Did you know there are only 13 feminist bookstores left in North America?
1. Antigone Books* (Tucson, AZ) Established in 1973, Antigone Books is the oldest feminist bookstore in the country.
2. Bloodroot (Bridgeport, CT) Selma Miriam and Noel Furie co-own Bloodroot, a vegetarian restaurant and bookstore.
3. Bluestockings (New York, NY) Kathryn Welsh founded Bluestockings, a collectively owned and volunteer-run bookstore and cafe, in 1999.
4. BookWoman* (Austin, TX) opened in December 1974 and will celebrate its 40th anniversary at the end of this year. Current owner Susan Post, who started out as a volunteer, has been with the bookstore since its inception.
5. Charis Books and More* (Atlanta, GA) Sara Luce Look and Angela Gabriel co-own Charis Books and More, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in November.
6.Common Language* (Ann Arbor, MI) Opened in 1991. Common Language’s biggest sellers include lesbian fiction, gay studies, trans studies, women’s studies and children’s books, particularly those children’s books that spread a message of diversity.
7.In Other Words (Portland, OR) was founded in 1993 by Johanna Brenner, Kathryn Tetrick and Catherine Sameh. (It’s also where the feminist bookstore sketches are filmed for the TV show Portlandia.)
8. Northern Woman’s Bookstore (Thunder Bay, ON) Margaret Phillips is the owner of Northern Woman’s Bookstore, the only feminist bookstore in Canada.
9. People Called Women* (Toledo, OH) Owned by Gina Mercurio , People Called Women opened in 1993. The bookstore specializes in multicultural children’s books, non-fiction, memoirs, lesbian fiction and romance in addition to mainstream books.
10. A Room of One’s Own Books & Gifts* (Madison, WI) Owned by Sandy Torkildson, A Room of One’s Own offers new and used books in conjunction with Avol’s Bookstore.
11. Wild Iris Books* (Gainesville, FL), which opened its doors in 1992, is co-owned by Cheryl Krauth and Lylly Rodriguez.
12. Women and Children First* (Chicago, IL) Established in 1979, Women and Children First was listed for sale by owners Linda Bubon and Ann Christopherson last October. (They are currently in negotiations with a buyer and anticipate a seamless transition.)
13.Womencrafts (Provincetown, MA), which opened its doors on the tip of Cape Cod in 1976, is owned by Kathryn Livelli.
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