Fighting Woman News was an American feminist periodical founded in December 1975 by Valerie Eads. This newsletter grew out of Eads's regular column in Black Belt Woman.[1] This magazine focused on martial arts, self-defense, and combative sports for and by women.[2][3] It published news and articles on techniques, workshops, and events.[4] Fighting Woman News also regularly sent representatives to women's conferences to promote self-defense and martial arts literature for women.
 Front Cover of the first issue of Fighting Woman News (December 1975) | |
| Categories | Martial Arts, Self-Defense, Feminism |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Valerie Eads |
| First issue | 1975 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York, N.Y. |
| ISSN | 0146-8812 |
| OCLC | 3054837 |
Print copies of the magazine sold for $6 for yearly individual subscriptions and $10 for institutions.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Welcome to our sister publication". Black Belt Woman. 1 (3): 9. Jan–Feb 1976 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Searles, Patricia, and Ronald J. Berger. "The Feminist Self-Defense Movement: A Case Study." Gender and Society, vol. 1, no. 1, 1987, pp. 61–84. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/190087. Accessed 23 Feb. 2021.
- ^ Women’s Traditional Arts-- The Politics of Aesthetics. HERESIES. Vol. 1, No. 4, p.127, 1978. The Hereticshttp://heresiesfilmproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/heresies4.pdf
- ^ Toni Swanger Papers, 1951-1998. Digital Collections Wayne State University Libraries.https://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:Swanger1777_8_24_01/file/FILE?download=true
- ^ Lesbian Connection, Volume 3, issue 6, p. 22, Dec. 1977. Independent Voices. https://voices.revealdigital.org/?a=d&d=BAHDEACD19771201.1.23&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------------1
