Herland Sister Resources : v.1: no.3(1985)
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NEWSLETTER
SISTER
HERLAND
r e s 0 u r c e s
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VOLUME l, NUMBER 3
MARCH, 1985
HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
1630 N.W. 19, OKLA. CITY, OK 73106
WOMEN UNLIMITED CONFERENCE
SPRING CONCERT SERIES IN DALLAS
Sexual harassment is the theme of the fourth annual conference of the Organization for the Advancement of Women in Law, to be held Saturday,
March 30, 1985, at the OU Law Center in Norman.
Little Feather Productions, Inc., of Dallas, is bringing, Diane Lindsay, who wrote "Sweet Darlin' Woman," and Sue Fink, of "Leaping" fame, to the western landscape Saturday, March 2.
Karen Savigne, Director of Development at CUNY
Law School at Queens College, will deliver the keynote address, "Sexual Harassment and Women's
Struggle for Equality," beginning at 9:30 a.m. _,
New Music artists Diane Lindsay and Sue Fink are
bringing an exciting blend of pop and techno-pop
music to Dallas on their national spring tour, celebrating the release of their new albums Open Up
and Big Promise, respectively. Switching off between dueling synthesizers, bass, piano and digital
drums, Sue and Diane perform their own innovative
and insightful songs, ranging from the outrageous
to the sensitive. · They take you everywhere vinyl
has dared to tread with creative electronics and
lyrical substance.
Other workshop topics include the art of self protection, holistic health and relaxation techniques,
communication tactics and the psychology of spending money. Each conference participant will be able
to attend three workshops.
A workshop addressing sexual harassment will be
scheduled in each time slot for those who want an
intensive study of the subject. These workshops
will be conducted · by Karen Savigne, The Norman
Human Rights Commission and Peggy Crull, a trial
expert on sexual harassment.
Other activities include a film screening, wine and
cheese party and a fashion show emphasizing the
professional wardrobe.
Registration, $5.00 which includes child care, is at
the door. Children will be supervised at St. Thomas
More, located at the corner of Jenkins and Stinson. Please provide your child with a sack lunch.
Ferron, ;;~~nadian feminist folk singer, will be in
concert (Friday, April 26.
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folk artist Judy Small is featured
Following the concert will be a dance.
Indiividual ticket prices: Lindsay-Fink,
$14; Judy Small and dance, $12 (half
15 and under). Ticket series price,
certs will be presente at 8:00 p.m.
Unitarian Church, 4015 Normandy.
J~e
$10; Ferron,
price for age
$30. All conat the First
For information, call 214-941-9303 or 214-398-6358.
For more information, call 325-4699.
CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITIES
WYMN RADIO--Yes, it's a women's pirate radio station, operating without ·a license on shortwave stations 7.432 and 7.428. They played women's music
and mentioned "testosterone-free radio," saying
their station was "women's radio for the world, for
and about women, on our full moon broadcast." So,
if your radio gets shortwave (lots do these days),
keep checking the above numbers for WYMN. (Off
Our Backs)
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Herland Sister Resources, encourages referrals to
Herland counselor Casia Mealor, M.S.
Mealor, who has five years of counseling experience, specializes in counseling for women, f eminists, lesbians and survivors of violence, and uses
a sliding fee scale.
For information, call 524-3017.
JOIN US
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Friend,
Thank you so much for sending me your newsletter
each month. Twice in recent months, I have received information in the newsletter leading to the
publication of my poetry--I feel if it weren't for
you, I might not have these works in print.
I would very much like to help Herland continue to
exist and expand. In the past (when I was teaching
at Langston University) I was able to donate money
to Herland. Right now I cannot easily afford to do
that--but I still want to help.
What I do have is time, and I believe talent. For
most of the past ten years, I have earned my living as a journalist. I would like to offer my abilities in typesetting , proofreading, writing, ·etc. Because of my schedule and the distance I live from
Oklahoma City, I could most easily come to Herland on weekends. Once a month to aid in putting
out the newsletter would be no problem for me--if
I could be of assistance.
I'd like to volunteer to work on Saturday, March
23, at the store doing whatever needs to be done:
I am so very very glad Herland exists. I discoyered
Holly Near at Herland.
I am particularly interested right now--simply beca~se I have just finished reading it--in writing a
re-view of the book, Pornography and Silence: Culture's Revenge Against Nature by Susan Griffin.
This book made a profound impression on me. I
have only read one other book in my lifetime (I am
40) that was as thought-provoking, Susanne Langer's Philosophy in a New Key. I would just like to
encourage other women to read Griffin's book.
Again, thank you for being there.
In sisterhood,
Patti Weaver
Cushing, Oklahoma
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
encourage the exchange of information,
personal opinions on issues of concern to the
Oklahoma women's community, and your stories and experiences.
The editor reserves the right to edit and condense letters accordfog to space limitations.
. Letters should be typed, double-spaced and
signed by the author(s). Include your address
and telephone number. if you wish to be published anonymously, indicate so, but include
your name, etc., for our information in case
the editor has questions.
Mail or deliver your letter to HSR, Inc., 1630
N.W. 19, OKC, OK 73106. Deadline is the
15th of each month.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
CELEBRATION
with music by
Karin Stafford and Bonnie Houghton
8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 8, 1985
Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
1630 N.W. 19
Oklahoma City
HERLAND COFFEEHOUSE
presents
PEGGY
JOHNSON
for your entertainment
Friday, March 29, 1985
8:00 p.m.
HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
1630 N.W. 19
I'
From the Mailbox
Each month Herland receives many newsletters,
magazines, newspapers, conference announcements
and mis~flla~eou.s info.
We also {receive donations of books, magazines and
other materials from generous supporters.
We catalog these valuable resource materials in the
library and file them in the subject file drawers
for your, the community's, use.
New this month:
I Know You Know: Lesbian Views and News., a national monthly magazine, Jernan Ltd. Publisher,
5335 N. Tacoma Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317)
252-5381. Subscriptions, $27 .50 per year. (Dec.,
Vol. 1, No. 1 is in the library.)
Bridges, a quarterly feature
sional and career-oriented gay
#6, Oakland, CA 94606 (415)
tions, $12 per year. (Dec.-Jan.
the library.)
magazine for profeswomen. 812 6th Ave.
452-2045. SubscripPremier Edition is in
Forte, a quarterly about women's music, Midwest
Music, Inc., Publishers. 207 E. Buffalo St., Suite
545, Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 278-0066.
Ga.Lly Oklahoman, monthly news & events magazine.
Gayly Incorporated, Publisher. P.O. Box 60930, Oklahoma City, OK 73146 (Feb., Vol. 3, No. 2 is a,
vailable free at Herland.)
PORNOGRAPHY AND SILENCE - a review
by Patti Weaver
HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
Pornography and Silence is a profoundly thoughtprovoking book by a remarkable thinker, Susan
Griffin, the author of Voices; Rape: The Power of
Consciousness; and Women and Nature: The Roaring
Inside Her.
announces
In her work, which is simultaneously riveting and
scholarly in its analysis of art, literature, films,
magazines and psychology, Griffin maintains that
pornography is borne of a split mind--a Biblical
mind.
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"Every theme, every attitude, every shade of pornographic feeling has its origin in the church.
. "The metaphysics of Christianity and the metaphysics of pornography are ' the same, "Griffin says.
Like the Christian who hates the flesh, "in the pornographic mind, a great fissure exists between
spiritual and carnal love," according to Griffin, who
maintains that the pornogrlJpher splits soul and
body, male and female, culture and nature.
"In the pornographic mind, woman is symbol for
man's hidden vulnerability.
"Women in pornography are not 'other' than the
pornographer himself. They are symbols for the
denied parts of himself," Griffin maintains.
Women represent nature, which humiliates the pornographer by its power to make him hunger, thirst,
cry. He seeks revenge against nature by fals ely
portraying women as only flesh without soul, depriving matter of spirit, according to Griffin.
She concludes that our whole culture has fashioned
itself after a pornographic mind, a split mind. Citing instances from Marilyn Monroe's life, she describes the actress as two beings: one who actually
existed, who dressed in loose clothing and spoke
and walked in a totally different manner when she
was herself, and another, the "female impersonator," acting out the pornographer's distorted vision
of woman as flesh without soul, a· caricature
dressed in tight clothing.
The pornographer is a frightened being, frightened
of women, terrified of nature's power over him,
and, thus, he lives in an artificial world, she says.
He endlessly attempts to kill his feelings, his sense
of being vulnerable, by attempting to control nature, by humiliating women.
Of Hugh Hefner, she notes that he lives in total
isolation from nature: "His house has no windows."
Publisher:
Editor:
Typesetter:
Circulation:
Herland Sister
Elaine Barton
Marian Hulsey
425
our next Collective meeting
Open to Public
Sunday, March 3, 1985
6:30 p.m.
call 524-3017, 840-5715 or 946-5395
COFFEEHOUSES PACK 'EM IN
by Marian Hulsey
In case you haven't discovered it for yourself, the place to
be on at least one Friday night each month is Herland Sister Resources, Inc., for the monthly coffeehouse programs
sponsored by the Collective.
The cold winter night didn't discourage the more than 60
people who filled Herland Jan. 22 to hear Mary Reynolds
and the Sisters of Swing. Mary, who will be leaving for
California very soon, was in fine form, the best I have ever
heard her in the eight years I've been a fan. Perhaps it
was the intimacy of such close quarters, such an appreciative audience who came just to hear the music, or just
good vibes . But, whatever caused the magic to happen , I
hope it can be recreated when she returns.
Mary disappointed me a few years ago, with her repertoire
centered primarily around very male-oriented music, even
when she performed for women's groups. I knew from her
early appearances at The Library that she wrote some good
music and I wanted her to perform hers and that of other
women. This fa~ewell performance was a nice balance between her funny songs, ballads and the traditional swing
number which she has made even more famous.
Vocally, the blend was superb. Sisters Mary Freeh and Kim
Turk provfaed, just the right complement to Mary's voice,
conjuring ~p m~ny memories of singing close harmony. The
"doo-wahs'f were interspersed with other types of music and,
thus, did riot get old. We all wish Mary continued good forti:me and look forward to her return.
The February coffeehouse was very different, but an equally good musical experience. I had heard of Donna DeSalvo
for some time but had never her her perform.
Donna kept apologizing for her voice's being hampered by
her cold, but I was so intrigued with her guitar playing
that I didn't notice. She kept urging the audience to sing
along on her many James Taylor and Dan Fogelberg songs.
Particularly moving was her rendition of Karla Bonhoff's
"Home." She "did" a great Bonnie Raitt "Any Day Woman."
The program represented such a nice mixture of her own
songs, among them "Love to See You Free," "Remember
Your Best Friend," "Uh, Uh, Honey" and the crowd-pleaser
"Pitty Patty," of the funny and the more serious, sometimes
mixed in the same song, as indeed life is.
Sitting on the floor right in front of Donna so I could take
pictures, i was fascinated with her intricate chords, key
modulations, and the ease with which she retuned for different modes . She is a fine instrumentalist, reminding me of
Meg Christian's playing. (i still prefer Meg and guitar, with
no other instruments.)
March is special and Herland wants you to celebrate International Women's Day with us, Friday, March 8, at 8:00
p.m., with music by Karin Stafford and Bonnie Houghton.
Then, again March 29, with Peggy Johnson. Be sure you
dori't have to. hear about these musical shari~s after the
fact--JOIN US!!
"QUILTERS" AT STAGE CENTER
NATIONAL WOMEN'S MUSIC FESTIVAL
After playing to sellout audiences in New York,
Los Angeles, Houston and Pittsburg, the much acclaimed production of "Quilters," by the Denver
Center Theatre Company, will come to Oklahoma
City for three performances, March 12 and 13, at
Stage Center, 400 W. Sheridan.
The NWMF is moving toward an even more successful festival in 1985. Held the weekend after
Memorial weekend, May 31 to June 2, the festival
will be housed again on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington, which provides a comfortable,
indoor environment in which to grow, network,
share and enjoy.
Written by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek,
"Quilters" is an uplifting play which admires hard
work, the values of family, friendship and community. Based on the actual recollections of Colorado
women, it is a joyous and powerful chronicle of
frontier women, for whom quilting was both a practical chore and a way to express their feelings
about their lives, destines, hopes and dreams.
NWMF will highlight three nights of main stage
performances by nationally known women artists
including: Casselberry & Dupree, Kate Clinton, June
Millington, Ferron, Ronnie Gilbert and Adrienne
Torf, Alive, Toshi Reagan, Beth York and others.
Using the metaphor of the quilt, we glimpse into
the lives of Sarah McKendree Bonham and her
"daughters," who stand for all the pioneer women
of America. We see how the pieces of their lives
are scrapped, patched and stitched together into
symbolic narratives of joy, heartbreak, desolation
and survival.
As the basic patterns appear on stage--bold, ,,vivid
shapes with names like "Crosses and Losses," "Tree
of Life," and "The Rocky Road to Kansas"--the cast
e~acts the stories, crises and rituals that made up
their lives.
Some are tragic: we see a terrible winter that
brings madness and freezing death. Some are comic:
while quilting the "Tree of Life" for a young man
on his 21st birthday, his girlfriend remarks, "Recognize this calico print? You should, you had a hard
time keepin' your hands off it!" Some are piercing
self portraits: "I tremble sometimes when I remember what that quilt knows about me," says another
young woman.
Each of the 16 scenes (paralleling the 16 blocks in
a quilt) is wonderfully interwoven with music, song
and dance. The music is performed by a quartet of
excellent musicians on guitar, banjo, acoustic bass,
hammered dulcimer, cello, violin and flute.
Barefoot and attired in gingham dresses, the 11
women in the cast convey all the nuances of humor
and pathos.
The Central Oklahoma Quilters Guild will have 25
colorful quilts on displey throughout the lobby and
halls of Stage Center. A quilt will be given away
at each performance.
Tile March 12 performance will be at 8 p.m. The
two performances on March 13 are at 2 p.m. and 8
p.m. Tickets are $13.50 each and can be reserved
by calling the Stage Center Box Office at
239-73-33.
Although music is a very strong and integrated aspect throughout the three days and nights, the
emphasis of this festival is the broad spectrum of
workshops, networking and special conferences in
which women can meet and learn from each other.
The goal of NWMF is to highlight, · enhance and
facilitate women's growth, personally and professionally, as well as the growth of women's culture.
Presently, there are two special conferences within
the NWMF: the Music Industry Seminar and the
Writer's Conference. (Last year's special speaker at
the latter was Mary Daly.) Special conferences being planned and developed are in the areas of
Women's Religion/ Spirituality, Women's Health and
Women in Busi~ess.
The pre-registration fee for a full, three day pass
is $55, $6,0 on-site. On campus housing in the dorm
will cost f:· 55 ,for two nights' lodging and six meals.
Rooms wi . also be available on Thursday and Sunday night, .
Women interested in g1vmg workshops or leading
networking sessions, performers interested in being
considered for the Performer Showcase, craftswomen and artists interested in showing/selling
their work, and women interested in attending
should write to NWMF, P.O. Box 5217, Bloomington, IN 47402, (317) 637-4938.
The deadline for those wishing to present workshops is Marc.h 15.
Other activities include a workshop for third world
women; open workshops; Visual Arts Exhibit (deadline March 15); open mic (on-site sign up); Sober
Support, which offers 24 hour, women only space,
support and beginner meetings, literature, workshops, videos, experience, strengths and hope (for
AA, ACA, Al-Anon, OA, NA and WFS).
YWCA CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES, 1984
(NOTE: This year will be our fifth time at NWMF
and I can honestly say that just thinking about it
helps me get through tough days at work, etc. It
is such a total cultural experience, and one that I
do not think is duplicated anywhere. Staying in the
dorm is really fun (we have the whole dorm), the
food is great, and it is wonderful to have breakfast with Margie Adam before going to her workshop. I have learned so much about myself at this
conference. I can't wait! mh)
CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN IN PRINT
The Third National Women in Print Conference will
be held May 29-June 1, in Berkely, CA. It's open
to all feminist women working in women-owned or
co-owned, alternative or mainstream print and
publishing trades, including editors, publishers,
self-publishers, reviewers, booksellers, librarians, ·
archivists, agents and graphic designers.
Topics to be explored include, "Is politically
correct really correct or just another form of
censorship?
Do our publications reflect the
diversity of women's needs and interests in our
communities? Who are our readers?"
The conference will cost $200, which includes
meals and bedding. At least half of the registration
must be paid by April 1. Scholarships are available.
Write: Karen Schiller, Women in Print Conference,
Box 3184, Oakland, CA 94609, (415) 826-8720.
RECOVERING OUR HERSTORY
"We wanted to orchestrate a celebration particularly, but not exclusively, for women, and we wanted
to place women's lives at the very center of the
community's attention."
from Generations of Women: In Search of Female
Forebears, by Doris Friedensohn and Barbara Rubin,
Women's Studies--Jersey City State College.
Since January, 1980, 500 women's studies students
at Jersey City State College have attempted to
recover the history of women in their own families
through the use of photographs and oral interviews.
This volume docuinents their experiences and displays their findings.
Available for $5 from Women's Studies Program,
Jersey City State College, Jersey City, New Jersey
07305.
The Passageway Shelter for Battered Women sheltered 286 women and 274 children during 1984. Although shelter is often a last resort for women
who are being battered, battering is a crime that
affects women from all socioeconomic levels and
racial groups. Women who have more financial resources are most often served via the crisis line
and support groups.
The battered women's hotline received 2025 calls
during 1984. Of these callers, 128 women, or 6%,
were referred elsewhere due to lack of space at
the shelter. This figure appears small because it
does not include the children of women who were
turned away, and also due to the Shelter's commitment to provide safety despite frequent overcrowding.
The Rape Crisis Hotline received 586 calls during
1984. The hospital volunteer response team provided advocacy for 74 rape victims and 52 family
members; follow-up services were provided for 37
individuals. These services for rape victims represent over 700 service hours provided by volunteer
rape advocates.
Crisis Intervention Services also handled 348 calls
for referrals for other types of assistance. Fifty
women were a,Ssisted with petitions for protective
orders. A weekly support group for battered women
was also maintained with volunteer energy.
/ RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE on Film?
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Rubyfruit f Jungle, the book by Rita Mae Brown
about a young woman coming of age as a lesbian
and a feminist, may soon be made into a movie-but what kind?
It seems that movie producer Bruce Campbell, who
spent 15 years publicizing the anti-war movie "Johnny , Got His Gun," wants to go commercial with this
new project.
Campbell told the San Francisco
Chronicle he plans to shoot the film originally as a
"hard R," then later add X-rated lesbian love
scenes to make the film a hit at hard~ore moviehouses.
Author Brown is "steaming," says the Chronicle, not
only because she wants either to write the screenplay herself or have a good screen play written.
Brown says Campbell isn't off~ring enough to have
a good writer work on the project. Campbell says
that Brown is "a very testy woman." Brown adds,
"I certainly hope nobody out there gives him money
thinking they're helping me." (Her Say)
ANTHOLOGY DEADLINE EXTENDED
The Lesbian Battering Anthology deadline for
submissions has been extended to April 1, 1985.
The Lesbian Task Force of the National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence is calling for papers,
which should be typed, double-spaced and no longer
than 10 pages. Submit papers to Kerry Lobel, Arkansas Women's Project, 1601 Dennison, Little
Rock, AR 72202.
Priorities for publication: 1st - battered lesbians
telling their own stories; personal experiences, narratives, poetry, fiction, art. 2nd - discussion papers
on violence in lesbian relationships; services for
battered lesbians (support groups, therapeutic issues, individual advocacy, integration of heterosexual and lesbian women in shelters); self-defense;
confidentiality of individual vs. community involvement; police and court involvement; analysis of battering among lesbians.
An issue paper, "To the Lesbian Nation," developed
at a NCADV-sponsored conference in Sept., 1983,
will guide the editorial team in reviewing submissions. (Copies are available at Herland.)
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Executive Director for national grassroots feminist
organization, National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence.
Qualifications: Understanding of violence against
women and experience with women's movemen organizing. Applicants need to reflect experience with
nonprofit organizations, fiscal and management systems, legislative and public policy advocacy, working board/ staff relationships, staff supervision,
program development and implementation.
Have
strong writing and public speaking skills, be willing
to travel, able to work independently.
Salary range: $28-32,000
Employment: June l, 1985, Washington, D.C.
Send four resumes by March 15 to: Joan Welsh,
Boulder County Safe House, P.O. Box 4157,
Boulder, CO 80306.
The multi-cultural study of women's history means
reclaiming the contributions and impact of all
groups of women. Knowing how the lives of women
before us were spent, we gain the richness of our
heritage and the inspiration of this tradition of
activism and accomplishment. Correspondingly, boys
and men are able to expand their ·p erceptions and
expectations of the real lives and work of women.
National Women's History Week sets aside a special
time each March for schools, communities and
workplaces to recognize and celebrate the lives of
countless women of all races, ages, cultures, ethnic
traditions and ways of life. Honored are women
who have participated in history by living out their
lives, whether in ways grandly eloquent or steadfastly ordinary, and by so doing have contributed
to our shared history.
National Women's History Week always includes International Women's Day, March 8, a day proclaimed at the turn of this century to recognize
the tremendous work of women in the organized
labor movement. This date was chosen as a focal
point for NWHW for three reasons: to stress the
international connections between and among women; to emphasize a multi-cultural approach to women's history; and to celebrate women as workers
world-wide.
It is our shared commitment to National Women's
History Week that will serve as a springboard for
. introducing a i:more accurate picture of our history
throughout the year.
Contact your
Representative and Senator today and
7 ,
request 1;,hat they cosponsor the House and Senate
Resolutidns
designating the week of March 3-9
as
r
.
"Women's History Week."
Write for the National Women's History Project
Resource Catalog, P.O. Box 3716, Santa Rosa, CA
95402. This free catalog includes community organizing guides, curriculum guides, commemorative posters and products, teaching guides, biographies for
young readers, books for older readers and adults,
recommended resources, bilingual books, reference
and information services.
Recommended reading from the National Women's
History Project:
CELEBRATE NAT'L WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK
March 3-9, 1985
The study of women's history is relatively new and
comparatively quiet. It is purposeful; the goal is
nothing less than constructive and expansive social
change, change that must come with honest and
thorough education. Through knowing these true
stories, we can recapture the inspiration of earlier
women, and become more optimistic about the power we have over our lives today to affect change
in our long and varied journey for equal rights for
women.
Women Who Changed Things: Nine Lives That Made
a Difference, Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, 188 p.
cloth $12.95.
Nine turn-of-the-century American women, previously overlooked in biographies for young readers,
come alive again through these' factual accounts:
Orie Latham Hatcher, educator; Sara Josephine
Baker, medical inspector; Annie Smith Peck, mountaineer; Willimina Fleming, astronomer; Candace
Thurber Wheeler, artist; Mary McDowell, settlement
worker; Kate Barnard, legislative advocate; Leta
Hollingsworth, psychologist; aµd Ida Wells-Barnett,
journalist.
MORE WOMEN'S HISTORY BOOKS
She's Nobody's Baby, Susan Dworkin and Suzanne
Braun Levine, 216 p. $12.50.
Decade by decade, this pictorial history introduces us to the female personalities, events, issues
and media images of women in this century. Hundreds of familiar and rare photographs accompany
the brief text.
Sojourner Truth: A Self-Made Woman, Victoria Oritiz, 156 p. cloth $10.53.
In 1843, after 30 years of living in slavery as a
black in a white society and as a woman in .a
country run by men, Isabella changed her name to
Sojourner Truth and began her remarkable career
as a traveler, bringing truth to the American people. Her dramatic story is told here with many quotations from her speeches and dictated writings.
Written Out of History: Our Jewish Foremothers,
Sondra Henry and Emily Taitz, 291 p. $8.50.
In writing the only book available on the entire
history of Jewish women, the authors have rescued
from undeserved obscurity the vital force of Jewish
women from all times and geographic areas. In- .
eludes 26 biographies from the 5th Century B.C.E.
to the 1950s.
American Women Artists from Early Indian Times
to the Present, Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, -576
p. paper $12.95.
Here for the first time is a look at hundreds of
women artists and their works, brought to life with
anecdotes about the times in which they lived and
the society that influenced their art. Many photos.
America's Working Women: A Documentary History
1600 to the Present, Rosalyn Baxandall, L. Gordon,
S. Reverby, eds., 408 p. paper $8.95.
Defining work comprehensively--wage, labor,
slave labor and unpaid domestic labor--this anthology on working class women brings all of women's
work to history's center stage. Essays, diaries, union records, letters, songs, statistics and photos
chronicle the lives of women of virtually all cultures, races and areas of work.
Immigrant Women, Maxine Schwartz Seller, ed., 346
p; paper $12.95.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, millions of European, Asian, Hispanic and Black women left their
homes to come to the U.S. This anthology combine
memoirs, diaries, oral his~ory and fiction to present
Daughters of the Earth, Carolyn Niethammer, 281
p. paper $10.95.
The lives and legends of American Indian women with photographs and bibliography. Brief sections of life stages from birth through death tell
the stories and show the diversity of the first and
least known women in this country.
The Jewish Woman in America, Charlotte Baum, P.
Hyman, S. Michel, 281 p. paper $6.95.
Establishing her family in the New World, caring
for poorer newcomers, enduring low wages, protecting immigrant girls from white slavers--a fascinating
history with a goodly amount of Jewish humor. Photos.
The Female Experience, Gerda Lerner, 509 p. paper
$14.95.
Relying on primary sources, Lerner reweaves the
history of women in this century, telling our stories from three different perspectives: Female Life
Cycles, Women in Male Defined Society and New
Definition of Womanhood.
--CC;
A History of Women in America, Carol Hymowitz
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VOLUME l, NUMBER 3
MARCH, 1985
HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
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WOMEN UNLIMITED CONFERENCE
SPRING CONCERT SERIES IN DALLAS
Sexual harassment is the theme of the fourth annual conference of the Organization for the Advancement of Women in Law, to be held Saturday,
March 30, 1985, at the OU Law Center in Norman.
Little Feather Productions, Inc., of Dallas, is bringing, Diane Lindsay, who wrote "Sweet Darlin' Woman," and Sue Fink, of "Leaping" fame, to the western landscape Saturday, March 2.
Karen Savigne, Director of Development at CUNY
Law School at Queens College, will deliver the keynote address, "Sexual Harassment and Women's
Struggle for Equality," beginning at 9:30 a.m. _,
New Music artists Diane Lindsay and Sue Fink are
bringing an exciting blend of pop and techno-pop
music to Dallas on their national spring tour, celebrating the release of their new albums Open Up
and Big Promise, respectively. Switching off between dueling synthesizers, bass, piano and digital
drums, Sue and Diane perform their own innovative
and insightful songs, ranging from the outrageous
to the sensitive. · They take you everywhere vinyl
has dared to tread with creative electronics and
lyrical substance.
Other workshop topics include the art of self protection, holistic health and relaxation techniques,
communication tactics and the psychology of spending money. Each conference participant will be able
to attend three workshops.
A workshop addressing sexual harassment will be
scheduled in each time slot for those who want an
intensive study of the subject. These workshops
will be conducted · by Karen Savigne, The Norman
Human Rights Commission and Peggy Crull, a trial
expert on sexual harassment.
Other activities include a film screening, wine and
cheese party and a fashion show emphasizing the
professional wardrobe.
Registration, $5.00 which includes child care, is at
the door. Children will be supervised at St. Thomas
More, located at the corner of Jenkins and Stinson. Please provide your child with a sack lunch.
Ferron, ;;~~nadian feminist folk singer, will be in
concert (Friday, April 26.
Austraif~n
22.
folk artist Judy Small is featured
Following the concert will be a dance.
Indiividual ticket prices: Lindsay-Fink,
$14; Judy Small and dance, $12 (half
15 and under). Ticket series price,
certs will be presente at 8:00 p.m.
Unitarian Church, 4015 Normandy.
J~e
$10; Ferron,
price for age
$30. All conat the First
For information, call 214-941-9303 or 214-398-6358.
For more information, call 325-4699.
CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITIES
WYMN RADIO--Yes, it's a women's pirate radio station, operating without ·a license on shortwave stations 7.432 and 7.428. They played women's music
and mentioned "testosterone-free radio," saying
their station was "women's radio for the world, for
and about women, on our full moon broadcast." So,
if your radio gets shortwave (lots do these days),
keep checking the above numbers for WYMN. (Off
Our Backs)
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Herland Sister Resources, encourages referrals to
Herland counselor Casia Mealor, M.S.
Mealor, who has five years of counseling experience, specializes in counseling for women, f eminists, lesbians and survivors of violence, and uses
a sliding fee scale.
For information, call 524-3017.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Friend,
Thank you so much for sending me your newsletter
each month. Twice in recent months, I have received information in the newsletter leading to the
publication of my poetry--I feel if it weren't for
you, I might not have these works in print.
I would very much like to help Herland continue to
exist and expand. In the past (when I was teaching
at Langston University) I was able to donate money
to Herland. Right now I cannot easily afford to do
that--but I still want to help.
What I do have is time, and I believe talent. For
most of the past ten years, I have earned my living as a journalist. I would like to offer my abilities in typesetting , proofreading, writing, ·etc. Because of my schedule and the distance I live from
Oklahoma City, I could most easily come to Herland on weekends. Once a month to aid in putting
out the newsletter would be no problem for me--if
I could be of assistance.
I'd like to volunteer to work on Saturday, March
23, at the store doing whatever needs to be done:
I am so very very glad Herland exists. I discoyered
Holly Near at Herland.
I am particularly interested right now--simply beca~se I have just finished reading it--in writing a
re-view of the book, Pornography and Silence: Culture's Revenge Against Nature by Susan Griffin.
This book made a profound impression on me. I
have only read one other book in my lifetime (I am
40) that was as thought-provoking, Susanne Langer's Philosophy in a New Key. I would just like to
encourage other women to read Griffin's book.
Again, thank you for being there.
In sisterhood,
Patti Weaver
Cushing, Oklahoma
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The editor reserves the right to edit and condense letters accordfog to space limitations.
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Mail or deliver your letter to HSR, Inc., 1630
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
CELEBRATION
with music by
Karin Stafford and Bonnie Houghton
8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 8, 1985
Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
1630 N.W. 19
Oklahoma City
HERLAND COFFEEHOUSE
presents
PEGGY
JOHNSON
for your entertainment
Friday, March 29, 1985
8:00 p.m.
HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
1630 N.W. 19
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From the Mailbox
Each month Herland receives many newsletters,
magazines, newspapers, conference announcements
and mis~flla~eou.s info.
We also {receive donations of books, magazines and
other materials from generous supporters.
We catalog these valuable resource materials in the
library and file them in the subject file drawers
for your, the community's, use.
New this month:
I Know You Know: Lesbian Views and News., a national monthly magazine, Jernan Ltd. Publisher,
5335 N. Tacoma Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317)
252-5381. Subscriptions, $27 .50 per year. (Dec.,
Vol. 1, No. 1 is in the library.)
Bridges, a quarterly feature
sional and career-oriented gay
#6, Oakland, CA 94606 (415)
tions, $12 per year. (Dec.-Jan.
the library.)
magazine for profeswomen. 812 6th Ave.
452-2045. SubscripPremier Edition is in
Forte, a quarterly about women's music, Midwest
Music, Inc., Publishers. 207 E. Buffalo St., Suite
545, Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 278-0066.
Ga.Lly Oklahoman, monthly news & events magazine.
Gayly Incorporated, Publisher. P.O. Box 60930, Oklahoma City, OK 73146 (Feb., Vol. 3, No. 2 is a,
vailable free at Herland.)
PORNOGRAPHY AND SILENCE - a review
by Patti Weaver
HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
Pornography and Silence is a profoundly thoughtprovoking book by a remarkable thinker, Susan
Griffin, the author of Voices; Rape: The Power of
Consciousness; and Women and Nature: The Roaring
Inside Her.
announces
In her work, which is simultaneously riveting and
scholarly in its analysis of art, literature, films,
magazines and psychology, Griffin maintains that
pornography is borne of a split mind--a Biblical
mind.
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"Every theme, every attitude, every shade of pornographic feeling has its origin in the church.
. "The metaphysics of Christianity and the metaphysics of pornography are ' the same, "Griffin says.
Like the Christian who hates the flesh, "in the pornographic mind, a great fissure exists between
spiritual and carnal love," according to Griffin, who
maintains that the pornogrlJpher splits soul and
body, male and female, culture and nature.
"In the pornographic mind, woman is symbol for
man's hidden vulnerability.
"Women in pornography are not 'other' than the
pornographer himself. They are symbols for the
denied parts of himself," Griffin maintains.
Women represent nature, which humiliates the pornographer by its power to make him hunger, thirst,
cry. He seeks revenge against nature by fals ely
portraying women as only flesh without soul, depriving matter of spirit, according to Griffin.
She concludes that our whole culture has fashioned
itself after a pornographic mind, a split mind. Citing instances from Marilyn Monroe's life, she describes the actress as two beings: one who actually
existed, who dressed in loose clothing and spoke
and walked in a totally different manner when she
was herself, and another, the "female impersonator," acting out the pornographer's distorted vision
of woman as flesh without soul, a· caricature
dressed in tight clothing.
The pornographer is a frightened being, frightened
of women, terrified of nature's power over him,
and, thus, he lives in an artificial world, she says.
He endlessly attempts to kill his feelings, his sense
of being vulnerable, by attempting to control nature, by humiliating women.
Of Hugh Hefner, she notes that he lives in total
isolation from nature: "His house has no windows."
Publisher:
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our next Collective meeting
Open to Public
Sunday, March 3, 1985
6:30 p.m.
call 524-3017, 840-5715 or 946-5395
COFFEEHOUSES PACK 'EM IN
by Marian Hulsey
In case you haven't discovered it for yourself, the place to
be on at least one Friday night each month is Herland Sister Resources, Inc., for the monthly coffeehouse programs
sponsored by the Collective.
The cold winter night didn't discourage the more than 60
people who filled Herland Jan. 22 to hear Mary Reynolds
and the Sisters of Swing. Mary, who will be leaving for
California very soon, was in fine form, the best I have ever
heard her in the eight years I've been a fan. Perhaps it
was the intimacy of such close quarters, such an appreciative audience who came just to hear the music, or just
good vibes . But, whatever caused the magic to happen , I
hope it can be recreated when she returns.
Mary disappointed me a few years ago, with her repertoire
centered primarily around very male-oriented music, even
when she performed for women's groups. I knew from her
early appearances at The Library that she wrote some good
music and I wanted her to perform hers and that of other
women. This fa~ewell performance was a nice balance between her funny songs, ballads and the traditional swing
number which she has made even more famous.
Vocally, the blend was superb. Sisters Mary Freeh and Kim
Turk provfaed, just the right complement to Mary's voice,
conjuring ~p m~ny memories of singing close harmony. The
"doo-wahs'f were interspersed with other types of music and,
thus, did riot get old. We all wish Mary continued good forti:me and look forward to her return.
The February coffeehouse was very different, but an equally good musical experience. I had heard of Donna DeSalvo
for some time but had never her her perform.
Donna kept apologizing for her voice's being hampered by
her cold, but I was so intrigued with her guitar playing
that I didn't notice. She kept urging the audience to sing
along on her many James Taylor and Dan Fogelberg songs.
Particularly moving was her rendition of Karla Bonhoff's
"Home." She "did" a great Bonnie Raitt "Any Day Woman."
The program represented such a nice mixture of her own
songs, among them "Love to See You Free," "Remember
Your Best Friend," "Uh, Uh, Honey" and the crowd-pleaser
"Pitty Patty," of the funny and the more serious, sometimes
mixed in the same song, as indeed life is.
Sitting on the floor right in front of Donna so I could take
pictures, i was fascinated with her intricate chords, key
modulations, and the ease with which she retuned for different modes . She is a fine instrumentalist, reminding me of
Meg Christian's playing. (i still prefer Meg and guitar, with
no other instruments.)
March is special and Herland wants you to celebrate International Women's Day with us, Friday, March 8, at 8:00
p.m., with music by Karin Stafford and Bonnie Houghton.
Then, again March 29, with Peggy Johnson. Be sure you
dori't have to. hear about these musical shari~s after the
fact--JOIN US!!
"QUILTERS" AT STAGE CENTER
NATIONAL WOMEN'S MUSIC FESTIVAL
After playing to sellout audiences in New York,
Los Angeles, Houston and Pittsburg, the much acclaimed production of "Quilters," by the Denver
Center Theatre Company, will come to Oklahoma
City for three performances, March 12 and 13, at
Stage Center, 400 W. Sheridan.
The NWMF is moving toward an even more successful festival in 1985. Held the weekend after
Memorial weekend, May 31 to June 2, the festival
will be housed again on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington, which provides a comfortable,
indoor environment in which to grow, network,
share and enjoy.
Written by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek,
"Quilters" is an uplifting play which admires hard
work, the values of family, friendship and community. Based on the actual recollections of Colorado
women, it is a joyous and powerful chronicle of
frontier women, for whom quilting was both a practical chore and a way to express their feelings
about their lives, destines, hopes and dreams.
NWMF will highlight three nights of main stage
performances by nationally known women artists
including: Casselberry & Dupree, Kate Clinton, June
Millington, Ferron, Ronnie Gilbert and Adrienne
Torf, Alive, Toshi Reagan, Beth York and others.
Using the metaphor of the quilt, we glimpse into
the lives of Sarah McKendree Bonham and her
"daughters," who stand for all the pioneer women
of America. We see how the pieces of their lives
are scrapped, patched and stitched together into
symbolic narratives of joy, heartbreak, desolation
and survival.
As the basic patterns appear on stage--bold, ,,vivid
shapes with names like "Crosses and Losses," "Tree
of Life," and "The Rocky Road to Kansas"--the cast
e~acts the stories, crises and rituals that made up
their lives.
Some are tragic: we see a terrible winter that
brings madness and freezing death. Some are comic:
while quilting the "Tree of Life" for a young man
on his 21st birthday, his girlfriend remarks, "Recognize this calico print? You should, you had a hard
time keepin' your hands off it!" Some are piercing
self portraits: "I tremble sometimes when I remember what that quilt knows about me," says another
young woman.
Each of the 16 scenes (paralleling the 16 blocks in
a quilt) is wonderfully interwoven with music, song
and dance. The music is performed by a quartet of
excellent musicians on guitar, banjo, acoustic bass,
hammered dulcimer, cello, violin and flute.
Barefoot and attired in gingham dresses, the 11
women in the cast convey all the nuances of humor
and pathos.
The Central Oklahoma Quilters Guild will have 25
colorful quilts on displey throughout the lobby and
halls of Stage Center. A quilt will be given away
at each performance.
Tile March 12 performance will be at 8 p.m. The
two performances on March 13 are at 2 p.m. and 8
p.m. Tickets are $13.50 each and can be reserved
by calling the Stage Center Box Office at
239-73-33.
Although music is a very strong and integrated aspect throughout the three days and nights, the
emphasis of this festival is the broad spectrum of
workshops, networking and special conferences in
which women can meet and learn from each other.
The goal of NWMF is to highlight, · enhance and
facilitate women's growth, personally and professionally, as well as the growth of women's culture.
Presently, there are two special conferences within
the NWMF: the Music Industry Seminar and the
Writer's Conference. (Last year's special speaker at
the latter was Mary Daly.) Special conferences being planned and developed are in the areas of
Women's Religion/ Spirituality, Women's Health and
Women in Busi~ess.
The pre-registration fee for a full, three day pass
is $55, $6,0 on-site. On campus housing in the dorm
will cost f:· 55 ,for two nights' lodging and six meals.
Rooms wi . also be available on Thursday and Sunday night, .
Women interested in g1vmg workshops or leading
networking sessions, performers interested in being
considered for the Performer Showcase, craftswomen and artists interested in showing/selling
their work, and women interested in attending
should write to NWMF, P.O. Box 5217, Bloomington, IN 47402, (317) 637-4938.
The deadline for those wishing to present workshops is Marc.h 15.
Other activities include a workshop for third world
women; open workshops; Visual Arts Exhibit (deadline March 15); open mic (on-site sign up); Sober
Support, which offers 24 hour, women only space,
support and beginner meetings, literature, workshops, videos, experience, strengths and hope (for
AA, ACA, Al-Anon, OA, NA and WFS).
YWCA CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES, 1984
(NOTE: This year will be our fifth time at NWMF
and I can honestly say that just thinking about it
helps me get through tough days at work, etc. It
is such a total cultural experience, and one that I
do not think is duplicated anywhere. Staying in the
dorm is really fun (we have the whole dorm), the
food is great, and it is wonderful to have breakfast with Margie Adam before going to her workshop. I have learned so much about myself at this
conference. I can't wait! mh)
CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN IN PRINT
The Third National Women in Print Conference will
be held May 29-June 1, in Berkely, CA. It's open
to all feminist women working in women-owned or
co-owned, alternative or mainstream print and
publishing trades, including editors, publishers,
self-publishers, reviewers, booksellers, librarians, ·
archivists, agents and graphic designers.
Topics to be explored include, "Is politically
correct really correct or just another form of
censorship?
Do our publications reflect the
diversity of women's needs and interests in our
communities? Who are our readers?"
The conference will cost $200, which includes
meals and bedding. At least half of the registration
must be paid by April 1. Scholarships are available.
Write: Karen Schiller, Women in Print Conference,
Box 3184, Oakland, CA 94609, (415) 826-8720.
RECOVERING OUR HERSTORY
"We wanted to orchestrate a celebration particularly, but not exclusively, for women, and we wanted
to place women's lives at the very center of the
community's attention."
from Generations of Women: In Search of Female
Forebears, by Doris Friedensohn and Barbara Rubin,
Women's Studies--Jersey City State College.
Since January, 1980, 500 women's studies students
at Jersey City State College have attempted to
recover the history of women in their own families
through the use of photographs and oral interviews.
This volume docuinents their experiences and displays their findings.
Available for $5 from Women's Studies Program,
Jersey City State College, Jersey City, New Jersey
07305.
The Passageway Shelter for Battered Women sheltered 286 women and 274 children during 1984. Although shelter is often a last resort for women
who are being battered, battering is a crime that
affects women from all socioeconomic levels and
racial groups. Women who have more financial resources are most often served via the crisis line
and support groups.
The battered women's hotline received 2025 calls
during 1984. Of these callers, 128 women, or 6%,
were referred elsewhere due to lack of space at
the shelter. This figure appears small because it
does not include the children of women who were
turned away, and also due to the Shelter's commitment to provide safety despite frequent overcrowding.
The Rape Crisis Hotline received 586 calls during
1984. The hospital volunteer response team provided advocacy for 74 rape victims and 52 family
members; follow-up services were provided for 37
individuals. These services for rape victims represent over 700 service hours provided by volunteer
rape advocates.
Crisis Intervention Services also handled 348 calls
for referrals for other types of assistance. Fifty
women were a,Ssisted with petitions for protective
orders. A weekly support group for battered women
was also maintained with volunteer energy.
/ RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE on Film?
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Rubyfruit f Jungle, the book by Rita Mae Brown
about a young woman coming of age as a lesbian
and a feminist, may soon be made into a movie-but what kind?
It seems that movie producer Bruce Campbell, who
spent 15 years publicizing the anti-war movie "Johnny , Got His Gun," wants to go commercial with this
new project.
Campbell told the San Francisco
Chronicle he plans to shoot the film originally as a
"hard R," then later add X-rated lesbian love
scenes to make the film a hit at hard~ore moviehouses.
Author Brown is "steaming," says the Chronicle, not
only because she wants either to write the screenplay herself or have a good screen play written.
Brown says Campbell isn't off~ring enough to have
a good writer work on the project. Campbell says
that Brown is "a very testy woman." Brown adds,
"I certainly hope nobody out there gives him money
thinking they're helping me." (Her Say)
ANTHOLOGY DEADLINE EXTENDED
The Lesbian Battering Anthology deadline for
submissions has been extended to April 1, 1985.
The Lesbian Task Force of the National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence is calling for papers,
which should be typed, double-spaced and no longer
than 10 pages. Submit papers to Kerry Lobel, Arkansas Women's Project, 1601 Dennison, Little
Rock, AR 72202.
Priorities for publication: 1st - battered lesbians
telling their own stories; personal experiences, narratives, poetry, fiction, art. 2nd - discussion papers
on violence in lesbian relationships; services for
battered lesbians (support groups, therapeutic issues, individual advocacy, integration of heterosexual and lesbian women in shelters); self-defense;
confidentiality of individual vs. community involvement; police and court involvement; analysis of battering among lesbians.
An issue paper, "To the Lesbian Nation," developed
at a NCADV-sponsored conference in Sept., 1983,
will guide the editorial team in reviewing submissions. (Copies are available at Herland.)
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Executive Director for national grassroots feminist
organization, National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence.
Qualifications: Understanding of violence against
women and experience with women's movemen organizing. Applicants need to reflect experience with
nonprofit organizations, fiscal and management systems, legislative and public policy advocacy, working board/ staff relationships, staff supervision,
program development and implementation.
Have
strong writing and public speaking skills, be willing
to travel, able to work independently.
Salary range: $28-32,000
Employment: June l, 1985, Washington, D.C.
Send four resumes by March 15 to: Joan Welsh,
Boulder County Safe House, P.O. Box 4157,
Boulder, CO 80306.
The multi-cultural study of women's history means
reclaiming the contributions and impact of all
groups of women. Knowing how the lives of women
before us were spent, we gain the richness of our
heritage and the inspiration of this tradition of
activism and accomplishment. Correspondingly, boys
and men are able to expand their ·p erceptions and
expectations of the real lives and work of women.
National Women's History Week sets aside a special
time each March for schools, communities and
workplaces to recognize and celebrate the lives of
countless women of all races, ages, cultures, ethnic
traditions and ways of life. Honored are women
who have participated in history by living out their
lives, whether in ways grandly eloquent or steadfastly ordinary, and by so doing have contributed
to our shared history.
National Women's History Week always includes International Women's Day, March 8, a day proclaimed at the turn of this century to recognize
the tremendous work of women in the organized
labor movement. This date was chosen as a focal
point for NWHW for three reasons: to stress the
international connections between and among women; to emphasize a multi-cultural approach to women's history; and to celebrate women as workers
world-wide.
It is our shared commitment to National Women's
History Week that will serve as a springboard for
. introducing a i:more accurate picture of our history
throughout the year.
Contact your
Representative and Senator today and
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request 1;,hat they cosponsor the House and Senate
Resolutidns
designating the week of March 3-9
as
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"Women's History Week."
Write for the National Women's History Project
Resource Catalog, P.O. Box 3716, Santa Rosa, CA
95402. This free catalog includes community organizing guides, curriculum guides, commemorative posters and products, teaching guides, biographies for
young readers, books for older readers and adults,
recommended resources, bilingual books, reference
and information services.
Recommended reading from the National Women's
History Project:
CELEBRATE NAT'L WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK
March 3-9, 1985
The study of women's history is relatively new and
comparatively quiet. It is purposeful; the goal is
nothing less than constructive and expansive social
change, change that must come with honest and
thorough education. Through knowing these true
stories, we can recapture the inspiration of earlier
women, and become more optimistic about the power we have over our lives today to affect change
in our long and varied journey for equal rights for
women.
Women Who Changed Things: Nine Lives That Made
a Difference, Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, 188 p.
cloth $12.95.
Nine turn-of-the-century American women, previously overlooked in biographies for young readers,
come alive again through these' factual accounts:
Orie Latham Hatcher, educator; Sara Josephine
Baker, medical inspector; Annie Smith Peck, mountaineer; Willimina Fleming, astronomer; Candace
Thurber Wheeler, artist; Mary McDowell, settlement
worker; Kate Barnard, legislative advocate; Leta
Hollingsworth, psychologist; aµd Ida Wells-Barnett,
journalist.
MORE WOMEN'S HISTORY BOOKS
She's Nobody's Baby, Susan Dworkin and Suzanne
Braun Levine, 216 p. $12.50.
Decade by decade, this pictorial history introduces us to the female personalities, events, issues
and media images of women in this century. Hundreds of familiar and rare photographs accompany
the brief text.
Sojourner Truth: A Self-Made Woman, Victoria Oritiz, 156 p. cloth $10.53.
In 1843, after 30 years of living in slavery as a
black in a white society and as a woman in .a
country run by men, Isabella changed her name to
Sojourner Truth and began her remarkable career
as a traveler, bringing truth to the American people. Her dramatic story is told here with many quotations from her speeches and dictated writings.
Written Out of History: Our Jewish Foremothers,
Sondra Henry and Emily Taitz, 291 p. $8.50.
In writing the only book available on the entire
history of Jewish women, the authors have rescued
from undeserved obscurity the vital force of Jewish
women from all times and geographic areas. In- .
eludes 26 biographies from the 5th Century B.C.E.
to the 1950s.
American Women Artists from Early Indian Times
to the Present, Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, -576
p. paper $12.95.
Here for the first time is a look at hundreds of
women artists and their works, brought to life with
anecdotes about the times in which they lived and
the society that influenced their art. Many photos.
America's Working Women: A Documentary History
1600 to the Present, Rosalyn Baxandall, L. Gordon,
S. Reverby, eds., 408 p. paper $8.95.
Defining work comprehensively--wage, labor,
slave labor and unpaid domestic labor--this anthology on working class women brings all of women's
work to history's center stage. Essays, diaries, union records, letters, songs, statistics and photos
chronicle the lives of women of virtually all cultures, races and areas of work.
Immigrant Women, Maxine Schwartz Seller, ed., 346
p; paper $12.95.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, millions of European, Asian, Hispanic and Black women left their
homes to come to the U.S. This anthology combine
memoirs, diaries, oral his~ory and fiction to present
Daughters of the Earth, Carolyn Niethammer, 281
p. paper $10.95.
The lives and legends of American Indian women with photographs and bibliography. Brief sections of life stages from birth through death tell
the stories and show the diversity of the first and
least known women in this country.
The Jewish Woman in America, Charlotte Baum, P.
Hyman, S. Michel, 281 p. paper $6.95.
Establishing her family in the New World, caring
for poorer newcomers, enduring low wages, protecting immigrant girls from white slavers--a fascinating
history with a goodly amount of Jewish humor. Photos.
The Female Experience, Gerda Lerner, 509 p. paper
$14.95.
Relying on primary sources, Lerner reweaves the
history of women in this century, telling our stories from three different perspectives: Female Life
Cycles, Women in Male Defined Society and New
Definition of Womanhood.
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A History of Women in America, Carol Hymowitz
and Michaele Weissman, 400 p. $4.50.
One of the best general history buys for the
money.
Begins with European colonization and
moves forward to contemporary U.S. women's movement. Comprehensive in its inclusion of working and
middle class weomen, the book reflects how these
women shaped the
life and culture of America.
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Nisei Daughter, Monica Stone, 238 p. $8.95.
The author, a Japanese-American woman, writes
her persol)al account of growing up in the 1920s
and 1930~ · on · the Seattle waterfront, and of her
family's iriternment during World War II. A particu'.
larly movihg, true story.
Seven Women: Portraits from the American Radical
Tradition, Judith Niles, 235 p. $5.95.
Sustained by a rare courage, these seven heroic
women brought about far-reaching changes as messengers to the future: Sarah Grimke, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mother Jones, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anna Louise Strong and Dorothy Day.
an authentic and emotionally compelling record of
women's struggles to build new lives in their new
land.
Black Women in White America: A Documentary
History, Gerda Lerner, 630 p. paper $8095.
An unusual collection of letters, journals . and
other first-person documents through which the
strength, pride and sense of community of Black
women in the U.S. emerges clearly. Covers the period from the early 1800s to the present.
Dr. Sally Ride took Amelia Earhart's scarf, borrowed from the National Women's Hall of Fame collection, into space this October.- The scarf was returned to the Hall after her flight.
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The New Explorers: Women in Antarctica, Barbara
Land, 224 p. cloth $8.95.
The stories of over a dozen women scientists
and explorers will quickly draw you into the exciting world of polar exploration on this continent,
which until recently was closed to female researchers and discoverers.
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Homeward the Arrow's Flight, Marion March Brown,
175 p. cloth $8. 75.
The life of Susan LaFlesche led her far from
the Omaha Indian Reservation in Nebraska that she
called home. Willing to tackle almost anything, in
1859, she began medical school in Philadelphia, finished at the top of her class--the first American
Indian woman to become a licensed physician--and
returned home to help build a better future for her
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Unique histories of 52 contemporary women of
Chinese, Filipino, Japanese and Korean ancestry in
52 occupations, emphasizing their humanity as well
as their careers. Photos of each.
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An Eye on the World: Margaret Bourke-White, Photographer, Beatrice Siegel, 123 p. $8.95.
Reknowned for her photographic interpretations
of war, revolution and poverty, and for her personal battle against Parkinson's disease later in her
life, this well illustrated book of Bourke-White's
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