Finding aid for the Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper collection 7076
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2018 December
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper collection
Identifier/Call Number: 7076
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1973-08-1978-03
Abstract: Originally published by the Women's Center (218 South Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA) as
Sister and later titled
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper or
Sister: Los Angeles Feminist News, this newspaper was published as an open forum "to communicate news, activities, and ideas of the Women's Movement" in Los
Angeles, CA.
Sister was first published circa 1970 and ran until circa 1978. Beginning in 1976 or 1977, the newspaper was published out of North
Hollywood by an issuing agency under the name of "Sister." This collection consists of seven issues of the newspaper ranging
from August of 1973 (vol. IV, no. 6) to March of 1978 (vol. IX, no. 1). The majority of issues in this collection were published
under the title
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper.
Biographical / Historical
Originally published by the Women's Center (218 South Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA) as
Sister and later titled
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper or
Sister: Los Angeles Feminist News, this newspaper was published as an open forum to communicate news, activities, and ideas of the Women's Movement in Los
Angeles, CA.
Sister was first published circa 1970 and ran until circa 1978. Beginning in 1976 or 1977, the newspaper was published out of North
Hollywood by an issuing agency under the name of "Sister."
Content Description
Seven issues of
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper, also titled
Sister: Los Angeles Feminist News or just
Sister -- published in Los Angeles, CA, in the 1970s. This collection consists of seven issues of the newspaper ranging from August
of 1973 (vol. IV, no. 6) to March of 1978 (vol. IX, no. 1). The majority of issues in this collection were published under
the title
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper.
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Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper collection, Collection no. 7076, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Bolerium Books, November 28, 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Feminism -- California -- Los Angeles -- Newspapers
Second-wave feminism -- California -- Los Angeles -- Newspapers
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Newspapers
Newspapers
Westside Women's Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Box 1, Folder 1
Sister; vol. 4, no. 6
1973 August
Scope and Contents
Women in art; special issue. Venice, CA: The Women's Center, 1973. l6p., folded tabloid newspaper, features, news, opinion,
calendar of events, local ads, resources, photos, poetry, stained cover bleeds through severa; pages, edgewear at folds, toning,
fair only on newsprint. Newspaper.
Box 1, Folder 1
Sister: Los Angeles Feminist Newspaper; vol. 4, no. 9
1973 November
Scope and Contents
Women at Kiss-in. Venice, CA: The Women's Center, 1973. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, features, news, opinion, calendar
of events, local ads, resources, photos, poetry, light stain on cover otherwise very good on newsprint. Newspaper.
Box 1, Folder 3
Sister: Los Angeles Feminist Newspaper; vol. 4, no. 10
1973 December
Scope and Contents
Freespirit, Judy, Joan Robins, Norma New York, et al. Radical Therapy. Venice, CA: The Women's Center, 1973. 16p., folded
tabloid newspaper, features, news, opinion, calendar of events, local ads, resources, photos, poetry, Special issue by the
Radical Therapy Collective in L.A.
Box 1, Folder 3
Sister: Los Angeles Feminist Newspaper, vol. 5, no. 6
1974 September
Scope and Contents
Byers, Patsy, Shirley Kennedy, Ruby Baker, et al. Venice, CA: The Women'c Center. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, features,
news, opinion, calendar of events, local ads, resources, photos, poetry.
Box 1, Folder 1
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper; vol. 5, no. 8
1974 November
Scope and Contents
Women and social control, Esther Lau trial. Venice, CA: The Women's Center, 1974. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, features,
news, opinion, calendar of events, local ads, resources, photos, poetry, toning, pen mark on cover otherwise very good on
newsprint. Newspaper. Also full-page review of Angela Davis' autobiography.
Box 1, Folder 2
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper; vol. 6, no. 3
1975 July
Scope and Contents
Oahachan [sic] Matriarch - Mexico. Venice, CA: The Women's Center, 1975. 14p., folded tabloid newspaper, features, news, opinion,
calendar of events, local ads, resources, photos, poetry, toning, otherwise very good on newsprint. Newspaper.
Box 1, Folder 2
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper; vol. 6, no. 6
1975 December
Scope and Contents
Garcia, Inez, Ines Romeau, Sybil Brand et al. Women in prison. Venice, CA: The Women's Center, 1975. 14p., folded tabloid
newspaper, features, news, opinion, calendar of events, local ads, resources, photos, poetry, toning, otherwise very good
on newsprint. Newspaper.
Box 1, Folder 2
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper; vol. 8, no. 6
1977 December-1978 January
Scope and Contents
Venice, CA: The Women's Center, 1977. I 6p., folded tabloid newspaper, features, news, opinion, calendar of events, local
ads, resources, photos, poetry, toning, otherwise very good on newsprint. Newspaper.
Box 1, Folder 2
Sister: Los Angeles Feminist News; vol. 9, no. 1
1978 February-March
Scope and Contents
Violence against women: women fight back. Venice, CA: The Women's Center, 1978. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, features,
news, opinion, calendar of events, local ads, resources, photos, poetry, toning, otherwise very good on newsprint. Newspaper.
