Partners in Wonder Women and the Birth of

Partners in Wonder revolutionizes our knowledge of women and early science fiction. Davin finds that at least 203 female authors published over a thousand stories in science fiction magazines between 1926 and 1965. This work explores the distinctly different form of science fiction that females wrote, offers a comprehensive bibliography of these works, and provides biographies of 133 of these women authors.

Eric Leif Davin is Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh.

Bibliographic Tables

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction: Science Fiction and the Contested Terrain of Popular Culture

1

(28)

Part One: Presumption of Prejudice

Science Fiction's Contested Terrain, 1926-1949

1 The Genesis of the Mythology

29

(24)

2 Present at the Creation

53

(11)

3 Weird Sisters

64

(10)

4 Female Fandom

74

(22)

5 Women Without Names

96

(31)

6 The Usual Suspects

127

(27)

7 Anecdotes and Antidotes

154

(9)

8 Haven in a Heartless World

163

(29)

9 Ebony and Ivory

192

(20)

10 Femalien Empathy

212

(13)

11 Feminist Futures

225

(14)

12 History and Mythistory

239

(6)

Part Two: The Crest of the First Wave

Science Fiction's Female Counter-Culture, 1950-1960

13 Ecce Femina

245

(17)

14 Alone Against Tomorrow

262

(14)

15 Across the Great Divide

276

(11)

16 A Counter-Culture of Tending and Befriending

287

(14)

Part Three: Hidden From History

The Ebbing of First Wave Women's Science Fiction, 1961-1965

17 Into Time's Abyss

301

(11)

18 The Persistence of Myth

312

(5)

Appendix I: Bibliography of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1926-1965

317

(52)

Appendix II: The Women That Time Forgot, 1926-1960

369

(48)

Some Online Resources

417

(2)

Index

419

(12)

About the Author

431

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Partners in Wonder Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965

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