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Rosie Boycott
Standard Name: Boycott, Rosie
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Zoë Fairbairns | People she thanks for helping (for instance, in interviews) with the research for this book include Rosie Boycott
, Sara Maitland
, Jeanette Winterson
, and her own parents. Part of the novel grew from... |
Timeline
June 1972
Spare Rib, a feminist periodical issued monthly by Spare Ribs
from 27 Clerkenwell Close, London, was launched to put women's liberation on the news stands.
21 June 1973
Virago Press
held its first board meeting (of directors Carmen Callil
, Rosie Boycott
, and Marsha Rowe
). The press was established in London with financial support from Quartet Books
.
By Autumn 1975
Carmen Callil
's new Virago Press
issued its first title, Mary Chamberlain
's Fenwomen: A Portrait of Women in an English Village, an indictment of rural poverty as it bears on women.
February 1998
Rosie Boycott
, who had helped found Spare Rib, and edited Esquire, then The Independent on Sunday, became the first woman editor of a national British daily paper, The Independent.