Women in Print Conference
{{Short description|Former meeting of American feminist publishers and booksellers}}
{{Infobox recurring event|established={{start date and age|1976}}|frequency=Irregular|country=United States|years_active=1976, 1981, 1985}}
The Women in Print Conference (also the National Women in Print Conference) was a conference of feminist women involved in publishing, including workers from feminist bookstores, in the United States. It was conceptualized by June Arnold{{Cite journal|last1=Doughty|first1=Frances|last2=Bunch|first2=Charlotte|author-link2=Charlotte Bunch|date=Spring 1980|title=Printers & Publishers: Frances Doughty Talks to Charlotte Bunch about Women's Publishing|url=http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/sites/default/files/Sinister%20Wisdom%2013.pdf|journal=Sinister Wisdom|publisher=Iowa City Women's Press|volume=13|pages=74–75|issn=0196-1853}} and involved networking and workshops.{{Cite thesis|last=Enszer|first=Julie R.|title=THE WHOLE NAKED TRUTH OF OUR LIVES: LESBIAN-FEMINIST PRINT CULTURE FROM 1969 THROUGH 1989|date=2013|publisher=University of Maryland|hdl=1903/14038|url=http://hdl.handle.net/1903/14038}}{{Rp|118}} The conference was held three times: in 1976, 1981 and 1985.{{Rp|228}}
Conferences
The first Women in Print Conference was held at a Camp Fire Girls campsite in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1976,{{Cite news|last=Gould|first=Lois|date=1977-01-02|title=Creating a women's world|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/02/archives/creating-a-womens-world-the-feminists-behind-daughters-inc-a.html|access-date=2021-03-27|issn=0362-4331}} running from August 29 to September 5 with 132 women attending{{Cite magazine|last=Cassell|first=Kay|date=September 1976|title=WOMEN IN PRINT CONFERENCE|url=http://www.ala.org/rt/sites/ala.org.rt/files/content/SRRT/FTF/WiL/v6n1%20sep1976.pdf|magazine=Women in Libraries: Newsletter of the ALA/SRRT Task Force on Women|volume=6|issue=1|page=6|access-date=March 21, 2021}} and representing 80 organizations.{{Cite journal|last=Travis|first=Trysh|date=2008|title=The Women in Print Movement: History and Implications|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30227421|journal=Book History|volume=11|pages=275–300|jstor=30227421|issn=1098-7371}}{{Rp|280}} The preparation for it was initiated by novelist and publisher June Arnold, and the attendees came from across the United States. The location was chosen because it was near the center of the country.{{Rp|279}} Feminist bookstore worker Carol Seajay attended the conference, and it inspired the creation of her trade publication Feminist Bookstore News.{{Cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Elizabeth|date=|title=Carol Seajay, Old Wives Tales and the Feminist Bookstore Network|url=https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Carol_Seajay,_Old_Wives_Tales_and_the_Feminist_Bookstore_Network|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=March 21, 2021|website=FoundSF}}
The second Women in Print Conference was held in Washington, D.C., in 1981, and it ran from October 1 through October 4.{{Rp|208}} At the conference, Barbara Smith announced the formation of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press.{{Rp|204}} While the first conference had included only white women, this one included about 25 women of color, who thus comprised approximately 10% of the more than 250 attendees. The conference schedule included nearly 60 workshops.{{Cite journal|last1=Moira|first1=Fran|last2=Henry|first2=Alice|last3=Sorrel|first3=Lorraine|last4=Kolenc|first4=Sheila|last5=Leonard|first5=Vickie|date=1981|title=women in print|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25774133|journal=Off Our Backs|volume=11|issue=11|page=2|jstor=25774133|issn=0030-0071}}
The third Women in Print Conference was held in San Francisco, California, in 1985, running from May 29 to June 1. It was scheduled to take place immediately after a nearby American Booksellers Association conference.{{Cite magazine|last1=Jones|first1=Kay|last2=Kahn|first2=Leslie|date=November 1984|title=Women in Print 1985|url=https://alair.ala.org/bitstream/handle/11213/8255/v14n2%20nov1984.pdf?sequence=1|magazine=Women In Libraries: Newsletter of the ALA/SSRT Feminist Task Force|volume=14|issue=2|page=4|access-date=March 21, 2021}} About 200 women attended and discussed topics including censorship, working class issues, and lesbian erotica.{{Cite journal|last=Lootens|first=Tricia|date=1985|title=Third National Women in Print Conference|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25775543|journal=Off Our Backs|volume=15|issue=8|pages=8–9, 22–26|jstor=25775543|issn=0030-0071}}
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Category:Recurring events established in 1976
Category:Conferences in the United States
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Category:Recurring events disestablished in 1985
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Category:1981 in women's history
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