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Southern Sisters, Inc.: Women in Print, a Feminist Outpost

Southern Sisters, Inc.: Women in Print, a Feminist Outpost

Southern Sisters, 411 Morris St., Durham, NC (1988-1995). Photo courtesy of Melody Ivins.

We didn’t know squat about books. If we’d known what it was going to take, we wouldn’t have done it! You had to be passionate and crazy.

Posted on February 19, 2024 Posted in Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers Tagged with childrens books, Inc. – Women in Print—A Feminist Outpost, Southern Sisters

Barbara Esrig: Writer, Oral Historian, Nurse, and Cook Extraordinaire

Barbara Esrig: Writer, Oral Historian, Nurse, and Cook Extraordinaire

Barbara Esrig. Photo by Elizabeth Daneman and Tammy Bernard.

Barbara Esrig, a founding member of Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project, describes her work as a midwife, and her recovery from a near-fatal car accident.

Posted on September 11, 2023 Posted in Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services, Spirituality and Religion Tagged with abortions, adoption, Alachua General Hospital, Amazon Opera, Amelia Earhart, Amelia’s, Ann Gill, artificial insemination, Arts in Medicine, Barbara Esrig, Carol Aubin, Cassadaga, Cheryl LaMay, childbirth, Clair Englander, Connie Jylanki, Corky Culver, Dotty Faibisy, Eloise Page, Eugene Oregon, Flash Silvermoon, Gail Atkins, Gainesville Florida, Gainesville Women’s Health Center, Gerry Green, Gwen Demeter, home birth, Jewish religion, Joan McTigue, La Leche, Lamaze, lay midwives, lesbian seders, lesbian variety show, Linda Wilson, Lynda Lou Simmons, Marcia Zeimer, Marilyn Mesh, Megan, midwifery, New York City, oral histories, Pam Smith, Practical nurse, Randi Cameon, registered nurse, RN, Ruth Segal, Sallie Ann Harrison, San Francisco, Sandy Cosgrave, Sandy Malone, segregated hospital, Shands Hospital, the Red House, turkey baster, Wild Iris, Womonwrites, writer in residence

Sonja Franeta: Writer, Translator, Educator, and Socialist Workers Party Candidate for Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama

Sonja Franeta

Sonja Franeta, born in New York City of immigrant parents, ran for mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, on the Socialist Party ticket in 1983.

Posted on September 8, 2023 Posted in Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with Argentina, Berkeley, Birmingham Alabama, Bronx, civil rights activism, coal miners union, comparative literature, Gulfport Public Library, journeyman machinist, Lesbians WriteOn, mayoral candidate, National Organization for Women, New York City, New York University, Pathfinder Press, Pink Flamingos, ReadOut, Russian language, San Francisco Bay Area, Serbo-Croatian, Slavic ethnicity, Socialist Workers Party, Soviet Union, St. Petersburg Florida, translator, Ukraine, United Mine Workers of America, Wheeled Mobility Center, Yugoslavia

Mary Gay Hutcherson: Cheerleader, Child Welfare Officer, Social Director for Richmond Lesbian Feminists

Mary Gay Hutcherson: Cheerleader, Child Welfare Officer, Social Director for Richmond Lesbian Feminists

At one point, I thought I’d realized my dream of meeting every lesbian in Virginia.

Posted on September 4, 2023 Posted in Lesbian Land Groups, Social and Political Groups Tagged with Babe’s, CampOut, Carefree, Equal Rights Amendment, ERA, First Friday Potluck, Jacqui Singleton, Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), National Organization for Women, NOW, Olivia, Richmond, Richmond Lesbian Feminist hotline, Richmond Lesbian Feminists, RLF Flyer, Run for Equality, Sonia Johnson, Virginia Women’s Music Festival, Women’s Political Caucus, WomensBooks