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1970-10-30 "Ain't I a Woman?" Page 14
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[hand drawing of a man] SOJOURNER TRUTH, "THE LIBYAN SIBYL" "That man over there say that a woman needs to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helped me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me a best place...And ain't I a women? Look at me. Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me...And ain't I a women? I could work as much and eat as much as a man when I could get it, and bear the lash as well...And ain't I a woman? I have borned thirteen children and seen them most all sold off into slavery. And when I cried out with a mother's grief, none but Jesus heard...And ain't I a woman? Sojurner Truth: Speech before the Woman's Rights Convention at Akron, Ohio in 1851 NEWS FROM MICHIGANS Pissed Off Pink is a newsletter for women in East Lansing. Their address is Women's Liberation, 209 Abbot Road #405, East Lansing, Michigan. announcing... A women's poetry magazine--plus photography, artwork, and anything else expressive of a women's liberation/revolutionary consciousness. Send poetry, photographs, artwork, etc. to DIANA PRESS, c/o Regina Sigal, 1854 Wyoming Ave., N.W, Washington, D.C., 20009 Any proceeds from this magazine will go to help free political prisoners of the U.S. government. NEWS from INDIANA: Indianapolis Women's Liberation P.O. Box 88365, Indianapolis, Indiana--publishes a newsletter and wants contacts with other organizations and individuals. Monthly newsletter is $1.50/yr. Attention Revolutionary Artists: A women's poetry magazine A new women's poetry magazine needs poetry, photography, artwork, and anything else expressive of a women's liberation/revolutionary consciousness. Diana Press, c/o Regina Sigal, 1854 Wyoming Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., 20009 Their leaflet says "Any proceeds from this magazine will go to help free political prisoners of the U.S. government. Ain't I A Woman? is published every three weeks by the Publications Collective of the Iowa City Women's Liberation Front, P.O. Box 1169, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. We are a collective of 10 women functioning either as a front for a world wide conspiracy of Radical Lesbians of the house cornfield of the Women's Movement. The voice of the Midwest needs to be heard in the Women's Liberation movement. Ain't I A Woman? will print without editing any laid-out page form a Midwest (New Mexico thru Ohio) Women's Liberation group. We would like to encourage other women to start working collectively to avoid elitism and destructive power relationships that pit us against each other. We will send details on deadlines, page size, column length, etc. if you would like If your group wants to receive bundles of AIN'T I A WOMAN?, send 15¢ per copy. Minimum bundle: 20 copies TWO NEW WOMEN'S ANTHOLOGIES (LNS) Two anthologies of women's liberation material, out in paperback, have just hit the stands. They are: SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL, edited by Robin Morgan, and WOMEN'S LIBERATION: BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE, edited by Sookie Stambler. Proceeds from both books, unlike most books written for the express purpose of making money off this new "fad", are going back into the women's movement. Articles in both paperbacks are written by women for women, so, pass the word. Midwest WLF Conference November 13, 14, 15 Dear Sisters, Grinnell Women's Liberation is planning a midwestern conference for the second weekend in November. In order to give the conference a wider cultural scope, we are having a women's art exhibit and sisters from VSC or Twin Oaks present views on alternative life-styles as well as radical political points of view expressed by Marlene Dixon and sisters from the Feminists. Although our list of guests is not yet completely definite, we expect sisters from several women's publications collectives, particularly from "Off Our Backs" and "Ain't I A Woman?" We'll send you more details about the women's art exhibit and the day by day schedule of events later, but, in general, this is what we have planned -- Remember, if you have any suggestions, be sure to let us know -- we want to be organized, but not rigid! The conference will open Friday evening at eight with a panel discussion defining the liberation of women in terms of the particular goals of our sister-guests. On Saturday, a series of intensive closed workshops will be held dealing with Lesbianism, Organizing Women, The Institutions of Marriage and Sexual Intercourse, Caste and Class, and Women in the Arts and Media. Finally, Sunday morning at ten, there will be a closed panel discussion, the topic, "Women's Liberation, A Basis for Social Change." During spare moments we hope to schedule several films, but right now we're not sure of which ones we'll be able to get. Saturday night we'll be able to provide dinner for everybody. Visions are of steaming pots of beef stew...Feel free to bring sleeping bags --We've got lots of comfortable floor space. We are really very excited about the conference and eagerly wait to hear from you. So, let us know by November 5, at the very latest, how many of you expect to join us. Grinnell Women's Liberation c/o Box 32A, Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa 50112 GRINNELL CONFERENCE -- Nov. 13,14,15 Name of Group______ No. to attend_________ Please send before Nov. 5 to Grinnell Women's Liberation c/o Box 32A Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa 50112 14 Vol. 1 No. 8 Ain't I
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[hand drawing of a man] SOJOURNER TRUTH, "THE LIBYAN SIBYL" "That man over there say that a woman needs to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helped me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me a best place...And ain't I a women? Look at me. Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me...And ain't I a women? I could work as much and eat as much as a man when I could get it, and bear the lash as well...And ain't I a woman? I have borned thirteen children and seen them most all sold off into slavery. And when I cried out with a mother's grief, none but Jesus heard...And ain't I a woman? Sojurner Truth: Speech before the Woman's Rights Convention at Akron, Ohio in 1851 NEWS FROM MICHIGANS Pissed Off Pink is a newsletter for women in East Lansing. Their address is Women's Liberation, 209 Abbot Road #405, East Lansing, Michigan. announcing... A women's poetry magazine--plus photography, artwork, and anything else expressive of a women's liberation/revolutionary consciousness. Send poetry, photographs, artwork, etc. to DIANA PRESS, c/o Regina Sigal, 1854 Wyoming Ave., N.W, Washington, D.C., 20009 Any proceeds from this magazine will go to help free political prisoners of the U.S. government. NEWS from INDIANA: Indianapolis Women's Liberation P.O. Box 88365, Indianapolis, Indiana--publishes a newsletter and wants contacts with other organizations and individuals. Monthly newsletter is $1.50/yr. Attention Revolutionary Artists: A women's poetry magazine A new women's poetry magazine needs poetry, photography, artwork, and anything else expressive of a women's liberation/revolutionary consciousness. Diana Press, c/o Regina Sigal, 1854 Wyoming Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., 20009 Their leaflet says "Any proceeds from this magazine will go to help free political prisoners of the U.S. government. Ain't I A Woman? is published every three weeks by the Publications Collective of the Iowa City Women's Liberation Front, P.O. Box 1169, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. We are a collective of 10 women functioning either as a front for a world wide conspiracy of Radical Lesbians of the house cornfield of the Women's Movement. The voice of the Midwest needs to be heard in the Women's Liberation movement. Ain't I A Woman? will print without editing any laid-out page form a Midwest (New Mexico thru Ohio) Women's Liberation group. We would like to encourage other women to start working collectively to avoid elitism and destructive power relationships that pit us against each other. We will send details on deadlines, page size, column length, etc. if you would like If your group wants to receive bundles of AIN'T I A WOMAN?, send 15¢ per copy. Minimum bundle: 20 copies TWO NEW WOMEN'S ANTHOLOGIES (LNS) Two anthologies of women's liberation material, out in paperback, have just hit the stands. They are: SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL, edited by Robin Morgan, and WOMEN'S LIBERATION: BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE, edited by Sookie Stambler. Proceeds from both books, unlike most books written for the express purpose of making money off this new "fad", are going back into the women's movement. Articles in both paperbacks are written by women for women, so, pass the word. Midwest WLF Conference November 13, 14, 15 Dear Sisters, Grinnell Women's Liberation is planning a midwestern conference for the second weekend in November. In order to give the conference a wider cultural scope, we are having a women's art exhibit and sisters from VSC or Twin Oaks present views on alternative life-styles as well as radical political points of view expressed by Marlene Dixon and sisters from the Feminists. Although our list of guests is not yet completely definite, we expect sisters from several women's publications collectives, particularly from "Off Our Backs" and "Ain't I A Woman?" We'll send you more details about the women's art exhibit and the day by day schedule of events later, but, in general, this is what we have planned -- Remember, if you have any suggestions, be sure to let us know -- we want to be organized, but not rigid! The conference will open Friday evening at eight with a panel discussion defining the liberation of women in terms of the particular goals of our sister-guests. On Saturday, a series of intensive closed workshops will be held dealing with Lesbianism, Organizing Women, The Institutions of Marriage and Sexual Intercourse, Caste and Class, and Women in the Arts and Media. Finally, Sunday morning at ten, there will be a closed panel discussion, the topic, "Women's Liberation, A Basis for Social Change." During spare moments we hope to schedule several films, but right now we're not sure of which ones we'll be able to get. Saturday night we'll be able to provide dinner for everybody. Visions are of steaming pots of beef stew...Feel free to bring sleeping bags --We've got lots of comfortable floor space. We are really very excited about the conference and eagerly wait to hear from you. So, let us know by November 5, at the very latest, how many of you expect to join us. Grinnell Women's Liberation c/o Box 32A, Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa 50112 GRINNELL CONFERENCE -- Nov. 13,14,15 Name of Group______ No. to attend_________ Please send before Nov. 5 to Grinnell Women's Liberation c/o Box 32A Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa 50112 14 Vol. 1 No. 8 Ain't I
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