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HERstory

 Publications - Magazines, Newspapers, Zines etc

Archive

This archive is an open source repository for feminist, women's history and other publications - newspapers, zines, etc contributed by users/wellwishees amd friends. The archive is new but growng. Here you can access up to 4 pages from each volume or publication. Full publications can only be viewed by visiting our archive. Please contact us for more information by email at vox.feminarum@gmail.com. In addition, as a small/emergent organisation we host only a small collection of publications, complete runs of publications can however, be viewed online via the British Library Archives.

Here archives can be browsed by date (earliest first) Click on each thumbnail to access full pages

Miscellaneous  Collection

 

GLC Women’s Committee Bulletin Magazine, Bulletin No 15 1984 - Focus is  on transport 

GLC Women’s Committee Bulletin Magazine, Bulletin No  20 1984. Focus is on older women. 

 

Information: The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area.It had a number of sub-committees. The Women's Committee was set up in 1982 under Ken Livingston's administration. The first Chair was Valerie Wise appointed 11 May 1982

The full run of GLC Women's Committee Bulletin can be accessed via https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb1924-js3637

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Red Rag Magazine Issue No 8 February 1975. Contains many articles relating to issues facing women in the U.K. London : Marxist Collective in the Women's Liberation Movement 1972

Information: Red Rag Magazine was published by a collective of Marxist feminists. Set up in '72, it grew directly out of WLM [Women's Liberation Movement]. It was produced twice a year  and had a circulation of about 4,000. 

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Shrew Magazine Vol 3 No 3 1972-3 - Feminist magazine produced by Women’s Liberation Workshop

Information:The newsletter of the London Women's Liberation Workshop, Shrew, ran from 1970 to 1978 and each edition was produced by a different group or collective, often focusing on a specific issue. The full run of Shrew can be accessed via https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/shrew-magazine

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Wires Newsletter Issues 107 1981. Wires - Women’s Information, Referral and Enquiry Service. Contains many articles relating to issues facing women in the U.K

Wires Newsletter Issues 108, 1981. Wires -  Women’s Information, Referral and Enquiry Service. Contains many articles relating to issues facing women in the U.K

Information: WIRES- Women's Information and Referral Enquiry Service Wires, produced bi-monthly, set up at the Manchester National WLM conference to collect and pass on info about the WLM [Women's Liberation Movement], operate an information service for women,  Initially a collective in Leeds took it in, and it was based in Leeds for over 2 years and then in York in December 1977  Duplicated publication, circul. 600-700, it was distributed: mainly through subs to individuals and groups. A collective of 5 women did most of the work, with a larger support team helping to collate etc.more help collate. It took 72 hours to produce a single issue. 1975-1985

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Women's Liberation Review Magazine. No 1 from October 1972  - Feminist magazine produced by the Women’s Literature Collective, featuring cover by Astra Blaug. 

Women's Liberation Review Magazine.  No 2 from October 1973. Feminist magazine produced by the Women’s Literature Collective, featuring cover by Astra Blaug. 

Information: To be updated

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Women's Voice Feminist Magazine Issue 15 - March 1978 - Feminist magazine featuring International Women’s Day. 

Information: To be updated

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Outwrite Newspaper Collection

Outwrite newspaper was produced from 1982 - 1988 by a collective of women (The Feminist Newspaper Group), was dedicated to offering news by women, for women. Self-defined as an ‘internationlist feminist’ publication, the paper focused on ‘the development of feminism worldwide’ and an examination of women’s oppressions ‘in the context of imperialism, racism and class divisions.’ 

Outwrite reflected the concerns of the Women’s Movement at that time, and covers international issues and radical politics. Liberation struggles in El Salvador, South Africa and Palestine, as well as local campaigns including those of the Southall Black Sisters, Sari Squad and the King’s Cross Women’s Centre were regularly featured in Outwrite’s monthly reports. The transnational community Outwrite envisioned and embodied resonates powerfully with the social justice struggles of today. In its heyday Outwrite played a major role in circulating news across a global network.

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Spare Rib Collection

Spare Rib was an active part of the emerging Women's Liberation Movement in the late 20th century. Running from 1972-93, this now iconic magazine challenged the stereotyping and exploitation of women, while supporting collective, realistic solutions to the hurdles women faced.

Visitors to this site can explore selected highlights from the magazine; and examine how the magazine was run, why it was started and the issues it dealt with. The full run of Spare Rib magazines can be accessed via https://www.journalarchives.jisc.ac.uk/britishlibrary/sparerib.

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Feminist Review 

Feminist Review is a peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journal setting new agendas for feminism. Feminist Reviewinvites critical reflection on the relationship between materiality and representation, theory and practice, subjectivity and communities, contemporary and historical formations. The Feminist Review Collective is committed to exploring gender in its multiple forms and interrelationships 

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