# 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 |
| 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 |
| 1800s | The Una | 1853 | 1855 | Boston, Massachusetts | | | | |
| 1800s | Woman's Journal | 1870 | 1931 | Boston, Massachusetts | | Weekly | | OCLC 7383821 |
| 1800s | 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 |
| The American Jewess | 1895 | 1899 | Chicago, Illinois | | | The first English-language periodical published for American Jewish women. | OCLC 5782568 | |
| 1900s | The Socialist Woman | 1907 | 1914 | Chicago, Illinois | The Socialist Woman Publishing Co. | Monthly | | |
| 1900s | 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. | ISSN 0003-6447 OCLC 1481674, 187448726 |
| 1960s | 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 |
| | Women: A Journal of Liberation | 1969 | 1983 | Baltimore, Maryland | Women: A Journal of Liberation | Quarterly | A political and cultural journal. | ISSN 0043-7433OCLC 1250191222 |
| 1970s | Off Our Backs | 1970 | 2008 | Washington D.C. | off our backs, inc. | Bimonthly | The longest surviving feminist newspaper in the United States. | ISSN 0030-0071 OCLC 1038241 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Best Friends | 1971 | Unknown | Albuquerque, N.M. | Best Friends Poetry Collective | Less than quarterly | A women's poetry magazine. | OCLC 1001234876 |
| 1970s | Black Maria | 1971 | | Chicago, Illinois | Black Maria Collective Inc. | Annual | A feminist journal of art and politics. | ISSN 0045-222X OCLC 2786249 |
| 1970s | Earth's Daughters | 1971 | Active | Buffalo, New York | Earth's Daughters | 3 times a year | A feminist literary and art periodical. | ISSN 0163-0989 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Moving Out | 1971 | | Detroit, Michigan | Moving Out Collective | Irregular | A feminist literary & arts journal. | ISSN 0047-830X |
| 1970s | 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." | ISSN 0048-9980 OCLC 2267579 |
| 1970s | The Amazon | 1972 | 1984 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Amazon | 6 times a year | A journal for midwestern women. | OCLC 2045999, 1000824023ISSN 2381-0718 |
| 1970s | Amazon Quarterly | 1972 | 1975 | Oakland, California | Amazon Press | Quarterly | A lesbian feminist arts journal. | OCLC 2750571 |
| 1970s | Country Women | 1972 | 1979 | Albion, California | Country Women Publications | | A feminist country survival manual and a creative journal. | ISSN 0199-1361 OCLC 3804478 |
| 1970s | The Feminist Art Journal | 1972 | 1977 | New York | Feminist Art Journal, Inc. | Quarterly | | ISSN 0300-7014 OCLC 0300-7014 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | New Directions for Women | 1972 | 1983 | Dover, New Jersey | Paula Kassell | Quarterly | A feminist newspaper. | ISSN 0160-1075OCLC 3617120 |
| 1970s | Women & Film | 1972 | 1976 | California | Women and Film | 3 times a year | The first known feminist film magazine in the US. | ISSN 0049-7797 |
| 1970s | 13th Moon | 1973 | Active | New York | 13th Moon, Inc. | Annual | A feminist literary magazine founded Ellen Marie Bissert | ISSN 0094-3320 OCLC 1165759346 |
| 1970s | Big Mama Rag | 1973 | 1984 | Denver, Colorado | Big Mama Rag, Inc. | Monthly | A feminist newsjournal. | ISSN 0277-7533OCLC 23201144 |
| 1970s | Dykes & Gorgons | 1973 | 1976 | Berkeley, California | Dykes & Gorgons | | | ISSN 2573-6183 OCLC 951615724, 55515875; |
| 1970s | Gravida | 1973 | 19?? | New York | Gravida, Ltd. | Quarterly | A literary and poetry journal. | ISSN 0191-0760OCLC 612072421 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Albatross | 1974 | 1980 | East Orange, New Jersey | Albatross Collective | Bi-monthly | A radical-lesbian-feminist magazine. | OCLC 8740582 |
| 1970s | Chomo-Uri | 1974 | 1979 | Amherst, Massachusetts | Chomo Uri Collective | 3 times a year | A "women's multi-art magazine." | ISSN 0190-4736OCLC 1051603856 |
| 1970s | Dark Horse | 1974 | 19?? | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Dark Horse Poets, Inc. | Quarterly | "Boston's first poetry and fiction newspaper." | OCLC 2943336 |
| 1970s | Exponent II | 1974 | 2007 | Arlington, Massachusetts | Exponent II, Inc. | Quarterly | The longest-running independent publication for Latter-day Saint women. | ISSN 1094-7760 |
| 1970s | Jump Cut | 1974 | Active | Berkeley, California | Jump Cut Associates | Annual | "A Review of Contemporary Media" | ISSN 0146-5546OCLC 2971578 |
| 1970s | Lesbian Connection | 1974 | Active | East Lansing, Michigan | Elsie Publishing Institute | Bimonthly | "The free worldwide forum of news & ideas for, by and about lesbians." | ISSN 1081-3217 OCLC 10734023 |
| 1970s | Lesbian Voices | 1974 | | San Jose, California | Lesbian Voices | Quarterly | A literary and cultural journal. Edited by Rosalie Nichols. | OCLC 222412119 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Quest: A Feminist Quarterly | 1974 | 1982 | Washington D.C. | Quest | | | ISSN 0098-955X OCLC 2242837 |
| 1970s | Radical History Review | 1974 | Active | Durham, North Carolina | Duke University Press | 3 times a year | A scholarly journal. | ISSN 0163-6545, 1534-1453OCLC 985576992 |
| 1970s | Sibyl-Child | 1974 | | Hyattsville, Maryland | Sibyl-Child Press, Inc. | 3 times a year | A Women's Arts and Culture Journal. | ISSN 0161-715X |
| 1970s | So's Your Old Lady | 1974 | 1979 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Haymarket Press | Bi-monthly | A Lesbian and Feminist Journal | OCLC 917556863 |
| 1970s | Sunbury | 1974 | 1981 | New York, New York | Sunbury Press | | | ISSN 0271-3217 OCLC 1000821142 |
| 1970s | Gibbous Rising | 1977 | ???? | Sacramento, California | Gibbous Rising | Irregular | Feminist News Journal | OCLC ocn952386352 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Fighting Woman News | 1975 | 199? | New York, New York | Spectrum Resources | Quarterly | | ISSN 0146-8812 OCLC 3054837 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Gilt Edge | 1975 | 1977 | Missoula, Montana | Women's Resource Center; University of Montana | Annually? | A magazine of artists who are women | OCLC 42302751 |
| 1970s | Primavera | 1975 | 2006 | Chicago, Illinois | Salsedo Press | Annual | A feminist magazine that focused on women's experiences. | ISSN 0364-7609 OCLC 1078795375 |
| 1970s | Radical Teacher | 1975 | Active | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | University of Pittsburgh. University Library System | 3 times a year | | ISSN 1941-0832 (web); ISSN 0191-4847 (print) |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Women Artist News | 1975 | 1998 | New York, New York | Midmarch Arts Press | Annual | | |
| 1970s | Women talking, Women Listening | 1975 | 19?? | Dublin, California | Women Talking, Women Listening Press | Annually | Published women's poetry. | OCLC 5696938 |
| 1970s | Women's International Network News | 1975 | 2002 | Lexington, Massachusetts | Women's International Networks | | | ISSN 0145-7985 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Houston Breakthrough | 1976 | 1981 | Houston, Texas | Breakthrough Publishing Co. | Monthly | | |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Lilith | 1976 | Active | New York, New York | Lilith Publications, Inc. | Quarterly | A Jewish Women's Quarterly. | ISSN 0146-2334 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | Through the Looking Glass | 1976 | 19?? | Seattle, Washington | Through the Looking Glass | Quarterly | A women's and children's prison newsletter. | OCLC 952387485, 7448204 |
| 1970s | Womanart | 1976 | 1978 | New York, New York | Womanart Enterprises | Quarterly | | OCLC 2531831 |
| 1970s | 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 |
| 1970s | WREE - View of Women | 1976 | 19?? | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Women for Racial and Economic Equality | Quarterly | A political newsletter. | ISSN 0892-3116OCLC 25792491 |
| 1970s | 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." | OCLC 4815152 |
| 1970s | Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians | 1977 | 1983 | | | | A quarterly magazine for Black, Latina, Asian, and Native American lesbians. | OCLC 919005098 |
| 1970s | The Bright Medusa | 1977 | Unknown | Berkeley, California | Bright Medusa | Quarterly | A feminist literary journal. | OCLC 4139314 |
| 1970s | Chrysalis | 1977 | 1980 | Los Angeles, California | Chrysalis | Quarterly | | ISSN 0197-1867 OCLC 3128311 |
| 1970s | Conditions | 1977 | 1990 | Brooklyn, New York | Conditions, Inc. | Annual | A lesbian feminist literary magazine. | ISSN 2381-5620OCLC 646884046 |
| 1970s | Feminist Japan | 1977 | Unknown | Tokyo, Japan; New York | | Bimonthly | A Japanese feminist magazine. | OCLC 16104584 |
| 1970s | The Creative Woman | 1977 | 1992 | Illinois | Governors State University | Quarterly | | ISSN 0736-4733 OCLC 698137157 |
| 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 |
| 1980s | Gender Issues | 1980 | Active | New York, New York | Springer New York LLC | Quarterly | A feminist academic journal. | ISSN 1098-092XOCLC 49644179 |
| 1980s | Maenad | 1980 | | Gloucester, Massachusetts | Maenad Ltd. | Quarterly | A women's literary journal. | ISSN 0275-5629 |
| 1980s | Woman's Art Journal | 1980 | Active | | Old City Publishing, Inc. | Biannually | A feminist art history journal | ISSN 0270-7993 OCLC 6497852 |
| 1980s | 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. | |
| 1980s | Blatant Image | 1981 | 1983 | Oregon | Blatant Image | Annual | | ISSN 0277-8181 OCLC 7627805 |
| 1980s | Common Lives - Lesbian Lives | 1981 | 1996 | Iowa | | Quarterly | | ISSN 0891-6969 OCLC 8234014 |
| 1980s | Frontiers | 1981 | 2016 | Southern California | Michael Turner | Weekly | Frontiers was Southern California's oldest and largest LGBT magazine. | |
| 1980s | Onyx: Black Lesbian Newsletter | 1982 | | Berkeley, California | | Bimonthly | | OCLC 69262012 |
| 1980s | Trivia: Voices of Feminism | 1982 | Active | Amherst, Massachusetts | Trivia | Semi-annually | | ISSN 2166-9082, 0736-928X |
| 1980s | Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature | 1982 | Active | Tulsa, Oklahoma | University of Tulsa | Semi-Annually | | ISSN 0732-7730 |
| 1980s | Bi Women Quarterly | 1983 | Active | Boston, Massachusetts | | Quarterly | | |
| 1980s | Hurricane Alice | 1983 | 1998 | Rhode Island | Hurrican Alice | Quarterly | | ISSN 0882-7907 |
| 1980s | Women & Performance | 1983 | Active | New York | Routledge | 3 times a year | A journal of feminist theory. | ISSN 0740-770X |
| 1980s | 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 |
| 1980s | Anamika | 1985 | 1987 | New York | Anamika Collective | | | OCLC 61120598 |
| 1980s | Minnesota Women's Press | 1985 | Active | Minnesota | Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. | Monthly | | ISSN 1085-2603 |
| 1980s | 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 |
| 1990s | ROCKRGRL | 1995 | 2005 | San Mateo, California | ROCKRGRL | Bi-Monthly | | ISSN 1086-5985 |
| 1990s | 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 |
| 2000s | $pread | 2005 | 2011 | New York | The Feminist Press | Quarterly | | |