About Us
Welcome to the Feminist Bibliography Project! Supported by the John and Gail MacNaughton Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Huron University College, the project is a collaboration between Dr. Scott Schofield (English and Cultural Studies) and Dr. Nina Reid-Maroney (History). We combined classes in History of the Book and classes on the history of women’s activism to invite student research on women and print culture, using rare books in the special collections of Western University’s Archives and Research Collections Centre, and the innovative space of the Huron Letterpress Studio.
The project asked two central questions:
1. How can the recovery and analysis of feminist rare books, and hands-on engagement with the process of letterpress printing open students to new understandings of women’s activism in the past, and its implications for our present?2. How can the study of an activist past enrich and enliven the study of material texts?
Explore the website to find original student research on rare books, on women’s authorship, and women printers!