This is a list of feminist periodicals in the United States. A feminist periodical is a journal, magazine, or newsletter that primarily publishes content reflecting the ideologies of the Women's Movement. Though interpretations of feminism vary from one periodical to the next, all of these publications aimed to provide a space for women to express their thoughts, ideas, and goals. This list is by no means exhaustive.
Era | Name | Start Date | End Date | Location | Publisher(s) | Frequency | Notes | Identifier | References |
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1800s | Advocate and Family Guardian | 1835 | 1941 | New York City, New York | New York Female Moral Reform Society; American Female Guardian Society | Semi-monthly | OCLC 30552324 | [1] | |
The Una | 1853 | 1855 | Boston, Massachusetts | [2] [3] | |||||
Woman's Journal | 1870 | 1931 | Boston, Massachusetts | Weekly | OCLC 7383821 | [4] [5] | |||
American Association of University Women Outlook | 1884 | Active | Washington D.C. | American Association of University Women | 3 times a year | ISSN 0001-0278 , 1044-5706 , 0161-5661 | [6] | ||
The American Jewess | 1895 | 1899 | Chicago, Illinois | The first English-language periodical published for American Jewish women. | OCLC 5782568 | [7] | |||
1900s | The Socialist Woman | 1907 | 1914 | Chicago, Illinois | The Socialist Woman Publishing Co. | Monthly | |||
Women in Music | 1935 | 1940 | New York, New York | OCLC 15728633 | |||||
1950s | The Ladder | 1956 | 1972 | Los Angeles, California | Daughters of Bilitis | Monthly, later Bimonthly | The first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States. | ISSN 0023-7108 OCLC 1037547553 | |
1960s | Aphra | 1969 | 1976 | New York, New York | A literary magazine. They published poetry, fiction, and various articles on the arts. Issues were frequently themed. [8] | ISSN 0003-6447 OCLC 1481674 , 187448726 | [9] [10] [11] [8] | ||
Focus: A Journal for Gay Women | 1969 | 1983 | Boston, Massachusetts | Boston Daughters of Bilitis. | Monthly/Bi-Monthly | A literary review for gay women. | OCLC 2261157 | [8] [5] | |
Women: A Journal of Liberation | 1969 | 1983 | Baltimore, Maryland | Women: A Journal of Liberation | Quarterly | A political and cultural journal. | ISSN 0043-7433 OCLC 1250191222 | [12] | |
1970s | Off Our Backs | 1970 | 2008 | Washington D.C. | off our backs, inc. | Bimonthly | The longest surviving feminist newspaper in the United States. [13] | ISSN 0030-0071 OCLC 1038241 | [14] [13] |
Ain't I A Woman? | 1970 | 1971 | Iowa City, Iowa | AIAW Collective / Iowa City Women's Liberation Front Publications Collective | Monthly | Feminist art and politics. | ISSN 0044-6939 OCLC 2221525 | [15] [16] [17] | |
Best Friends | 1971 | Unknown | Albuquerque, N.M. | Best Friends Poetry Collective | Less than quarterly | A women's poetry magazine. | OCLC 1001234876 | [18] [8] | |
Black Maria | 1971 | Chicago, Illinois | Black Maria Collective Inc. | Annual | A feminist journal of art and politics. | ISSN 0045-222X OCLC 2786249 | [19] [6] [20] | ||
Earth's Daughters | 1971 | Active | Buffalo, New York | Earth's Daughters | 3 times a year | A feminist literary and art periodical. | ISSN 0163-0989 | [21] [5] | |
The Lesbian Tide | 1971 | 1980 | Los Angeles, California | Tide Collective | Bi-monthly | The first national lesbian newspaper. Also, the first American magazine to use the word "lesbian" in its title. | ISSN 0270-8167 OCLC 1167128712 , 941667492 , 917541844 | ||
Moving Out | 1971 | Detroit, Michigan | Moving Out Collective | Irregular | A feminist literary & arts journal. | ISSN 0047-830X | [8] | ||
The Second Wave: A Magazine of the New Feminism | 1971 | 1983 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Second Wave | Quarterly | A political periodical. Also published "many pages of poetry, fiction, book reviews and art." [8] | ISSN 0048-9980 OCLC 2267579 | [8] [22] | |
The Amazon | 1972 | 1984 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Amazon | 6 times a year | A journal for midwestern women. | OCLC 2045999 , 1000824023 ISSN 2381-0718 | ||
Amazon Quarterly | 1972 | 1975 | Oakland, California | Amazon Press | Quarterly | A lesbian feminist arts journal. | OCLC 2750571 | [23] [24] [25] | |
Country Women | 1972 | 1979 | Albion, California | Country Women Publications | A feminist country survival manual and a creative journal. | ISSN 0199-1361 OCLC 3804478 | [26] | ||
The Feminist Art Journal | 1972 | 1977 | New York | Feminist Art Journal, Inc. | Quarterly | ISSN 0300-7014 OCLC 0300-7014 | |||
Feminist Studies | 1972 | Active | College Park, Maryland | Feminist Studies, Inc. | 3 times a year | An independent, nonprofit peer-reviewed academic journal. | ISSN 0046-3663 , 2153-3873 OCLC 38966895 | ||
Media Report To Women | 1972 | Active | Washington, D.C. | Communication Research Associates, Inc. | Quarterly | A journal about what women are doing and thinking about communications media. | ISSN 0145-9651 OCLC 476239773 | ||
Ms. | 1972 | Active | Virginia | Liberty Media for Women, L.L.C. | Quarterly | Typically credited as "the first national feminist magazine" for being the first mainstream feminist publication. | ISSN 0047-8318 OCLC 671775389 | [27] | |
New Directions for Women | 1972 | 1983 | Dover, New Jersey | Paula Kassell | Quarterly | A feminist newspaper. | ISSN 0160-1075 OCLC 3617120 | [28] | |
Women & Film | 1972 | 1976 | California | Women and Film | 3 times a year | The first known feminist film magazine in the US. | ISSN 0049-7797 | ||
13th Moon | 1973 | Active | New York | 13th Moon, Inc. | Annual | A feminist literary magazine founded Ellen Marie Bissert | ISSN 0094-3320 OCLC 1165759346 | [29] | |
Big Mama Rag | 1973 | 1984 | Denver, Colorado | Big Mama Rag, Inc. | Monthly | A feminist newsjournal. | ISSN 0277-7533 OCLC 23201144 | [6] [30] | |
Dykes & Gorgons | 1973 | 1976 | Berkeley, California | Dykes & Gorgons | ISSN 2573-6183 OCLC 951615724 , 55515875; | [31] | |||
Gravida | 1973 | 19?? | New York | Gravida, Ltd. | Quarterly | A literary and poetry journal. | ISSN 0191-0760 OCLC 612072421 | [32] [8] | |
The Lesbian Feminist | 1973 | New York, New York | The Lesbian Feminist Liberation | Monthly | Both a newsletter and a political journal. They published personal and political analyses of lesbian feminist experience. | OCLC 63149145 | [8] | ||
Albatross | 1974 | 1980 | East Orange, New Jersey | Albatross Collective | Bi-monthly | A radical-lesbian-feminist magazine. | OCLC 8740582 | [8] | |
Chomo-Uri | 1974 | 1979 | Amherst, Massachusetts | Chomo Uri Collective | 3 times a year | A "women's multi-art magazine." | ISSN 0190-4736 OCLC 1051603856 | [33] | |
Dark Horse | 1974 | 19?? | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Dark Horse Poets, Inc. | Quarterly | "Boston's first poetry and fiction newspaper." [8] | OCLC 2943336 | [34] [8] [5] | |
Exponent II | 1974 | 2007 | Arlington, Massachusetts | Exponent II, Inc. | Quarterly | The longest-running independent publication for Latter-day Saint women. | ISSN 1094-7760 | ||
Jump Cut | 1974 | Active | Berkeley, California | Jump Cut Associates | Annual | "A Review of Contemporary Media" | ISSN 0146-5546 OCLC 2971578 | [35] [36] | |
Lesbian Connection | 1974 | Active | East Lansing, Michigan | Elsie Publishing Institute | Bimonthly | "The free worldwide forum of news & ideas for, by and about lesbians." [37] | ISSN 1081-3217 OCLC 10734023 | [37] [38] | |
Lesbian Voices | 1974 | San Jose, California | Lesbian Voices | Quarterly | A literary and cultural journal. Edited by Rosalie Nichols. | OCLC 222412119 | |||
Paid My Dues: Journal of Women and Music | 1974 | 1980 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois | Woman's Soul Publishing; Calliope Publishing, Inc. | Irregular | ISSN 0097-8035 | |||
Quest: A Feminist Quarterly | 1974 | 1982 | Washington D.C. | Quest | ISSN 0098-955X OCLC 2242837 | ||||
Radical History Review | 1974 | Active | Durham, North Carolina | Duke University Press | 3 times a year | A scholarly journal. | ISSN 0163-6545 , 1534-1453 OCLC 985576992 | ||
Sibyl-Child | 1974 | Hyattsville, Maryland | Sibyl-Child Press, Inc. | 3 times a year | A Women's Arts and Culture Journal. | ISSN 0161-715X | |||
So's Your Old Lady | 1974 | 1979 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Haymarket Press | Bi-monthly | A Lesbian and Feminist Journal | OCLC 917556863 | ||
Sunbury | 1974 | 1981 | New York, New York | Sunbury Press | ISSN 0271-3217 OCLC 1000821142 | ||||
Gibbous Rising | 1977 | ???? | Sacramento, California | Gibbous Rising | Irregular | Feminist News Journal | OCLC ocn952386352 | [39] | |
Women & Literature | 1974 | 1988 | New York, New York; New Brunswick, New Jersey | Holmes & Meier Publishers | Irregular | A feminist scholarly journal founded by Janet Margaret Todd. Formerly known as Mary Wollstonecraft Newsletter (until 1974) and Mary Wollstonecraft Journal (until 1975) | ISSN 0147-1759 | ||
DYKE: A Quarterly | 1975 | 1978 | New York | Tomato Publications Ltd.; Liza Cowan and Penny House | Quarterly | A magazine by and about lesbian separatists. DYKE was an all woman publication. | ISSN 2573-4741 OCLC 951614810 | [40] [41] [8] | |
Fighting Woman News | 1975 | 199? | New York, New York | Spectrum Resources | Quarterly | ISSN 0146-8812 OCLC 3054837 | |||
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies | 1975 | Active | Lincoln, Nebraska | University of Nebraska Press | 3 times a year | One of the earliest and longest-running publications on feminist and gender studies in the US. | ISSN 0160-9009 , 1536-0334 | [42] | |
Gilt Edge | 1975 | 1977 | Missoula, Montana | Women's Resource Center; University of Montana | Annually? | A magazine of artists who are women | OCLC 42302751 | [43] [44] [8] | |
Primavera | 1975 | 2006 | Chicago, Illinois | Salsedo Press | Annual | A feminist magazine that focused on women's experiences. | ISSN 0364-7609 OCLC 1078795375 | ||
Radical Teacher | 1975 | Active | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | University of Pittsburgh. University Library System | 3 times a year | ISSN 1941-0832 (web); ISSN 0191-4847 (print) | |||
Signs | 1975 | Active | Chicago, Illinois | University of Chicago Press | Quarterly | "A Journal of Women in Culture and Society." A peer-reviewed feminist academic journal. | ISSN 0097-9740 OCLC 21629549 | ||
Sojourner: The Women's Forum | 1975 | 2002 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Sojourner, Inc. | Monthly | A feminist periodical founded by a group of women from MIT. | ISSN 0191-8699 OCLC 4656277 | ||
Women Artist News | 1975 | 1998 | New York, New York | Midmarch Arts Press | Annual | ||||
Women talking, Women Listening | 1975 | 19?? | Dublin, California | Women Talking, Women Listening Press | Annually | Published women's poetry. | OCLC 5696938 | ||
Women's International Network News | 1975 | 2002 | Lexington, Massachusetts | Women's International Networks | ISSN 0145-7985 | ||||
Calyx | 1976 | Corvallis, Oregon | Calyx, Inc. | 3 times a year | A literary and art magazine dedicated to publishing the voices of women in the Northwest. | ISSN 0147-1627 | [5] [8] | ||
Camera Obscura | 1976 | Active | Durham, North Carolina | Duke University Press | 3 times a year | A journal of feminism, culture, and media studies. | ISSN 0270-5346 | [45] | |
Equal Times | 1976 | 1984 | Boston, Chicago | Equal Times | Weekly | A feminist newspaper from Boston that wrote on equal pay and jobs for women. | OCLC 15158516 | ||
Houston Breakthrough | 1976 | 1981 | Houston, Texas | Breakthrough Publishing Co. | Monthly | [46] | |||
Lady-Unique-Inclination-of-the-Night | 1976 | 1983 | New Brunswick, New Jersey | Sowing Circle Press | Annual (issues were referred to as "cycles") | A journal of feminist art, history, and performance with a particular focus on women's spirituality) | OCLC 5348640 | ||
Lilith | 1976 | Active | New York, New York | Lilith Publications, Inc. | Quarterly | A Jewish Women's Quarterly. | ISSN 0146-2334 | [47] | |
Sinister Wisdom | 1976 | Active | Charlotte, North Carolina; Lincoln, Nebraska; Berkeley and Oakland, California | Sinister Wisdom, Inc. | 3 times a year | The longest operating lesbian journal to date. | ISSN 0196-1853 OCLC 3451636 | [48] [49] | |
Through the Looking Glass | 1976 | 19?? | Seattle, Washington | Through the Looking Glass | Quarterly | A women's and children's prison newsletter. | OCLC 952387485 , 7448204 | [50] | |
Womanart | 1976 | 1978 | New York, New York | Womanart Enterprises | Quarterly | OCLC 2531831 | [51] [52] | ||
Women's Agenda | 1976 | 1979 | New York, New York | Women's Action Alliance, Inc. | Monthly or 10 a year | A politically radical magazine for women activists. | ISSN 0149-0532 | ||
WREE - View of Women | 1976 | 19?? | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Women for Racial and Economic Equality | Quarterly | A political newsletter. | ISSN 0892-3116 OCLC 25792491 | [53] | |
Auntie Bellum: A New South Carolina Journal for Women | 1977 | Columbia, South Carolina | Quarterly | "Includes articles, profiles of outstanding women, poetry, reviews, with emphasis on regional interests and writers." [6] | OCLC 4815152 | [6] [54] | |||
Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians | 1977 | 1983 | A quarterly magazine for Black, Latina, Asian, and Native American lesbians. | OCLC 919005098 | [55] | ||||
The Bright Medusa | 1977 | Unknown | Berkeley, California | Bright Medusa | Quarterly | A feminist literary journal. | OCLC 4139314 | [56] [5] | |
Chrysalis | 1977 | 1980 | Los Angeles, California | Chrysalis | Quarterly | ISSN 0197-1867 OCLC 3128311 | [57] | ||
Conditions | 1977 | 1990 | Brooklyn, New York | Conditions, Inc. | Annual | A lesbian feminist literary magazine. | ISSN 2381-5620 OCLC 646884046 | [58] | |
Feminist Japan | 1977 | Unknown | Tokyo, Japan; New York | Bimonthly | A Japanese feminist magazine. | OCLC 16104584 | |||
The Creative Woman | 1977 | 1992 | Illinois | Governors State University | Quarterly | ISSN 0736-4733 OCLC 698137157 | [59] | ||
Gaysweek | 1977 | 1979 | New York, New York | New York Gay News, Inc. | Weekly | Has been considered New York City's first mainstream gay and lesbian newspaper. | ISSN 0145-9104 | ||
Heresies | 1977 | 1993 | New York, New York | Heresies Collective | Irregular | A feminist art and politics journal. | ISSN 0146-3411 | ||
WomaNews | 1979 | Unknown | Gainesville, Florida; New York, New York | WomaNews Collective | Monthly | A radical feminist newspaper. | OCLC 11483997 | [60] | |
1980s | Gender Issues | 1980 | Active | New York, New York | Springer New York LLC | Quarterly | A feminist academic journal. | ISSN 1098-092X OCLC 49644179 | |
Maenad | 1980 | Gloucester, Massachusetts | Maenad Ltd. | Quarterly | A women's literary journal. | ISSN 0275-5629 | |||
Woman's Art Journal | 1980 | Active | Old City Publishing, Inc. | Biannually | A feminist art history journal | ISSN 0270-7993 OCLC 6497852 | |||
Womyn's Braille Press | 1980 | 1996 | Womyn's Braille Press | Irregular | A feminist organization that was operated by blind women. They circulated a newsletter for twelve years. | ||||
Blatant Image | 1981 | 1983 | Oregon | Blatant Image | Annual | ISSN 0277-8181 OCLC 7627805 | [61] [62] | ||
Common Lives - Lesbian Lives | 1981 | 1996 | Iowa | Quarterly | ISSN 0891-6969 OCLC 8234014 | ||||
Frontiers | 1981 | 2016 | Southern California | Michael Turner | Weekly | Frontiers was Southern California's oldest and largest LGBT magazine. | |||
Onyx: Black Lesbian Newsletter | 1982 | Berkeley, California | Bimonthly | OCLC 69262012 | |||||
Trivia: Voices of Feminism | 1982 | Active | Amherst, Massachusetts | Trivia | Semi-annually | ISSN 2166-9082 , 0736-928X | [63] | ||
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature | 1982 | Active | Tulsa, Oklahoma | University of Tulsa | Semi-Annually | ISSN 0732-7730 | |||
Bi Women Quarterly | 1983 | Active | Boston, Massachusetts | Quarterly | |||||
Hurricane Alice | 1983 | 1998 | Rhode Island | Hurrican Alice | Quarterly | ISSN 0882-7907 | |||
Women & Performance | 1983 | Active | New York | Routledge | 3 times a year | A journal of feminist theory. | ISSN 0740-770X | ||
Backbone: A Journal of Women's Literature | 1984 | 1988 | Seattle, Washington | Backbone Magazine, Inc. | Semi-annual | Originally Seal Press's "Backbone Series." | ISSN 0888-6520 | ||
Anamika | 1985 | 1987 | New York | Anamika Collective | OCLC 61120598 | ||||
Minnesota Women's Press | 1985 | Active | Minnesota | Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. | Monthly | ISSN 1085-2603 | |||
M/E/A/N/I/N/G | 1986 | 1997 | New York | M/E/A/N/I/N/G | Semi-annually | ISSN 1040-8576 | |||
1990s | Shamakami | 1990 | 1997 | San Francisco | Shamakami Collective | ISSN 1084-2446 OCLC 24646926 | |||
ROCKRGRL | 1995 | 2005 | San Mateo, California | ROCKRGRL | Bi-Monthly | ISSN 1086-5985 | |||
Femspec | 1999 | Active | Cleveland Heights, Ohio | Femspec | Semi-annually | ISSN 1523-4002 | |||
2000s | LTTR | 2001 | 2006 | New York | Printed Matter, Inc. | Annual | ISSN 1935-066X | ||
$pread | 2005 | 2011 | New York | The Feminist Press | Quarterly |
Lesbian feminism is a cultural movement and critical perspective that encourages women to focus their efforts, attentions, relationships, and activities towards their fellow women rather than men, and often advocates lesbianism as the logical result of feminism. Lesbian feminism was most influential in the 1970s and early 1980s, primarily in North America and Western Europe, but began in the late 1960s and arose out of dissatisfaction with the New Left, the Campaign for Homosexual Equality, sexism within the gay liberation movement, and homophobia within popular women's movements at the time. Many of the supporters of Lesbianism were actually women involved in gay liberation who were tired of the sexism and centering of gay men within the community and lesbian women in the mainstream women's movement who were tired of the homophobia involved in it.
Lesbian Connection (LC ) is an American grassroots network forum publication "for, by and about lesbians". Founded in 1974 by the lesbian-feminist collective Ambitious Amazons "to address the lack of safe, reliable, and targeted information channels for lesbian groups and individuals", it is the longest-running periodical for lesbians in the United States. LC is run by the Elsie Publishing Institute, a Michigan-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. In 2021, its total revenue was $1,412,061.
Cultural feminism is a term used to describe a variety of feminism that attempts to revalue and redefine attributes culturally ascribed to femaleness. It is also used to describe theories that commend innate differences between women and men.
Feminist separatism is the theory that feminist opposition to patriarchy can be achieved through women's separation from men. Much of the theorizing is based in lesbian feminism.
Black feminism is a branch of feminism that focuses on the African-American woman's experiences and recognizes the intersectionality of racism and sexism. Black feminism philosophy centers on the idea that "Black women are inherently valuable, that liberation is a necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else's but because of our need as human persons for autonomy."
Political lesbianism is a phenomenon within feminism, primarily second-wave feminism and radical feminism; it includes, but is not limited to, lesbian separatism. Political lesbianism asserts that sexual orientation is a political and feminist choice, and advocates lesbianism as a positive alternative to heterosexuality for women as part of the struggle against sexism.
Off Our Backs was an American radical feminist periodical that ran from 1970 to 2008, making it the longest-running feminist periodical in the United States. Marilyn Salzman-Webb and Marlene Wicks were among Off Our Backs original founders, creating the periodical in Washington, D.C. as a response to what many felt was an underrepresentation of the women’s liberation movement in mainstream media. It was a self-sustaining periodical edited and published by a collective of women consisting mainly of volunteers who practiced consensus decision-making. Reporting on feminism related topics, the periodical transitioned from a monthly to a bi-monthly newspaper, and ultimately to a quarterly magazine before financial difficulties led to its termination in 2008.
Common Lives/Lesbian Lives (CL/LL) was a collectively produced lesbian quarterly which published out of Iowa City, Iowa, from 1981 to 1996. The magazine had a stated commitment to reflect the diversity of lesbians by actively soliciting and printing in each issue the work and ideas of lesbians of color, Jewish lesbians, fat lesbians, lesbians over fifty and under twenty years old, disabled lesbians, poor and working-class lesbians, and lesbians of varying cultural backgrounds. Common Lives/Lesbian Lives was a cultural milestone in the lesbian publishing world, as it was one of the first lesbian journals or magazines published from outside the urban/coastal New York/Los Angeles/Berkeley scene.
Dyke is a slang term, used as a noun meaning lesbian. It originated as a homophobic slur for masculine, butch, or androgynous girls or women. Pejorative use of the word still exists, but the term dyke has been reappropriated by many lesbians to imply assertiveness and toughness.
The National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) is an organization founded in 1977, made up of scholars and practitioners in the field of women's studies also known as women's and gender studies, feminist studies, and related names in the 21st century.
Womyn's land is an intentional community organised by lesbian separatists to establish counter-cultural, women-centred space, without the presence of men. These lands were the result of a social movement of the same name that developed in the 1970s in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and western Europe. Many still exist today. Womyn's land-based communities and residents are loosely networked through social media; print publications such as newsletters; Maize: A Lesbian Country Magazine; Lesbian Natural Resources, a not-for-profit organisation that offers grants and resources; and regional and local gatherings.
Lavender Woman was a lesbian periodical produced in Chicago, Illinois, from 1971 to 1976. The name Lavender Woman comes from the color lavender's prominence as a representation of homosexuality, starting in the 1950s and 1960s. It is believed that the color became a symbol due to it being a product of mixing baby blue and pink. Lavender truly hit the spotlight as a symbol of homosexuality empowerment in 1969 when lavender sashes and armbands were distributed during a "gay power" march in New York.
Elly Bulkin is an American writer. A founding editor of two nationally distributed periodicals: Conditions and Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends.Bridges mission statement explains that the journal sought to integrate “analysis of class and race into Jewish-feminist thought" and to be "a specifically Jewish participant in the multi-ethnic feminist movement.”
Maureen Brady is an American writer, editor and educator. She is best known for her novels Ginger's Fire, Folly, and Give Me Your Good Ear. She currently lives and works in New York City and Woodstock, NY.
Dykes & Gorgons was a lesbian feminist and lesbian-separatist magazine founded in 1973 in Berkeley, California. Its publication ended in 1976.
DYKE: A Quarterly of Lesbian Culture and Analysis was a New York-based lesbian separatist magazine published by Tomato Publications. The magazine was active from 1975 to 1979. Liza Cowan and Penny House created the periodical, functioning as the publishers and editors during its run.
Published from 1969 to 1976 in New York City, Aphra: The Feminist Literary Magazine was a quarterly feminist serial, one of the first of its kind. The mission was to develop a platform for women's expression in response to a male dominated literary market. The title Aphra came from Aphra Behn (1640–1689), the first woman to make a living as a writer.
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