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Country Women

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Country Women
Front cover of Country Women's last issue (March 1979). Image retrieved from Independent Voices Digital Archive.
FormatPrint
PublisherCountry Women Publications
First issue1972
Final issueMarch 1979
CountryUnited States
Based inAlbion, California
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0199-1361
OCLC3804478

Country Women was an American feminist magazine published in Albion, California, from 1972 until 1979.[1] Describing itself as "a feminist country survival manual and a creative journal," the magazine published various articles, poems, and illustrations concerning women learning and growing in rural communities.[2] Country Women was founded, hand-illustrated, and typewritten by Carmen Goodyear and a commune of women she had welcomed to her property after moving to Mendocino County.[3]

The magazine advertised itself in HERESIES, another feminist publication, by describing its content:

Half of each issue presents a different theme (Personal Power, Anger and Violence, Sexuality, Women As Mothers/Women As Daughters) and the other half consists of articles on learning specific skills (building a solar energy collector, caring for cows and goats, reglazing windows, and winter gardening).[4]

Country Women was successful for a while, garnering more subscribers than Ms. magazine at one point, but ultimately ceased publication in 1979 due to financial and staff issues.

References

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  1. ^ Country Women. Ulrichsweb.com.
  2. ^ Country Women. Independent Voices. https://voices.revealdigital.org/?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=DIAEEHI&ai=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------------1
  3. ^ Bengal, Rebecca. “Country Women.” Vogue, June 25, 2017. https://www.vogue.com/projects/13532936/pride-2017-lesbians-on-the-land-essay
  4. ^ HERESIES (Summer 1978). “On Women and Violence." Vol. 2 No. 2. http://heresiesfilmproject.org/archive/