women's bookstores

[gwynnega]

I've been trying to think of a name for a fictional mid-1970s women's bookstore (for the Jo book). Any suggestions?

The women's bookstore I worked at (in the mid-1980s, when I was an undergrad at UCLA) was called Bread & Roses. In many ways it was my favorite job I ever had, though I practically paid them to work there, what with all the books I bought. I really wish it (and Sisterhood Bookstore, my other local feminist bookstore) still existed.

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[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

When I first came to California, there was one in Menlo Park called, I think, Three Sisters.

::googles::

No, it was Two Sisters! Here's a whole list of feminist bookstores in the U.S. and Canada:

http://users.rcn.com/seajay.dnai/fbn/stores/stores.html

My favorite feminist vegetarian cookbook, The Political Palate, was written by the Bloodroot Collective, a name I've always loved for its slightly threatening tone. How about Bloodroot Books?

[gwynnega]

Thanks for the link! I wonder how many of the bookstores on that webpage are now gone?

I don't think I ever went to Two Sisters. I did go to Mama Bears in Oakland! Looks like there is/was a Bloodroot Restaurant and Bookstore in Bridgeport!

::googles::

It still exists, and it's the bookstore/restaurant of the people who made the cookbook! :-)