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New Words Bookstore was a feminist bookstore (1974 - 2002) based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ==Early years== New Words, A Women's Bookstore, opened in Somerville, Massachusetts, on April 6, 1974. New Words was one of the earliest feminist bookstores in the country and a pioneer in what was soon to become an international feminist-bookstore/women-in-print movement. The four founders, Rita Arditti, Gilda Bruckman, Mary Lowry, and Jean MacRae were brought together through introductions made by mutual friends. Rita Arditti was a biologist, Gilda Bruckman worked in a Harvard Square bookstore, Mary Lowry was an optician, and Jean MacRae was just finishing a graduate degree at Harvard Divinity School. Together, with pooled funds of $15,000, they created one of the first women's spaces in the Boston area. The bookstore first opened its doors at 419 Washington Street, Somerville. In January 1976, New Words moved to a bigger space at 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge (Inman Square), in what was then a hot spot of feminist activity. In addition to New Words, the Hampshire Street building housed the Goddard Cambridge Graduate Program in Women's Studies, Focus—a feminist counseling collective, and the Boston Federal Feminist Credit Union. Two blocks further along Hampshire Street was the Women's Community Health Center (feminist health centers), and across the street from that, the women's restaurant, Bread & Roses. A few doors up the street in the other direction was Gypsy Wagon, a women-owned craft store. The Cambridge Women's Center was within walking distance. By the mid-1980s, the New Words collective had expanded to include Madge Kaplan, Kate Rushin, Laura Zimmerman, Doris Reisig, and Joni Seager.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Words Bookstore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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