Distaff. 1973-07

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Title: Distaff
Volume/Number: Vol. 1, No. 6
Date Created: 1973-07
Editor(s): Pharr, Suzanne
Author(s): Caps, Mary
James, Selma
Jerry, Lynette
Kelly-Parmley, Patricia
King, Sally
Lehman, Mary
O’Neill, Maureen
Pharr, Suzanne
Phoebe Walmsley
White, Gail
Abstract: Distaff was the first and only feminist newspaper published in New Orleans. Founded in 1972 by Mary Gehman and Donna Swanson, Distaff served as a forum for women's voices in politics, activism, and the arts.
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Topical Subject(s): American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
Feminism and education
Second-wave feminism
Women political activists
Table of Contents: Cover - Feminists Picket LDES by Lynette Jerry, Selma James Speaks by Mary Capps
Page 2 - Parish Prison Women Speak Up by Mary Gehman, Distaff staff
Page 3 - Parish Prison Women Speak Up by Mary Gehman (continued), Advertisement – Charlotte Behre
Page 4 - Comment: Lynn Miller on the Movement, Advertisement – Michele’s Boutique, Distaff: correction
Page 5 - Abortion here and not by Sally King, Advertisement – Betty Brasseaux, Advertisement – Distaff
Page 6 - Feminists Picket LDES by Lynette Jerry (continued), Selma James Speaks by Mary Capps (continued), One Woman’s Dream by Selma James
Page 7 - Summer Reading: The Search for Self by Suzanne Pharr, Prayer to the Virgin by Gail White
Page 8 - 33 by Suzanne Pharr, Loneliness by Sally King, Feminists Picket LDES by Lynette Jerry (continued), Like Africa by Phoebe Walmsley, Advertisement – The Shamrock on Dublin
Page 9 - Coupling & the Establishment by Maureen O’Neill, Secretary by Gail White, Advertisement – Sidney’s Newsstand, Advertisement – Whittle, Advertisement – The Strawberry Patch
Page 10 – Petition, Abortion here and not by Sally King (continued), Advertisement – The Lazybug Shop, Advertisement – How and Why People Go Left
Page 11 - Petition (continued), What to Do until the Famine Comes by Patricia Kelly-Parmley
Page 12 - Parish Prison Women Speak Up by Mary Gehman (continued), What to Do until the Famine Comes by Patricia Kelly-Parmley (continued), Advertisement – Distaff, Advertisement – Jerusalem Gardens
Type of Resource: text
Language: eng
Extent: 12 pages
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