Issue #14 (February 1975) of the collectively-edited publication from the feminist back-to-the-land commune Country Women in Albion, CA on the Mendocino coast. In at least 33 issues published through 1979, Country Women featured articles on feminist shared experience, practical how-to tips on country living (animal raising, carpentry, farming) and published poetry, songs and drawings by contributors from around the country. Each issue usually focused on a theme, plus practical articles. Issue 16 (1975) stated that 7,500 copies were being distributed to 150 bookstores in 26 states, and that the publication.....
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Issue #23 (February 1977) of the collectively-edited publication from the feminist back-to-the-land commune Country Women in Albion, CA on the Mendocino coast. In at least 33 issues published through 1979, Country Women featured articles on feminist shared experience, practical how-to tips on country living (animal raising, carpentry, farming) and published poetry, songs and drawings by contributors from around the country. Each issue usually focused on a theme, plus practical articles. Issue 16 (1975) stated that 7,500 copies were being distributed to 150 bookstores in 26 states, and that the publication.....
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A rare copy of the second printing of "Our Bodies, Our Selves," after the name was changed from the 1970 first printing of "Women & Their Bodies," the coursebook originating out of the Boston Women’s Health Course Collective.

Condition: Good-, previous moisture staining to lower left corner, visible on interior pages and front and back covers; soiling to covers and paint spot on front cover; rusting to staples, nicks, dogears and soft creasing to covers; toning to newsprint.
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The mimeographed March 1968 issue. Published from 1968-1969 in the East Bay, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, Black Politics was "a part of the Black liberation movement and believe[s] that freedom, justice, and equality must be attained by those means that the oppressed think necessary." Contents include "The Truth About the Massacre at Orangeburg" by Onij-Nejjih, "How to Acquire the Rifle" bu George Prosser, "The New Left, Old Ideas in a New Front" by Robert F. Williams, and a "Tribute to Che (1928-1967)" by C.N. Fuegos, plus more.....
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The September/October 1968 issue printed on paper or various colors. Published from 1968-1969 in the East Bay, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, Black Politics was "a part of the Black liberation movement and believe[s] that freedom, justice, and equality must be attained by those means that the oppressed think necessary." This issue includes editorials and articles on the Mexican student uprising at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional, the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet Troops, the 1968 elections and an appeal to vote Black Panther Party, the Oakland Direct Action.....
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Issue #14 (Vol. 4 No. 14, Winter Solstice) of the quarterly periodical originally published at various lesbian intentional communities based in Southern Oregon and later from the land that Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove purchased in Wolfcreek, Oregon, which they called "Rootworks". Although collectively produced, the WomanSpirit publishing project was largely coordinated and edited by Ruth and Jean. It is said to be the first periodical dedictated to lesbian feminism and spirituality, and was a central part of movements and ideas that continued to grow throughout the 1970s: the Goddess Movement.....
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Issue #9 (Vol. 3 No. 9, Fall Equinox) of the quarterly periodical originally published at various lesbian intentional communities based in Southern Oregon and later from the land that Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove purchased in Wolfcreek, Oregon, which they called "Rootworks". Although collectively produced, the WomanSpirit publishing project was largely coordinated and edited by Ruth and Jean. It is said to be the first periodical dedictated to lesbian feminism and spirituality, and was a central part of movements and ideas that continued to grow throughout the 1970s: the Goddess Movement.....
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The first issue of this Bay Area counterculture publication, with features and full-page photo spreads on the Cockettes, a conversation with Allen Ginsberg, writings on counterculture politics and sex, plus comics by S. Clay Wilson, classifieds and more.

Condition: Good-, chips, tears and nicks to brittle newsprint along edges and spine fold; toning to newsprint.
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