A Woman's Place (bookstore)

A Woman's Place (fully ICI, Information Center Incorporate: A Woman's Place) was a feminist bookstore in Oakland, California. It was founded on January 18, 1972 by a collective of eight women who had previously been selling feminist publications on the street. Intended as a community space for women, A Woman's Place stocked nonfiction books by men, but only sold fiction and poetry if it was written by a woman. Members of the collective also focused on providing books from the perspective of the Third World and the working class. In 1982, the bookstore stocked 10,000 different books.

A Woman's Place (bookstore)

A Woman's Place (fully ICI, Information Center Incorporate: A Woman's Place) was a feminist bookstore in Oakland, California. It was founded on January 18, 1972 by a collective of eight women who had previously been selling feminist publications on the street. Intended as a community space for women, A Woman's Place stocked nonfiction books by men, but only sold fiction and poetry if it was written by a woman. Members of the collective also focused on providing books from the perspective of the Third World and the working class. In 1982, the bookstore stocked 10,000 different books.