Researching Lesbian Herstory

Sites Useful for Researching Lesbian Herstory

  • Some feminist publications can be searched online through Independent Voices, from Reveal Digital (link below):
    Lesbian Connection
    Feminist Bookstore News
    New Directions for Women
    WomaNews (out of New York, not Gainesville, FL)

    Independent Voices, from Reveal Digital: https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/independent-voices/
    This is “an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines, and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries.”

  • Maize, a Lesbian Country Magazine, first published in New York in 1983, is still publishing stories from lesbians on women’s land. Sponsored by Woman, Earth, and Spirit,
    https://womanearthandspirit.org/
    For many years now, Maize has been published from Outland, women’s land near Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Women, Earth, and Spirit lists that one of their projects involves a library, archives, and media center at Outland.