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Bookstore caters to feminists
By JENNIFER YALE Staff Reporter
In the fall of 1979, the idea of Spinsters Books began when three Lawrence women wanted to start a feminist bookstore.
They organized a collective and began selling books from members' homes with $250 they had raised through two dances.
With the money made from book sales, the group bought more books. Today they have $5,000 worth of merchandise, twice the number of books they began with and a store at 101% Massachusetts St.
"A feminist bookstore is really unusual for such a small town," said, Katherine Harris, a collective member.
THE BOOKSTORE is rooted in feminist politics.
"With few exceptions, all the books in the store are written by women," Harris said.
"We try not to carry books written by men," said Jeanne Neath, another member
"Men have always had access to education and printing." Harris said. "We are providing a space for women who have broken into those fields.
"It feels really good to a woman's soul to be able to find books written by women on such things as carpentry and poetry."
The bookstore has the best selection of books on lesbianism in a four-state area. Harris said.
Many of the books that Spinisters offers are not carried by other bookstores, especially lesbian novels, but many titles are not produced by any big publishing house.
SPINSTERS TRIES to buy books from feminist publishers and women publishing their own books, Harris said.
The store tries not to buy books from large publishing houses. Neath said, "but if important feminist literature is published by a major publisher, we will carry it."
The store is run by six collective members—women who own the shop and share in its expenses. They receive help from Friends of Spinisters, women who help in the store but have no part in its ownership.
None of the women are paid for their work in the bookstore.
"We would like to start paying ourselves." Harris said "There is something in validating one's work."
"A lot of women could really use the money." Neath added.
Harris said her work at the bookstore was much more important to her than her regular full-time job.
"We are a part of the alternative feminist culture," she said.
According to Neath, many women have "come out" as lesbians because of their association with the bookstore.
THE STORE is a cultural center and a meeting place for feminist women. Harris said.
Spinster also provides telephone counseling and information on gay and feminist activities.
"They are trying to find their piece of the world," Harris said.
Harris said they liked to think of the store as a place for women to gather
The store is trying to get couches and expand to include a lending library and reading room for women who cannot afford to buy the books.
The women also take the books to festivals to get feminist literature to women who normally would not have access to it.
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Senior citizens are educated through Elderhostel program
Thirty-nine elderly citizens are participating in Elderbethol, a continuing education program offered to those 60 years of age and older.
The program, being held this week at Gertrude S. Pearson Hall, is based on the idea of youth hostels, which house youthful travelers for a cheap price. In Bierlhostel, the hosts are for the elderly who still enjoy learning. It is being sponsored by the Adult Life Programs and Resource Center.
The program is also a means of socializing and vacationing for the senior citizens, said贝陆 Duncan, coordinator of Elderhostel.
"They're vital people," she said.
"They're not the rocking-chair type."
"It is an adventure, something out of the ordinary," Duncan said. "These people are energetic, fun-loving, and eager for new experiences."
THE ROCKING-CHAIR type is just a stereotype that the younger generation believes in, she said.
Lynn Osterkamp, a research assistant in the KU Gerontology Center who is helping to teach the communication course for the group, agreed.
"The idea that older people are bored is a myth," Ostkamp said. "They have as much to do as anyone else."
Most retired senior citizens keep busy with hobbies and visiting families, friends and relatives, she said.
One participant, Verna Epp, 65, Newton, lives up to that theory.
"This is particularly true for those who come to Elderhostel," Osterkamp said.
"I can't live long enough to do all my hobbies," she said.
Epp's hobby is carving faces in wooden spools and other types of wood.
"IVE TRIED MY wings in everything," she said, the Elderhostel being no exception.
"We don't have time to get bored," Gunn said.
Elizabeth and Charles Gunn, Great Bend, also lead a busy life.
The Guns said they enjoyed the Elderhostel as a new learning opportunity, and also a relaxing one.
"It reminds me of bean bag camp." Mrs. Gumm said, jokingly referring to the Peanut's comic strip character. She continued eating and sleeping in a bean bag chair.
Mrs. Gunn, a retired teacher, said she enjoyed going to a summer school that required no tests or credit hours
THE CLASSES THAT ARE being taught this summer for the group are: Intergenerational Communication, in which younger students mix with the older students in the motive Sensing, in which class members learn information about satellites at the Space Technology Center and Receive Information, in which students taught at the Spencer Museum of Art.
The students have a choice of how many classes they can take, Duncan said.
Bobby Patton, KU professor of speech and drama, teaches the communications course. He said the enjoyed lesson "had a big impact." Patton said the students were differ-
"They're excited about learning whereas I think college students take it for granted," he said.
Patton said the students were diffeent from regular college students.
"It's a satisfying situation to work with."
FOR SOME, THE enthusiasm for learning goes beyond one week at the Elderhotel. Some elderly couples travel to other Elderhostels that stagger throughout the summer in all 50 states, Duncan said.
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She said that she knew of one person who was traveling to Hawaii to participate in another Elderhostel program.
Duncan said because room and board cost only $150 for the entire week for any Elderhostel, the person was getting a "darn good" vacation.
Most of the vacationers staying at GSP are from Kansas. However, Duncan said, a few come from states such as New York, Missouri and Oklahoma.
Other Kansas colleges and universities that are sponsoring the program are: Bethany College, St. Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City Community College, and Northwestern University. Burn University, Pittsburgh State University and Kansas State University.
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