Virago Press Archive 1954-2008
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Virago Press (active 1973)
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Virago Press is a feminist publishing house, founded by Carmen Callil (b 1938) to publish women’s literature. The company was registered in 1973 and held its first board meeting on 21 June of that year with Carmen Callil, Rosie Boycott and Marsha Rowe. From 1973 to 1975 Virago was run as an independently owned imprint by Callil, Ursula Owen and Harriet Spicer, with much of the finance for the venture provided by Carmen Callil Ltd. In 1975 the first book was published in...