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Reference: Moonstorm, Fall, 1973, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 5-8.
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"Intended as a St. Louis women's publication." Reference: Moonstorm, Fall, 1973, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 2-4.
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"Two years ago a fledging Lesbian Alliance found a home for its coffeehouse and business meetings in a Soulard back alley apartment." Dykes Find a New Home
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"Lesbian Alliance is you. First meeting in two months, 15 women attended, Sun. Oct. 28. Alliance formed over a year ago (in 1972, then) Four Sunday potluck meetings in Nov.. Lesbian Alliance included the Coffeehouse committee, Moonstorm, Rap Groups, Sunday Potlucks, and Picnics. Created a pamphlet on legal rights of gays. Reference: Moonstorm, Fall, 1973, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 5-8.
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Meeting at Lesbian Alliance Reference: Moonstorm, Fall, 1973, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 5-8.
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Washington University Women’s Center is holding its 2nd Annual Feminist Culture Weekend, Feb. 23 and 24.
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"Finally, in March our search was ended, and a [2 story] building in South St. Louis [Miami and Louisiana] became our home. Now after much work fixing up the joint, the building is jumping with old activities and lots of new stuff." Dykes Find a New Home
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Ref: Feb 1975 Moonstorm (Also back story in Nan Sweet, St. Louis Lesbian Herstory Notes, un-numbered, Laura Ann Moore interview.)
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"Camp Artemis was a seven day camp in the Lake of the Ozarks State Park principally for single mothers, women who shared their parental responsibilities, and their children. Over half of the women and children were black. Many of the women were lesbian mothers." Moonstorm, September, 1975
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Iris Films, Los Angeles, CA, promotes and distributes feminist films. The festival is held to select film for a 20 city film circuit. Tomatoe Productions will handle distribution in St. Louis.
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"Main activities include a film series, workshops, and a conference on lesbianism on Oct. 10, 11, and 12." Ref. Moonstorm, Sep. 1975, p. 49. Conference at Women's Bldg. Washington Univ.
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Camp Derricote in Cuivre River State Park at Troy, Mo. from Sept. 5-11. Workshops on such topics as gardening, animal wifery, canning, raising rabbits, mechanics, yoga, massage, canoeing, women and literature, journal writing, spirituality, sexuality, drawing and spinning. All female children and male children under 10 are welcome. Groups of 5-7 women will share in the child care for a group of children. adults $2 day, children $1. Includes bed in a cabin, 3 vegetarian meals a day. No pets.
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Sept. 19-21, First Unitarian Church, 5650 South Woodlawn. Friday night: a talk by Gene Damon (Barbara Grier) editor of The Ladder (first lesbian magazine, but no longer published.) Saturdays activities include workshops on poetry, article writing, song writing, layout and design etc. Special emphasis will be give to self-publishing and small presses as practical alternatives for lesbian writers. The cost of the conference is $5. Free housing is available on a limited basis.
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"Bev White, Chris Guerrero, Kate Kane, and Carolyn Walker opened the Women's Eye bookstore on May 14, 1976, in a building at the intersection of Clayton Road and Yale Avenue near St. Mary's Hospital." Maxfield, Mary, Together We Can Make a Safe Home, in Amanda L. Izzo and Benjamin Looker, eds., Left in the Midwest, p. 379,.
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Held Aug 20-22, 1976 at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. 2000 estimated attending.
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Held at Cuivre River State Park. Date approximate.
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Formed in July to focus on fighting against Anita Bryant.
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