List of feminist periodicals in the United States

This is a list of feminist periodicals in the United States. A feminist periodical is a journal, magazine, or newsletter that primarily publishes content reflecting the ideologies of the Women's Movement. Though interpretations of feminism vary from one periodical to the next, all of these publications aimed to provide a space for women to express their thoughts, ideas, and goals. This list is by no means exhaustive.

Era	Name	Start Date	End Date	Location	Publisher(s)	Frequency	Notes	Identifier	References
1800s	Advocate and Family Guardian	1835	1941	New York City, New York	New York Female Moral Reform Society; American Female Guardian Society	Semi-monthly		OCLC 30552324	[1]
	The Una	1853	1855	Boston, Massachusetts					[2][3]
	Woman's Journal	1870	1931	Boston, Massachusetts		Weekly		OCLC 7383821	[4][5]
	American Association of University Women Outlook	1884	Active	Washington D.C.	American Association of University Women	3 times a year		ISSN 0001-0278, 1044-5706, 0161-5661	[6]
The American Jewess	1895	1899	Chicago, Illinois			The first English-language periodical published for American Jewish women.	OCLC 5782568	[7]
1900s	The Socialist Woman	1907	1914	Chicago, Illinois	The Socialist Woman Publishing Co.	Monthly
	Women in Music	1935	1940	New York, New York				OCLC 15728633
1950s	The Ladder	1956	1972	Los Angeles, California	Daughters of Bilitis	Monthly, later Bimonthly	The first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States.	ISSN 0023-7108 OCLC 1037547553
1960s	Aphra	1969	1976	New York, New York			A literary magazine. They published poetry, fiction, and various articles on the arts. Issues were frequently themed.[8]	ISSN 0003-6447 OCLC 1481674, 187448726	[9][10][11][8]
	Focus: A Journal for Gay Women	1969	1983	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Daughters of Bilitis.	Monthly/Bi-Monthly	A literary review for gay women.	OCLC 2261157	[8][5]
	Women: A Journal of Liberation	1969	1983	Baltimore, Maryland	Women: A Journal of Liberation	Quarterly	A political and cultural journal.	ISSN 0043-7433OCLC 1250191222	[12]
1970s	Off Our Backs	1970	2008	Washington D.C.	off our backs, inc.	Bimonthly	The longest surviving feminist newspaper in the United States.[13]	ISSN 0030-0071 OCLC 1038241	[14][13]
	Ain't I A Woman?	1970	1971	Iowa City, Iowa	AIAW Collective / Iowa City Women's Liberation Front Publications Collective	Monthly	Feminist art and politics.	ISSN 0044-6939 OCLC 2221525	[15][16][17]
	Best Friends	1971	Unknown	Albuquerque, N.M.	Best Friends Poetry Collective	Less than quarterly	A women's poetry magazine.	OCLC 1001234876	[18][8]
	Black Maria	1971		Chicago, Illinois	Black Maria Collective Inc.	Annual	A feminist journal of art and politics.	ISSN 0045-222X OCLC 2786249	[19][6][20]
	Earth's Daughters	1971	Active	Buffalo, New York	Earth's Daughters	3 times a year	A feminist literary and art periodical.	ISSN 0163-0989	[21][5]
	The Lesbian Tide	1971	1980	Los Angeles, California	Tide Collective	Bi-monthly	The first national lesbian newspaper. Also, the first American magazine to use the word "lesbian" in its title.	ISSN 0270-8167OCLC 1167128712, 941667492, 917541844
	Moving Out	1971		Detroit, Michigan	Moving Out Collective	Irregular	A feminist literary & arts journal.	ISSN 0047-830X	[8]
	The Second Wave: A Magazine of the New Feminism	1971	1983	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Second Wave	Quarterly	A political periodical. Also published "many pages of poetry, fiction, book reviews and art."[8]	ISSN 0048-9980 OCLC 2267579	[8][22]
	The Amazon	1972	1984	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Amazon	6 times a year	A journal for midwestern women.	OCLC 2045999, 1000824023ISSN 2381-0718
	Amazon Quarterly	1972	1975	Oakland, California	Amazon Press	Quarterly	A lesbian feminist arts journal.	OCLC 2750571	[23][24][25]
	Country Women	1972	1979	Albion, California	Country Women Publications		A feminist country survival manual and a creative journal.	ISSN 0199-1361 OCLC 3804478	[26]
	The Feminist Art Journal	1972	1977	New York	Feminist Art Journal, Inc.	Quarterly		ISSN 0300-7014 OCLC 0300-7014
	Feminist Studies	1972	Active	College Park, Maryland	Feminist Studies, Inc.	3 times a year	An independent, nonprofit peer-reviewed academic journal.	ISSN 0046-3663, 2153-3873OCLC 38966895
	Media Report To Women	1972	Active	Washington, D.C.	Communication Research Associates, Inc.	Quarterly	A journal about what women are doing and thinking about communications media.	ISSN 0145-9651OCLC 476239773
	Ms.	1972	Active	Virginia	Liberty Media for Women, L.L.C.	Quarterly	Typically credited as "the first national feminist magazine" for being the first mainstream feminist publication.	ISSN 0047-8318 OCLC 671775389	[27]
	New Directions for Women	1972	1983	Dover, New Jersey	Paula Kassell	Quarterly	A feminist newspaper.	ISSN 0160-1075OCLC 3617120	[28]
	Women & Film	1972	1976	California	Women and Film	3 times a year	The first known feminist film magazine in the US.	ISSN 0049-7797
	13th Moon	1973	Active	New York	13th Moon, Inc.	Annual	A feminist literary magazine founded Ellen Marie Bissert	ISSN 0094-3320 OCLC 1165759346	[29]
	Big Mama Rag	1973	1984	Denver, Colorado	Big Mama Rag, Inc.	Monthly	A feminist newsjournal.	ISSN 0277-7533OCLC 23201144	[6][30]
	Dykes & Gorgons	1973	1976	Berkeley, California	Dykes & Gorgons			ISSN 2573-6183 OCLC 951615724, 55515875;	[31]
	Gravida	1973	19??	New York	Gravida, Ltd.	Quarterly	A literary and poetry journal.	ISSN 0191-0760OCLC 612072421	[32][8]
	The Lesbian Feminist	1973		New York, New York	The Lesbian Feminist Liberation	Monthly	Both a newsletter and a political journal. They published personal and political analyses of lesbian feminist experience.	OCLC 63149145	[8]
	Albatross	1974	1980	East Orange, New Jersey	Albatross Collective	Bi-monthly	A radical-lesbian-feminist magazine.	OCLC 8740582	[8]
	Chomo-Uri	1974	1979	Amherst, Massachusetts	Chomo Uri Collective	3 times a year	A "women's multi-art magazine."	ISSN 0190-4736OCLC 1051603856	[33]
	Dark Horse	1974	19??	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Dark Horse Poets, Inc.	Quarterly	"Boston's first poetry and fiction newspaper."[8]	OCLC 2943336	[34][8][5]
	Exponent II	1974	2007	Arlington, Massachusetts	Exponent II, Inc.	Quarterly	The longest-running independent publication for Latter-day Saint women.	ISSN 1094-7760
	Jump Cut	1974	Active	Berkeley, California	Jump Cut Associates	Annual	"A Review of Contemporary Media"	ISSN 0146-5546OCLC 2971578	[35][36]
	Lesbian Connection	1974	Active	East Lansing, Michigan	Elsie Publishing Institute	Bimonthly	"The free worldwide forum of news & ideas for, by and about lesbians."[37]	ISSN 1081-3217 OCLC 10734023	[37][38]
	Lesbian Voices	1974		San Jose, California	Lesbian Voices	Quarterly	A literary and cultural journal. Edited by Rosalie Nichols.	OCLC 222412119
	Paid My Dues: Journal of Women and Music	1974	1980	Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois	Woman's Soul Publishing; Calliope Publishing, Inc.	Irregular		ISSN 0097-8035
	Quest: A Feminist Quarterly	1974	1982	Washington D.C.	Quest			ISSN 0098-955X OCLC 2242837
	Radical History Review	1974	Active	Durham, North Carolina	Duke University Press	3 times a year	A scholarly journal.	ISSN 0163-6545, 1534-1453OCLC 985576992
	Sibyl-Child	1974		Hyattsville, Maryland	Sibyl-Child Press, Inc.	3 times a year	A Women's Arts and Culture Journal.	ISSN 0161-715X
	So's Your Old Lady	1974	1979	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Haymarket Press	Bi-monthly	A Lesbian and Feminist Journal	OCLC 917556863
	Sunbury	1974	1981	New York, New York	Sunbury Press			ISSN 0271-3217 OCLC 1000821142
	Gibbous Rising	1977	????	Sacramento, California	Gibbous Rising	Irregular	Feminist News Journal	OCLC ocn952386352	[39]
	Women & Literature	1974	1988	New York, New York; New Brunswick, New Jersey	Holmes & Meier Publishers	Irregular	A feminist scholarly journal founded by Janet Margaret Todd. Formerly known as Mary Wollstonecraft Newsletter (until 1974) and Mary Wollstonecraft Journal (until 1975)	ISSN 0147-1759
	DYKE: A Quarterly	1975	1978	New York	Tomato Publications Ltd.; Liza Cowan and Penny House	Quarterly	A magazine by and about lesbian separatists. DYKE was an all woman publication.	ISSN 2573-4741OCLC 951614810	[40][41][8]
	Fighting Woman News	1975	199?	New York, New York	Spectrum Resources	Quarterly		ISSN 0146-8812 OCLC 3054837
	Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies	1975	Active	Lincoln, Nebraska	University of Nebraska Press	3 times a year	One of the earliest and longest-running publications on feminist and gender studies in the US.	ISSN 0160-9009, 1536-0334 OCLC 642530710, 909782314	[42]
	Gilt Edge	1975	1977	Missoula, Montana	Women's Resource Center; University of Montana	Annually?	A magazine of artists who are women	OCLC 42302751	[43][44][8]
	Primavera	1975	2006	Chicago, Illinois	Salsedo Press	Annual	A feminist magazine that focused on women's experiences.	ISSN 0364-7609 OCLC 1078795375
	Radical Teacher	1975	Active	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	University of Pittsburgh. University Library System	3 times a year		ISSN 1941-0832 (web); ISSN 0191-4847 (print)
	Signs	1975	Active	Chicago, Illinois	University of Chicago Press	Quarterly	"A Journal of Women in Culture and Society." A peer-reviewed feminist academic journal.	ISSN 0097-9740OCLC 21629549
	Sojourner: The Women's Forum	1975	2002	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Sojourner, Inc.	Monthly	A feminist periodical founded by a group of women from MIT.	ISSN 0191-8699 OCLC 4656277
	Women Artist News	1975	1998	New York, New York	Midmarch Arts Press	Annual
	Women talking, Women Listening	1975	19??	Dublin, California	Women Talking, Women Listening Press	Annually	Published women's poetry.	OCLC 5696938
	Women's International Network News	1975	2002	Lexington, Massachusetts	Women's International Networks			ISSN 0145-7985
	Calyx	1976		Corvallis, Oregon	Calyx, Inc.	3 times a year	A literary and art magazine dedicated to publishing the voices of women in the Northwest.	ISSN 0147-1627	[5][8]
	Camera Obscura	1976	Active	Durham, North Carolina	Duke University Press	3 times a year	A journal of feminism, culture, and media studies.	ISSN 0270-5346	[45]
	Equal Times	1976	1984	Boston, Chicago	Equal Times	Weekly	A feminist newspaper from Boston that wrote on equal pay and jobs for women.	OCLC 15158516
	Houston Breakthrough	1976	1981	Houston, Texas	Breakthrough Publishing Co.	Monthly			[46]
	Lady-Unique-Inclination-of-the-Night	1976	1983	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Sowing Circle Press	Annual (issues were referred to as "cycles")	A journal of feminist art, history, and performance with a particular focus on women's spirituality)	OCLC 5348640
	Lilith	1976	Active	New York, New York	Lilith Publications, Inc.	Quarterly	A Jewish Women's Quarterly.	ISSN 0146-2334	[47]
	Sinister Wisdom	1976	Active	Charlotte, North Carolina; Lincoln, Nebraska; Berkeley and Oakland, California	Sinister Wisdom, Inc.	3 times a year	The longest operating lesbian journal to date.	ISSN 0196-1853 OCLC 3451636	[48][49]
	Through the Looking Glass	1976	19??	Seattle, Washington	Through the Looking Glass	Quarterly	A women's and children's prison newsletter.	OCLC 952387485, 7448204	[50]
	Womanart	1976	1978	New York, New York	Womanart Enterprises	Quarterly		OCLC 2531831	[51][52]
	Women's Agenda	1976	1979	New York, New York	Women's Action Alliance, Inc.	Monthly or 10 a year	A politically radical magazine for women activists.	ISSN 0149-0532
	WREE - View of Women	1976	19??	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Women for Racial and Economic Equality	Quarterly	A political newsletter.	ISSN 0892-3116OCLC 25792491	[53]
	Auntie Bellum: A New South Carolina Journal for Women	1977		Columbia, South Carolina		Quarterly	"Includes articles, profiles of outstanding women, poetry, reviews, with emphasis on regional interests and writers."[6]	OCLC 4815152	[6][54]
	Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians	1977	1983				A quarterly magazine for Black, Latina, Asian, and Native American lesbians.	OCLC 919005098	[55]
	The Bright Medusa	1977	Unknown	Berkeley, California	Bright Medusa	Quarterly	A feminist literary journal.	OCLC 4139314	[56][5]
	Chrysalis	1977	1980	Los Angeles, California	Chrysalis	Quarterly		ISSN 0197-1867 OCLC 3128311	[57]
	Conditions	1977	1990	Brooklyn, New York	Conditions, Inc.	Annual	A lesbian feminist literary magazine.	ISSN 2381-5620OCLC 646884046	[58]
Feminist Japan	1977	Unknown	Tokyo, Japan; New York		Bimonthly	A Japanese feminist magazine.	OCLC 16104584
The Creative Woman	1977	1992	Illinois	Governors State University	Quarterly		ISSN 0736-4733 OCLC 698137157	[59]
Gaysweek	1977	1979	New York, New York	New York Gay News, Inc.	Weekly	Has been considered New York City's first mainstream gay and lesbian newspaper.	ISSN 0145-9104 OCLC 62387609
Heresies	1977	1993	New York, New York	Heresies Collective	Irregular	A feminist art and politics journal.	ISSN 0146-3411 OCLC 818922604
	WomaNews	1979	Unknown	Gainesville, Florida; New York, New York	WomaNews Collective	Monthly	A radical feminist newspaper.	OCLC 11483997	[60]
1980s	Gender Issues	1980	Active	New York, New York	Springer New York LLC	Quarterly	A feminist academic journal.	ISSN 1098-092XOCLC 49644179
	Maenad	1980		Gloucester, Massachusetts	Maenad Ltd.	Quarterly	A women's literary journal.	ISSN 0275-5629
	Woman's Art Journal	1980	Active		Old City Publishing, Inc.	Biannually	A feminist art history journal	ISSN 0270-7993 OCLC 6497852
	Womyn's Braille Press	1980	1996		Womyn's Braille Press	Irregular	A feminist organization that was operated by blind women. They circulated a newsletter for twelve years.
	Blatant Image	1981	1983	Oregon	Blatant Image	Annual		ISSN 0277-8181 OCLC 7627805	[61][62]
	Common Lives - Lesbian Lives	1981	1996	Iowa		Quarterly		ISSN 0891-6969 OCLC 8234014
	Frontiers	1981	2016	Southern California	Michael Turner	Weekly	Frontiers was Southern California's oldest and largest LGBT magazine.
	Onyx: Black Lesbian Newsletter	1982		Berkeley, California		Bimonthly		OCLC 69262012
	Trivia: Voices of Feminism	1982	Active	Amherst, Massachusetts	Trivia	Semi-annually		ISSN 2166-9082, 0736-928X	[63]
	Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature	1982	Active	Tulsa, Oklahoma	University of Tulsa	Semi-Annually		ISSN 0732-7730
	Bi Women Quarterly	1983	Active	Boston, Massachusetts		Quarterly
	Hurricane Alice	1983	1998	Rhode Island	Hurrican Alice	Quarterly		ISSN 0882-7907
	Women & Performance	1983	Active	New York	Routledge	3 times a year	A journal of feminist theory.	ISSN 0740-770X
	Backbone: A Journal of Women's Literature	1984	1988	Seattle, Washington	Backbone Magazine, Inc.	Semi-annual	Originally Seal Press's "Backbone Series."	ISSN 0888-6520
	Anamika	1985	1987	New York	Anamika Collective			OCLC 61120598
	Minnesota Women's Press	1985	Active	Minnesota	Minnesota Women's Press, Inc.	Monthly		ISSN 1085-2603
	M/E/A/N/I/N/G	1986	1997	New York	M/E/A/N/I/N/G	Semi-annually		ISSN 1040-8576
1990s	Shamakami	1990	1997	San Francisco	Shamakami Collective			ISSN 1084-2446 OCLC 24646926
	ROCKRGRL	1995	2005	San Mateo, California	ROCKRGRL	Bi-Monthly		ISSN 1086-5985
	Femspec	1999	Active	Cleveland Heights, Ohio	Femspec	Semi-annually		ISSN 1523-4002
2000s	LTTR	2001	2006	New York	Printed Matter, Inc.	Annual		ISSN 1935-066X
	$pread	2005	2011	New York	The Feminist Press	Quarterly