Womansplace Bookstore
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Womansplace Bookstore was an American feminist bookstore from the 1970's in Arizona.
Background[edit]
Founded by Moonyean Grosch, a lesbian feminist, the bookstore cataloged and promoted books and periodicals to lesbians and feminists. Originally established in Tempe, Arizona, Womanplace went on to relocate a few times, finally settling in Phoenix, Arizona until its closure.[1]
According to DYKE Quarterly, Womansplace was one of “the many women’s bookstores that peppered the landscape in the 1970’s.”[2] Bookstores such as Womansplace augmented the 1980's feminist movement as they built what scholar Kristen Hogan refers to as “a transnational network that helped shape some of feminism's most complex conversations.”[3]
Womansplace primarily serviced its customers through mail orders. They cataloged lesbian, general feminist and non-sexist children’s books.[4] The store provided comprehensive guides and lists to books, records, and other feminist bookstores for their readers to discover.
Womansplace sponsored events such as the raffle from the 1978 Gay Pride Week in Phoenix and the live performance event “Hats Off to Women” that took place in Miss Matty's Attic. Womansplace also supported the library at the Arizona State Women’s Prison—the bookstore often collected book contributions from customers. Donations varied from bestsellers, self-help, feminist books, to old magazines and textbooks.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ “Womansplace.” The Lesbian Tide, vol. 6, issue 3, 1976. Independent Voices Archive. https://voices.revealdigital.org/?a=d&d=EFGABHD19761101.1.34&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------------1
- ↑ “Womansplace Bookstore.” https://www.dykeaquarterly.com/place-montreal/
- ↑ Hogan, Kristen. The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability, April 2016. Duke University Press. https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/65/The-Feminist-Bookstore-MovementLesbian-Antiracism
- ↑ Lesbian Connection, vol. 4, no. 6, 1979. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/10.2307/community.28039188. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/community.28039188.pdf
- ↑ “Books/$ for Women’s Prisons.” Sunday’s Childe. https://exhibits.lib.asu.edu/files/original/e0344c9e0a294865b6ab74956d660740763fa638.pdf
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