Persephone Press

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Persephone Press was founded in 1976 in Watertown, Massachusetts, by a lesbian-feminist collective called Pomegranate Productions. Its first publication, The Feminist Tarot, helped subsidize the first National Women's Spirituality Conference, Through the Looking Glass, held in Boston in April 1976. The goal of Persephone Press was to produce innovative material to foster lesbian sensibility and to effect social change by building a successful publishing company and communications network. Two of its three founders, Gloria Z. Greenfield and Pat McGloin, served as financial administrator and director of marketing respectively. Persephone Press was sold to Beacon Press in 1983.

From the description of Records, 1974-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009817

From the guide to the Records, 1974-1983, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

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referencedIn Rich, Cynthia. Papers of Cynthia Rich and Barbara Macdonald, 1893-2004 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Records, 1974-1983 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Cynthia Rich and Barbara Macdonald, 1893-2004 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Persephone Press. Records, 1974-1983 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Cynthia Rich person
associatedWith Greenfield, Gloria Z. person
associatedWith McGloin, Pat person
associatedWith McGloin, Pat. person
associatedWith Pomegranate Press corporateBody
associatedWith Pomegranate Productions. corporateBody
associatedWith Rich, Cynthia. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Boston (Mass.)
United States
Massachusetts--Watertown
Boston (Mass.)
Subject
Publishers and publishing
Publishers and publishing
Businesswomen
Businesswomen
Feminism and literature
Feminism and literature
Feminist literature
Feminist literature
Feminists
Feminists
Feminist spirituality
Feminist spirituality
Lesbianism in literature
Lesbians
Lesbians
Lesbians' writings, American
Small presses
Small presses
Women
Women in the book industries and trade
Women in the book industries and trade
Women-owned business enterprises
Women-owned business enterprises
Women publishers
Women publishers
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Active 1974

Active 1983

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