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Women's Press Collective audio recordings, circa 1970s

Title

Women's Press Collective audio recordings, circa 1970s

Subject

Feminism, Independent Publishing, Lesbian Publishing, Lesbians

Description

The Women’s Press Collective was established in 1969 in Oakland, CA out of the Gay Women’s Liberation Group, the first feminist-lesbian collective in the West. Two of the founding members were Judy Grahn, and her partner and illustrator, Wendy Cadden. The press operated out of the basement of GWLG’s bookstore, A Woman’s Place located at 5251 Broadway in downtown Oakland. The WPC was an all women press devoted to printing works by women given the growing demand to share materials about lesbianism, feminism and the women's perspective. One of the first works printed by the collective was Judy Grahn's Edward the Dyke and Other Poems.

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Judy Grahn

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