Ain't I A Woman?: A Midwest Newspaper of Women's Liberation - Vol.1, No.12 (February 19, 1971) by [IOWA CITY WOMEN'S PRESS] - 1971

Iowa City, IA: Publications Collective of the Iowa City Women's Liberation Front, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. A significant women's publication, the joint effort of two feminist collectives: the Ain't I A Woman? (AIAW?) collective and the Iowa City Women's Press (ICWP) collective. Published between June, 1970 until May, 1974, "in AIAW? the collective embraced ideas about revolutionary feminism and explored the possibilities of armed revolution and militant resistance in articles, as well as in iconography of women arming themselves with fists and weapons" (Beins, Agatha and Julie R. Enszer. "We Couldn't Get Them Printed," So We Learned to Print: Ain't I a Woman? and the Iowa City Women's Press." Frontiers, Vol.34, No.2 (2013), p.188.). The paper also expressed solidarity with the organization of child-care co-operatives in Iowa City, feminist activism, and the demonstration of medical self-help material for women. Eventually the collective closed itself off and became and all lesbian group. An important mid-west publication from the period. Tabloid (45.25cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers; 12pp; illus. Faint horizontal fold at center, some wear and handling, with postal marking to upper front wrapper, and small loss to base of spine-fold; Very Good+.