Fighting Woman News was an American feminist periodical founded in December 1975 by Valerie Eads. This newsletter grew out of Eads's regular column in Black Belt Woman. This magazine focused on martial arts, self-defense, and combative sports for and by women.Searles, Patricia, and Ronald J. Berger. "The Feminist Self-Defense Movement: A Case Study." Gender and Society, vol. 1, no. 1, 1987, pp. 61–84. Women’s Traditional Arts – The Politics of Aesthetics. HERESIES. Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 127, 1978. The Heretics http://heresiesfilmproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/heresies4.pdf It published news and articles on techniques, workshops, and events.Toni Swanger Papers, 1951–1998. Digital Collections Wayne State University Libraries. https://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:Swanger1777_8_24_01/file/FILE?download=true Fighting Woman News also regularly sent representatives to women's conferences to promote self-defense and martial arts literature for women.
Print copies of the magazine sold for $6 for yearly individual subscriptions and $10 for institutions.Lesbian Connection, Volume 3, issue 6, p. 22, Dec. 1977. Independent Voices. https://voices.revealdigital.org/?a=d&d=BAHDEACD19771201.1.23&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------------1
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