Women in Print Conference

The Women in Print Conference (also the National Women in Print Conference) was a conference of feminist women involved in publishing, including workers from feminist bookstores, in the United States. It was conceptualized by June Arnold^[1] and involved networking and workshops.^[2]: 118 The conference was held three times: in 1976, 1981 and 1985.^[2]: 228

Women in Print Conference
Frequency	Irregular
Country	United States
Years active	1976, 1981, 1985
Established	1976; 49 years ago (1976)

Conferences

The first Women in Print Conference was held at a Camp Fire Girls campsite in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1976,^[1][3] running from August 29 to September 5 with 132 women attending^[4] and representing 80 organizations.^[5]: 280 The preparation for it was initiated by novelist and publisher June Arnold, and the attendees came from across the United States.^[1] The location was chosen because it was near the center of the country.^[5]: 279 Feminist bookstore worker Carol Seajay attended the conference, and it inspired the creation of her trade publication Feminist Bookstore News.^[6]

The second Women in Print Conference was held in Washington, D.C., in 1981, and it ran from October 1 through October 4.^[2]: 208 At the conference, Barbara Smith announced the formation of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press.^[2]: 204 While the first conference had included only white women, this one included about 25 women of color, who thus comprised approximately 10% of the more than 250 attendees. The conference schedule included nearly 60 workshops.^[7]

The third Women in Print Conference was held in San Francisco, California, in 1985, running from May 29 to June 1. It was scheduled to take place immediately after a nearby American Booksellers Association conference.^[8] About 200 women attended and discussed topics including censorship, working class issues, and lesbian erotica.^[9]