Lespar Library of Women's Liberation explained

The Lespar Library of Women's Liberation is a Western Australian feminist library.

The library was opened in 1979 in a building owned by Karin Hoffmann at Darlington, Western Australia.^[1]

There are some 3000 titles in its collection.^[2] It is housed within the Gay and Lesbian Archives of Western Australia (GALAWA), located in the Geoffrey Bolton Library at Murdoch University.^[3]

Holdings include international as well as Australian feminist magazines, including the Union of Australian Women's Our Women (1953–1971), Everything: Anarchist Feminist Magazine (1979–1985), As If (1973) and Lip, A Feminist Arts Journal (1976–1984).

The library's catalogue has not been digitised, but three editions have been published in book form, the most recent in 1986.

See also

• Jessie Street National Women's Library
• The Women's Library

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lespar Library of Women's Liberation. The Australian Women's Register. en-gb. 2020-05-18.
2. Bartlett. Alison. Dever. Maryanne. Henderson. Margaret. May 2007. Notes Towards an Archive of Australian Feminist Activism. . 16. 2020-05-18.
3. Web site: LGBTQI & Women's Studies Collections. Murdoch University. 2020-05-18.