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A Woman's Place Bookstore
2030 34th Avenue, S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2T 2C3
Canada
Telephone: 403-263-5256
Fax: 403-263-5257
Description: A store specializing in books about women's studies,
self-help, gay and lesbian issues, and spirituality.
Antigone Books
411 N. 4th Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85705
USA
Telephone: 520-792-3715
Website: http://www.antigonebooks.com
Description: A "zany bookstore with a feminist slant"
specializing in a large collection of local and national books
as well as bumper stickers, cards, and other knick-knacks.
BLOODROOT feminist bookstore
85 Ferris Street
Bridgeport, CT 06605
USA
Telephone: 203-576-9168
Website: http://www.bloodroot.com
Description: A feminist bookstore attached to a vegetarian restaurant
that supports lively discussion and debate at the table. Books
include lesbian fiction, feminism, holistic healing, cooking,
craftwork, poetry, humor, and children's books.
Bookwoman
5501 N. Lamar Blvd. #A-105
Austin, TX 78751
USA
Telephone: 512-472-2785
Website: http://ebookwoman.com
Description: A feminist bookstore featuring books by, for and
about women. Bookwoman has been in business since 1975.
Charis: Books and More
1189 Euclid Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30307-1509
USA
Telephone: 404-524-0304
Fax: 404-522-6663
Email: info[no.spam*]charisbooksandmore.com
Website: http://charisbooksandmore.com/
Description: Founded in 1974, Charis is the oldest feminist
bookstore in the Southeast. The bookstore's mission is the have
books that change people's lives and the world, while inspiring
new, diverse and butting-edge writing by feminists, lesbians and
women of color.
Giovanni's Room
1145 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
USA
Email: giophip[no.spam*]netaxs.com
Website: http://www.giovannisroom.com
Description: One of the oldest and best gay and lesbian bookstores
in the country. Started in 1973 in the heart of Philadelphia,
it is the center of the gay and lesbian community.
Herland Sister Resources
2312 NW 39th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
USA
Telephone: 405-521-9696
Email: herlandsisters[no.spam*]cox.net
Website: http://www.herlandsisters.org
Description: The bookstore and lending library stock a substantial selection
of feminist and lesbian fiction and nonfiction books. Open Saturdays
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
In Other Words Women's Books and Resources
8 B NE Killingsworth St
Portland, OR 97211
USA
Telephone: 503-232-6003
Email: info[no.spam*]inotherwords.org
Website: http://www.inotherwords.org
Nonprofit feminist bookstore with comprehensive collection of
women's writing, kid's books, gifts, events, and free resources.
Jane Addams Books
208 N. Neil Street
Champaign, IL 61820-4012
USA
Telephone: 217-356-2555
Description: Founded in 1984, this full-service antiqurian bookstore
is centrally located only a couple hours away from both Chicago
and St. Louis. Also carries vintage postcards, photographs, and
other treasures from the past.
Milk and Honey
123 North Main Street
Sebastopol, CA 95472
USA
Telephone: 707-824-1155
Email: Jill[no.spam*]milk-and-honey.com
Website: http://www.milk-and-honey.com
Description: A feminist gift and bookstore with an emphasis on
women's spirituality. Truly a women's marketplace featuring books,
music, jewelry, aromatherapy, statuary, and gifts.
Mother Kali's Bookstore
1849 Willamette Street
Eugene, OR 97401
USA
Telephone: 541-343-4864
Fax: 541-343-0769
Description: A feminist bookstore in business for over 25 years,
Mother Kali's continues to be a community gathering place, a vibrant
cultural center & a space to collect one's thoughts.
Mother Tongue Books/ Femmes de parole
1067 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario KIS3W9
Canada
Telephone: 613-730-2346
Fax: 613-730-2347
Website: http://www.mothertonguebooks.ca
Description: Mother Tongue Books is a feminist bookstore specializing
in books on women's issues.
Narigrantha Prabartana
2/8 Sir Syed Road
Mohammadpur, Block-A,
Dhaka-1207
Bangladesh
Website: http://membres.lycos.fr/ubinig/nari/
Description: Women's collection of books, journals, magazines,
and newspapers. Women's message of women's issues. Founded because
of the need for a women's bookstore. The books written by women
on various issues are available
in the general bookstores and in the specific institutions and
organizations. It is, however, very difficult to find a place where
one can get a collection of all the books written by women and
written on women's issues both at national and international level.
In the general bookstores, books on women and by women are often
lost in the shelves of a variety of subjects and writers.
New Earth Bookstore
213 W. Meeker Street
Kent, WA 98032
USA
Telephone: 253-887-0340
Email: judith.bakkensen[no.spam*]newearthbooks.com
Website: http://www.newwomanbooks.com
Description: A store which promotes women's talents, products,
services and books. The store also houses the Wild Woman Gallery.
Northern Woman's Bookstore
65 South Court Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B2X2
Canada
Telephone: 807-344-7979
Contact: Margaret Phillips
Description: A feminist bookstore providing resources to individual
readers and women's groups throughout Northwestern Ontario.
Pandora Book Peddlers
9 Waverly Place
Madison, NJ 07940
USA
Contact: Pamela Sheldrick
Phone: 973-822-8388
Fax: 973-539-3396
Website: bkpeddlers[no.spam]aol.com
Description: Sells feminist, multicultural, and children's books.
People Called Women
3153 W. Central Ave
Toledo, OH 43606
USA
Telephone: 419-535-6455
Email: pcwtoledo[no.spam*]yahoo.com
Website: http://www.peoplecalledwomen.com
Description: The only feminist bookstore in Ohio that focuses
on books, magazines, and other materials that are by, for, and
about women and women's lives, especially topics of domestic violence,
abuse, and sexual violence.
Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore
307 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53703
USA
Telephone: 608-257-7888
Fax: 608-257-7457
Email: room[no.spam*]chorus.net
Website: http://www.roomofonesown.com
Description: Specializes in women's literature, offering a wide
selection of fiction, nonfiction, periodicals, music, posters,
and t-shirts, for and by women.
Sisterspirit Bookstore
938 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
USA
Telephone: 408-293-9372
Email: info[no.spam*]sisterspirit.org
Website: http://www.sisterspirit.org
Description: A nonprofit, all volunteer organization which serves
the women's and LGBT communities of all cultures by providing
resources for personal growth and empowerment.
Toronto Women's Bookstore
73 Harbord Street
Toronto, Ontario MSS 1G4
Canada
Telephone: 416-922-8744
Toll Free: 800-861-8233
Fax: 416-922-1417
Email: Info[no.spam*]womensbookstore.com
Website: http://www.womensbookstore.com
Description: For 28 years, the Toronto Women's Bookstore has specialized
in providing high quality women's centric literature.
True Colors / Amazon Bookstore
4755 Chicago Avenue, S.
Minneapolis, MN 55407
USA
Telephone: 612-821-9630
Email: amazon[no.spam*]amazonbookstorecoop.com
Website:http://www.amazonfembks.com/
Description: Founded in 1970, Amazon Bookstore is the oldest
independent bookstore in North America. It is a bookstore that
works to foster the strength, wisdom, beauty and diversity of
women, girls and their families. The store stocks over 10,000
titles by, for and about women.
Wild Iris Books
802 W. University Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
USA
Telephone: 352-375-7477
Fax: 352-375-7719
Website: http://www.wildirisbooks.com/
Email: wildirisbooks[no.spam*]bellsouth.net
Description: Books and gifts which support a diverse, non-sexist,
multi-cultural society. Specializing in feminist, GBLT, spirituality,
holistic health, and children's books.
Women and Children First
5233 N. Clark
Chicago, IL 60640
USA
Telephone: 773-769-9299
Fax: 773-769-6729
Email: wcfbooks[no.spam*]aol.com
Website: http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
Description: A community-based independent feminist bookstore
featuring literature by and about women, and an extensive children's
department, and GLBT books. Fully shoppable online.
Women, Ink.
777 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
USA
Telephone: 212-687-8633
Fax: 212-661-2704
Email: wink[no.spam*]womenink.org
Website: http://www.womenink.org
Description: Online women's bookstore distributing books on women
from the Global South. A project of the International Women's
Tribune Centre.
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