,  10 May 1971, p. 2.

“A-CROSS offers News Syndication Service.” Media Report to Women July 1978, p.2.

Allen, Donna and Martha Leslie Allen.  “Female Journalism Is Something Different.”  Media Report to Women, 1 January 1976, p. 2.

Allen, Donna and Dana Densmore.  ” Seven Assumptions for a New Philosophy of Communication.”  1977 Media Report to Women Index/Directory, p. 32.

“An Open Letter to Black Women.”  Black Women’s Log, An Independent Monthly Magazine For and By Black Women,  August 1974, p.1.

“Appeal for Help.”  OURS,  Summer 1979, p. 2.

American Women. Report of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women.  October 11, 1963.  Journal of Reprints of Documents Affecting Women,  July 1976.

Arnold, Martin. ” Ms Magazine, a Success After 16 Issues, Now Tries Other Business Ventures.” New York Times, 21 September 1973, p. C-7.

“Asian Women Work on Media Stereotypes.”  Media Report to Women, August 1977, p. 2.

“Associated Women’s Press.”  Sister, September 1973, p.1.

Avery, Louisa MacLeod.  “Sexism in Newsprint.”  Alert,  May 1974, p. 2.

Bartlett,  Freude.  “Notes on distribution.”  Camera Obscura 3-4,  Summer1979.

“Beating the system together: interview with a black feminist.”  off our backs,   October 1973, pp. 2-3

“Bernadette Powell is convicted.”  Big Mama Rag,  February 1980, p. 8.

“Bev Fisher Interview.” off our backs, November 1972.

“Big Mama Rag vs. The Internal Revenue Service.”  Big Mama Rag, October 1980, p. 1.

“Black Feminists Up Front.”  off our backs, December-January 1974, pp. 2-4.

“Black Women Framed, Dessie Woods.”  Big Mama Rag,  November / December 1977, p. 3.

“Black Women for Progress; Statement of Purpose.”  Black Women’s Log,  May / June 1974, p. 4.

“Black Women United To Form Organization.”  Black Women’s Log, May / June 1974, p. 3.

Blaisdell, Virginia.  “The New Haven Women’s Liberation Rock Band –1970-1976, R.I.P.”  Sister, the Monthly Newsletter of New Haven Women’s Liberation,  February 1976, p. 3.

“BMR: Where We’re At.”  Big Mama Rag,  July 1975.

“BMR: Where We’re At.”  Big Mama Rag, October 1976, p. 4.

“Call For video and Filmmakers:  Conference of feminist Film and Video Organizations.”  Media Report to Women,  January 1975, p. 11.

Carol.  “Denver County Courthouse Big Mama Rag Meets the Press.”  Big Mama Rag,  (no date, vol. 1, No. 1), p. 12.

“Cassell, Kay Ann. “Women in Print, An Update.”  “Library Journal, 15 June 1977; 1353.

“Chong, Milan. “Asian Americans: The Model Miority.”  The Ethnic Woman,  Spring / Summer 1978, p. 17.

“Connections.” Equal Times,  19 June 1983, pp. 16-17.

“‘Connexions’ To Build International Movement On direct Communications.”  Media Report to Women, 1 July 1981, pp. 1, 10.

“Cuddling Up to Carribean Communists,” The Phyllis Schlafly Report, 1977, pp. 1-3.

Dailey, Thelma.  “Editorial.”  The Ethnic Woman,  December 1977, p. 2.

Damon, Gene. “Women’s Liberation Catches up to The Ladder.”  The Ladder, August/september 1970, p. 4.

Dean, Dorothy K.  “This Is It.”  editorial  Paid My Dues,  March 1976, p. 55.

“Dear Readers.”  Chrysalis, A Magazine of Women’s Culture  9 (Summer 1979), p. 3.

Densmore, Dana.  “Editorial Policy.”  Black Belt Woman, The Magazine of Women in the Martial Arts and Self Defense, March/ April 1976, Inside front cover.

Densmore, Dana. “On Unity.”  No More Fun and Games. issue 5, October 1970, pp. 53-63

“Diana Press Vandalized.”  Big Mama Rag,  November-December 1977. p. 4.

“Directory.”  Amazon, Milwaukee’s Feminist Press,  December / January 1980, p. 56

Dixon, Marlene.  “On Women’s Liberation,”  Radical America, February 1970, p. 27.

“Doing a women’s film festival.”  off our backs,  September 1973, pp. 10-12.

Dowd, Janet T.  “Images of American Women in American Films: A Method of Analysis.”  Women & Performance, Spring / Summer 1983, p. 50

Eads, Valerie.  “The ‘Fighting Woman’ Story.”  Black Belt Woman,  March / April, 1976, pp. 18-19

“Editorial.” Big Mama Rag,  October 1974, p. 4.

“Editorial.”  De-Liberation,  Fall 1975.

“Editorial.”  Distaff,  February 1973, p. 12;  December 1974, p. 2; 15 March – 5 April 1975, p. 2;  November 1980, p. 8.

“Editorial.”  Marin Women’s New Journal,  July 1973.

“Editorial.”  Notes From the Second Year, 1970, p. 2.

“Editorial.”  off our backs,  December-January 1974, pp. 2-4.

“Editorial.”  She, September 1977, p. 2.

“Editorial.”  Up From Under,  May / June 1970, p. 2

“Editorial.”  Women, A Journal of Liberation, issue1, Fall 1969, p. 1.

“Editorial.”  Dealing with the Establishment Media.”  Big Mama Rag,July / August 1978, p.4.

“Editorial.”  Aurora, issue 3, 1972, p. 4.

“Editorial.”  Big Mama Rag,  (no date, vol. 1, No. 10, p. 2.

“Editorial.”  Women, A Berkshire Feminist News Journal,  March 1975, p. 31.

“Editorial.”  Distaff,  January 1974, p. 4.

“Editorial.”  Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, Spring/Summer 1983, p.3.

“Editorial.”  Who We Are And Where We’re Going.”  Hudson Valley Women’s Times,  Preview issue.

Editors, “The American Media Baronies.”  The Atlantic,  July 1969, pp. 83-86.

“Editor’s Note Welcome!”  Network, a National Newsletter For Black Women,  1 June 1982, p. 1.

Edmonsn, Lilly Ann.  A-CROSS, Summer 1977, p. 13.

Elis, Diann.  “Personally Speaking.”  Sisterhood of Black Single Mothers Newsletter,  February 1976, p. 2.

“Enuff.” editorial.  Majority Report, -20 March 1976, p. 2.

“Eva Williams:  Target For Punishment.”  Big Mama Rag,  June 1983, p. 14.

“Feb. 1 Conference of Feminist Film and Video Organizations.”  Media Report to Women,  January 1975, p. 11.

“Female Takeover August 26,”  Media Report to Women,  September 1972, p. 7.

“Feminism in Radio.”  Calliope, (undated, 1978), pp. 1, 2, 6.

“Feminist Party Mother’s Day Spectacular Proposals.”  Feminist Party, March 1974.

“Feminist Publication Vandalized.”  Plexus,  October 1975, p. 2.

“Feminists in Print.”  Booklegger, Summer 1978, pp. 6, 51.

“First National Chicana Conference a Success.”  Big Mama Rag,  14 June 1977, p. 1.

“Flo Kennedy on Media Deterrent Power,”  Media Report to Women,  January 1977, p. 1.

“Flo Kennedy Raps About Distaff.”  Distaff,  April / May 1973, p. 3.

Fowler, Linda.  “News Service / Union Aim for National Femininsm.”  Big Mama Rag,  October 1975, p. 6.

Fox, Mary Lou.  “Made in the Media, Where Talk Is Cheap.”  Majority Report, 6-20 March 1976, p. 4 .

Freedom’s journal Editorial.”  Encore, 20 June 1977.

Freeman, Alexa and Valle Jones.  “Creating Feminist communications.”  Quest,  Fall 1976.

“Gay Womanhood.”  Ain’t I A Woman? (no date, Vol. 1, No. 1), p. 3.

Gehman, Mary.  “Distaff Marks Special Anniversary Roots.”  Distaff, November 1980, p. 8.

Gilbert, Jan.  “Analysis, NBC’s ‘Women — Men.'”  Distaff,  15  January – 15 February 1975.

Gina.  “Written in Anger.”  It Ain’t Me Babe,  28 April 1970, p. 6.

Glemby, Lorraine.  “Crimes Against Women.  To Kick Media’s Ass, Aim Foot at Sponsors.”  Majority Report,  6-20 March 1976, p. 12.

“Greetings From FRN..”  Calliope, Newsletter of the Feminist Radio Network,  (undated, mid-1978), p. 1.

“Guerilla Victory.”  Big Mama Rag,  August / September 1983, p. 9.

Guy-Sheftall, Beverly.  “Remembering Sojourner Truth: On Black Feminism.”  Women’s Research and Resource Center Newsletter

Hagberg, Karen A.  “Editorial.”  New Women’s Times, 26 September 1980.

Henderson, Anne.  “Machoman.”  It Ain’t Me Babe,  28 April 1970, p. 11.

Hickox, Peg. “Black Feminist Group Organizes.”  Big Mama Rag,  October 1976, pp. 1, 14.

Holt, Teddy.  “Inez Garcia in New York City.”  Majority Report,  20 MArch – 3 April 1976, pp. 3, 14

“How Easily Big Publishers Can Destroy Impart Part Of Our Communication System.”  Media Report to Women, August 1979, p. 9.

“How the Libs and the Feds Plan to Spend your Money.” The Phyllis Schlafly Report, 1976, pp. 1-2, 4.

“In Process — FRN Collective .”  Calliope, Newsletter of the Feminist RadioNetwork,  (undated, mid-1978)

“International ‘Videoletters’ Bi-Monthly Information Exchange Among 9 Cities.”  Media Report To Women, May 1975,p. 6.

“International Women’s Day in Buffalo, NY, WUHY -FM Philadelphia.” Media Report To Women, March 1974, p. 9

“Interview with Laurie Lucas.”  The Stanford Daily, 9 May 1974, p. 4.

“Is There Really Feminist Programming?”  Calliope, Newsletter of the Feminist Radio Network, (undated, mid -1978)

Johnson Nicholas.  “The Media Barons and The Public Interest, An FCC Commissioner’s Warning.” The Atlantic,  June 1968, p. 43- 51.

“Just Wimmin [sic]”  Allegheny Feminist, June 1976, p. 6.

Klemesrud, Judy.  “Women Attempt to Get Own TV Station.”  New York Times, 12 June 1979, p. C14.

Krause, Donna.  Womenews,  August / September 1977.

Lake, Lorene.  “Positive Note.”  Onyx, 1 July 1982, p. 8.

“Law School Shows Porn — Feminists Purloin Porno Film At CU.”  Big Mama Rag, January / February 1976, p. 4.

Lease, Carol. “BMR:  Where We’re At.”  Big Mama Rag, June 1975, p. 4.

“Legal Defense Forms for ‘Bluebird 5’ Anti-Porn Trial.”  Big Mama Rag,  November / December 1977, p. 1.

Lichtman, Ronnie.  “Getting Together:  the Small Group in Women’s Liberation.”  Up from Under (May / June 1970), p. 23.

“Man Drops Suit Against Women He Raped.”  Big Mama Rag,  April 1979, p. 1.

“Martha Movement Publishes Number 1 of Newsletter, ‘Martha Matters.'”  Media Report toWomen, November 1976, p. 11.

McAloon, Anne E. “Media Women Organize.”  Alert, Women’s Legislative Review, February 1975, p.8.

“Media Picket the News.”  Big Mama Rag, June 1979, p. 1

Meyer, Donna Gates.  “Sister Advocate Says Goodbye For Now … But Watch Out, Oklahoma!”  Sister Advocate, 25 July 1980, p. 2.

“Misogynistic ‘Snuff’ Films: Murder is Entertainment.”  Big Mama Rag, November 1975.

“More Video Women.” Media Report to Women, January 1974, p. 8.

Morgan Regina Wells.  “May Meeting:  Self Defense for Women.”  Chicago Women in Publishing , May 1982, p. 1

“‘Motorcycle Women’ Is New Paper For Women Who Ride … Or Want To.” Media Report toWomen, June 1976, p. 1.

“Music Network.”  Paid My Dues, October 1975, p. 45.

“Musician Margie Adam Emphasizes Music Role in Widening Communication.”  Media Report to Women, June 1976, p. 8.

“New England Women’s Music Festival.”   Maine Freewoman’s Herald, Summer 1978, pp. 4-5.

“N.O.W. Fights Media Sexism.”  Alert,  May 1974, p. 2.

“The NAWR Convention Publicity Project: How it Was Done …” Sisterharing, A newsletter for religious communicators,  May / June 1976, p. 1.

“NWPC Newspaper — A Proposal.”  Women’s Political Times,  May1976, p. 2.

“OCAW SPEAKS’ Is New Periodical of Chinese American Women With WEEA Grant.” Media Report to Women,  January 1981, p. 7.

“150 Year Sentence for Self-Defense. Lost Her Appeal!”  Moccasin Line, Northwest Indian Women’s Circle,  Spring 1984.

“oob Philosophy: ‘Not Anti-Men But Pro-Women’;  End Own Oppression; Provide Own News Coverage.”  Media Report to Women,  April 1980, pp. 1, 6.

Parks, Linda.  “Editorial.” Woman to Woman, 4 (1985), p.1.

Perenyi, Constance, ed.  “Del Martin On Violence Against Women.”  Big Mama Rag,  November 1979, p. 9.

“Persephone Sells Above Industry Norm;  Goal: Strong Feminist Communication.”  Media Report to Women,  September 1980, p.5.

“Pervert Lacks Sense of Humor.”  Allegheny Feminist, June 1979, p. 7.

Pollner, Fran.  “turn on, turn in, and take over.”  off our backs,  October 1972, p. 4.

“Preamble to Aphra.”  Aphra, September 1969, pp. 2-3.

“President’s Message.” Black Woans’s Voice,  Fall 1979, p. 2.

“Printers & Pressses:  Owning the Means of Production.”  Big Mama Rag,  October 1976, p. 11.

Programming Goals.”  Calliope, Newsletter of the Feminist Radio Network,  (undated).

“Radio Women’s Show Follows Feminist Principles.”  Media Report to Women,    October, 1981, p. 1 .

“Rape Victim Talks About a Nightmare With the Law.”  Big Mama Rag, November 1979, p. 3.

“Rape Victim Tried.”  Big Mama Rag,  April 1979, p. 1.

Rawles, Beth.  “Consciousness Raiser.”  Black Women’s Log,  May 1974, p. 7.

Reid, Coletta and Kathy Tomyris.  “A Statement from Diana Press:  Press Suspends Women’s Publication.”  Big Mama Press, June 1979, pp. 25-26.

“Report of Consutation On Portrayal of Women By The Mass Media.”  March 19, 1963.  The President’s Commisson on the Status of Women. Washington D.C.: GPO, 1963.

Riley, Kathy.  “Analysis:  Tread Lightly on the 1st Amendment.”  Big Mama Rag,  November/December 1977, p.4.

“Seize the Press, Sisters.” off our backs,  25 april 1970, p.5

“Services,”  Sojourner,  February 1975, p.25.

“70 Women Occupy College Newspaper To Obtain News Coverage For Women.”  Media Report to Women,    1 June 1978, pp. 1, 6.

Shange, Ntozake.  “Struggle — Rape And Patriarchy.”  Big Mama Rag, May 1979, p. 7.

Sharp, Kate.  Big Mama Rag,  September 1976.

Shcapwe, Shainape.  “Wounded Knee, S.D. — Ten Years Later.”  Big Mama Rag,  June 1983, p. 5.

Shelley , Martha,  “A Piece of the Action.”  Plexus, December 1975, p. 4.

“So You Think You Can Write?”  Up From Under,  January / February 1971. p. 42.

St. Charles, Debbie.  “Revolution NOW!  Alternatives in Music.”  Paid My Dues,  October 1974, pp. 10-11.

St. James, Margo.  “Coyote Howls.”  Coyote Howls, Spring 1979, p. 15.

“Statement of Principles.”  OURS, A Feminist Newspaper,  Spring 1972, p. 2.

“The State of Sister.”  Sister,  October / November and August / September 1977.

Stockwell, Nancy.  “Women Monsters, Media’s New Jaw.”  Plexus,  November  1975, p. 12.

Strong, Patricia.  “Women in Cable TV.”  Alert,  May 1974, p.3.

“‘Successfull’ Persephone Press Closes Up;  Molly Lovelock Interview Asks Reasons.” Media Report to Women,   May- June 1984, pp. 15-16.

“‘Surviva’ Celebrates Rural Women Artists.”  Media Report to Women,  October 1981, p. 11.

“Survival / On Our Feet.”  off our backs,  25 April 1970, p. 16.

“Ten-Year-Old Iowa City Women’s Press Asks Support To Keep Women’s Presses Alive.”  Media Report to Women,    January – February 1983, p.22.

“The Verbal Karate of Florynce R. Kennedy, Esq.”  Ms.,  March 1973, p. 89.

Thoman, CHM, Sister Elizabeth.  “Filling Gaps in the News.”  Media and Values, a Quarterly Resource for Media Awareness,  Summer 1981, p. 1.

Thoman, CHM, Sister Elizabeth.  “No, Walter, That’s Not The Way It Is…”  Media and Value, Fall, 1979, p.1.

“Touring: Two Views.”  Paid My Dues,  March-May 1979, pp. 15-17,  41-42.

Towsner, Rita.  “Media Reform.”  Alert, Women’s Legislative Review,  May 1975, p. 1.

“Trust In The Law?”  Big Mama Rag, February 1980, p.8.

Van Gelder, Lindsy.  Ms.,  November 1977.

Van Gelder, Lindsy.  “The Media Version.”  Ms.,  March 1978.

Velasco, Doly and Carla Fine.  off our backs,  March 1972, pp. 2-3.

Virgo Rising, The Once & Future Woman.”  Media Report to Women,   June 1974, p. 10.

“WBAI Women’s Department Plans News Program.” Media Report to Women,   May 1974, p. 3.

“Wheat, Valerie.  “Booklegger’s Guide to: The Passionate Perils of Publishing.”   Booklegger,  Summer 1978, pp. 6,51.

“Where We’re At.”  Big Mama Rag,  (no date, Vol. 1. No. 3), p. 3.

Wicks, Marlene and Marilyn Salzman-Webb.  off our backs, February 1980, pp. 4,5.

“Women Artists Newsletter — U.S. News Roundup.”  Media Report to Women,  August 1977, p.5.

“Women As Spics.” And Ain’t I A Women?  May/June 1970, p.10.

“Women Battalions In El Salvador … The Revolutionary Forces For Liberation.”  Big Mama Rag,  August/ September 1983, pp. 8-9.

“Women Continue To Fight Back:  New Trial Set For Sharon Crigler.”  Big Mama Rag,  February 1980, p.8.

“Women, Media and Power.”  special issue. Sojourner.

“Women’s Film Festival.”  off our backs, November 1973, pp. 10-12.

“Women’s Hard News Show Produced for TV.” Media Report to Women,   May 1974, p.3.

“Women’s News Service Producing Hard News Programs for Radio.” Media Report to Women,   May 1974, p. 3.

“Women’s Video Conference.” New Women’s Times, 15 March – 15 April 1975, p. 14.

“Women’s Video Project.” Media Report to Women,   February 1974, p. 11.

“You’ve Come a Long Way Baby, women’s magazines 1860-1960.”  It Ain’t Me Babe,  28 April 1970, pp. 5,13.

 

 

 

Archival Sources
 

 

Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

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Personal collections: Dana Densmore, Sarah Sappington Kuhn, Mary Danyluk

State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

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Allen, Donna and Densmore, Dana.  “Call for Research.”  Washington, DC: Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press,1977.

Berson, Ginny.  Making A Show Of It, a Guide To Concert Production.  Ukiah, CA:  Redwood Records, 1980

Booth, Heather, Evie Goldfield, and Sue Munaker.  “Towards A Radical Movement.”  April, 1968.

Chief Justice Andrew A. Coffrey, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Court of Opinion and Jugement, October 12, 1977.  Liane Brandon. v. The Regents of the University of California,Civil Action No. 76-580-C

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Women’s Periodicals
 

A Change is Gonna Come. San Francisco, CA

Ache, A Black Lesbian Journal. Okland, CA.

A-CROSS. Iowa City, IA

Aegis: Magazine on Ending Violence Against Women [formerly: Feminist Alliance Against Rape.]. Washington DC

Ain’t I A Woman? Iowa City, IA

Akamai Sister. Honolulu, HI

Al Dia, Newsletter of the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women, NYC chapter. Bronx, NY

Alert. Washington, DC

Alert; Women’s Legislative Review.  Milwaukee, WI

[The] Allegheny Feminist. Pittsburgh, PA

AMA: Women in African and American Worlds, An Outlook. Washington, DC

Amazon, Milwaukee’s Feminist Press. Milwaukee, WI

[The] Amazon Nation Newsletter. Chicago, IL

[The] American Negro Woman.  Cleveland, OH

And Ain’t I A Woman? Seattle, WA

APHRA. New York, NY

Aradia. Pittsburgh, PA

[The] Artemis Path: A Journal of Self Transformation. Santa Fe, NM

Asian Women. Berkeley, CA

Asian Women’s Center Newsletter. Los Angeles, CA

Atalanta: Newsletter of Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance. Atlanta, GA

Aurora: Prism of Feminism. Suffern, NY

Aurora: Speculative Feminism. Madison, WI

Bay Area Women’s Liberation Newsletter. San Francisco, CA

Best Friends. Albuquerque, NM

Big Apple Dyke News (B.A.D. News). New York, NY

Big Mama Rag. Denver, CO

Black Belt Woman, The Magazine for Women in the Martial Arts and Self Defense. Medford, MA

Black Maria.  Riverforest / Chicago, IL

Black Wome’s Educational Policy and Research Network Newsletter. Wellesley, MA

Black Women’s Log, An Independent Monthly Magazine For and By Black Women. Springfield, MA

Black Women’s Voice. New York, NY

Booklegger Magazine. San Francisco, CA

Born A Woman. Los Angeles, CA

Boston Women’s Music Newsletter. W. Somerville, MA

[The] Bright Medusa. Berkeley, CA

Broomstick. San Francisco, CA

business WOMAN magazine. San Jose, CA

Bylines. Honolulu, HI

Calyx, A Nrthwest Feminist Review. Corvallis, OR

Camera Obscura, A Journal of Feminism and Film Theory. Berkeley, CA

Camping Women Trails. Sacramento, CA / Reno, NV

Capitol Alert. Scramento, CA

Caring For Our Own. Washington, DC

Cassandra: Radical Feminist Nurses Network. Williamsville, NY

Catalyst Media Review. New York, NY

[The] Celibate Woman, A Journal for Women Who Are Celibate or Considering this Liberating Way of Relating to Others. Washington, DC

CFM Report (Comision Femenil Mexicana Report). Los Angeles, CA

[The] Changing Woman. Portland, OR

Chilbirth Altermatives Quarterly. Stanford, CA

Chomo-Uri. Amherst, MA

Chrysalis, A Magazine of Women’s Culture. Los Angeles, CA

CLARA. Fredonia, NY

Clear Beginnings Quarterly. Chesterland, OH

Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues in Congress. Washington, DC

CLUW News. (Coalition of Labor Union Women) New York, NY

Coalition Newsletter. Detroit, MI

Come Forth. Washington, DC

Common Lives / Lesbian Lives. Iowa City, IA

Common Woman [The Common Woman is the Revolution]. Berkeley, CA

[The] Company of Women Newsletter. Stewartsville, NY

Concern. New York, NY

Conditions. Brooklyn, NY

Congress to Unite Women. New York, NY

Connections, Black Women’s Network. Milwaukee, WI

Connexions. Oakland, CA

Cry Out. Roanoke Valley Women’s Coalition

Country Women. Albion, CA

Coyote Howls. San Francisco, CA

Daughters of Sarah. Chicago, IL

Dayton Women’s Liberation. Dayton, OH

[The] Deconess Movement. Des Moines, IA

Denver Women’s Newsletter. Denver, CO

DE-LIBERATION. Iowa City, IA

Distaff. New Orleans, LA

Do It NOW. Washington, DC and Chicago, IL

Earth’s Daughters. Buffalo, NY

Echo of Sappho. Broolyn. NY

ECOS Nacionales, National Conference of Puerto Rican Women. San Antonio, TX

Electra. Rochester, NY

Elima: A Journal of Writing. New York, NY

Emma Goldman Clinic Newsletter [subsequently: Emma’s Priodical Rag] Iowa City, IA

Enterprising Women [formely: Artemis for Enterprising Women]. New York, NY

Equal Rights Monitor. Sacramento, CA

Equal Times. Boston, MA

[The] ERA Times. Madison, WI

[The] Ethnic Woman. New York, NY

Everywoman. Los Angeles, CA

[The] Executive Woman. New York, NY

Farm Woman. Washington, DC

Feelings. Brooklyn, NY

Female Studies. Old Westbury, NY

Feminary. Chapel Hill, NY

Femnist Art Journal. Brooklyn, NY

Feminist Bookstores’ Newsletter. San Francisco, CA

Feminist Collections: Women’s Studies Library Resources in Wisconsin. Madison, WI

[The] Feminist Computer Technology Project Newsletter. San Diego, CA

Feminist Health Fund, Inc. Newsletter. Yellow Spring, OH

Feminist Journal. Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN

Feminist Media Project Newsletter. Washington, DC

Feminist Party News. New York, NY

Feminist Party News. San Francisco, CA

Feminist Periodicals: A Current Listing of Contents. Madison, WI

Feminist Times. New York, NY

Feminist Revolution (previously Woman’s World). New York, NY

Feminist Voice. Chicago, IL

Feminist Women’s Health Center Report. Los Angeles, CA

Feminist Writers’ Guild NAtional Newsletter. Berkeley, CA

Feminist Women’s Health Centers. Oakland, CA

Fighting Woman News. New York, NY

[The] Flame. Seattle, WA

Focus (The Maiden Voyage). Cambrigde, MA

Focus on Women, Journal of Addictions and Health. Philadelphia, PA

Folklore Women’s Communication. Ft. Collins, CO

For Us Women Newsletter. Washington, DC

Free Indeed. Allentown, PA

[The] Friendly Woman. New York, NY

From the Apple to the Archive. Columbia, MD

Front Page. Bloomington, IN

Frontiers; A Journal of Women’s Studies. Boulder, CO

[The] Furies. Washington, DC

Gay Women’s Newsletter. Champaign, IL

[The] Girls’ and Women’s Taekwondo Newsletter. Gemantown, MD

Goldflower. Minneapolis, MN

Goodbye to All That. San Diego, CA

[The] Greater Golden Hill Poetry Express. San Diego, CA

Halt the Sky. Dallas, TX

Harvest. S. Framingham, MA

Healthright. New York, NY

Helicon Nine, A Journal of Women’s Arts and Letters. Kansas City, Mo

Her Own Right. New Orleans, LA

Her-Self. Ann Arbor, MI

Hijas e Cuantemoc. Long Beach, CA

Homemakers’ Equal Rights Association. Bellevue, WA

Hot Flash. Santa Fe, NM

Hot Flash. A Newsletter for Mid-Life & Older Women. Stony Brook, NY

Houston Breakthrough [Daily Breakthrough]. Houston, TX

Hudson Valley Women’s Times. Hyde Park, NY

Hurricane Alice. Minneapolis, MN

In The Running [formerly: Spring]. Washington, DC

In Touch; Asian Women United. New York, Ny

Intercambios Femeniles, National Network of Hispanic Women.

Index/Directory of Women’s Media. Washington, DC

Indianapolis Women’s Liberation Newsletter. Indianapolis, IM

Inside/Outside. Philadelphia, PA

[The] Insider. Clinton, NJ

[The] International Congress on Women in Music Newsletter. Los Angeles, CA

International League of Women Composers Newsletter. Honolulu, HI

Irregular Periodical: Newsletter of the Bread and Roses, Women’s Health Center. Milwaukee, WI

It Ain’t Me Babe. Berkeley, CA

Just Like A Woman. Atlanta, Ga

Kahawai, Journal of Woman and Zen. Honolulu, HI

Kalliope, A Journal of Women’s Art. Jacksonville, FL

Killer Dyke. Chicago, IL

KNOW News Bulletin. Pittsburgh, PA

Ladder; Daughters of Bilitis. Fanwood, NJ

[The] Leaping Lesbian. Ann Arbor, MI

Lesbian Connection, East Lansing, MI

[The] Lesbian Voices. San Jose, CA

[The] Lesbian Tide. Los Angeles, CA

Lesbian Voices. San Jose, CA

Lesbian Fight Back. Philadelphia, PA

Letras Femeninas. Beaumont, TX

Lilith. Seattle, WA

Lilith’s Rib. Chicago, IL

Maenad, a women’s literary journal. Gloucester, MA

Maine Freewoman’s Herald. Portland, ME

Majority Report. New York, NY

Malintzin: Chicana Newsletter / Carta Infomante Chicana. San Antonio, TX

MANA Newsletter. (Mexican American Women’s National Association). Washington, DC

Marin Women’s News Journal. San Rafael, CA

Martha Matters. Arlington, VA

MAW: A Magazine of Appalachian Women. [ subsequently: Appalachian Women], Huntington, WV

Media Report to Women. Washigton, DC

Medica: Women Practicing Medicine. New York, NY

Medical /Mrs. Magazine. Rye, NY

Moccasin Line; Northwest Indian Women’s Circle.

Momma; The Newspaper/Magazine for Single Mothers. Venice, CA

Mom’s Apple Pie. Seattle, WA

Monitoring the Media in Hawaii. Honolulu, HI

Moonshadow. Miami Beach, FL

Mother Jones Gazette. Knoxville, TN

[The] Mother Church Bulletin [subsequently: Bulletin of the Feminist Religion]. Satellite Beach, FL

Mother Lode. San Francisco, CA

Mountain Moving Day. Carbondale, IL

Moving Out. Detroit, MI

Ms. Magazine. New York, NY

Music Women. New York, NY

Musica: A Newsletter About Women in Music and the Music in Women. San Francisco, CA

NAJDA: Women Concerned about the Middle East. Berkeley, CA

N.A.R.A.L. News. New York, NY

National Abortion Rights Action League Newsletter. Washington, DC

National Black Feminist Organization. Chicago, IL

National Black Feminist Organization. New York, NY

National Coalition of American Nuns Newsletter. Chicago, IL

National Communication Network for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Cambridge, MA

National Lesbian Information Service Newsletter. San Francisco, CA

National Task Force on Prostitution News. Washigton, DC

National Women’s Health Network News. Washington, DC

N.C.H.E. News. (National Committee on Household Employment) Washington, DC

Neighborhood Women

Network (International Women’s Writing Guild). New York, NY

Network: A National Newsletter for Black Women. Kansas City, MO

Network Newsletter (HACER/ Hispanic Women’s Center) New York, NY

New Books on Women and Feminism. Madison, WI

[The] New Broom, a Legislative Newsletter for Massachusetts Women. Boston, MA

New Carolina Woman. Knightdale / Fayetteville, NC

New Directions for Women. Englewood / Westwood / Dover, NJ

[The] New Feminist. New York, NY

New Moon: a Quarterly Journal of Science Fiction and Cultural Feminism. Madison, WI

New Space: New Time. Lauderdale, PA

New Women’s Time. Rochester, NY

N.J. W.E.A.L.er. Old Bridge, NJ

No More Fun & Games, A Journal of Female Liberation. Cambridge, MA

No More Cages: A Bi-Monthly Women’s Prison Newsletter. Brooklyn, NY

Notes From The First [Second, Third] Year. New York, NY

Noticias De Mujeres. Albuquerque, NM

NOW Acts. Malibu / Los Angeles, CA

NOW Times. Los Angeles, CA

OCAW SPEAKS. (Organization of Chinese American Women) Arlington, VA

off our backs. Washington, DC

OHOYO; for, about and by American Indian women.

On Campus With Women. Washington, DC

On Our Way. Cambridge, MA

On The Way. Anchorage, AK

One-to-One — A Lesbian/Feminist Journal of Communications. New York, NY

Onyx Newsletter. Kansas City, MO / Berkeley, CA

[The] Opening. Pittsburgh, PA

Outcry. Milwaukee, WI

Owl Observer. (Older Women’s League)

Paid My Dues. Chicago, IL

Pandora, A Washington Women’s News Journal. Seattle, WA

Pandora’s Box. San Diego, CA

[The] Pen Woman Magazine. Washington, DC

Platform, Newsletter of Women in Instructional Technology. Ilton, NY

Plexus, A Bay Area Women’s Newspaper. Berkeley, CA

Pregnancy Rights Monitoring Project News. Washington, DC

Primavera, A Women’s Literary Magazine. Chicago, IL

Prime Time. New York, NY

Progressive Woman. Middlebury, IN

Proud Woman. Stanford, CA

Public Policy Bulletin. Washington, DC

Purple Rage. New York, NY

Purple Star: Journal of Radicalesbians. Ann arbor, MI

Quest, A Feminist Quarterly. Washington, DC

Raising Cain. Washington, DC

Rape Crisis Center News. Madison, WI

Rat.  New York, NY

Reach Out.  Detroit / Dearborn, MI

Rebirth of Artemis.  Methuen, MA

Regional Anthologies: Women Poet — The West, The East, The Midwest, and The South.

Remember Our Fire.  Berkeley, CA

Research in Progress.  Pittsburgh, PA

Research in Progress.  Slippery Rock, PA

Research in Progress.  West Lafayette, IN

Response to Violence and Sexual Abuse in the Family.  Washington, DC

Revolution Within the Revolution.  Cambridge, MA

[The] Right Woman — Congressional News for Women & Family. Washington, DC

Room:  A Women’s Literary Journal.  San Franscisco, CA

Rural American Women News Journal.  Washington, DC

Sage: A Scholarly Journal About Black Women.  Atlanta, GA

Scarlet Letter.  Madison, WI

Sea Wench Times.  Big Pine Key, FL

Seacoast Woman.  Exeter, NH

Second Coming.  Austin, TX

Second Opinion  [formerly The Coalition News].  San Francisco, CA

2nd Revolution.  San Diego, CA

Second Wave: A Magazine of the New Feminism.  Cambridge, MA

Seeds.  New York, NY

S.F. Women’s Liberation Internal Newsletter.  San Francisco, CA

Shadow’s Edge.  Escondido, CA

Shameless Hussy Review.  Berkeley, CA

She.  Chicago/ Northbrook, IL

Shekinah.  Waco, TX

Shenabe Quai.  Turtle Lake, WI

Sibyl-Child.  Hyattsville, MD

Signs:  A Journal of Women in Culture and Society.  New York, NY

Sing Heavenly Muse.  Minneapolis, MN

Sinister Wisdom.  Lincoln, NE / Charlotte, NC

Siren: A Journal of Anarcho-Feminism.  Chicago, IL

Sister, West Coast Feminist Newspaper.  Venice, CA

Sister Advocate.  Oklahoma City, OK

Sister Courage, Greater Boston’s Independent Feminist News Journal.  Boston / Allston, MA

Sisterhood.  New York, NY

Sisterhood of Black Single Mothers Newsletter.

Sisters.  Tallahassee, FL

Sisters: By and For Gay Women.  San Francisco, CA

Sisters in Poverty.  Albuquerque, NM

Sisters in Solidarity.  Denver, CO

Sisters Stand.  Salt Lake City, UT

Sisters Unite.  Houston, TX

Sisters United.  Galena, KS

Sistersharing.  Los Angeles, CA

Skirting the Capital.  Sacramento, CA

Snippets, A Melange of Women.  Shaker Heights, OH

Sobering Thoughts.  Quakertown, PA

Sojourner: A Third World Women’s Research Newsletter.  Detroit, MI

Sojourner, The New England Women’s Journal of News, Opinions, and the Arts.  Cambridge, MA

Solana.  Saint Louis, MO

Something About the Women. Manhattan, KS

S.O.S. —  Speak Out Sisters.  Philadelphia, PA

So’s Your Old Lady. Minneapolis, MN

Southern Rural Women’s Network Newsletter.  Jackson, MS

[The] Sow’s Ear.  Pittsburgh, PA

Spare Rib.  Chicago, IL

Spazm.  Berkeley, CA

Spectre.   Ann Arbor, MI

[The] Speculator.   Honolulu, HI

[The] Spokeswoman.   Chicago, IL

Sportswoman.   Palatine, IL / Lafayette, CA / Culver City, CA

Statues of Liberty.   Rochester, NY

Susan Saxe Defense Committee Newsletter.  West Somerville, MA

Telewoman.    Pleasant Hill, CA

Texan Woman.   Austin, TX

The Way We See It. Springfield, MA

Thesmophoria [previously: Themis, The Voice of the Feminist Witch] Oakland, CA

Third Woman.  Bloomington, IN

13th Moon.   New York, NY

Through the Hoop [ formerly: Eastern Women’s Basketball Newsletter]State College, PA

Through the Looking Glass.   Philadelphia, PA

Through the Looking Glass:  A Women’s & Children’s Newsletter.   Seattle, WA

To, For, By & About Women.   Charlotte, NC

Tooth and Nail.   Berkeley, CA

Tradeswomen Magazine:  A Quarterly Magazine for Women in Blue-Collar Work.   San Francisco, CA

Triple Jeopardy.   New York, NY

Trivia: A Journal of Ideas.   N. Amherst, MA

Truth, Newsletter of the Association of Black Women Historians.   College Park, MD

[The] Underground Woman.   St Louis, MO

[The] Union Maid.    Madison, WI

Union W.A.G.E.   San Francisco, CA

University of Michigan Papers in Women’s Studies.   Ann Arbor, MI

Up Against the Wall, Mother — Alexandria, VA

Up from Under.   New York, NY

Update. San Francisco, CA

Velvet Fist.  Venice, CA

Velvet Glove.  Livermore, CA

[The] Vocal Majority.   Washington, DC

[The] Voice of American Agri-Woman.  Dubois / Shebbona, IL

[The] Voice of The women’s Liberation Movement.   Chicago,IL

Washington Women in Film and Video, Inc.   Washington, DC

Washington Women Outdoors, Inc.   Garrett Park, MD

Washington Women’s Art Center News.  Washington, DC

WEAL National Newsletter.   Washington, DC

W.E.A.L. Texas Newsletter.   Dallas, TX

WEAL Washington Report.   Washington, DC

West-East Bay (W.E.B).  Los Angeles, CA

Which Way / Witch Way.  Pompano Beach, FL

[The] Wild Iris.   Berkeley, CA

Wildflowers.  Isla Vista, CA

Wisconsin Tribal Women’s News.   Madison, WI

WISE (Women for the Incluson of Sexual Expression).  New York, NY

[The] Wise Woman.   Sacramento, CA

[The] Wishing Well.   Santa Rosa, CA

WOAR Newsletter.   Philadelphia, PA

[The] Woman Activist.   Falls Churh, VA

Woman Becoming.   Pittsburgh, PA

Womanart Magazine. New York, NY

Womankind.   Louisville, KY

[The] Woman’s Advocate Newsletter.   Sacramento, CA

Woman’s Art Journal.   Knoxville, TN

Woman’s Journal.   Northampton, MA

Woman’s World (subsequently Feminist Revolution).   New York, NY

Women, A Berkshire Feminist News Journal.   Lenox, MA

Women Against Violence Against Women Newsletter.   Los Angeles, CA

Women Against Violence Against Women Newsletter.   Seattle, WA

Women Against Violence in Pornography & Media Newspage.  San Francisco, CA

Women, A Journal of Liberation.   Baltimore, MD

Women and Art.   New York, NY

Women and Film.  Berkeley, CA

Women & Health Roundtable.  Washington, DC

Women & Literature.

Women & Performance: a Journal of Feminist Theory.  New York, NY

Women and Revolution.   New York, NY / San Fracisco, CA

Women are Human [subsequently: Women’s Studies Review].   Columbus, OH

Women are Powerful.   Riverside, CA

[The] Women Artists Group News.  Seattle, WA

Women as Women as Women.   Kansan City, KS

Women at the Helm Quarterly.   San Monica, CA

Women at Work: News About the 80%.  Washington, DC

Women for Change.   Dallas, TX

Women for Legislative Action Bulletin.   Los Angeles, CA

Women in Action.   Washington, DC

Women in Education.   Ventura, CA

Women in Martial Arts Newsletter.   Los Angeles, CA

Women in Mid-Stream Newsletter. (YWCA Menopause Study Group)

Women in Performing arts Newsletter.

Women in Softball.  West Sacramento, CA

Women in the Trades.  New York, NY

Women Make Movies Newsletter.   New York, NY

Women of Color News.   Milwaukee, WI

Women Studies Abstract.   Rush, NY

Women Today.   Washington, DC

Women United.  Washington, DC

Women United for November 6 Newsletter.   San Francisco, CA

Women Writing.   Newsfield, NY

Womenews.   Cleveland, OH

Women’s Access Coalition — Cable News.   Dorchester, MA

Women’s Action Movement.   Madison, WI

Women’s Diaries: A Quarterly Newsletter.   Pound Ridge, NY

Women’s Legal Defense Fund Newsletter.   Washington, DC

Women’s Liberation News.  Providence, RI

Women’s Liberation Newsletter.   Cambridge, MA

Women’s Lobby Quarterly.   Washington, DC.

Women’s Media Project.    Memphis, TN

Women’s Newsletter on Socialist Feminism.   Durham, NC

Women’s Political Times.  Washington, DC

Women’s Press.  Eugene, OR

Women’s Research and Resources Center Newsletter.   Atlanta, GA

Women’s Sports.  Palo Alto, CA

Women’s Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal.  Flushing, NY

Women’s Studies in Indiana.  Bloomingon, IN

Women’s Studies International.  Old Westbury, NY

Women’s Studies Quarterly.  Old Westbury, NY

Women’s Washington Representative.  Washington, DC

Women’s Work [Connections].  Washington, DC

WomenSports.  New York, NY

Womenwise.  Concord, NH

Woodswomen News.  Minneapolis, MN

Working Women Newsletter.  Cleveland, OH

Workprint.  Boston, MA

 

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