Doris and I "met" through correspondence over the years, initially when she sought my help in finding university library homes for some remaining copies of books the Jewish feminist press she founded, Biblio Press. And, in turn, from time to time she would send me clippings or other materials from her files that she thought would interest me. She also invited me to get together for an in-person meeting when I happened to be in New York City. A few years before she died I took her up on her offer and had a delightful visit. Over the course of a morning spent recalling episodes in her life, sparked by photographs, award plaques, drawings,and other memorabilia on hand in her Manhattan apartment, Doris conveyed how often she had actively “made things happen” in her life, rather than passively taking what came her way or accepting the judgment of those who told her she couldn’t do whatever it was she hoped to do. I published an article about this visit, highlighting in particular how Doris started Biblio Press and what some of the important books are that she published, including Miriam’s Well: Rituals for Jewish Women Around the Year; Voices of Thinking Jewish Women; The Jewish Women’s Awareness Guide: Connections for the 2nd Wave of Jewish Feminism; several useful bibliographies; and a collection of her own poetry, Honey in the Lion. My article, "Doris B. Gold: Jewish Women's Studies Publisher, 'Impossible to Live Without Making Things Happen,'" is in Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources, v. 29, no. 3-4 (Summer-Fall, 2008), pp. 22-24. That issue of the journal is archived online at http://digital.library.wisc.ed... . The article begins on the 26th page of the pdf.
Doris and I "met" through correspondence over the years, initially when she sought my help in finding
university library homes for some remaining copies of books the Jewish feminist press she founded, Biblio Press. And, in turn, from time to time she would send me clippings or other materials from her files that she thought would interest me. She also invited me to get together for an in-person meeting when I happened to be in New York City. A few years before she died I took her up on her offer and had a delightful visit. Over the course of a morning spent recalling episodes in her life, sparked by photographs, award plaques, drawings,and other memorabilia on hand in her Manhattan apartment, Doris conveyed how often she had actively “made things happen” in her life, rather than passively taking what came her way or accepting the judgment of those who told her she couldn’t do whatever it was she hoped to do. I published an article about this visit, highlighting in particular how Doris started Biblio Press and what some of the important books are that she published, including Miriam’s Well: Rituals for Jewish Women Around the Year; Voices of Thinking Jewish Women; The Jewish Women’s Awareness Guide: Connections for the 2nd Wave of Jewish Feminism; several useful bibliographies; and a collection of her own poetry, Honey in the Lion. My article, "Doris B. Gold: Jewish Women's Studies Publisher, 'Impossible to Live Without Making Things Happen,'" is in Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources, v. 29, no. 3-4 (Summer-Fall, 2008), pp. 22-24. That issue of the journal is archived online at http://digital.library.wisc.ed... . The article begins on the 26th page of the pdf.