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In the United States, feminist credit unions rose to prominence in the [[1970s]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Reed|first=Candice|date=December 12, 2012|title=Society and Credit Unions Have Come a Long Way, Baby|url=https://www.cutimes.com/2012/12/12/society-and-credit-unions-have-come-a-long-way-baby/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=[[Credit Union Times]]|language=en}}</ref> and many began disbanding in the [[1980s]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nowell|first=Cecilia|date=2020-07-23|title=What We Can Learn From Feminist Federal Credit Unions|language=en-US|work=[[The Nation (magazine)|The Nation]]|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/feminist-federal-credit-unions/|access-date=2021-05-22|issn=0027-8378}}</ref> The [[Feminist Economic Network]] was founded in 1975 as an alliance of several feminist credit unions in the United States.<ref name=":0" /> In 1976, there were 17<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Spain|first=Daphne|date=2011|title=Women's Rights and Gendered Spaces in 1970s Boston|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5250/fronjwomestud.32.1.0152|journal=Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies|volume=32|issue=1|pages=152–178|doi=10.5250/fronjwomestud.32.1.0152|jstor=10.5250/fronjwomestud.32.1.0152|s2cid=143280818|issn=0160-9009}}</ref>{{Rp|169}} |
In the United States, feminist credit unions rose to prominence in the [[1970s]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Reed|first=Candice|date=December 12, 2012|title=Society and Credit Unions Have Come a Long Way, Baby|url=https://www.cutimes.com/2012/12/12/society-and-credit-unions-have-come-a-long-way-baby/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=[[Credit Union Times]]|language=en}}</ref> and many began disbanding in the [[1980s]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nowell|first=Cecilia|date=2020-07-23|title=What We Can Learn From Feminist Federal Credit Unions|language=en-US|work=[[The Nation (magazine)|The Nation]]|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/feminist-federal-credit-unions/|access-date=2021-05-22|issn=0027-8378}}</ref> The [[Feminist Economic Network]] was founded in 1975 as an alliance of several feminist credit unions in the United States.<ref name=":0" /> In 1976, there were 17<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Spain|first=Daphne|date=2011|title=Women's Rights and Gendered Spaces in 1970s Boston|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5250/fronjwomestud.32.1.0152|journal=Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies|volume=32|issue=1|pages=152–178|doi=10.5250/fronjwomestud.32.1.0152|jstor=10.5250/fronjwomestud.32.1.0152|s2cid=143280818|issn=0160-9009}}</ref>{{Rp|169}} feminist credit unions across the country.<ref name=":1" /> |
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In 1976, [[Carol Seajay]] and Paula Wallace received a loan from the [[San Francisco Feminist Federal Credit Union]] to start a [[feminist bookstore]] called [[Old Wives Tales (bookstore)|Old Wives Tales]].<ref name=":04">{{Cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Elizabeth|date=|title=Carol Seajay, Old Wives Tales and the Feminist Bookstore Network|url=https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Carol_Seajay,_Old_Wives_Tales_and_the_Feminist_Bookstore_Network&scrlybrkr=cf51fd4e|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-20|website=FoundSF}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=May 1996|title=Guide to the Old Wives' Tales Bookstore records, 1976-1995|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf1d5n9804/entire_text/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[Online Archive of California]]}}</ref> |
In 1976, [[Carol Seajay]] and Paula Wallace received a loan from the [[San Francisco Feminist Federal Credit Union]] to start a [[feminist bookstore]] called [[Old Wives Tales (bookstore)|Old Wives Tales]].<ref name=":04">{{Cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Elizabeth|date=|title=Carol Seajay, Old Wives Tales and the Feminist Bookstore Network|url=https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Carol_Seajay,_Old_Wives_Tales_and_the_Feminist_Bookstore_Network&scrlybrkr=cf51fd4e|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-20|website=FoundSF}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=May 1996|title=Guide to the Old Wives' Tales Bookstore records, 1976-1995|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf1d5n9804/entire_text/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=[[Online Archive of California]]}}</ref> |
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Feminist credit unions are credit unions founded by feminists to address discriminatory practices in lending.[1] The first feminist credit union was founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1974.[2]
In the United States
In the United States, feminist credit unions rose to prominence in the 1970s[3] and many began disbanding in the 1980s.[4] The Feminist Economic Network was founded in 1975 as an alliance of several feminist credit unions in the United States.[2] In 1976, there were 17[5]: 169 feminist credit unions across the country.[3]
In 1976, Carol Seajay and Paula Wallace received a loan from the San Francisco Feminist Federal Credit Union to start a feminist bookstore called Old Wives Tales.[6][7]
References
- ^ Knight, Michael (August 27, 1974). "Feminists Open Own Credit Union". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "Women Forming Credit Unions". Sarasota Journal. January 9, 1976. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ a b Reed, Candice (December 12, 2012). "Society and Credit Unions Have Come a Long Way, Baby". Credit Union Times. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ Nowell, Cecilia (July 23, 2020). "What We Can Learn From Feminist Federal Credit Unions". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ Spain, Daphne (2011). "Women's Rights and Gendered Spaces in 1970s Boston". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 32 (1): 152–178. doi:10.5250/fronjwomestud.32.1.0152. ISSN 0160-9009. JSTOR 10.5250/fronjwomestud.32.1.0152. S2CID 143280818.
- ^ Sullivan, Elizabeth. "Carol Seajay, Old Wives Tales and the Feminist Bookstore Network". FoundSF. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "Guide to the Old Wives' Tales Bookstore records, 1976-1995". Online Archive of California. May 1996. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
Further reading
- Michals, Debra (December 2018). "The Buck Stops Where? 1970s Feminist Credit Unions, Women's Banks, and the Gendering of Money". Business History Conference, via ResearchGate.
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