Which publishing firm did Carmen Calill found in 1973 to promote female writers?
"was held in an upstairs room at the Globe pub, opposite Baker Street tube station. Attended by some 100 women, the meeting was chaired by Anne McDermid, with the discussion being led by Liz Calder and Ursula Owen (co-founder with Carmen Callil of the publishing company Virago). The stated aims of WiP, which holds meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, are: WiP presents annual awards, chosen by nomination, in two categories: Women in Publishing Women in Publishing (WiP) is a London-based group, established in 1979, that works to promote the status of women working in the publishing industry"
"the work of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. CALYX CALYX, Inc. is a non-profit publisher of art and literature by women founded in 1976 based in Corvallis, Oregon. CALYX publishes both ""CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women"" twice a year and CALYX Books, which publishes one to three books annually. CALYX is one of the nation's oldest feminist presses. CALYX uses a collective model to make its editorial decisions. Several volunteer editors review and edit an author's work and often work with authors to improve their pieces. All manuscripts are read by a minimum of two editors."
"was founded in 1973 by Carmen Callil, primarily to publish books by women writers. Both new works and out of print books reissued under a ""modern classics"" insignia by neglected female authors that have featured on the imprint's list, as well as works with feminist themes by male authors such as H. G. Wells. In 1982, Virago became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chatto, Virago, Bodley Head, and Cape Group (CVBC), but in 1987 Callil, Lennie Goodings, Ursula Owen, Alexandra Pringle, and Harriet Spicer put together a management buy-out from CVBC, then owned by Random House, USA. The buy-out"
"CALYX CALYX, Inc. is a non-profit publisher of art and literature by women founded in 1976 based in Corvallis, Oregon. CALYX publishes both ""CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women"" twice a year and CALYX Books, which publishes one to three books annually. CALYX is one of the nation's oldest feminist presses. CALYX uses a collective model to make its editorial decisions. Several volunteer editors review and edit an author's work and often work with authors to improve their pieces. All manuscripts are read by a minimum of two editors. Manuscripts held for further consideration are read by"
"and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population"". Rowe and Boycott became directors of Virago in its first years. Also in 1972 Callil launched a book publicity company, Carmen Callil Limited. Harriet Spicer became Callil's assistant. This company, run by Spicer and Callil, helped to finance Virago in its early years, together with Callil's inheritance from her grandfather. Further assistance came from Quartet Books, with whom the first nine Virago titles were published. Ursula Owen became a part-time editor in 1974. She was to become a full-time director, with considerable responsibility for"
"the world's events; women's creativity and political consciousness was soon to change the face of publishing and literature. Virago owes its inspiration to these times: ` An exciting new imprint for both sexes in a changing world’. Virago was conceived by Carmen Callil. From 1973 to 1975 it was run by an independently owned editorial imprint by Carmen Callil, Ursula Owen and Harriet Spicer. In 1976 Virago became self-financing and independent with capital of just £1,500 and a loan of £10,000. In 1977, inspired by, among other things, Sheila Rowbotham's ""Hidden from History"", Virago began the Virago Reprint Library, which"
"Kali for Women Kali for Women was a start-up feminist publisher in India. Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon set up Kali for Women in 1984, arguably the first Indian publishing house dedicated to publishing on and for women. When they decided to take this step, Butalia had worked with Oxford University Press and Zed Books in Delhi, while Ritu Menon was a scholar. They started with very little capital but with an urgent sense that they had to make Indian women’s voices heard, through academic publishing and activist works, translation and fiction. They were followed by other Indian presses concerned"
"Carmen Callil Dame Carmen Thérèse Callil, (born 15 July 1938) is an Australian publisher, writer and critic who has spent most of her career in the United Kingdom. She founded Virago Press in 1973. Callil was born in Melbourne, Australia, but has lived in London since 1960. Her widowed mother Lorraine Clare Allen, raised four children, of whom Callil was the third. Her father, Frederick Alfred Louis Callil, was a barrister and lecturer in French at the University of Melbourne. She was educated at Star of the Sea Convent, and at Loreto Mandeville Hall. She graduated from the University of"
"Alice James Books Alice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington. ""Alice James Books was founded as a co-operative press in Cambridge, MA in 1973 by five women and two men: Patricia Cumming, Marjorie Fletcher, Lee Rudolph, Ron Schreiber, Betsy Sholl, Cornelia Veenendaal, and Jean Pedrick. The intent of this company was to provide women with a greater representation in literature and involve the writer in the publishing process. While this may seem unbelievable today, in the 1970s women writers had a very difficult time being"
"their contribution to the nation by the Government of India. Kali for Women Kali for Women was a start-up feminist publisher in India. Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon set up Kali for Women in 1984, arguably the first Indian publishing house dedicated to publishing on and for women. When they decided to take this step, Butalia had worked with Oxford University Press and Zed Books in Delhi, while Ritu Menon was a scholar. They started with very little capital but with an urgent sense that they had to make Indian women’s voices heard, through academic publishing and activist works, translation"
"opened in Marseille, and another in Lyon in 1977, but closed thereafter. Éditions des Femmes The French feminist publishing house Éditions des Femmes was launched in 1972, mainly by women of the collective Psychoanalysis and Politics led by Antoinette Fouque, with other activists of the MLF, and funded by the patron Sylvina Boissonnas. They offer works written by women, women focused issues related to human rights and women's empowerment, women's creativity and reflection, and also produce audio books. The statutes of the SARL Women (a company composed of 21 members in equal parts) were filed in December 1972. The first"
"holds the position of Reader at the College of Vocational Studies at the University of Delhi. Kali for Women, India's first exclusively feminist publishing house, which Butalia co-founded with and Ritu Menon, was set up in 1984 as a trust to increase the body of knowledge on women in the Third World, to give voice to such knowledge as already exists, and to provide a forum for women writers, creative and academics. In 2003, co-founders Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon parted ways due to unresolvable differences. Thereafter, Butalia started Zubaan Books, which besides feminist books also published fiction, general interest"
"business published a series of paperbacks on women like Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton as well as an almanac and calendar. In 1970, she formed graphic arts firm Women's Graphic Communications with her partner Judith Meuli in Los Angeles. The firm produced and distributed books, newspapers, political buttons, and pins. In 1977, she became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media. Carabillo co-founded the Feminist Majority Foundation in 1987 with"
"Fem (magazine) Fem is a major feminist magazine and the first Latin American one. The idea for it was conceived in 1975 during a conference in Morelia, Michoacán, and it was established in the following year by Alaíde Foppa and Margarita García Flores. In 2005, its director, Esperanza Brito de Martí, reported that the print version was being discontinued due to high costs and from then on, the magazine would only be published online. The magazine focuses on social and political issues, art and cinema. It contains news, poetry and short stories. Topics range from domestic violence to health care,"
"Ruckley, Brandon Sanderson, Jeff Somers, Michael J. Sullivan, Robert Jordan, Joel Shepherd and Orson Scott Card. Nearly 40 years on from its beginnings around Carmen Callil’s kitchen table in 1973, Virago has become one of the most successful British publishing imprints and the outstanding international publisher of books by women. Virginia Woolf's well known cri de coeur from ""A Room of One's Own"", 'if we have the habit of freedom and the courage to write exactly as we think...' was truly realised in the 1970s. The rise of the Women's Liberation Movement was causing seismic shifts in the march of"
"run. In 1973, Naiad Press was founded by Barbara Grier which concentrated mainly on lesbian-themed books. The growth of the pornographic industry after a series of United States Supreme Court decisions disallowing the censorship of pornographic material, was evident in books that served to be more graphic in nature than focusing on the relationships of the women in the stories, which also led to the decline of lesbian pulp fiction. Authors March Hastings and Paula Christian both stated their publishers lost interest in their subject in the mid 1960s. As well, common plot points in the books involved women who"
"Feminist Press The Feminist Press is an independent nonprofit literary publisher that promotes freedom of expression and social justice. It publishes writing by people who share an activist spirit and a belief in choice and equality. Founded in 1970, the Press began by rescuing “lost” works by writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and established its publishing program with books by American writers of diverse racial and class backgrounds. Since then it has also been bringing works from around the world to North American readers. The Feminist Press is the longest surviving women’s publishing house in"
"Éditions des Femmes The French feminist publishing house Éditions des Femmes was launched in 1972, mainly by women of the collective Psychoanalysis and Politics led by Antoinette Fouque, with other activists of the MLF, and funded by the patron Sylvina Boissonnas. They offer works written by women, women focused issues related to human rights and women's empowerment, women's creativity and reflection, and also produce audio books. The statutes of the SARL Women (a company composed of 21 members in equal parts) were filed in December 1972. The first manager was Yvonne Boissarie. Marie-Claude Grumbach (December 11, 1940 - 1 May"
"Carmen Rigalt Carmen Rigalt (Vinaixa, Lérida, 1949) is a Spanish journalist and novelist. After graduating in journalism from the University of Barcelona, she began her career at the newspaper ""Pueblo"" in 1975. She also started writing for the magazine ""Viva"" in 1976. In 1977, she was hired by the newspaper ""Informaciones"", and a year later directed the women's magazine ""Libera"". Since 1992, she writes a column in ""El Mundo"". She has also contributed to the magazine ""Diez Minutos"". In 1997, she published her first novel ""Mi corazón que baila con espigas"", which became a finalist of the Premio Planeta. Since"
"Noemi Press Noemi Press is an independent, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) publisher. Noemi Press was founded in 2002 to publish and promote the work of emerging and established writers, with a special emphasis on writers traditionally underrepresented by larger publishers, including women, people of color, and LGBTQIAP writers. Noemi publishes about 8 books a year, including the Noemi Press Awards in Fiction and Poetry. They also collaborate with Letras Latinas to produce the series. Publisher and editor-in-chief Carmen Gimenez Smith and founding editor Evan Lavender-Smith began Noemi Press in 2002 by publishing a single chapbook. It has since grown to include full-length"
"the University of Western Sydney, where she graduated with a PhD degree in 2008. She was ordained by the New Seminary, New York, where she graduated in 2005. Dowrick was an editor and publisher at George G. Harrap and Co., London, the New English Library, and Triad Paperbacks. In 1977, Dowrick co-founded the independent feminist publishing house, The Women's Press, from her home in East London, which was financially backed by entrepreneur Naim Attallah. The Women's Press was 'a political press' explicitly linked with the Women's Movement. Along with Virago publishers, founded by Australian Carmen Callil, The Women's Press was"
"done at the publishing house. Authors such as Olov Svedelid, Ulf Durling, Olle Högstrand, Sven Sörmark, among others, were instantly successful. However, the publishing house still focused on literary, translated titles, with authors such as Julian Barnes, Jayne Anne Phillips, Claudio Magris and Virginia Woolf. The publishing house Bokförlaget Trevi was founded in 1971 by Adam Helms and Solveig Nellinge, and mainly focused on the publication of female authors such as Karen Blixen, Marie Cardinal, Margaret Drabble, Gisèle Halimi, Doris Lessing, Anaïs Nin, Edna O'Brien and Sylvia Plath. In 1980 Nellinge took full ownership of the publishing company and subsequently"
"its ideological concerns with commercial considerations. Since 2001, the magazine has been published by the Feminist Majority Foundation, based in Los Angeles and Arlington, Virginia. The first preview of ""Ms."" magazine was published in December 1971 by ""New York"" magazine. The cover depicts a woman resembling an Indian goddess, with blue skin and eight arms, holding a clock, skillet, typewriter, rake, mirror, telephone, steering wheel, and an iron. 300,000 test copies of the magazine sold out in three days, and generated 26,000 subscription orders within the next few weeks. Gloria Steinem and Letty Cottin Pogrebin co-founded Ms.Magazine in 1972, during"
"magazine business in 2005, selling its women's magazine portfolio to the Meredith Corporation and its business magazine portfolio to Mansueto Ventures. McCall's McCall's was a monthly American women's magazine, published by the McCall Corporation, that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of 8.4 million in the early 1960s. It was established as a small-format magazine called The Queen in 1873. In 1897 it was renamed McCall's Magazine—The Queen of Fashion (later shortened to ""McCall's"") and subsequently grew in size to become a large-format glossy. It was one of the ""Seven Sisters"" group of"
"concerned with their male-centered content. She sold the book store in 1972, and she and Joyce Farmer founded Nanny Goat Productions as a feminist publishing company, with the goal of giving a voice to female creators in the male-dominated and often misogynist underground comix movement. They published all-female ""Tits & Clits Comix"" in July 1972, preceding ""Wimmen's Comix"" by a few weeks. Its first printing of 20,000 copies sold out by the next year. Because the series' title limited its exposure, the second issue appeared in 1973 under the title "" Box Comix"" [sic]. Around this time, sellers of underground"
"Pinter Publishers Pinter Publishers was a British publishing company set up in 1973 by Frances Pinter, at the age of 23. It focused on the social sciences and is believed to be the first British publishing company owned by a woman. Pinter Publishers earned a reputation for its willingness to take on works that other publishers considered too risky or radical. Many of these books went on to become seminal texts: helping to push forward debates and enabling new disciplines. The company grew into one of the UK’s major specialist Social Science publishers, with exports accounting for over 80% of"
"number of books by its director Christopher Freeman and backing a new generation of scholars, many of whom went on to highly successful academic careers, including Luc Soete, Giovanni Dosi, Rod Coombs and Luke Georghiou amongst many others. Schumperterian economics and open innovation were important themes in much of this work. Pinter Publishers Pinter Publishers was a British publishing company set up in 1973 by Frances Pinter, at the age of 23. It focused on the social sciences and is believed to be the first British publishing company owned by a woman. Pinter Publishers earned a reputation for its willingness"
"1987 by Eleanor Smeal, Peg Yorkin, Katherine Spillar, Toni Carabillo, and Judith Meuli, it has offices in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, California. Its chair is Peg Yorkin. FMF became the publisher of ""Ms."" in 2001, supporting the magazine in becoming a non-profit organization. Co-founded in 1972 by political activist and feminist Gloria Steinem, ""Ms."" is a women's magazine owned and produced by women that publishes articles on the conditions of women in the United States and abroad. The FMF has several campaigns and programs that deal with Women's Health and Reproductive Rights domestically and abroad, including: The Feminist Majority"
"Zubaan Books Zubaan Books is an imprint of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house. In 1984, Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon founded Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house. Its objectives were to publish quality work which meet international standards. Over the years it has become an important publishing house nationally and internationally. In 2003 Urvashi Butalia founded Zubaan. In 2011, Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon were jointly conferred the Padma Shri award, for their contribution to the nation by Government of India. The word 'Zubaan' comes from Hindustani and means, literally, tongue, but it has many"
"Zubaan Books Zubaan Books is an imprint of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house. In 1984, Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon founded Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house. Its objectives were to publish quality work which meet international standards. Over the years it has become an important publishing house nationally and internationally. In 2003 Urvashi Butalia founded Zubaan. In 2011, Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon were jointly conferred the Padma Shri award, for their contribution to the nation by Government of India. The word 'Zubaan' comes from Hindustani and means, literally, tongue, but it has many"
"Third Woman Press Third Woman Press is a Queer and Feminist of Color publisher founded in 1979 by Norma Alarcón which she began as a journal in the 1979 when she realized that ""there weren't enough other women of color or Latinas for me to have a conversation with."" She aimed to create a new political class surrounding, sexuality, race and gender. Alarcón wrote that, """"Third Woman"" is one forum, for the self-definition and the self-invention which is more than reformism, more than revolt. The title ""Third Woman"" refers to that pre-ordained reality that we have been born to and"
"Naiad Press Naiad Press was one of the first publishing companies dedicated to lesbian literature. At its closing it was the oldest and largest lesbian/feminist publisher in the world. Naiad Press was founded by partners Barbara Grier and Donna McBride in January 1973, along with Anyda Marchant and Muriel Crawford. It was devoted exclusively to lesbian literature. The company began both in Kansas City, Missouri, home of Grier and McBride and Rehoboth Beach, DE, home of Marchant and Crawford. The business began with $2000, provided by the author of the Press's first work, ""The Latecomer"" by Sarah Aldridge, the pen"
"Alison Cork Alison Helen Lucy Cork (born 28 July 1963) is an English interiors expert, entrepreneur, author, and TV presenter. She is the founder and CEO of online brand alisonathome.com and founder of Make It Your Business. In 1992, Cork co-founded mail order publishing company Carnell Ltd with entrepreneur publisher John P Gommes. The company was subsequently floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1994. It published titles such as ""How To Talk To Your Cat"" and ""Vinegar, Honey and Lemon, Nature's Medicine Chest"". ""The Government Auction Handbook"" sold 200,000 copies in the space of a few months. Alison's 1994"