Name/Title
SojournerEntry/Object ID
2024.4.63Description
"Sojourner" featured content pertinent to the feminist movement, including news briefs; interviews with a wide range of women; an extensive arts section with reviews of films and books, theatre and poetry. It featured the work of, among others, Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith, Margaret Robinson, Paula Gunn Allen, Joan Nestle, Sonia Shah, Isa Leshko, and Jennifer Pozner. "Sojourner"also featured a robust letters section with complex discussions on feminist themes. It also had a "viewpoints" section. A calendar featured women's events in Boston and beyond, and a "Boston Briefs" section offered local news and resources to women in "Sojourner"'s original service area of Boston. There was also a directory of women-owned businesses and a classified section.
HOLDINGS:?Context
Established in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1972 as a forum for MIT women to communicate "their ideas, their art, talents, and skills, as well as their needs as women, to the rest of the community," "Sojourner" gradually grew to be one of the U.S.'s most prominent feminist news publications serving a wide audience. However, it struggled financially and eventually shut down in 2002.Publication Details
Publication Type
NewspaperDate Published
1972 - 2002Relationships
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