A Woman's Place (bookstore)

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A Woman's Place
ICI, Information Center Incorporate: A Woman's Place
FormationJanuary 18, 1972; 49 years ago (1972-01-18)
Location

A Woman's Place (fully ICI, Information Center Incorporate: A Woman's Place)[1]: 6  was a feminist bookstore in Oakland, California. It was founded on January 18, 1972[2] by a collective of eight women[3] who had previously been selling feminist publications on the street.[4] Intended as a community space for women, A Woman's Place stocked nonfiction books by men, but only sold fiction and poetry if it was written by a woman.[5] Members of the collective also focused on providing books from the perspective of the Third World and the working class.[4]

The founders of Old Wives Tales, another feminist bookstore in San Francisco, were former members of the collective at A Woman's Place.[4]

In 1982, the bookstore stocked 10,000 different books.[3]

Lockout and arbitration[]

In 1981, there was a disagreement within the collective involving racism. Two[6]: 599  or three white members locked out the others from the bookstore in 1982, leading to arbitration.[2] The four members who were locked out (Darlene Pagano, Elizabeth Summers, Jesse Meredith, and Keiko Kubo) described themselves as "one Italian, one Jewish, one Black, one Asian".[6]: 599  The store later reopened under new management, and an arbitration agreement was reached in 1983 which involved the incorporation of the bookstore.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Hogan, Kristen (2016). The feminist bookstore movement : lesbian antiracism and feminist accountability. Durham [North Carolina]. ISBN 978-0-8223-6110-7. OCLC 915120533.
  2. ^ a b c "A Woman's Place Bookstore records". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  3. ^ a b Friedman, Mickey (28 Jun 1982). "The ups and downs of the feminist literary community". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 45. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Boucher, Sandy (12 March 1978). "A Gathering Of Women's Voices". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 26–33. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. ^ Roberto, Patricia (3 October 1979). "Bookstore caters to feminists". Escondido Times-Advocate. p. B-3. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b Hogan, Kristen (2008-03-01). "Women's Studies in Feminist Bookstores: "All the Women's Studies women would come in"". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 33 (3): 595–621. doi:10.1086/523707. ISSN 0097-9740. S2CID 144949497.


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