Women In The Life Magazine Vol. 1, 1993

The first issue of Women in the Life by S.A Reid, November 1993.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

The party organization WOMEN IN THE LIFE grew out of the simple need to entertain ourselves. We wanted a unique environment that women like ourselves—black women that were 25 an up, educated and ambitious—could call their own. Hopefully each function would be different and therefore constantly new. After a year of producing and promoting successful parties, we now realize that’s not enough.

There is more to being a black gay woman than just partying. Hopefully we’re deeper than that. We are multifaceted and therefore require more forms of stimulation. Thus, WOMEN IN THE LIFE is expanding to producing Ski Trips, Sunday Brunches, Book Clubs, Weekend Excursions, Poetry Coffeehouses and most importantly this newsletter. In addition to entertainment, we think we should provide a source of information. A resource guide that is useful, thought provoking, informative and maybe even enlightening. Up to now, no single publication is filling this void for Washington’s lesbian community. We plan to do this. Although this is a very ambitious undertaking, we look forward to the challenge.

— S.A Reid

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