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Volume 25, Number 3, Spring 2004 Published by Phyllis Holman Weisbard L IBRARIAN Women’s Studies Librarian Feminist Collections

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Volume 25, Number 3, Spring 2004

CONTENTS

From the Editors/Letters ii

Book Review: Jeanne Miller Beyond the Numbers: Qualitative Research 1 on Low-Income Women

Kathryn McGrath Pushed to the Margins: The Slow Death and 4 Possible Rebirth of the Feminist Bookstore

Website Review: Malgorzata Chmielecka Polish Women’s Organizations on the Internet 10

JoAnne Lehman E-Sources on Women & Gender 15

Phyllis Holman Weisbard & Others New Reference Works in Women’s Studies 18

JoAnne Lehman Periodical Notes 27

Melissa Gotlieb Items of Note 31

Books Recently Received 33

Subscription Form 35 FROM THE EDITORS LETTERS

We first took a look at feminist June 17, 2004 parenthetical “(Southern),” and real- zines in 1996 (in Angela Richardson’s Could you please pass along to ized that I was about to embark on a “Come On, Join the Conversation!,” Mhaire Fraser my thanks for her won- condescending and poorly written FC v.17, nos.3-4), and two years ago derful review of my zine The Visible piece of writing. But considering that I we made a commitment to reviewing Woman [in FC v.25, no.2, Winter am a great fan of some of the zines them on a regular basis in Feminist 2004, p.25] — it meant a lot to me to listed, and know some of the writers, I Collections. Since then we’ve published read her perceptive and very kind continued to read. four “Zine and Heard” columns by analysis. I am not sure where to begin my Mhaire Fraser, each looking at a num- Best, list of complaints, although I am ex- ber of these alternative, fringe-feminist Liz Seymour tremely surprised that you call yourself self-publications by and for “grrrls” a “feminist” and that this was even and women, and Phyllis has reviewed a published in a credible academic jour- zine by “librarrrians.” In June of this nal. (In your review of The Language year, we displayed about forty feminist of No, your response to the authors’ zines at the Milwaukee gathering of point that patriarchy exists in the National Women’s Studies Associa- underground/alternative tion, where they were enthusiastically scenes — “This may be an received by conference attendees, and arguable point and I am not we’ve collected many more since; these sure where they wanted to go will all become part of the University with it, but I think the idea may of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries. have teeth” — was bewildering. Why do we give so much space Uh, duh.) I am also extremely sur- and attention to this popular-culture prised that you consider the South phenomenon in FC, which is, after to be your heritage, but perhaps you all, “a credible academic journal” (to are so busy “eating fresh fruit” and quote one reader below)? We feel “collecting freckles” that a carcinogenic it’s important to review zines in sun-haze has induced an identity crisis. these pages because they can Third, I am also extremely surprised serve as a gauge of the produc- that you enjoy or are familiar with tion of (mostly) young feminists, zines and zine culture, since you have and therefore they are a potentially obviously missed the point of zines. significant resource for women’s studies Which, in case you are in need of re- courses and research. The reviews minding, are personal, unprofessional, themselves are starting to generate independent, and not intended to be some discourse as well. We offer the spaces for writing that is formulaic, letters below in the hope of inspiring July 12, 2004 dry, and school-ish. They are extremely even more feedback and dialogue. Dear M.L. Fraser: subjective lenses to personal and politi- What do you think about all this? It was with interest that I picked cal issues. The vast majority are written We’d love to hear from you, whether up your zine review article, “Rebel by young people, for young people. you’re a zine maker, a zine reader, or Song” [in FC v.25, no.2, Winter 2004, The condescending tone you have in even a newcomer to the whole idea. pp.23–26], seeing as I am Southern, a your approach is disappointing — “the feminist, and a zine writer (Invasion of angst-filled diary is what we all wrote  J.L. & P.H.W. the Bee Girls). Unfortunately, I should ‘back then’”; “It is quite the grownup have stopped reading once I saw the thing to do and quite the communication” (Brazen Hussy); “it still smacks of

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‘girl growing up in her twenties’” “poorly written” part, I’m not sure in their thirties and sometimes forties, (Negrita). I am glad you are able to what the exact charge is, so I can’t re- as well as by women in their fifties who pinpoint when zine writers are acting spond to it. I will tell you that my edi- have come to feminism later in their “grownup,” and I am also glad that you tor and I decided it was appropriate for lives. Often these publications are are able to write belittling sentences the language used in the column to amazing in their insight and argumen- such as “it is not a bad little book” have a “zine-like” tone. Could that be tation. Sometimes, they are not. But (Negrita). I am also going to assume what you meant? your argument that my review is bad that you are white, considering your I also cannot respond to the per- because I do not understand that zines insistence that it is “race,” not “color,” sonal attacks (that is, that I am not a are the voice of youth is, simply put, a and your dismissive attitude towards feminist, Southern, or a person of bad argument. Negrita’s treatment of racism. color, all of which will come as a big I do agree with you that “[zines] I do not want you to think this is surprise to those who know me). The are extremely subjective lenses to per- a personal issue because I know some claiming of a self-identity is the corner- sonal and political issues.” Absolutely. of the zine authors reviewed; I am also stone of zine writing, and to argue However, many zine writers make the a scholar of zines, and in fact wrote my someone’s identity from outside that mistake of including filler consisting of undergraduate thesis on the subject. I identity promotes separatism. As I see whatever randomly strikes them as es- realize that there are thousands of bad it, one goal of zines is to decenter this sential to the human condition. Unfor- zines out lurking in the world, but kind of separatism that often holds tunately for us all, they are not always there are also bad reviews (not just forth in feminist discourse, especially, right. The zine is a form of discourse negative reviews, but reviews that are as you so astutely point out, in aca- between writer and reader, as I’m sure arbitrary and irresponsible). I hope you demic journals. Thus, to respond to you know, and the job of the writer is will be more supportive of women this attack would further the separa- to communicate his or her voice in a punks next time; otherwise, stick to tions that I as a feminist and zine way that resonates with the reader. reviewing Pagan Kennedy publica- writer am trying to avoid. I can, how- This is tricky at best, and it is charged tions. ever, respond to the charge that I am with emotional import when one is Sincerely, not a scholar of zines. In fact, I am, writing — or reviewing — something Melanie Hibbert and I have written and published ar- as personal as a zine. Gainesville, FL ticles on the topic and also supplied I also want to respond to your ac- my graduate advisor with one or two cusation that I belittled Brazen Hussy papers to further her education in and Negrita. Wow. I don’t believe I did M.L. Fraser replies: feminism. So, credentials aside, lets get that at all, especially in the case of Bra- August 12, 2004 down to heart of the matter. zen Hussy. I can’t tell you how brave I Hi, Melanie, The charge that I am especially think the writer is to have confronted Thank you so much for writing to interested in is the assertion that zines the man who raped her. Many much- Feminist Collections in response to my are the property of youth. I disagree. older women never reach the maturity review. I was heartened that you took Zines are the property of the voiceless that is needed to do such a thing, and the time to respond, and I hope to be- and the oppressed. Youth certainly falls it is awe-inspiring that she managed it gin a dialogue that other zine writers into both categories, but the philoso- at such a young age. Perhaps it was the will resonate with and, perhaps, add phies of both punk and Third Wave use of the word “grownup” that you to. I am so sorry that you perceived my feminism (both are hard to define, I object to. I can’t help it: I think she is piece to be condescending; I was, in know) will argue consistently that amazing for being able to do this — fact, encouraged by the zines I selected youth is not the only group to claim and quite the grownup. I admire it, to review, and I hoped that my encour- such status. While the majority of and I applaud her. agement would shine through. Evi- zines are indeed written by young Negrita also has some wonderful dently it didn’t to you, and apparently people, not all are. In fact, we are see- things to say, although it’s a little self- I did not see what you expected me to ing more and more by older riot grrrls in your friends’ zines. As for the

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indulgent at the same time. The car- ground alternative world; I agree. I just with anyone else out there who would toons themselves are hysterical. I aim thought the writer could have done a like to comment. Let’s talk more. in my reviews to do three things: to let better job of presenting her argument. other zinestresses know they are not For my part, I will try to explain more Best, alone, to offer them constructive criti- carefully why I believe a particular M.L. Fraser cism that might help them make their piece of zine writing needs help. My zines better (assuming, of course, that reviews are not irresponsible; I deliber- they want to make them better), and ate long and hard about each zine be- to promote fringe feminism that often fore I comment. Are they arbitrary? [Editors’ note: Write to us — about zine goes ignored. I will try harder to meet They are indeed based on personal reviews or anything else you see in the these goals, since it does not appear feelings and perceptions, but not pages of Feminist Collections! We want that I met them in my review of solely. And I am, after all, reviewing to hear from readers, and we’d love to see Negrita. zines, which are personal in their very dialogue begin on other topics and con- I think some of your points are nature, and thus invite personal (which tinue on this one. You can send email to good ones. For instance, I wasn’t clear may be seen as arbitrary) responses. I [email protected] or mail a enough in critiquing what the author also look at writing, coherence, and letter on real paper to Feminist of The Language of No said about patri- content in relation to feminism. Collections,Office of the Women's Stud- archy in the underground scene, and I Since you are a fellow scholar of ies Librarian, 430 Memorial Library, thank you for pointing that out. Patri- zines, I would be interested in continu- 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706.] archy definitely exists in the under- ing this dialogue with you — and

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Page iv Feminist Collections (v.25, no.3, Spring 2004) BOOK REVIEW BEYOND THE NUMBERS: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ON LOW-INCOME WOMEN

by Jeanne Miller

Frank Munger, ed., LABORING BELOW THE LINE:THE NEW ETHNOGRAPHY OF POVERTY, LOW-WAGE WORK, AND SURVIVAL IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2002. 319p. notes. bibl. index. $42.50, ISBN 0871546175.

LynNell Hancock, HANDS TO WORK: THREE WOMEN NAVIGATE THE NEW WORLD OF WELFARE DEAD- LINES AND WORK RULES. New York: Perennial, 2003. 293p. index. pap., $13.95, ISBN 0-06-051216-4.

Sharon Hays, FLAT BROKE WITH CHILDREN: WOMEN IN THE AGE OF WELFARE REFORM. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 240p. notes. bibl. $30.00, ISBN 0-19-513288-2.

Low-income women, welfare This essay, however, discusses three erty, it is not necessarily appropriate for recipients, welfare leavers, low-wage books that approach welfare and low- all collections. Its emphasis is on eco- workers –– each of these categories income work from a different perspec- nomic theory, and the examples pre- overlaps the others as economists and tive. The first, Laboring Below the Line, sented are quite specific. However, it policy analysts investigate the lives of grew out of a Russell Sage Foundation provides a good overview in terms of those living on the edge of the current workshop on the use of qualitative data considering the unique information to American economy. Since the “wel- to study welfare. Although the primary be gleaned using qualitative ap- fare reform” (Personal Responsibility focus of this work is the economic proaches. Contributor Philip Harvey and Work Opportunity Reconciliation policy decisions that affect and deter- explains, “Ethnographic research is well Act, or PRWORA) of the late 1990s, mine the economic status of welfare re- suited for studying [the negative per- much has been written about the cipients and low-income wage earners, sonal effects of this joblessness], and numbers of welfare recipients and the the chapters explore both the means of particularly for exploring how the expe- decrease in those numbers, about U.S. conducting qualitative research and the rience of being unemployed…is subjec- women and children in poverty, about ways in which it can be used to study tively felt and understood” (p.95). the experiences of those who leave this portion of the workforce. As con- This work served as a good background welfare either due to improving cir- tributor Julia Henly writes, “Existing for reviewing the next two. cumstances or due to sanctions or the research establishes that welfare recipi- new lifetime limits on welfare pay- ents are best thought of as part of, The authors of both Hands to ments, and about the philosophy of rather than distinct from, the low-wage, Work and Flat Broke with Children used the new welfare system, characterized lower skilled labor force” (p.180). participant research methods to illumi- by such slogans as “Work first” and While Laboring Below the Line pro- nate what welfare is through the expe- “All jobs are good jobs.” For the most vides substantial discussions of low- riences of individuals. LynNel Hancock part, however, these have been studies wage work in the U.S. workforce and and Sharon Hays each spent four years characterized by statistics, measures of the implications of global economic interviewing and observing the welfare demographic changes, or comparisons policy on this segment of the workforce, system, but Hancock followed three of wage and income levels of those on and includes a few fine examples of women who were receiving welfare or off welfare. qualitative research that revealed the life benefits, while Hays interviewed and stories of (mostly) women living in pov- observed both recipients and caseworkers in the welfare offices of two towns

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in different regions of the country and out children. One struggles with a drug efits). Some of the chapters then review with different demographics. addiction while another continues to earlier periods in each woman’s life — Each work provides a rich profile cope with the abuse she experienced for instance, Brenda’s childhood in fos- of what it is like to be on welfare and of while in foster care. Similarly, their ter care and her divorce from an abu- the workings of the welfare system. levels of success within the “new wel- sive husband and Christine’s spiral of Each is particularly strong in taking the fare system” differ. One moves off wel- drug addiction, abandonment, and reader through the day-to-day, often fare into a situation that appears to pre- desperation. The story of Alina, the complex, and extremely detailed sets of clude future assistance; one is able to Moldovan Jewish immigrant who con- tasks, paperwork, and appointments leave welfare, but then cannot support tinues to pursue her dream of medical that recipients endure. her family with the low-wage work school throughout the book, is particu- available to her; and one loses her chil- larly intriguing, as it allows Hancock to Hands to Work, in focusing on dren in part due to the stresses of the explore the welfare experiences and ex- just three individuals, illustrates the pectations of immigrants who are con- ongoing frustration, for welfare recipi- sidered “refugees” and therefore desir- ents, of meeting requirements to ap- able. pear for appointments and report mi- Hancock used this rotating ap- nor changes in lifestyle while coordi- proach to highlight specific concerns nating childcare needs, work demands, (childcare concerns, for example, and and other family issues. Each woman’s the issues of immigrants), using the personal and family history is explored, women’s stories as the basis for a larger and the reader follows her through review of the policy and its effects on three years of dealing with the system. an aggregate basis. I found the inter- Hancock interviewed each of the three weaving of the different women’s stories extensively about her past while accom- to be quite distracting, however, and panying her to appointments, work would have preferred that each story, assignments, home moves (including to with the attendant policy issues, be dis- a shelter), and court appearances. As cussed individually. The broader policy the title indicates, Hancock stresses the analysis could still be accomplished in paradoxical work requirements in the separated, self-contained stories about new welfare system, commenting on each woman. the issues of “work ethic.” She juxta- poses the comments of New York City Hays takes a very different tack officials who believe recipients need to in Flat Broke with Children. While her be taught a work ethic and work prac- approach also features the voices of tices with the stories of these real welfare recipients themselves, we do women who struggle continously to not become so intimately acquainted balance working with caring for their Miriam Greenwald with each one. Instead, this author families. The story of Brenda, in par- uses multiple quotes and examples to ticular, illustrates the dilemma of many welfare rules — although she is able to illustrate her theses. The overall struc- women on welfare: once Brenda finds successfully complete drug rehab with ture of Flat Broke with Children takes as work and thus loses her cash and sup- supportive services from welfare. its primary focus the underlying mes- portive benefits, she can no longer earn Hands to Work rotates among sages that are conveyed to all women enough to maintain her family. Brenda, Alina, and Christine, with each about morality, proper family behavior, These women illustrate the differ- chapter focusing on a current experi- and the purpose of work. Additionally, ences among those in the welfare sys- ence or a period in the life of one Hays’s feminist perspective allows her tem: one is Puerto Rican, one Black, woman (e.g., Brenda interviewing for to consider the welfare caseworkers and one an immigrant. Two have chil- and starting a job that, over time, al- (primarily women and mothers them- dren, while one is never-married with- lows her to manage without cash ben- selves) together with the recipients. In

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many cases she ably demonstrates that the way women on welfare are caught new welfare system or in the low-wage both welfare recipients and caseworkers in an impossible bind, between the val- workforce. While Laboring Below the are caught in tensions between “bu- ues of “good mothering” on the one Line focuses specifically on macroeco- reaucracy and maternalism” (p.86), and hand and those of self-sufficiency on nomic concerns, it also provides a basis that the issues we are studying in poor the other. for understanding the usefulness of women are actually “reflections of is- Studying welfare in states that had qualitative research methods in consid- sues for all women in the U.S.” (p.71). two-year benefit limits for recipients ering welfare issues. Both Hands to Flat Broke with Children, then, goes also allowed Hays to investigate the Work and Flat Broke with Children beyond the presentation of life on wel- outcomes of changes to the welfare sys- broaden their scope to other aspects of fare. It could also be used as a text to tem. She describes the caseworkers as welfare: social issues, personal responsi- illustrate how society approaches becoming increasingly disillusioned bility and pain, and the enormous pres- women’s issues or to demonstrate the ence of children in the system. Either conflicting messages generated by wel- work would be useful as an adjunct to fare reform to women and men in standard economic, policy, or social America — such as, in Hays’s words, Both welfare recipients work resources on the revolution in the “the opposing messages of individual- and caseworkers are American welfare system over the past ism and caregiving, paid work and caught in tensions near-decade. Flat Broke, with its broad childbearing, self-sufficiency and between "bureaucracy analysis of the relationships between shared obligations” (p.64). and maternalism." women on welfare and all women, would also serve well for those teaching Throughout, Hays draws con- women’s studies, American culture, or nections between welfare and other so- with the work focus of the program. public policy courses. cial problems, between the cultural “Most caseworkers could see that it was messages given to women on welfare no longer solely an issue of getting [Jeanne Miller is the librarian for the and those conveyed to all women in these mothers into jobs, it was also the Center for the Education of Women at the workforce, and between the invis- problem of helping them to keep jobs, the University of Michigan. In addition ibility of welfare recipients and the way and trying to find them jobs that to managing the information services of in which recipients are “demonized” would pay enough and offer enough CEW, she authors grants, publications, and considered “distinct from the flexibility to allow for the contingencies and articles. She serves as one of the American mainstream” (p.122). For that inevitably arise when raising kids” Center’s representatives to the Coalition example, she notes that “nearly every (p.99). In fact, she points out that for Independence Through Education, an middle-class seventeen-year-old is eighteen months after welfare reform, ad hoc group of researchers, advocates, dependent…Normally we do not name the “majority of clients were repeats” and educators working for access to this a pathological or deviant condi- (p.99), meaning they had entered the higher education for recipients in tion” (p.175). As part of her explora- workplace but were already back at the Michigan’s welfare system.] tion, Hays examines the supposed “cul- welfare agency. ture of poverty” through the stories of three specific individuals. On the sur- Taken together, these three works face, she agrees, these women seem to focus on making “visible the human represent the worst of welfare “cheats,” face of welfare” (Hays, p.141). In each yet she dissects their stories to reach case, the larger economic and social this conclusion: “The promise of issues are considered, but from the women’s independence and equality point of view of those living with the that accompanied the rise in women’s labor force participation was a promise only partially fulfilled — and one that came with tremendous unforeseen costs” (p. 211). Among those costs is

Feminist Collections (v.25, no.3, Spring 2004) Page 3 PUSHED TO THE MARGINS: THE SLOW DEATH AND POSSIBLE REBIRTH OF THE FEMINIST BOOKSTORE by Kathryn McGrath

Reprinted with the author’s permission Harvard Business School; Bluestock- more than retail operations, the survi- from Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop ings has left her $40,000 in debt. vors are facing hard choices. Culture (Summer 2003). Bitch is “de- It’s no secret that the number of voted to incisive commentary on our me- independent booksellers has dwindled In 1987, when Mary Ellen dia-driven world. We feature critiques of over the last decade with the growth of Kavanaugh opened My Sisters’ Words TV, movies, magazines, advertising, and deep-discount bookstore chains and in Syracuse, New York, there were more — plus interviews with and profiles online book marts. Feminist bookstores feminist bookstores in nearly every ma- of cool, smart women in all areas of pop have fared no better than their peers: jor city. “In those days,” she writes in culture.” For information about subscrip- In 1997, there were 175 in North an email, “if one had a whit of business tions and back issues, see America; now there are 44. Charis sense and a love of literature, one could bitchmagazine.com. For a list of femi- Books & More in Atlanta, Georgia, open a store and be fairly successful.” nist bookstores still operating in North will soon have a large chain book re- Susan Post, sole owner of America, select this article under “Ar- tailer as a neighbor. Chicago’s Women BookWoman, remembers when her chives” and go to the link at the end. & Children First, one of the largest collective’s income sharing supported feminist bookstores in the country, has the store — members with jobs would When Kathryn Welsh opened held its own against Barnes & Noble pool their salaries and effectively fund Bluestockings Women’s Bookstore on by attracting big-name authors for the otherwise-unpaid work of other Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1999, events, but there is now a Borders women in the collective. She laments feminist bookstores across the country scheduled to open in a new develop- that bookselling can no longer generate were closing, succumbing to the finan- ment a mile away; W&CF’s owners are the kind of income that people feel cial pressures of an increasingly com- wary of the anticipated effect on their they deserve. “There are very few petitive market. When the then- fiction sales. Ten-year-old Boadecia’s young women going into feminist twenty-three-year-old visited indepen- Books, which recently became the old- bookselling,” she says. “I’m fifty-six; dent book retailers looking for advice, est women’s bookstore in the San Fran- there’s no way I can retire. But I’ve the response was mixed. “Most people cisco Bay Area, saw its sales suffer last been thinking for the last three or four were pretty incredulous that I was do- year when a Barnes & Noble opened a years, Is there going to be someone I ing this,” she says. “I got a lot of sup- half mile away. can mentor? Will someone come along port and a lot of raised eyebrows.” who wants to do this?” Now, four years later [in 2003], Although some feminist book- Following the formation of many of the bookstores Welsh visited stores report steady sales and customer women’s presses in the early 1970s — have gone under. Bluestockings itself support despite the omnipresent the Women’s Press Collective, Daugh- has new owners and a revamped mis- chains, escalating costs are punishing ters Press, Naiad Press, and Diana sion that defines the storefront as a many independents whose profit mar- Press, among others — many book- radical bookstore and activist resource gins have always been slim. Now that stores sprang up to provide access to center — but not specifically a women’s sales can no longer support the com- the chapbooks, pamphlets, mimeo- space. And Welsh has plans to go to munity activism, events, programming, graphs, and magazines that had previ- and workshops that have historically ously been available only at concerts, made feminist bookstores so much rallies, conferences, and women’s centers. Women’s bookstores gave fledgling publishers a distribution system and an

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audience; in turn, publishers produced too much — but women are believed has radiated far beyond its immediate more books for the stores’ inventory. in here, and books are important as an geography. So what happens when The stores also offered a place for exchange of ideas and thinking.” those public spaces disappear? women to gather, discuss, and organize, Suzanne Corson, the owner of often hosting consciousness-raising Boadecia’s Books in Kensington, Cali- One thing that may happen is groups and operating as resource cen- fornia, says: “Books can change lives. that books won’t reach readers. Amazon ters for local feminist and lesbian com- If someone is going through something Bookstore Cooperative’s Wieser has munities. For these women, publishing and needs information, if the person recently been recommending a new and bookselling were political acts. behind the counter knows the inven- title to her customers: Sing, Whisper, The feminist book industry also tory well, you can put the right book in Shout, Pray! Feminist Visions for a Just begat a financially successful market their hands — whether it’s [about] ca- World, from small feminist press and attracted the attention of main- reer change, abuse, or coming out, you EdgeWork Books. While the book can stream publishing houses. Rita Mae can hand them a book with a smile, be ordered online from the major re- Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle was originally and that can make a huge difference. tailers at a discount, you probably published in 1973 by Daughters Press And it’s an honor and a privilege to do won’t find it on the shelves of your lo- and reissued six years later by Bantam that.” cal big-box bookseller. The bookstore Books. The Boston Women’s Health “Books are still a way for ideas to chains reorder stock based strictly on Book Collective’s Our Bodies, Ourselves leak out to the mass culture,” says Sa- recent sales and quickly return unsold was first published in 1970 as a collec- rah Cohen, twenty-six, owner of the books to publishers for a full refund, a tion of pamphlets, titled Women and brand-new Change Makers Books & practice that makes it nearly impossible Their Bodies, by the radical New En- More for Women in Oakland, Califor- for independent presses with small gland Free Press. The newsprint vol- nia. (Cohen opened her store in the profit margins and little cash flow to ume reached more than a quarter-mil- space that Mama Bears Women’s Books compete. lion women, and was brought to the occupied for 19 years. Mama Bears At the same time, because the big mainstream by Simon & Schuster in closed its doors after thirty-two years chains are anxious to stay on top of 1973. when its owners retired this year.) local tastes, they will stock some less “[Books are] relatively inexpensive mainstream titles as long as the smaller Such success stories may have compared to other ways of transmis- independents are keeping these books raised the profile of feminist publish- sion, and a much easier way to influ- on the shelves and promoting them to ing, but for most feminist publishers ence thought and get [new ideas] out customers. As feminist bookstores and booksellers, it’s never been about there.” close, feminist presses and books get the bottom line. Many stores are sim- lost in the flood of new titles released ply committed to fostering women’s Thirty years ago, the only place every year by large publishers, remov- writing on a grassroots level. “We to find books like Sisterhood Is Power- ing pressure on chain stores to stock maintain a constant commitment to ful, Rubyfruit Jungle, and Class and them — or, for that matter, any books the vision and message of women in Feminism was in women’s bookstores. that don’t sell steadily or have main- print,” says Linda Bryant, one of Now these books are available at chain stream appeal. A few chains’ business Charis Books & More’s three owners. stores as well as general independent practices determine the bookselling “We need to keep independent presses bookstores. In the past three decades, market, and the effect on publishers is alive, and independent bookstores are as once-radical feminist ideas have be- chilling. “The availability of books at critical to keeping independent come accepted as mainstream, the Barnes & Noble isn’t assured,” explains thought alive.” spaces that nurtured the movement BookWoman’s Hogan. “If feminist Then there’s the community as- that produced those ideas are vanish- bookstores close, then there’s nothing pect: “It’s all women that work here, ing. Feminist bookstores have had a far to hold those larger stores accountable. almost all books by women, and I greater impact on culture than their Chain stores make it look like they are think that’s important,” says Barb numbers, financial means, or resources Wieser of Amazon Bookstore Coopera- can attest to; the power of each store tive in Minneapolis, Minnesota. “I hate to use the word ‘empower’ — it’s used

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[supportive] of local authors and of operative wants to ensure that its legacy working at BookWoman. In addition feminist books, but people don’t see continues. In 1999, the bookstore to selling books, the store rents videos how many presses are bought out [or settled a lawsuit with Amazon.com over and hosts meetings, performances, go] out of business — and what that the startup’s use of the name the coop- open-mic nights, and support groups, means to feminist writing.” erative has had since 1970, and al- and it has a resource center with bulle- though the terms of the settlement are tin boards for everything from housing To keep themselves and their not public, it benefited the store. Dur- to networking. The store’s status as a missions alive, the remaining women’s ing the last thirty-three years, Amazon nonprofit makes it eligible for grants bookstores are getting creative and has grown from a table of books on a and tax-deductible donations. Local adopting new strategies. Some are front porch to a large sunny store on businesses frequently donate goods and purely practical: With the exception of Chicago Avenue South in a building services to silent auctions and raffles Women & Children First, every one of shared with the women’s-services orga- benefiting the store. Recently, more the bookstores mentioned above relies nization Chrysalis. Last summer, when fund-raising efforts have been neces- on fund-raising and contributions to Amazon was faced with an unexpected sary, but Burns says that by hosting keep afloat and pay rising rents. Oth- $10,000 property-tax bill, they raised events tailored to specific groups like ers, including the nonprofit In Other $35,000 despite the fact that donations women’s studies professors, tranny bois, Words Women’s Books and Resources were not tax-deductible because the and punk-rock girls, the store is surviv- in Portland, Oregon, and the newly store is for-profit. According to Wieser, ing. In Other Words also champions reopened Bluestockings, also rely on the money largely came in small dona- local grassroots women’s organizations volunteer workers. (Susan Post of tions. “That really showed us how with their Organization of the Month BookWoman is so committed to keep- much people want the store to be program. The group puts together a ing Texas’s last feminist bookstore alive around.” window display for the store, which in that she forgoes her own salary.) turn offers a reading list. Says Burns, Sarah Cohen has filled Change Part of a younger generation of “It keeps windows dynamic — people Makers with jewelry, gifts, music, t- bookstores, In Other Words opened see that we have something to offer, shirts, candles, oils, and incense. Al- ten years ago as a nonprofit organiza- come in, and maybe happen upon though the majority of the store is de- tion. Manager Sue Burns, the store’s something else.” A group of fat women voted to new and used titles, Cohen only full-time employee, cut her teeth called Queen Size Revolution is up isn’t counting on them to be profitable, and hopes that the gift items will subsi- dize the books. The store closes at 7 p.m. to allow for evening events like full-moon gatherings, drumming, and the Talking Ovaries club. Women & Children First has successfully com- peted with Barnes & Noble over star speakers, getting authors like Margaret Atwood, Isabelle Allende, and Al and Tipper Gore to do readings. “I like competing with the big guys. I get a kick out of it,” says co-owner Linda Bubon with a laugh. Other bookstores also see the need for long-term survival and transition planning. As the oldest independent feminist bookstore in North America, Minneapolis’s Amazon Bookstore Co-

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next for the window treatment. “Pri- “We’re looking for pilot projects and cluding Feminism 101, a monthly dis- marily, we are an organization of social organizations to partner with and try- cussion of issues; the Gaia Collective, change,” Burns says. “We’re fighting to ing to think innovatively about pro- an intergenerational mutual mentoring keep the voices of women not only vis- grams,” Bruckman says. The possibili- group; the Thursday Community Pro- ible but accessible.” ties include starting a bookmobile, gram, a monthly topical discussion; a working with immigrant women and children’s reading hour; and increas- Other stores are making even women in transitional housing, hosting ingly popular writing workshops. bigger changes in programming, such a web-based writing group, and offer- Meanwhile, Charis remains a successful as broadening their focus beyond ing literacy resources, a writer-in-resi- feminist bookstore. women’s books or recommitting to dence program, and additional writing Other stores are coping with their original missions in new guises. workshops. For the moment, however, changing times by expanding both In Cincinnati, Ohio, the twenty-two- the Center is subsisting on a lot of their missions and the range of books year-old Crazy Ladies Bookstore was people’s good work and dedication. they sell in response to market demand. reborn last November as the Greater While materials by and for lesbians and Cincinnati Women’s Resource Center, “We all miss the store,” says gay men have become easier to find while Cambridge, Massachusetts’s re- Jaclyn Friedman, Center for New and ask for, feminist bookstores have vered New Words Bookstore closed its Words’ programming director, of plans recently discovered a growing need for doors after twenty-eight years to focus to resurrect the bookselling operation. books and events about transgender on a capital campaign to fund a non- “Spontaneous communication is harder issues. Similarly, other progressive con- profit Center for New Words, dedi- to come by when it’s not a drop-in cerns like globalization and social jus- cated to supporting women’s writing, space anymore. When September 11 tice have gained greater attention from voices, and ideas. Gilda Bruckman, one happened, people came to the book- leftist and mainstream media alike, of the four founders of New Words, store to be together somewhere. When prompting a whole new shelving cat- describes the thought process that led the war started, no one came because egory. them to close the store: “A couple years there was no longer a bookstore. That’s ago we realized that something dra- one of the reasons we’re committed to My Sisters’ Words’ stock was matic had to happen. It seemed like a having a bookstore in the new space.” originally made up almost entirely of terrible waste to have that history and Center for New Words is following books from feminist and lesbian expertise vanish — we didn’t want to in the footsteps of Charis Books & presses. Owner Kavanaugh has since lose that. We wanted to pass on those More, which was one of the first femi- expanded the inventory to include assets that we had acquired, the intan- nist bookstores to spin off its program- more mainstream and university gible ones, so they could continue ming efforts as a nonprofit organiza- presses, and over the years most sec- within the community.” tion, effectively forging a new business tions of the store have been changed to Center for New Words will be model to ensure the store’s survival. In include new topics and concerns like dedicated to creating both “space and 1996, the nonprofit Charis Circle as- AIDS, bisexuality, gender studies, and, place” for women’s words. The Center sumed responsibility for the many edu- more recently, globalization. Last year, continues to host a series of readings, cational, cultural, and community out- My Sisters’ Words celebrated its fif- workshops, and events. After a success- reach programs already offered by the teenth anniversary with a grand re- ful weekend workshop with poet Ellen bookstore. “We’d been doing educa- opening as My Sisters’ Words/The Bass, the Center debuted a full series of tional programming in addition to Next Wave: A Bookstore for All Pro- intensive workshops ranging from a book readings for eighteen years,” ex- gressive Minds. “There were ways in two-day memoir-writing workshop plains Linda Bryant. “But this was a which I was feeling I had come to the with Michelle Tea to a two-month financially brilliant idea to synergisti- end of what I could do within the pa- journal-writing course for women of cally keep those things alive.” The rameters of how I was defining the color with Gabrie’l Atchison, in addi- Circle’s board of directors has increased store,” Kavanaugh says. The expansion tion to fiction, poetry, and perfor- the programming for young women, mance workshops. The Center hopes sponsoring a number of programs in- to have a board of directors in place by next year, and the funds to begin anew.

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of the children’s, social change, global- “If more people define [them- more “universal” social-justice issues, ization, and peace sections has given selves] as global-justice advocates rather there remains the danger that, once the store a much-needed boost in sales. than simply as feminists, that’s not a again, women’s rights and human rights “[These] are areas of life that have been defeat but an exciting legacy of the will be seen as two different things. influenced by the feminism of the past feminist movement and other move- Is there any replacement for femi- 40 years — so, while the store isn’t ments,” Lehman says. “Feminism cre- nist bookstores? As more and more what people have come to expect of a ated the atmosphere in other move- communities do without feminist store- feminist bookstore, it still is [one]. ments. Participatory, open to others fronts, the answer may soon be appar- Maybe what needs to change is the — that’s the legacy of feminism. We ent. Feminists will surely continue to concept of what a feminist bookstore have to try not to [forget that] that’s find one another, exchange informa- is.” where the ideas have come from.” And tion, and coalesce around issues and to that end, the store’s shelves include causes, but it may be harder. Many as- The new owners of Bluestockings lots of lesbian, gay, and trans writing pects of feminist bookstores can’t be Bookstore, Cafe, and Activ- replicated through other ist Center, thirty-one-year- means. The natural coexist- old Brooke Lehman and Is there any replacement for feminist ence of women’s literature, po- twenty-seven-year-old etry, and activism — as well as Hitomi Matarese, have like- bookstores?...There are few spaces where the flowering of thought and wise changed the focus of women of different ages and ethnicities gather dialogue — will be more diffi- Bluestockings while trying so easily for a shared purpose. cult to sustain. There are few to maintain and build on spaces where women of differ- the work of the previous ent ages and ethnicities gather collective. Both women are committed and erotic anthologies, while in the so easily for a shared purpose. The activists: Lehman teaches at the Insti- evenings the store hosts workshops, Internet offers many ways to find infor- tute for Social Ecology, a radical educa- readings, and a discussion series. “We mation and come together, but listservs tional and activist organization in want to create room for groups to talk and blogs are a poor replacement for a Plainfield, Vermont, and is a founding about their issues — it’s all rooted in respectful, collective, real-world space. member of Direct Action Network; the same fundamental power struc- Without face-to-face communication, Matarese is an arts activist, works for a tures,” adds Lehman. it is difficult to build lasting relation- midwife, and is a member of More ships or create a sense of trust and Gardens, a community-gardens collec- In fact, all the bookstores dis- safety to discuss personal issues and dif- tive. It took two months to renovate cussed in this article report an in- ferences. Brick-and-mortar bookstores the store from floor to ceiling, build creased demand for books on global foster a stable local community even as new shelves, and stock them with dis- concerns and globalization. Feminist individuals come and go; without your count books. Founder Kathryn Welsh politics, after all, have always included neighborhood feminist bookstore, continues to volunteer at Bluestock- social justice — and many of hard-won knowledge and experience ings, along with a group of activist men globalization’s problems affect women might not be passed on. Feminist book- and women. Although the store is disproportionately — so the overlap is stores in particular are a public door- stocked largely with books on alterna- hardly surprising. Furthermore, most way to activism and radical ideas: Any- tive media studies, antiglobalization, young women today haven’t experi- one can walk in and find the things she anarchism, and global politics, Lehman enced the sexism in the progressive needs, as well as the things she might is quick to point out that the women’s movement that alienated many of the not have known she needed. studies section is still robust. And the women who came before them, and are Dyke Knitting Circle and Women’s thus less concerned with placing gen- The idealistic women who Poetry Jam nights continue at the store. der at the forefront of their activism. opened bookstores in the 1970s and Still, as feminism takes a back seat to 1980s were pioneers who felt a new time was coming — and that they

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would help create it. In many ways, books, and pamphlets that were passed after the move. "If we can’t make it here, thirty years later, that time has come: around in the sixties and seventies. “No we can’t make it anywhere — this is our The many successes of feminist activ- matter what, feminists will always find best possibility for success." For those who ists, from booksellers to healthcare re- each other, and our way.” no longer have a local feminist bookstore, formers to Title IXers, have irrevocably amazonbookstorecoop.com offers online changed our culture for the better. And 2004 update: Since this article was first shopping and a chance to keep the oldest yet, as media consolidation continues published, both My Sisters’ Words in Syra- feminist bookstore in business another at a frightening pace and as the big cuse and Boadecia’s Books in North Ber- thirty years. chain stores get even bigger, small inde- keley have closed. Amazon Bookstore Co- pendent outlets are more important operative recently moved to a beautiful [Kathryn McGrath, a Minnesotan living than ever. new storefront just three blocks from the in Brooklyn, is also a freelance writer.] Mev Miller, a longtime editor and old store. The Friends of Amazon, a educator in the feminist bookstore group of long-time supporters, led scene, currently works on literacy issues fundraising efforts to finance the renova- See also: and maintains www.litwomen.org. She tion of the new store and pay off an out- Kristen A. Hogan, “Defining warns, “It may be coming full circle. In standing property tax bill. The new store Our Own Context: The Past my worst moments I think that in an- boasts an expanded children’s section and and Future of Feminist other ten to fifteen years it will be time an art gallery and performance space, the Bookstores,” in thirdspace v.2, to restart feminist bookselling and pub- only such space in Minneapolis. Amazon no.2 (March 2003), 15 pars. lishing, that we’ll be back at square plans to form a non-profit to run the [http://www.thirdspace.ca/ one.” But Miller also notes that today’s downstairs gallery. "We have many hopes articles/hogan.htm] zines resemble the mimeographs, chap- for the future,” Wieser said two weeks

Still Going Strong After All These (Nearly Thirty) Years

Madison, Wisconsin’s own feminist bookstore — A Room of One’s Own — opened in 1975, at 317 W. Johnson Street in the downtown area. In 1997 the store moved to a space on the same street that is twice the size and two doors closer to State Street — the busy pedestrian thoroughfare that connects Capitol Square to the edge of the University of Wisconsin campus — and added a coffeehouse. The store’s website at www.roomofonesown.com says, “A Room of One’s Own specializes in women’s literature, and offers a wide selection of fiction, nonfiction, periodicals, music, posters, and t-shirts for and by women. We also maintain a non-sexist children’s section and stock up-to-date titles in lesbian and gay studies, bisexual and transgender issues, [and] gender studies as well as lesbian and gay male fiction. Other non-book items we carry are rainbow stickers, rainbow flags, and a variety of bumper stickers. We provide access to information about housing, employment, counseling, workshops, and events of interest to women and the LGBT community. We are proud to be a central part of Madison’s women’s community.”

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by Malgorzata Chmielecka

After the fall of Communism in Central Europe in Poland is, as of June 2004, the International Secretariat of 1989, the women’s movement began to develop rapidly. Pol- The Network of East-West Women, the international com- ish women as well as women in other formerly Communist munication and resource network. The last one, eFKa, is a countries now had their first real opportunity to create non- feminist organization that gives general women’s support. governmental organizations after many years of state control. Currently, according to the National Women’s Informa- OSKa: Osrodek Informacji Srodowisk Kobiecych (Na- tion Center, there are more than 340 women’s organizations tional Women’s Information Center) in Poland. Of that number, 157 aim primarily to attain URL: www.oska.org.pl equal status for women; 145 offer legal and psychological Developed/maintained by: Studio Atena counseling; 128 are active in women’s education by organiz- Last updated: Unknown ing courses and workshops; 62 help abused women; and 20 Reviewed: October 2003 & July/August 2004 are information centers. Only 7 help women with disabilities (4 of these serve women exclusively). Seven are lesbian orga- Posted on the home page of the English version of this nizations.1 website is this statement: Easy Internet access has only recently become widespread in Poland, and already the Internet is one of the most OSKa is a non-governmental, non-profit organiza- important sources of information. A mere fifteen to twenty tion [that] assists all Polish women-related organiza- percent of women’s organizations, however, have their own tions and initiatives by operating an effective infor- websites, and only half of those sites are systematically up- mation system. Its mission is to encourage women’s dated; even fewer — about ten percent of them — are high- participation in public life, promote awareness of quality enough to be called professional information re- gender equality[, and] strengthen the women’s com- sources. The rest are static identity cards, providing only munity through encouraging cooperation and net- basic information about the organizations. working of women’s organizations. OSKa operates Even so, one can find rich and interesting websites rep- an extensive information network on all issues re- resenting Polish women’s organizations. Such sites provide lated to women in Poland: legal issues, policy devel- not only information about the organizations’ goals and ac- opment, economic situation, media coverage, pub- tivities, but also much substantive material about topics re- lic opinion, [and] activities of non-governmental lated to feminism and gender. And such sites are becoming organizations. increasingly well-designed and easy to use. This review examines the three websites that I believe Both Polish and English versions of this site are offered, but provide the highest-quality information about Polish the two are quite different. The English site is set up to pro- women’s organizations. I chose the first — the site of the Na- vide general information about OSKa’s activities, publica- tional Women’s Information Center (“OSKa”) — because of tions, and statistical data and has links to several reports on the variety of information it provides; the second — the site women in Poland and in Central and East European Coun- for the Network of East-West Women/NEWW-Polska — tries. Occasionally, news releases about important events are because of its organization, navigability, and presentation; added. and the third — the Women’s Foundation (“eFKa”) site — The home page of the Polish version is divided into four for its interactivity. parts: These sites represent different types of women’s organizations. OSKa is a women’s information center. NEWW

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1. On the left side is a menu with seven categories: 4. At the top of the home page are banners linked to descriptions of the three big projects that OSKa supports: $ O Fundacji (About the Foundation): Information about “Women to European Parliament”; “Funds for the organization, its sponsors, and its current activities; Women”; and “Polish Women Lobby.” an archive of the most important initiatives and events it has organized; and a list of publications. In general, the content of this website is very rich. In $ Kalendarium (Calendar): Information on future events, my opinion, there could be more full-text articles, and the courses, and workshops on gender topics (with an criteria used for deciding what to include could be made archive of past events); announcements and informa- more clear, which would enhance the authority of this site. tion about current women-related initiatives and ac- Also, the information about the library is insufficient — tions in Poland; calls for grant proposals; information there is no option for searching the library catalog. on gender studies at Polish universities; links to other Although it is not clear when this site was last updated, websites (organized thematically); recommended femi- the information provided is current. The site is well-orga- nist texts from the last year; and press clippings. nized yet simple, fast-loading, and easy to use, and a site $ Stala Dzialalnosc Organizacji Kobiecych (Permanent Ac- map is provided. tivities of Women’s Organizations): Listings and short descriptions (with addresses and phone numbers) of em- Network of East-West Women /NEWW Poland ployment offices, libraries and archives with women- URL: www.neww.org.pl/ related collections, law and health counseling organiza- Developed/maintained by: Unknown tions, and support groups and help lines. Last updated: July 2004 $ Informacje (Information): This section is still under Reviewed: July/August 2004 construction. It will be divided into seven parts: statistics, reports, European Union, law, employment, health, Both Polish and English versions of this site are pro- and violence. vided, and their content and structure are the same. $ Kultura (Culture): Information on Polish feminist As mentioned above, NEWW Poland recently became the magazines, as well as the full-text version of articles from International Secretariat of the Network of East-West the OSKa Bulletin. There will also be a section about Women (NEWW). NEWW, founded in 1991, is “an inter- women writers and artists. national communication and resource network supporting $ Biblioteka (Library): Information on the OSKa library, dialogue, informational exchange, and activism among those with a section about new books and magazines. concerned about the status of women in Central and Eastern $ Ruch Kobiecy (Women’s Movement): The history of the Europe, the Newly Independent States, and the Russian Fed- women’s movement (this section is currently empty), eration. NEWW coordinates research and advocacy that interviews, and portraits of famous women. supports women’s equality and full participation in all aspects of public and private life.” 2. The center of the OSKa home page contains important The website represents not only the International Secre- news, announcements, and press clippings. The infor- tariat (NEWW Poland), but also the whole Network and its mation is organized reverse-chronologically, with the activities. It is divided into three sections: most recent items on top, and there are options for commenting on news items and emailing them to oth- 1. On the left side is a menu with six categories: ers. A browser is provided for searching the OSKa site. $ About NEWW: Basic information about the Network, 3. The right side consists of banners and links to the most its mission, member organizations, the International interesting and important parts of the OSKa website. A Council, the Polish Secretariat, and founders. Pictures guest book is linked here, as are some discussion forums are also provided. on gender topics. $ Our Activities: Descriptions of NEWW’s major

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projects: “Gender Budget” (exploring the concept of 3. On the right side are banners with links to descriptions “gender-sensitive” government budgeting); “Human of NEWW’s major current projects: “Our Bodies, Our- Rights Institute” (the goal of which is to strengthen the selves in Polish,” “Gender Budget,” “New Technologies ability of lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe and for Women,” and “Women Human Rights Institute.” the newly independent states to litigate women’s human These banners can help visitors find the information rights cases at the national, regional and international quickly; they link to the same pages listed under these levels through the development of feminist legal analysis headings on the menu. and litigation skills, cross-border cooperation, and networking); “ITC for Women” (which provides economic In my opinion, this website has the best organization training, computer skills development, and information and presentation. The interface is clear and user-friendly; for unemployed women from the region of Pomerania); the site is also pleasing to look at. “Our Bodies, Ourselves” (the project of translating this now-classic text into Polish); “Legal Counselling” (legal assistance for women who are victims of violence or eFKa: Fundacja Kobieca (Women’s Foundation) have problems with work, divorce, or child support); URL: www.efka.org.pl “Psychological Counselling” (individual consultations Developed/maintained by: Alec’s Red House and groups for women who have experienced domestic Last updated: Unknown violence); and “Library and Internet” (NEWW Poland Reviewed: October 2003 & July 2004 provides a collection of feminist materials, as well as a computer with Internet connection, free of charge). Fundacja Kobieca, or Women’s Foundation, is a feminist $ Fellowships and Grants: “Legal Fellowships” aim to organization whose main intentions are to support the soli- strengthen the capacity of women lawyers at the begin- darity and independence of women, fight discrimination ning of their careers, and women’s organizations to ad- against women, and support the development of women’s vocate more effectively for women’s human rights on the culture. The organization grew out of the feminist activism local, national, regional, and international levels. “Book of a few individuals in Krakow in the 1980s; it was registered and Journal” grants support the exchange of ideas and as a foundation in 1991. EFKa is “a phonetically spelled knowledge between women’s movements in the U.S. acronym of the first letters” of the organization’s Polish and in Central and Eastern Europe, the Newly Indepen- name, and is also the Polish spelling of the name Eve. dent States, and Russia. This project aids in the estab- The information provided on this website is clear. Nu- lishment of gender studies and women’s rights centers merous hypertext links provide easy access to deeper-level and libraries, and supports original research and publi- information. The menu, which always remains visible on cations on women’s changing situation throughout the left side of the screen, making navigation simple, offers CEE/NIS/Russia. “NEWW Fellows” encompasses two ten main categories: programs: Legal Fellowships (described above) and Eco- nomic and Social Policy Fellowships, both of which aim $ Centrum Kobiet (Women’s Center): Descriptions of to build the capacity of young women activists and eFKa’s activities, programs, and initiatives. women’s organizations to advocate more effectively for $ Zadra (Splinter): Feminist quarterly journal published women’s rights. by eFKa. This section provides tables of contents of in- $ Our Achievements: Project results, main conferences dividual issues, notes about authors, introductions, the organized by NEWW, publications. “Matka Bolka” — a regular, usually humorous column $ Stay in Touch: Contact information, instructions on — reviews, cooperation and subscription opportunities, how to become a member, listserve and newsletter. and interviews. $ Links: Other women’s organizations, regional and $ WenDo: Self-defense course for women: information world-wide. about rules, classes, teachers, etc., and a photo gallery. $ Wybory Kobiet (Women’s Election): A program for po- 2. The center of the NEWW home page contains world litical and civic education that develops and promotes news and news from Europe, both updated every day. women’s political activity. This part contains information on the program, commentaries, news, and a photo gallery.

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$ Pelnym Glosem (Full Voice Talking): First feminist peri- This website’s presentation is not very impressive, but odical after 1989. Information on the magazine, a table the site is easy to use and loads quickly. No specific data on of contents, and the opportunity to order past issues is the last update are provided, but the information is current. provided. One can be notified by email about changes to the site. $ Wydawnictwo eFKa (eFKa Publishing): Information about the publisher, a list of books published, reviews, I would like to conclude this review emphasizing that and information about placing orders. information about Polish women’s organizations can be $ Lista Dyskusyjna Gender (Gender Forum): Forum for found not only on those organizations’ websites, but also discussing topics connected with gender, feminism, through other women-related Web portals. For example, women’s situation in Poland and in the world, the role both http://cyberdzioucha.net/ and http:// of women in history, politics, literature, culture, rela- kobieta.gazeta.pl/kobieta/0,0.html lead to sites devoted to tionships between men and women, and women’s stud- such organizations. ies. The site provides information about the forum and its “netiquette,” as well as transcripts of selected discus- Note sions and information about “real-life” gatherings of forum members. There are also three chat rooms estab- 1. These statistics are from a previous version of the website lished by the users. of the National Women’s Information Center: $ Teksty (Reading Room): Full-text versions of selected www.oska.org.pl. articles from eFKa’s periodicals. [Malgorzata Chmielecka is a student in the Institute of Scien- The main menu also leads to news about current eFKa tific Information and Book Studies at the University of Warsaw, events and to links to Polish and foreign websites related to Poland.] feminism.

Miriam Greenwald

Feminist Collections (v.25, no.3, Spring 2004) Page 13 Do You Know the Next Winners of the Women’s Studies Section Achievement Awards?

The Women’s Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (a division of the American Library Association) seeks nominations for two awards that honor major contributions to women’s studies librarianship. Each includes an award of $1000.

The ACRL Women’s Studies Section Award for Significant Achievement in Women’s Studies Librarianship, sponsored by Routledge Press, recognizes one-time achievement, by a group or individual, during the year of the award. Achievement may be in any area of academic women’s studies librarianship including:

· Publication of a monograph, journal article, CD ROM, or website; · Talk or other presentation at a nationally recognized conference; · Innovation in library instruction in women’s studies; · Significant creative and innovative contribution to the work of the ACRL Women’s Studies Section

The ACRL Women’s Studies Section Award for Career Achievement in Women’s Studies Librarianship, sponsored by Greenwood Publishing, Inc., is designed to honor individual career achievement in women’s studies librarianship. Nominees should have demonstrated significant achievement and contributions in one or more of the following areas:

· Service within the organized profession through ACRL/WSS and/or related organizations; · Academic/research library service in the area of women’s studies; · Research and publication in areas of academic/research library services in women’s studies; · Planning and implementation of academic/research library programs in women’s studies disciplines of such exemplary quality that they could serve as a model for others.

Deadline for nominations: December 3, 2004

Nomination forms and more information: libr.org/WSS/awards/index.html Profiles of past award winners: libr.org/WSS/awards/winners.html

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Our website (http://www. library.wisc.edu/libraries/ supporting freedom of speech means you may have to hear WomensStudies/) includes all recent issues of this column and see expression that you don’t like. But if you cave in to (formerly called “Computer Talk”), plus many bibliogra- censorship, you will still hear expression you don’t like — phies, core lists of women’s studies books, and links to from the Powers That Be — and be left without a voice to hundreds of other websites by topic. counter it. Don’t be fooled.” Information about electronic journals and magazines, particularly those with numbered or dated issues The twenty-year-old LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIB- posted on a regular schedule, can be found in our “Peri- BEAN WOMEN’S HEALTH NETWORK (LACWHN) odical Notes” column. has a new website (available in both Spanish and English) at www.reddesalud.org/ LACWHN, whose coordinating office is currently in Santiago, Chile, seeks to defend women’s WEBSITES rights — including those to reproductive and sexual freedom as well as the right to health throughout the life cycle AANCHAL TRUST, a support group for lesbians and bi- — in the Latin American and Caribbean region. The orga- sexual and transgender women in Mumbai, India, has an nization publishes the quarterly Women’s Health Journal and Internet presence at www.aanchal.org/ There’s not much the annual Women’s Health Collection. on the site yet, beyond an interesting — undated — descrip- tion of the group’s involvement in an aborted protest march MANAVI is a Sanskrit word meaning “primal woman.” It’s that resulted in some members’ arrests. Aanchal apparently also the name of a nonprofit agency in New Jersey whose does some collaborative work with the Humsafar Trust, a mission is to end violence against South Asian women men’s group in Mumbai. (“women who trace their cultural heritage to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka”) through crisis inter- The website for the CAMPAIGN FOR THE ORDINA- vention and supportive services. Manavi has, for instance, TION OF WOMEN IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC published a brochure about domestic violence in Bengali, CHURCH opens with this statement: “We are Roman Hindi, Tamil, Urdu, and Gujarati; established a transitional Catholic theologians who firmly believe that the discussion “safe house; and set up a legal clinic and a culture-specific on women priests should be left open.” That about sums it supportive counseling service in the nearly two decades since up; for the details, including personal stories and academic it was started as a consciousness-raising group by six South arguments, visit www.womenpriests.org/ Asian women. Manavi’s website at www.research.att.com/ ~krishnas/manavi/ describes the purpose and services of the The National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes organization, has bibliographies of recommended books and of Health (Bethesda, MD) is hosting an exhibit, CHANG- articles, and lists similar groups in other parts of the U.S. ING THE FACE OF MEDICINE: CELEBRATING AMERICA’S WOMEN PHYSICIANS, through April 2, A collaborative project called PICTURING WOMEN had a 2005. The corresponding website at www.nlm.nih.gov/ three-location exhibition in the Philadelphia area in early changingthefaceofmedicine/exhibition/ offers biographies, 2004. Curator Susan Shifrin has described the project as video clips, and photo galleries about women who have looking at “how female identities have been constructed in made a difference in the way medicine is practiced in this images, artifacts, and texts, and what roles such artifacts have country today. played in defining how women have been ‘pictured’ historically and how they are ‘pictured’ today.” If you missed it in FEMINISTS AGAINST CENSORSHIP (FAC) is a UK- Philly, you can still pay a virtual visit to the exhibition at based group working to defend freedom of expression every- www.picturingwomen.org, where you will also find teach- where, including on the Internet. FAC’s website (http:// ing resources and vintage Valentines to send as e-cards. www.fiawol.demon.co.uk/FAC/ index.htm#FRED_NAME) asserts, “Those who have power From the University of Bonn, POLITEIA, at www.politeia- get to censor, and those who lack power get silenced...Yes, project.de/, examines post-1945 German history through

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the eyes of women, including Elisabeth Selbert, Jeanette Wolff, Käte Strobel, Irmtraud Morgner, Eleonore Rom- berg, Christa Wolf, Beate Klarsfeld, Alice Schwarzer, and others. Website is in German.

DATABASES

The IIAV (acronym for the Dutch name of the Interna- tional Information Centre and Archives for the Women’s Movement) keeps developing more terrific resources. The database WEBSITES ON WOMEN, at www.iiav.nl/ websites/eng/, currently contains listings for more than 1200 sites “with information on the position of women Miriam Greenwald and on women’s studies,” and it grows weekly. It can be searched by website name, country, language, category, or subject, or by “free text,” or a complete list of all sites in the E-BIBLIOGRAPHIES database can be displayed. A summary and link are provided for each entry. There is also a form for submitting new sites Sponsored by the Feminist Task Force of the American Li- to the database. brary Association’s Social Responsibilities Round Table: the AMELIA BLOOMER PROJECT’S 2004 LIST OF REC- From Zenska Infoteka (Women’s Information and Docu- OMMENDED FEMINIST BOOKS FOR YOUTH, in mentation Centre) in Croatia: the REGIONAL WOMEN’S both PDF and HTML at www.libr.org/FTF/bloomer.html, DIRECTORY DATABASE, consisting of more than 550 highlighting thirty-four titles that feature “strong, self-actu- groups from Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, alizing girls and women.” The 2002 and 2003 lists are also the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Macedonia, available here. Moldova, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Romania, and Slovakia: From the members of the Discussion List for Feminism in www.rewindnet.org/asp/IndocHomeW.htm Geography, and hosted by the Department of Social Sciences at Emporia State University (Kansas): GENDER IN GEOG- RAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY, at www.emporia.edu/socsci/ DIGITAL COLLECTION fembib/index.htm

The Harvard University Library Open Collections Program Recently updated: Phyllis Holman Weisbard, ANNOTATED offers WOMEN WORKING, 1870–1930, providing “ac- BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1997-2004, ON THE HISTORY OF cess to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources JEWISH WOMEN IN AMERICA: A SUPPLEMENT TO selected from Harvard’s library and museum collections. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND GUIDE TO This collection explores women’s roles in the US economy ARCHIVAL RESOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF between the Civil War and the Great Depression. Working JEWISH WOMEN IN AMERICA. Madison, WI: Univer- conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recre- sity of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Librarian, 2004; ation, health and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regu- www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/jewwom/ lations governing the workplace, and social issues are all well jwsupplement.htm documented. When completed, the collection will contain more than 2,200 books and pamphlets, 1,000 photographs Susana T. Fried, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: SEXU- and 10,000 pages from manuscript collections.” Browse the ALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (International Women’s collection — and perhaps read a book from 1888 called Health Coalition, 2002). 19p. Available in PDF on the Housekeeping Made Easy (which includes such intriguing IWHC’s site, www.iwhc.org/index.cfm (select “Sexual chapter titles as “Money and Husbands” and “In the Cellar”) Rights,” then scroll down to this title under “Related Reports — at http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/ and Resources”).

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OTHER ONLINE TEXTS cion, social sabotage, sexual harassment, threats and/or acts of physical or sexual abuse. The abusive teen uses this pat- Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards, & Rebeca Wong, tern of violent and coercive behavior, in a heterosexual or THE GENDER IMPACT OF PENSION REFORM: A homosexual dating relationship, in order to gain power and CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS. World Bank Policy Re- maintain control over the dating partner.” The NRCDV has search Working Paper 3074, 2003. 78p. In PDF at prepared a 92-page information and resource packet on this www.econ.worldbank.org/files/27365_wps3074.pdf issue that can be the basis for planning school- or community-based prevention and intervention programs. TEEN Sarah White, THE “GENDER LENS”: A RACIAL DATING VIOLENCE: INFORMATION AND RE- BLINDER? Paper prepared for “Feminist Fables and Gender SOURCES (2004), available in PDF at www.vawnet.org/ Myths: Repositioning Gender in Development Policy and NRCDVPublications/TAPE/Packets/NRC_TDV.php, in- Practice,” an international workshop of the Institute for De- cludes extensive bibliographies and statistics, a fact sheet, velopment Studies, University of Sussex (UK), July 2003. and links to existing curricula and peer programs. Microsoft Word document: www.siyanda.org/docs/ white_genderlens.doc. From the same workshop: Susan Barbara Evers & Mercedes Juárez, UNDERSTANDING Jolly, DEVELOPMENT MYTHS AROUND SEX AND THE LINKS: GLOBALIZATION, HEALTH SECTOR SEXUALITIES IN THE SOUTH: www.siyanda.org/ REFORM, GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. static/jolly_devmyths.htm Ford Foundation, 2003. 87p. Available in Rich Text Format or PDF from www.fordfound.org/publications/ Ryn Gluckman, Rachael Kamel, & Betsy Hartmann, eds., recent_articles/globalization.cfm (Note: This link works in MILITARIZED ZONES: GENDER, RACE, IMMIGRA- Internet Explorer but possibly not in Netscape.) TION, ENVIRONMENT (a special issue of Political Envi- ronments, PE no.10, Nov. 2003). 60p. Produced by the Im- Three new Working Papers have been released by Michigan migration, Militarism, Environment and Gender Task Force State University’s WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL DE- of the Committee on Women, Population, and the Environ- VELOPMENT (WID) PROGRAM and are available in ment (CWPE); co-sponsored and supported by the Popula- PDF: tion and Development Program at Hampshire College and the Nationwide Women’s Program of the American Friends Working Paper 279: Marianne Møllman, WHO CAN Service Committee. Downloadable in PDF from BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSE- www.afsc.org/militarized-zones/ QUENCES OF AID AND LOAN CONDITIONALI- TIES? THE GLOBAL GAG RULE IN PERU AND “ALERT! Over the past few years, vital data has been de- ITS CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES. 2004. 37p. leted, buried, distorted, or has otherwise gone missing from Working Paper 280: Jeanne Gazel & Pat Naidoo, government websites and publications.” The National Coun- STRIKING THE ROCK WITH IMPUNITY: THE cil for Research on Women’s Lives (NCRWL) has started a CONSEQUENCES OF GENDERED PRACTICES MISINFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE to gather “the IN 21st CENTURY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. 2004. addresses of web pages where the good, accurate information 29p. about women and girls we need is now MISSING — as well Working Paper 281: Saniye Dedeoglu, WORKING as links to alternate websites where that information can be FOR FAMILY: THE ROLE OF WOMEN’S INFOR- found.” Download the NCRWL’s 24-page report, MISS- MAL LABOR IN THE SURVIVAL OF FAMILY- ING: INFORMATION ABOUT WOMEN’S LIVES, from OWNED GARMENT ATELIERS IN ISTANBUL, www.ncrw.org/misinfo/report.pdf TURKEY. 2004. 25p.

Teen dating violence is defined by the National Resource To read these and other papers in the series, go to WID’s Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) as “a pattern of website, www.isp.msu.edu/wid, scroll down to “Publica- actual or threatened acts of physical, sexual, and/or emo- tions” on the left-side menu, and select “Working Papers Se- tional abuse, perpetrated by an adolescent against a current ries.” or former dating partner. Abuse may include insults, coer-  Compiled by JoAnne Lehman

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Reviewed by Phyllis Holman Weisbard, Teresa Fernandez, Melissa Gotlieb, and Barbarly McConnell

BIBLICAL WOMEN such as Judith, Tobit, and four books need for an index. Several black-and- of Maccabees, constitute the Apocry- white illustrations of museum pieces Carol Meyers, gen. ed.; Toni Craven, pha to Jews and Protestants and are and other artwork on biblical women & Ross S. Kraemer, assoc. eds., referred to as deuterocanonical by the illustrate the text. WOMEN IN SCRIPTURE: A DIC- others. The editors of Women in Scrip- All entries are signed by one of the TIONARY OF NAMED AND UN- ture include women from all these numerous academic contributors from NAMED WOMEN IN THE HE- texts. There’s no preference shown in American, Canadian, Israeli, and Euro- BREW BIBLE, THE APOCRYPHAL/ the first section of the dictionary, pean universities and theological and DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS, which consists of 205 entries for divinity schools or the occasional inde- AND THE NEW TESTAMENT. Bos- named women, arranged in alphabeti- pendent scholar. They incorporate ton: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. 591p. cal order. But the editors needed a way feminist scholarship and state-of-the- illus. bibl. $40.00, ISBN 0-395- to arrange the second section (600 en- art interpretations in language acces- 70936-9. tries for individuals or groups of un- sible to the educated lay reader. The named women), and order of occur- three-column entry on Dinah, by Lyn This book is so useful that our rence in the Bible was the logical M. Bechtel, is illustrative of the struc- university library’s copy disappeared choice. But “in order” according to ture and methodology of entries, and is almost as soon as it was acquired. Since whose arrangement? It is the case that about average for length (Eve has nine our books are “tattle taped” to set off Catholics, Protestants, and Jews order and a half columns; Syntyche, a co- an alarm if someone tries to exit the their biblical books differently, even worker of Paul’s, gets a bit less than a library without checking them out, I those books held in common. They half column). “Dinah” begins with the concluded that a user hid it away for decided to follow the New Revised meaning of the name — “‘judgment, private use in some unfrequented stack Standard sequence. That should not cause,’ from the Hebrew dyn, to ex- area, where it would eventually be dis- pose a significant problem to users fa- ecute judgment, plead the cause” — covered and returned to its assigned miliar with a different arrangement, and citation to the passages in Genesis place. But it’s been almost four years, though it would have been more help- where Dinah is mentioned (30:21; the book is still missing, and I finally ful for nonbiblical scholars using the ch.34; 46:15). Next comes an identifi- decided to borrow a copy through in- Dictionary had the editors included cation: Dinah is the daughter of Jacob, terlibrary loan in order to give it its due information on the variations in se- the only named daughter of this father in this column. quence in chart form, rather than rely- of twelve sons. Her mother is Leah, Women in Scripture is unquestion- ing on explanation within the intro- who names her, exemplifying a pattern ably the definitive, comprehensive ref- ductory material (a preface and six es- mentioned in the essay by Karla G. erence work on named and nameless says addressing critical biblical scholar- Bohmbach on names and naming — women in everyone’s Bible, be they ship, feminist biblical scholarship, that women outnumber men as name- Jewish, Catholic, or Protestant. The names and naming in the biblical givers in the Bible. Readers then learn Jewish, or Hebrew, Bible is known as world, and one each for the Hebrew the setting of the story of Dinah, who the Old Testament to Christians. All Bible, the New Testament, and the has intercourse with Shechem, an out- Christian Bibles include the New Testa- apocryphal/deuterocanonical books). sider who is quite willing to marry her. ment, but Catholics and Greek and There is also a third section on female According to Bechtel, the city of Slavonic Orthodox Christians retain deities and personifications, followed Shechem was then a place where people additional and variant numbers of texts by descriptions of additional ancient of diverse backgrounds met and regarded as outside the official canon sources and an extensive bibliography. “merged to become the community of by Jews and Protestants. These books, Abundant see and see also references Israel” (p.69), but this tendency was throughout the Dictionary obviated the opposed and thwarted by several of Jacob’s sons, who resisted intermar-

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riage. They slaughter Shechem and the A flavor of the more numerous ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. other males among the Shechemites. unnamed women can be tasted in the Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003 (Bibliog- Bechtel says that the story passes “judg- titles of these entries: “Pregnant raphies and indexes in women’s studies, ment” (the meaning of Dinah’s name) Women Killed in War,” “Singing no. 32). 264p. index. $64.95, ISBN on the friendly attitude of the Women (and Men) Who Lament,” 0-313-32105-1. Shechemites. Next, Bechtel offers the “Woman Who Is A Trap,” “Wife of traditional understanding of the narra- One’s Youth,” “Girl Who Loves Orna- Devoted solely to the vital roles tive, which is that Dinah was raped and ments,” “Young Dancer Who Asks for women played in the Civil War effort, that her brothers avenge her, even the Head of John the Baptist” (tradi- Theresa McDevitt’s Women and the though this creates an enemy and puts tionally called Salome, but unnamed in American Civil War: An Annotated Bib- their community in jeopardy, for which the actual text), “Woman Who Muti- liography is a broad attempt to direct Jacob reprimands them. But Bechtel lates a Man’s Genitals,” “Unnamed those interested in this area of research interprets the passage differently. This Women at the Cross,” and “No to the appropriate sources. Among the was not a rape. The last sentence in Women Mentioned” (in the Prayer of author’s many objectives in compiling the story has brothers Simeon and Levi Azariah and the Song of the Three these entries is to dispel the myth that saying, “Should our sister be treated Jews, which were Greek additions to Civil War women were merely “passive like a whore?” Since elements of the the Book of Daniel; also 2 ladies, who waited and prayed for the story do not support a characterization Thessalonians). The editors caution safe return of their loved ones” (p.vii). of prostitution (no money changed that they may not have identified every With 230 pages that list close to 800 hands; Shechem declares his love for single instance of an allusion to a entries, this book extends far beyond her, etc.), Bechtel says that what the woman or women (though they scruti- biographical dictionaries and other brothers might be suggesting is that, as nized the original Hebrew, Aramaic, guidebooks in its coverage of women in prostitution, no bonding or obliga- and Greek texts), since translations who took on crucial roles. tion could come of this union. This sometimes obscure gender identity. The Annotations of both primary (e.g., leaves her with another problem to re- third section has entries for Canaanite letters and diaries) and secondary (e.g., solve, however. The text includes the deities Anath, Asherah, and Astarte; the popular and scholarly journal articles, verb that means to shame, humble, or Greek goddess Artemis; the demon encyclopedias, atlases, Internet sites) put down, and states that Dinah was Lilith; the personifications Earth as sources are included in this compre- defiled. Bechtel says that shaming gen- Mother, Woman Wisdom, Jerusalem/ hensive bibliography. The author has erally relates to “failure to live up to Zion as Widow and Mother, and Sister even created a website with links to the societal goals and ideals” — a woman Church; a discussion of the female im- referenced Internet sites, arranged by having intercourse outside of marriage ages for nations in Ezekiel and for God topic, at www.lib.iup.edu/instruc- would be shameful — and that defile- in the Hebrew Bible and the apocry- tion/guides/women.html, so that this ment indicates an unacceptable sex act. phal/deuterocanonical books; and resource can be updated and expanded Bechtel is of the opinion that the more. as new useful and credible sites are brother’s violent behavior towards the Anyone curious about an allusion found. Shechemites is more indicative of rape to a biblical woman or woman-related Entries are organized under ten than was the encounter between Dinah concept or simply interested in current topics: “Reference Works” (bibliogra- and Shechem. Basically, she concludes feminist-inspired understanding of phies, biographical dictionaries and that the story represents the tension these women and concepts will find other guidebooks); “Introductory between endogamy (marriage within a Women in Scripture helpful, fascinating, Works and Anthologies” (books and group) and exogamy (marriage with and lively. scholarly articles that provide overviews outsiders), with the sexual act consti- on women and the Civil War); “Sol- tuting the “narrative’s representation of diers Aid” (quilting, fundraising efforts, the violation of group boundaries” CIVIL WAR etc.); “Medical and Relief Work” (p.70). The entry ends with several see (nurses, hospital administration, etc.); also references and suggestions for fur- Theresa McDevitt, WOMEN AND “Aid to Freedpeople” (African Ameri- ther reading. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: AN can teachers in schools for freed slaves in the Union-controlled South); “Eco-

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nomic Challenges and Opportunities” Although lacking in its coverage of Univ. Press, 2002) and Women in the (factory workers, plantation mistresses, minority and immigrant women, over- Civil War: Extraordinary Stories of Sol- food shortages, etc.); “Women in the all McDevitt’s Women and the American diers, Spies, Nurses, Doctors, Crusaders, War Zone” (traumatic effects of battle, Civil War provides a thorough account and Others (Larry G. Eggleston, invasion of homes by Union and Con- that spans a wide array of topics and McFarland, 2003). This new federate soldiers); “Spies, Scouts, should appeal to an academic audience. Routledge volume covers subjects not Smugglers, and Raiders” (involvement The detailed summaries and the collo- discussed in either of the other two of women in covert operations); quial language of the annotations also books. While Women in the Civil War “Women in Camp” (housekeepers, make this reference a good choice for a details the many women who made a cooks, prostitutes, women disguised as broader audience with an interest in contribution for their cause and They soldiers in combat, etc.); and “Other women and the Civil War. Fought Like Demons discusses the con- Topics Not Fully Explored” (these in- text surrounding a woman soldier’s life, clude “Women in Public Life,” who [Melissa Gotlieb, who wrote the above including reasons for becoming a sol- were active in spreading war propa- review, is starting her first year as a dier and life in uniform, Women During ganda through petitions, novels and graduate student and teaching assistant the Civil War focuses on the broad view other publications; “Military and Po- in the School of Journalism and Mass of what was happening to different litical Wives and Daughters,” such as Communication at the University of Wis- groups of women across the nation. Mary Todd Lincoln; “Women on the consin–Madison in Fall 2004.] One entry, for example, titled “Agricul- Wrong Side of the Law,” who aided in tural Women,” discusses farm life with- the hiding of deserted Confederate sol- out men on Northern and Southern diers; and the impact of war on “Fam- Judith E. Harper, WOMEN DURING homesteads. In contrast, another cov- ily Life”). THE CIVIL WAR: AN ENCYCLO- ers the impact of General Order A brief one-to-two-page introduc- PEDIA. New York: Routledge, 2004. No.28, issued by Major General Ben- tion precedes each of the ten topics and 490p. bibl. index. illus. $95.00, ISBN jamin Franklin Butler, which decreed provides readers with some background 0-415-93723-X. that any Southern patriotic woman on both the topic and available sources. who disrespected a Union soldier could The arrangement of entries by category I am delighted once again to have be equally disrespected in return. Alto- allows researchers, especially those who the privilege of reviewing an insightful gether, the entries range from indi- may be less familiar with names of spe- resource on women in the Civil War vidual women to religious and focal cific women, to more easily navigate era. Women During the Civil War: An groups to significant events of the pe- through the abundant literature. Also Encyclopedia covers more than just riod. useful to researchers are the author and women participating in the war effort; Intended for a general audience, all subject indexes. it also highlights programs and events entries are well written and provide However, absent from this broad involving women during that time. enough information for readers to gain spectrum are the Mexican American Harper goes beyond simply examining a fair understanding of the topic. Listed and Native American women (although “the experiences of women from all re- at the bottom of each entry are cross- there is one annotation of an article gions, races, classes, and leading ethnic references to related topics of interest discussing the war’s impact on Chero- groups” (p.ix) to providing an excellent found elsewhere in the book. My one kee women), as well as the many immi- survey of women’s daily existence dur- complaint would be that there is no grant women, who suffered the devas- ing a crucial time in American history. table of contents. There is a list of en- tating effects of war. Those interested Previously in this column (Feminist tries, but without corresponding page in these less explored topics should re- Collections v.24, nos.3-4, Spring/Sum- numbers. The only way to find what fer to Judith E. Harper’s Women During mer 2003, pp.27–28), I discussed the one is looking for is to actually go the Civil War: An Encyclopedia, also re- merits of two other reference books on through the book alphabetically until viewed in this column (by Teresa women and the Civil War: They Fought the desired entry is found. The intro- Fernandez). Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the duction, however, properly leads the American Civil War (DeAnne Blanton reader into what will be covered, and & Lauren M. Cook, Louisiana State the bibliography and index are very thorough. Various black and white il-

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lustrations throughout also serve to When I went looking for books on in color) takes up prominent women enhance the material. the subject, I came across Five Centu- associated with gardens in each cen- ries of Women and Gardens, on British tury. Bennett introduces each chapter [Teresa Fernandez graduated in 2004 gardens and gardeners from the six- by describing stylistic elements popular from the University of Wisconsin–Madi- teenth century to the end of the twen- with gardens of the era. The chapter on son with a degree in landscape architec- tieth. Why just British? “Other nations the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ture. She assisted in the Women’s Studies garden, but the British have made gar- mentions that the small walled medi- Librarian’s Office during her last three dening into an art form now deeply eval garden evolved into large, com- undergradutate years.] embedded in the national psyche” is plex, symmetrical and geometric tracts, Bennett’s view (Preface). More than and that the medieval use of flowers as likely it is also because the book was religious motifs changed into secular GARDENS published in connection with an exhi- iconography after the Reformation. For bition at the National Portrait Gallery example, Elizabeth the First, the Virgin Sue Bennett, FIVE CENTURIES OF in London, featuring pictures from its Queen, took on the lily and the rose, WOMEN AND GARDENS. London: collection. This is a beautiful book that formerly associated with the Virgin National Portrait Gallery, 2000. 176p. wouldn’t be out of place in an art book Mary. An oil portrait attributed to bibl. illus. index. $30.00, ISBN 1- collection, and it would also be conge- Nicholas Hilliard shows Elizabeth hold- 85514-288-0. nial in a biography area, though most ing a rose. libraries will place it with histories of Wealthy women of those centuries In April I traveled to Washington, gardens. Even though I couldn’t find commissioned gardens and often over- DC, with several friends to participate out more about Beatrix Jones Farrand, saw and influenced the designs. Mary, in the March for Women’s Lives. We I did glean a great deal from Five Cen- Duchess of Beaufort (1630–1715), was arrived in the city two days before the turies as background for understanding one who went beyond that. She col- march, intending to take in some of the types of landscape “rooms” she cre- lected exotic plants from all over the the pre-march events and famous sights ated that echo elements in the styles world and had artists compile an artis- of Washington. But after we had gotten described in the book. Bennett’s aim tic record of her collections. up at 5:30 a.m. for our early morning was to produce an “entertaining sweep Gardens were “softer...less seem- flight, flown from Wisconsin to DC, through the topic, setting the stories of ingly contrived” in the eighteenth cen- trekked on the Metro with our luggage, significant women gardeners against tury, but replete with statues and checked into our hotel, and had some developments in garden history and monuments that simulated ancient lunch, a more contemplative spot women’s roles in society” (Preface). She Rome. Erotic imagery was also em- seemed more appealing. I suggested the found an intimate connection between ployed. Bennett describes a garden laid Dumbarton Oaks garden, which I re- gardens and women’s roles in society: out by Sir Francis Dashwood in the called fondly from earlier visits, par- “[T]hrough five centuries gardens shape of a woman’s body lying beside a ticularly in Spring. My group reacted functioned as physical and spiritual swan shaped lake. The whole effect, enthusiastically, and off we went to this arenas in which individual women says Bennett, was a “depiction of lust, Georgetown oasis. The garden was as strove to assert control, define their thinly disguised as the pursuit of love. lovely as I had remembered, and my identity, struggle with sexual feelings It is thus a fitting symbol for an age in friends were delighted with everything and escape or embrace the world” which it is suggested that one in eight from the wisteria in bloom to broad (pp.12–13). The association is not con- women was a prostitute and where vistas to contemplate. What I hadn’t fined to women gardeners and garden women were bought, either in ‘polite’ recalled was that the entire expanse had designers. Bennett includes patrons, society through marriage, or more di- been carefully crafted by a woman, de- teachers of women gardeners, plant col- rectly as commodities in the market signer Beatrix Jones Farrand, to create lectors, writers, artists, illustrators, and place” (p.56). After the death of her different effects. It got me thinking advocates. husband Frederick, Augusta of Saxe- about women garden designers and the After pondering the loss of Eden, Gotha, Princess of Wales (1719–1772), relationship between women and gar- that garden paradise, this lavishly illus- took over the development of Kew dens. trated work (105 pictures, 75 of them Gardens, featuring winding paths, a lake, and exotic buildings that led visi-

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tors on a virtual world tour. She was 2002. 635p. bibl. illus. index. $85.00, “Women in the Curriculum,” “Women another great collector of plants and ISBN 1-57607-614-8. and Higher Education Policy,” trees. More unusual was Eleanor Coade “Women Students,” “Women Faculty,” (1733–1821), the sole owner of a stone Women in Higher Education proves “Women Administrators,” and factory that turned out statues, foun- that there is virtually no aspect of “Women Employees”). Each section tains, urns, and friezes for gardens and higher education unaffected by the siz- has its own overview essay as well. The buildings in Britain and elsewhere. In able number of women students, fac- 121 contributors come from colleges order to keep control of her business, ulty, and administrators on today’s and universities throughout the coun- Coade remained unmarried. The nine- campuses, or that can not be rethought try (one from Canada). Just as scholars teenth century featured female flower from the perspective of gender. While today recognize that it is inaccurate to garden artists, garden book writers, and this may seem obvious to those of us speak of “woman” or “feminism” in the illustrators. World traveler Marianne who toil in the groves of academe, it is singular, the editors do an excellent job North stands out as a painter of exu- nonetheless remarkable when examined of representing the multiple experi- berant flowers and landscapes from from the standpoint of the rather short ences of women in higher education. South America to India. history of women in institutions of The first section, for example, looks at Edwardian England allowed higher learning in the United States, differences in settings, from Black women to actually get their hands dirty dating only from the end of the eigh- women’s colleges and historically Black and work in their gardens. This era was teenth century for single-sex establish- coeducational institutions to military also the backdrop for an extraordinary ments, and 1837 and later for coeduca- and tribal colleges. The sections on friendship and collaboration between tional breakthroughs. Women consti- women students, faculty, and adminis- designer Gertrude Jekyll and architect tute the majority of undergraduates at trators all have essays on African Edwin Lutyens. Jekyll is especially re- American colleges and universities Americans, American Indians, Asian membered for her harmonious sensitiv- (fifty-six percent according to 1999 Americans, and Latinas. Other catego- ity to color. These two created some data used by the editors in their intro- ries of women students examined in- 100 gardens for everything from cot- duction) and are found on the faculty clude women athletes, as well as Jewish, tages to stately homes. The final chap- and among the administrators in all nontraditional, and graduate students ter, on the twentieth century, includes types of colleges and universities, in general and specifically in the sci- discussion of writer Vita Sackville- though unequally distributed among ences. LGBT issues for students are West’s garden at Sissinghurst and of the disciplines and professorial ranks addressed in an essay on sexuality, in amateur ecologist Miriam Rothschild, (the latter topic is covered well in which contributor Sarah M. Tillery also who champions an appreciation of Gypsy M. Denzine’s entry, “Teachers”). reviews the history of the relationship wildflower gardening. The curriculum has been greatly re- between women’s movements and Five Centuries of Women & Gardens formed, if not always meeting the ideal sexual liberation. In “Lesbian Faculty,” is modest by reference work standards. of transformed, by the growth of Susan Talburt covers gay activism There are no footnotes, and the bibli- women’s studies programs and accep- among academics, the role of lesbians ography is not lengthy. Nevertheless, it tance of the legitimacy of opening up in creating women’s studies and more helps readers understand the place of the curriculum to the experiences of recently lesbian studies, and gardens in women’s history through the others besides “dead white males.” Af- postmodern lesbian faculty “who es- stories of women for whom gardens firmative action, Title IX, and other chew the essentialism of identity cat- were a respite, a delight, and sometimes policy shifts have changed the makeup egories and through their work may or a career. of the student body, hiring procedures, may not speak or act as lesbian” collegiate athletics, scholarship distri- (p.420). Also in the “Women Faculty” bution, and much more. section, Berta Vigil Laden looks at HIGHER EDUCATION These topics and many others are “Women of Color at Predominantly covered in signed essays in Women in White Institutions,” calling attention Ana M. Martinez Alemán & Kristen A. Higher Education, arranged within nine to the extra service demands that leave Renn, eds., WOMEN IN HIGHER sections (“Historical and Cultural Con- them less time for their research. This EDUCATION: AN ENCYCLOPE- texts,” “Gender Theory and the Acad- overload includes mentoring students DIA. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, emy,” “Feminism and the Academy,” of color, being asked to serve on count-

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less committees eager to have minority of gender into mathematics, science, their names in favor of “information”) representation, etc. and technology: from Stage 1, “absence are gravitating to higher-paying posi- Ann K. Schonberger begins the of women unnoted,” through Stage 6, tions outside libraries. Librarian readers “Women in the Curriculum” section by “an inclusive science redefined and re- will also want to read Betty J. Glass’s reviewing developments in the late constructed” (p.151). Her essay also “Women’s Studies Research Resources,” 1960s and 1970s. In those years the describes feminist pedagogy, gender- an appendix that surveys the creation fields that had faculty interested in do- inclusive language, and the conserva- of specific journals, archives, indexes, ing scholarship on women were most tive backlash. The section itself has an directories, and databases in women’s often English, history, psychology, soci- interesting range of articles on women’s studies and also discusses the role ology, and education. People from caucuses of professional organizations Sanford Berman and other librarians these disciplines also predominated in such as the Modern Language Associa- played in reducing biases implicit in teaching courses in the incipient inter- tion, women and distance learning, and library subject headings and creating disciplinary women’s studies programs. ecofeminism, as well as essays on sev- new and better terms to describe By 1980, says Schonberger, attention eral disciplines. women-related topics. turned to incorporating women into Librarians will be pleased to see The volume ends with a lengthy other disciplines and led to curriculum that in the “Women Administrators” (58-page) bibliography covering all section, there’s an subjects in the book, plus a subject in- essay by Rebecca dex. Women in Higher Education is a Tolley-Stokes on the real achievement and a worthy addition entry of women into to academic libraries. academic librarianship, the wresting of collection LAW selection and administration from fac- Ashlyn K. Kuersten, WOMEN AND ulty, and develop- THE LAW: LEADERS, CASES, AND ments since the DOCUMENTS. Santa Barbara: ABC- 1970s that have CLIO, 2003. 256p. illus. index. raised the status of $85.00, ISBN 0-87436-878-2; e-book, academic librarians $90.00, ISBN 1-57607-700-4; both, and provided new $130.00. opportunities for them in support of This is a well-written reference the curriculum and work on the history of and themes re- in their own research lated to women and law in the United and service to the States. Kuersten begins with an over- larger university view of the history of gender equality community. Though from the founding of the United the field is eighty States, when women were still disen- percent female today, franchised and married women were Tolley-Stokes pre- simply legal extensions of their hus- dicts that the empha- bands, through the 1990s, charting the sis on information revolutionary advances in rights, yet Miriam Greenwald technology and sys- concluding that “it is unlikely that they transformation, or gender balancing tems makes librarianship hold more [women] will ever be represented by a projects, on many campuses and better promise for men — except for the fact woman president, and there is still no attention to diversity issues among that recent graduates of library schools constitutional provision protecting women. She next discusses the applica- (many have dropped “library” from tion of stage theory to the integration

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against gender discrimination” (p. Rights Amendment, and major mandating contraceptive coverage (ex- xxxiii). Let’s hope that Kuersten’s read- women’s rights cases, such as Reed v. empting employers who object for reli- ing of the prospects for a female presi- Reed, argued before the Supreme Court gious reasons)” (p.110). That’s an issue dency is overly pessimistic. by Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1971. Al- for Third Wavers to work on! There are eight sections in Women though the Court did not go along “Documents” constitutes the last and the Law. The first, “Key Historical with Ginsburg’s reasoning that gender section of Women and the Law, includ- Concepts and Pioneers,” augments the should be considered a suspect class ing the Declaration of Sentiments and historical overview, with entries for warranting the same level of scrutiny Resolutions (1848), Victoria Woodhull’s concepts: patriarchy, separate spheres given to racial discrimination, it did announcement of her candidacy for doctrine coverture (chattel); organiza- strike down a provision of Idaho law President (1870), and Shirley tions, laws, and people. Lucy Stone’s that gave mandatory preference to men Chisholm’s “Equal Rights for Women” entry includes a ringing quotation from as executors of estates. The next five statement in the U.S. House of Repre- her acceptance of a marriage proposal sections turn to more specific areas of sentatives (1969). Following this sec- — “A wife should no more take her law: education, family law, reproduction is a chronology, 1776–2003. husband’s name than he should hers. tive rights, violence against women, Women and the Law is an excellent My name is my identity and must not and workplace rights. Again, each sec- choice for high school, public, and col- be lost” — and the stunning response, tion includes entries for important lege libraries. for its time, of her husband-to-be: “I cases, laws, and individuals. Even for wish, as a husband, to renounce all the the well-informed, these sections are privileges which the law confers upon replete with interesting material. For SCIENTISTS me, which are not strictly mutual” example, Kuersten ends her discussion (p.19). Unfortunately Kuersten uses a of Title IX (gender equity aspect of the Leigh Ann Whaley, WOMEN’S HIS- syntactic form vehemently challenged Education Amendments of 1972) not TORY AS SCIENTISTS: A GUIDE by feminist librarians and removed only by contrasting the two percent of TO THE DEBATES. Santa Barbara, from subject headings; namely “women collegiate sports budget for women’s CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003 (Controversies as....” Kuersten has entries for “Women sports before Title IX with forty-two in Science series). 252p. bibl. index. as Jurors” and “Women as Lawmakers,” percent in 2003, but also with the re- $85.00, ISBN 1-57607-230-4; e-book, unintentionally reinforcing the view sults of a 2001 survey of senior women $90.00, 1-57607-742-X; both, that for women to be jurors or lawmak- business executives — eighty-two per- $130.00. ers is somehow unnatural. “Women cent had played organized sports in Jurors” and “Women Lawmakers” college. Another is the debt women “Are women capable of doing sci- would not have done that. Fortunately, owe to Gloria Allred, who has sued a ence?” From ancient Greece to the she does not use that construction dry cleaner for charging more to clean present day, the nature and extent of when discussing “Women in the Legal women’s clothing than men’s, a hair women’s intellectual and scientific abil- Profession,” “Women in the Military,” salon for charging more to cut girls’ ity has been debated in many forums. and “Women on the U.S. Supreme hair than boys’, and a store that In Women’s History as Scientists, Leigh Court.” Just one other quibble with a charged to alter women’s clothing but Ann Whaley follows contemporary statement in this section. In discussing not men’s. A third example is the cur- thought through classical and Western Minor v. Happersett, a Supreme Court rent status of “contraceptive equity.” history, leading the reader from women’s suffrage case from the 1870s, Kuersten’s entry states that there was a Aristotle, who believed the female to be Kuersten states that “women would not ruling in 2000 by the Equal Employ- inferior to the male, and Plato, who be given the right to vote for forty-five ment Opportunity Commission that stressed the need for equal education more years” (p.31). Be given? Hardly not providing insurance for contracep- for the sexes, to modern-day philoso- the verb for three generations of tives amounts to sex discrimination, pher Sandra Harding, who points to an struggle. and that two federal courts have ruled increase in women in important posi- “Constitutional Equality” is the similarly. “But there is still no federal tions and positive encouragement for second section. Here Kuersten places law requiring contraceptive coverage in younger women interested in the sci- entries for second wave feminists, Con- health care plans, although several ences: “Women’s ability to apply the gresswomen, the saga of the Equal states have introduced or passed bills scientific method is no longer ques-

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tioned. And the very presence of these [Barbarly Korper McConnell, who wrote caller would have said, “Aha!” if that’s women has helped to change the na- the above review, is a reference and in- all he read. But Giele and Stebbins re- ture of research being carried out” struction librarian at California State late that women earn less than men at (p.202). Throughout the narrative, University, Fullerton.] all educational levels, at every stage, Whaley aims at a balanced presentation even when they are just starting out in showing multiple sides of the argu- employment and without interrup- ment. In contrast to Harding, other WORKPLACE tions. Women’s educational and on- present-day thinkers see problems with the-job experiences are insufficient fac- the current situation for women in the Janet Zollinger Giele & Leslie F. tors to account for the entire pay gap. sciences. Scientists Muriel Lederman Stebbins, WOMEN AND EQUALITY Instead, feminist theorists, such as and Ingrid Bartsch find that women in IN THE WORKPLACE: A REFER- Heidi Hartmann, point to the endur- science are still considered anomalies in ENCE HANDBOOK. Santa Barbara: ing influence of patriarchy as the cause our culture (p.203). Researchers Mar- ABC-CLIO, 2003. 334p. index. (Con- of sex discrimination and sex segrega- garet A. Eisenhart and Elizabeth Finkel temporary world issues). $45.00, tion of jobs. Economists use concepts find women in contemporary society to ISBN 1-57607-937-6; e-book, $50.00, of “tastes” (noneconomic values linked be “’discouraged, barred, or chased ISBN 1-57607-938-4; both, $70.00. to culture), gender typing, and internal from science’” (p.203). Whaley notes structures within firms that set up dual that the cultural view of the scientist Some time ago I received a call tracks, differentiating between primary remains “white, male, and upper- from a man who was convinced that and secondary workers — as, for ex- middle class” (p.203). the pay differential between men and ample, tenured and contract faculty in Throughout the text, Whaley dis- women was explainable based on “work universities — to further probe the cusses the interplay between thinkers to experience” rather than attributable in reasons for discrimination. The authors situate ideas in time and in relationship any way to discrimination, and he also mention Pamela Stone’s research, to each other. She discusses the impact sought resources to prove it. I wish I’d which took a different approach. She of philosophy, law, professionalization, had Women and Equality in the Work- studied conditions that favor women’s and the scientific academy on women’s place at that time to offer him, because entry into and success in traditionally lives and opportunities as scientists. it has a very cogent discussion of the male fields. Stone found that women The place of education for women, a various theories and factors that con- succeed in occupations that require a concern irrevocably intertwined with tribute to understanding why women great deal of education, training, and this discussion, is considered through- are paid less. As the authors explain, expertise; that are new (so that they out. “[w]age setting is...the result of a com- aren’t “burdened with the historical This book works as both a history plex process that involves both the in- baggage of sex labeling”); and that are and a reference work. It can be read dividual woman’s characteristics, ac- subject to rapid growth and change through as history, yet its excellent in- tions, and choice and the employer’s brought about by new technologies dex and intuitive organization make it industry, needs, and preferences.” and procedures (p.30). a useful reference tool as well. The text (p.28). They describe theories that find Analyzing the pay gap is a major is well documented, making it easy to more import in a particular factor over element of the first chapter of Women follow source citations to primary lit- others. Preference theory, expounded and Equality in the Workplace. Another erature. Although no work can be truly by Catherine Hakim, gives most is examining gender equity internation- unbiased, the tone is academic — not weight to women’s preferences for part- ally. This is a welcome perspective, indignant or reactionary — and time work, time out for childbearing, since most such works focus exclusively Whaley presents a balanced view of the and priority of family over career, all on the United States. The authors con- various contributions to this debate. aspects of a human capital model for tinue this thread in subsequent chap- This work is recommended for all aca- understanding differences in wages and ters, though the emphasis remains on demic libraries and would be very work. This model examines the effects the United States. much at home in a larger public library on earnings of educational level, time The second chapter takes up rem- or a high school library. on the job, and skill requirements and edies for employment inequities af- demands of specific occupations. My forded by legislation and social policies.

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The federal government has plenty of There is a chronology and then a chap- ternational development. This is useful legal devices (affirmative action, Title ter of biographical sketches of women for students looking for a graduate VII, etc.), and large employers offer pioneers in traditionally male fields, school where they can study gender flextime, telecommuting, and many activists around workplace issues, and and socioeconomic factors in an inter- other incentives to retain working scholars. Many of the pioneers and ac- national context, but I wish the authors mothers (and fathers). However, the tivists are people who turn up fre- had been a bit more general and sup- U.S. is not as advanced as European quently in works on women, such as plied information on graduate pro- countries in child care and state sup- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anita Hill, Sally grams where feminist economics could port for working families, and working Ride, and Betty Friedan. The life sto- be a strong feature of their study. women still shoulder more of the do- ries of the economists and scholars One last comment about the book. mestic responsibilities than men do. from other disciplines (Barbara Women and Equality in the Workplace is Giele and Stebbins are optimistic that a Bergmann, Francine Blau, Jo Freeman, co-authored by a librarian (Stebbins) great deal of progress has gone on and Claudia Goldin, Alice Kessler-Harris, and a professor (Giele), brought to- is likely to continue, particularly for Catharine MacKinnon, and Barbara gether by their publisher. It was a most middle-class women. They are less sure Reskins) are no less interesting, and the productive union, and according to that poor women will benefit very summaries of their research insights are their acknowledgments, enjoyable, too. soon. valuable. The remaining chapters pro- Following these two narrative vide legal facts, statistical data, direc- [Phyllis Holman Weisbard, who wrote the chapters, Women and Equality in the tory information for organizations, and above reviews except where otherwise Workplace follows the usual pattern for selected print, video, and web re- noted, co-edits Feminist Collections and reference works in the publisher’s sources. There’s also a directory of is the Women’s Studies Librarian for the “Contemporary World Issues” series. graduate programs on women and in- University of Wisconsin System.]

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SPOTLIGHT This fifty-six-page magazine is edited and published by a thirty-something mother in Cumbria, England, and read We’ve mentioned it before in Feminist Collections and around the world by mothers, fathers, and others interested on our website, but WOMEN’S ENEWS at in outside-the-mainstream living and parenting. It addresses www.womensenews.org is worthy of special note again. such concepts as home birth, water birth, breastfeeding, at- This daily news service, “covering issues of particular con- tachment parenting, radical unschooling, eco-mothering, cern to women and providing women’s perspectives on pub- alternatives to commercial/disposable products (including lic policy,” has had an Internet presence since 1999, became “natural infant hygiene”), recycling, and organic farming and independent in 2002, and added an Arabic version in 2003. gardening. Women’s eNews now has a staff of seven, an editorial board of “Our main themes are fertility awareness, conscious thirteen, and nearly fifty news correspondents around the conception, peaceful pregnancy, aware labour, gentle birth, world. child-led weaning, natural immunity and other holistic Editor-in-chief Rita Henley Jensen has announced that lifestyle choices,” state the submission guidelines for writers, the service will be providing special political coverage during “including non-vaccination and child centred co-operative the 2004 presidential election campaign season. “Many education. Our focus is on empowerment. We hope to en- studies have shown that women do better when more courage parents to recognise that they are the experts on women are in power,” she writes in a “Women’s Equality their child/ren.” Day” essay (August 25, 2004). [But] [t]he U.S. ranks 59th in the world for elected female representatives to our na- WOMEN WRITERS. 2000– . Ed.: Kim Wells. 2/yr. tional legislature, with only 14 female senators and 60 fe- (June & December). ISSN 1535-8402535-8402. Online male members of House...Women’s eNews will be covering only: Free. Website: http://womenwriters.net/ Issue exam- the races that could land more women in higher office and ined: Summer 2004. change these numbers for the better... As we gather more Editor Kim Wells calls this effort a zine, but its editorial information, we will put it all together in an interactive map board and scholarly contributors, its organizational structure indicating what we will call the HOT PINK races. These and peer-reviewed status, the staff’s desire to pay writers in races are not about red or blue. These are the elections that the future, and even the fact that this thing has an ISSN could significantly affect the well-being of women.” To fol- seems to put Women Writers in a different category from the low this election coverage, select “Campaign 2004” from the publications we review in “Zine and Heard.” Wells is work- Women’s eNews home page. ing on a Ph.D. in English Literature/American Women Writers at Texas A&M University. This journal started as a set of links to websites on women writers and then expanded NEW AND NEWLY DISCOVERED PERIODICALS into a periodical; the list is still maintained on the site and includes more than 300 links. THE MOTHER: HOLISTIC PARENTING IN A MOD- In the Summer 2004 issue: dozens of book reviews, in- ERN WORLD. 2002– . Publ./Ed.: Veronika Sophia cluding one of Women in a World at War: Seven Dispatches Robinson. 4/yr. ISSN 1476-0150. Subscriptions: in the from the Front and one of When Your Voice Tastes Like Home: U.K., £10; in Europe (including R.O.I.), €23.00; in the Immigrant Women Write; “Thoughts on Women Writers,” an U.S. and elsewhere, $30.00. The Cottage, Glassonby, Near address Wells gave in October 2003 to the Association of Penrith, CA10 1DU Cumbria, UK; email: Professional Women Writers in Western New York State; [email protected]; website: new poetry and fiction; interview with Mitzi Szereto, author www.themothermagazine.co.uk (Issues examined: No.7 of Erotic Fairy Tales: A Romp Through the Classics; and a read- (Autumn 2003), No.8 (Winter 2003/04), No.9 (Spring ers’ poll on whether or not women writers have become well- 2004). represented in the canon.

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SPECIAL ISSUE OF A PERIODICAL A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching ATLANTIS: A WOMEN’S STUDIES JOURNAL. Femi- nist Knowledge Network (FKN) Special Issue One, 2003: “International Feminist Perspectives: Women and Violence.” Since 1984, Feminist Teacher has been at the Guest Ed.: Vanessa Farr. [Atlantis: ISSN 0702-7818. 2/yr. forefront of discussions about how to fight sexism, racism, homophobia, and other Subscriptions: in Canada, $25.00 plus GST for individuals; forms of oppression in our classrooms and in U.S. or elsewhere, US$30.00. Single issue: $12.00 plus in the institutions in which we work. A tax and postage (U.S. funds outside Canada). Eds.: June peer-reviewed journal, Feminist Teacher Corman & Meg Luxton. Publ.: Institute for the Study of provides a forum for interrogations of Women, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova cultural assumptions and discussions of Scotia B3M 2J6, Canada; phone: (902) 457-6319; fax: such topics as multiculturalism, (902) 443-1352; email: [email protected]] interdisciplinarity, and distance education “Because it is so widespread, and yet can manifest itself within a feminist context. Feminist Teacher so differently in diverse social, cultural and political con- serves as a medium in which educators can texts,” writes guest editor Farr, “the problem of violence describe strategies that have worked in their against women is one which occupies feminist activists and classrooms, institutions, or non-traditional academics wherever we work. As a result, finding ways to settings; theorize about successes or failures; expose, agitate against, and otherwise resist the violence that discuss the current place of feminist women face daily has been a significant site of negotiation pedagogies and teachers in classrooms and and coalition-building among women working locally, re- institutions; and reveal the rich variety of gionally, and internationally.” feminist pedagogical approaches. The The articles in this special issue were published previ- journal also remains committed to address- ously in other journals around the world that are members ing issues that face educators today, of the Feminist Knowledge Network. Partial contents: including anti-feminism, anti-academic “Women as Witches and Keepers of Demons: Cross-Cul- backlash, and sexual harassment. tural Analysis of Struggles to Change Gender Relations” (by Dev Nathan, Govind Kelkar, & Yu Xiaogang; published in Subscription rate: institutions, $75 ($95 Economic and Political Weekly); “Sexual Experiences and the non-U.S.); individuals, $30 ($50 non-U.S.) Psychosexual Effect of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or Female Circumcision (FC) on Sudanese Women” (by ISSN: 0882-4843 Ahmed Abdel Magied & Suad Musa Ahmed; published in The Ahfad Journal); “Laws Against Domestic Violence: Frequency: Three times a year (FALL, WINTER, SPRING) Underused or Abused?” (by Madhu Kishwar; published in Manushi: A Journal About Women and Society); “Men’s Vio- lence, Men’s Parenting and Gender Politics in Sweden” (by Contact: Maria Eriksson; published in NORA, Nordic Journal of University of Illinois Press Women’s Studies); “Visible Wars & Invisible Girls, Shadow 1325 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Industries, and the Politics of Not-Knowing” (by Carolyn Toll-free: 866-244-0626; Fax: 217-244-9910 Nordstrom; published in the International Feminist Journal [email protected] www.press.uillinois.edu of Politics). Feminist Teacher Feminist ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

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CEASED PUBLICATION by, for and about women existed. Now women can communicate on the Internet instantly all over the world. To be WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL NETWORK (WIN) sure I still believe in the validity of the printed word — that NEWS published its last issue in Autumn 2003, ending a can never be replaced. Please keep in touch — we have all nearly thirty-year run of reporting “information of interest issues of WIN NEWS in stock and shall be glad to send you to women around the world,” including information about copies.” WIN NEWS, 187 Grant St., Lexington, MA United Nations activities affecting women. In an editorial in 02420-2126; email: [email protected] the final issue (29-4), founder and editor Fran Hosken describes the work of WIN NEWS over the years in collecting and reporting facts “about the pervasive, economic exploita- TRANSITIONS tion of women by business everywhere, about unequal pay, about violence against women and wife abuse, about the HYPATIA: A JOURNAL OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY universal discrimination by governments, in the labor force, (ISSN 0887-5367) is now edited at Michigan State Univer- in pensions, in education and in all schools and universities.” sity by Hilde L. Nelson, assistant professor of philosophy Moreover, Hosken writes, “WIN NEWS is the only global ([email protected]). The editorial office will be at MSU communication system that regularly report[ed] on FGM through 2008 (editorship rotates every five years). The jour- [female genital mutilation] in every issue (since summer nal is still published by Indiana University Press. 1975) four times a year — first explaining the totally unknown facts, publishing press releases and flyers about FGM, As of vol. 16, no.1 (2004), Johns Hopkins University Press where it is practiced and the effects of the mutilations — (2715 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218; website: which had been hidden from women worldwide.” Hosken www.press.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_womens_history) has worked ceaselessly in the campaign against FGM, is publishing the JOURNAL OF WOMEN’S HISTORY through both WIN NEWS and other publications, such as (ISSN 1042-7961). The previous publisher was Indiana The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females, University Press. which is now in its fourth edition. About the ending of the periodical’s publication, WOMEN IN NATURAL RESOURCES became “a com- Hosken writes, “WIN NEWS was very much needed in pletely on-line, subscription-free journal” in 2004. Read 1975 when no independent international communication new and archived articles at www.cnr.uidaho.edu/winr/

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Thomson-Gale has recently added SERIES 7: LESBIAN The Stone Center’s Jean Baker Miller Training Institute of HERSTORY ARCHIVES: SUBJECT FILES to the Gay the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) has released Rights Movement series in its Primary Source Microfilm PREVENTION THROUGH CONNECTION: A COL- imprint. National and ethnically diverse in its scope, the LABORATIVE APPROACH TO WOMEN’S SUB- Lesbian Herstory Archives houses “the world’s largest STANCE ABUSE (2003), by Linda Hartling, Ph.D., Paper collection of materials by and about lesbians and their No. 103, $10.00. This paper explores the nature of sub- communities.” This microfilm collection consists of ap- stance abuse among women as a means to establish relation- proximately 175 reels containing more than 1,000 subject ships with others and to cope with stress and trauma. It also files relating to all aspects of lesbian life (e.g., abortion, proposes the “collaboration and the development of growth- African-American lesbians, domestic partnership, etc.), fostering interpersonal, professional, and community primarily from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Among the rare relationships” as a means of prevention and recovery from materials included in the collection are “clippings, fliers, substance abuse. To order a copy, contact the Publications brochures, conference materials, reports [and] correspon- Department, Wellesley Centers for Women, 106 Central dence.” To order this collection or receive more information Street, Wellesley, MA 02481; phone: (781) 283-2510; on the Gay Rights Movement series, contact Thomson Gale, website: www.wcwonline.org. 12 Lunar Drive, Woodbridge, CT 06525-2398; phone: (800) 444-0799; fax: (203) 397-3893; email: Developed by the Women’s Health Bureau, Health Canada [email protected]; website: www.gale.com/psm (2003), EXPLORING CONCEPTS OF GENDER AND HEALTH offers gender-based analysis — a process by which In conjunction with the upcoming 2004 election, an the impact of proposed and existing programs, policies and organization calling itself the Independent Women’s Forum legislation relating to both men and women is assessed — as — whose roots are in a women’s group that supported a tool to understanding sex and gender as determinants of Clarence Thomas against Anita Hill’s allegations during his health. This sixty-two-page guide provides key concepts, case Supreme Court nomination hearings — has released a studies, references, resources, and other useful information special nineteen-page report entitled DEPENDENCY on how to integrate gender-based analysis into the research, DIVAS: HOW THE FEMINIST BIG GOVERNMENT design, and implementation of “sex-and gender-sensitive AGENDA BETRAYS WOMEN, by Carrie L. Lukas. policies and programs.” This document is available (free of Among the objectives of this report is an attempt to paint charge) in PDF or HTML format from www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ government and feminist organizations, including NOW, as english/women/exploringconcepts.htm. For more counterproductive to the independence of women. IWF information, contact Women’s Health Bureau, Health challenges the prevailing support of taxation and other Canada, 3rd Floor, Jeanne Mance Building, Tunney’s Pasture, policies that require government intervention, such as Postal Locator 1903C, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9; phone: workplace regulations, “free” healthcare, social security and (613) 957-2721; fax: (613) 952-3496; email: affirmative action, by claiming that these policies render [email protected]. women inferior and dependent on big government. The report can be downloaded from www.iwf.org/ GENDER AND CITIZENSHIP, the newest addition to specialreports/specrpt_detail.asp?ArticleID=464 BRIDGE’s Cutting Edge Pack series, was developed as a The Center for Media & Democracy’s “Disinfopedia” resource to teach and encourage policy-makers and activists entry for the IWF (see www.disinfopedia.org/ to view and understand citizenship through a “gender wiki.phtml?title=Independent_Women%27s_Forum) equality perspective” — through actions such as addressing describes the group as “an anti-feminist organization funded traditionally private matters of sexuality and reproduction as by Richard Mellon Scaife, Koch Industries, and other right- public matters, challenging the exclusion of marginalized wing ideologues” and “a secular counterpart to Religious groups by supporting affirmative action policies, and raising Right women’s groups like Eagle Forum and Concerned overall awareness of the collective struggles facing women — Women for America.” in an effort to promote the participation of women and other marginalized groups in society. The pack (ISBN 1- 85864-467-4) contains a forty-nine-page Overview Report,

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by Shamim Meer; a Supporting Resources Collection, by movements, law, religion, etc. Of special interest to instruc- Charlie Sever, that summarizes key concepts, case studies, tors, up to twenty percent of the book may consist of and tools for implementation; and a special issue of the materials from outside the database, such as a course syllabus BRIDGE Bulletin with the theme “Gender & Citizenship.” and your own selections of articles. For ordering and pricing All of the publications in the pack can be downloaded for information, or to construct your own book, refer to the free, in PDF or Word (and in English or Spanish), from Reading Women’s Lives website at www.pearsoncustom.com/ www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/reports_gend_CEP.html. Paper database/rwl.html. For more information, contact Pearson copies are available for sale through the virtual bookshop of Custom Publishing, phone: (800) 777-6872; fax: (617) the Institute of Development Studies at server.ntd.co.uk/ 848-6333; email: [email protected] ids/bookshop/details.asp?id=789. For more information, contact BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies, Of interest to researchers, policymakers, business leaders, Brighton, BN1 9RE, UK; email: [email protected] activists, students and anyone else concerned with the issues facing women today, the fifteen-year-old INSTITUTE FOR New from UNRISD, in conjunction with Zed books, is WOMEN’S POLICY RESEARCH (IWRP) is a leader in GLOBAL PRESCRIPTIONS: GENDERING HEALTH both producing and disseminating “research that supports AND HUMAN RIGHTS, by Rosalind Pollack Petchesky specific policy initiatives” relating to several key areas — (306p., $75.00, ISBN 1842770047; paper, $29.95, ISBN Poverty and Welfare, Family and Work, Employment and 1842770071). An UNRISD press release describes the work Earnings, Health and Safety, and Democracy and Society. as “a deeply informed analysis of women’s efforts to affect IWPR takes gender and racial disparities into special health policy at [the] international and national level...[and] consideration when interpreting data. Important findings a major contribution to contemporary debates on gender, are then shared with Congress, convening conferences, and health, and human rights in a post 9/11 world dominated by various women’s organizations, and are disseminated through militarism.” For information on ordering this book, contact PR campaigns. Some examples of publications featured in Zed Books, 7 Cynthia Street, London N1 9JF, UK; phone: IWRP’s catalog: THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE +44 (0)207-837-4014; fax: +44 (0)207-833-3960; website: STATES; WHY PRIVATIZING GOVERNMENT SER- zedbooks.co.uk/ VICES WOULD HURT WOMEN WORKERS; BEFORE AND AFTER WELFARE REFORM: THE WORK AND Developed by the Women’s Studies department at Ohio WELL-BEING OF SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES; A State University and Pearson Custom Publishing, READ- PLACE AT THE TABLE: WOMEN’S NEEDS AND ING WOMEN’S LIVES is a tool that allows women’s MEDICARE REFORM. To order a publication, download a studies instructors to construct customized readers tailored report, or learn more about IWRP, visit www.iwpr.org/ to specific course material. Readers can be constructed index.htm or call (202) 785-5100. online from a database that contains over 400 selections, covering a wide array of topics, such as education, women’s  Compiled by Melissa Gotlieb

WAVE: Women’s AudioVisuals In English, a database created and maintained by the Office of the Women’s Studies Librarian, has had a recent update. WAVE now contains close to 3,100 descriptions of films, videos, and DVDs by and about women. Search WAVE by keyword, title, filmmaker, and more at http:// digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WAVE. In addition, our office maintains an associated up-to-date file on distributors of women-focused media at www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/distribs.htm. For further information, read “About WAVE” at http://webcat.library.wisc.edu:3200/WAVE/ About.html or contact our office.

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THE ABORTION RIGHTS CONTROVERSY IN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN’S HEALTH. Lous, Sana, AMERICA: A LEGAL READER. Hull, N. E. H., and oth- and Sajatovic, Martha. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2004. ers. University of North Carolina Press, 2004. EXPANDING THE PALACE OF TORAH: ORTHO- ALASKA’S WOMEN PILOTS: CONTEMPORARY DOXY AND FEMINISM. Ross, Tamar. Brandeis Univer- PORTRAITS. Fratzke, Jenifer. Utah State University Press, sity Press, 2004. 2004. FAMILY TIME: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN CONSERVATIONISTS: CARE. Folbre, Nancy, and Bittman, Michael. Routledge, TWELVE PROFILES. Holmes, Madelyn. McFarland, 2004. 2004. FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICAL FAMILY APPETITES: WHY WOMEN WANT. Knapp, Caroline. THERAPY. Lyness, Anne M. Prouty. Haworth, 2004. Counterpoint, 2003. FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY. Nagl-Docekal, Herta. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Westview, 2004. IN INDIA. Bhattacharya, Rinki. Sage (India), 2004. FRANCES POWER COBBE: VICTORIAN FEMINIST, BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO CHICANA AND JOURNALIST, REFORMER. Mitchell, Sally. University of LATINA NARRATIVE. Leonard, Kathy S. Praeger, 2003. Virginia Press, 2004. BOUND BY A MIGHTY VOW: SISTERHOOD AND FROM MENARCHE TO MENOPAUSE: THE FEMALE SECRET SOCIETIES, 1870-1920. Turk, Diana. New York BODY IN FEMINIST THERAPY. Chrisler, Joan C. University Press, 2004. Haworth, 2004. CAMP ALL-AMERICAN, HANOI JANE, AND THE GENDER AND CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY. Linduff, HIGH AND TIGHT: GENDER, FOLKLORE, AND Katheryn M., and Sun, Yan. Altamira/Rowman & CHANGING MILITARY CULTURE. Burke, Carol. Bea- Littlefield, 2004. con, 2004. GENDER AND GOVERNANCE. Brush, Lisa D. THE CHILD OF EXILE: A POETRY MEMOIR. Hospi- Altamira/Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. tal, Caroline. Arte Publico, 2004. GENDER IN ARCHAEOLOGY: ANALYZING POWER CITIZEN BACCHAE: WOMEN’S RITUAL PRACTICE AND PRESTIGE. Nelson, Sarah Milledge. Altamira/ IN ANCIENT GREECE. Goff, Barbara. University of Cali- Rowman & Littlefield, 2004. fornia Press, 2004. GOAL SISTERS: LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT WITH A A COMPANION TO GENDER HISTORY. Meade, Teresa LITTLE HELP FROM YOUR FRIENDS. Leach, Ann, A., and Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Blackwell, 2004. and Pillen, Michelle Beaulieu. New World Library, 2004. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SARAH MORGAN HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF FEMINISM. Boles, AND FRANCIS WARRINGTON DAWSON, WITH SE- Janet K., and Hoeveler, Diane Long. Scarecrow Press, 2004. LECTED EDITORIALS WRITTEN BY SARAH MOR- IMMIGRANT WOMEN TELL THEIR STORIES. Berger, GAN FOR THE CHARLESTON NEWS AND COU- Roni. Haworth, 2004. RIER. Roberts, Giselle. University of Georgia Press, 2004. INEZ: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF INEZ CRIMSON MOON: A BROWN ANGEL MYSTERY. MILHOLLAND. Lumsden, Linda J. Indiana University Corpi, Lucha. Arte Público , 2004. Press, 2004. DEAR DAISY. Ver Dow, Jane Marla. Rising Sparrow Press, INSIDE CORPORATE U: WOMEN IN THE ACAD- 2004. EMY SPEAK OUT. Reimer, Marilee. Sumach, 2004. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WOMEN: STUDIES IN JUST BENEATH MY SKIN: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THEIR LIVES, WORK, AND CULTURE, VOL.3. Troost, SELF-DISCOVERY. Foster, Patricia. University of Georgia Linda V. AMS, 2003. Press, 2004. EMMELINE PANKHURST: A BIOGRAPHY. Purvis, LANGUAGE AND WOMAN’S PLACE: TEXT AND June. Routledge, 2003. COMMENTARIES. Lakoff, Robin. Oxford University ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, Press, 2004. AND TRANSGENDER HISTORY IN AMERICA. Stein, LESBIANS, FEMINISM, AND PSYCHOANALYSIS: Marc. Charles Scribner’s Sons/Gale Group, 2004. THE SECOND WAVE. Glassgold, Judith M., and Iasenza, Suzanne. Haworth, 2004.

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