Lillemor's women's bookstore

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Lillemors Frauenbuchladen GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 1975
Seat Munich , Germany
management Andrea Gollbach, Ursula Neubauer
Branch Bookstore
Website www.frauenliteratur.de

Sign above the women's bookstore Lillemor’s in Munich

The Lillemors Women's Bookstore GmbH (notation in the logo: Lillemor's) since 1975, a bookstore and gallery in Munich . Lillemors was the first women's bookstore in West Germany and in 1987 received the award for women's research and women's culture from the state capital of Munich. Since 2015, Lillemors has been awarded the German Bookstore Prize four times in a row in the Excellent Bookstores category.

history

Beginnings in Arcisstraße

The company was founded in 1975 in connection with the women's movement based on the model of the Librairie des femmes in Paris, founded in 1974 . During this time, numerous women’s projects emerged in Germany, such as the magazines Courage and Emma , with the Frauenoffensive also an independent publisher .

On November 3, 1975, Lillemor's women's bookstore at Arcisstrasse 57 in Munich- Maxvorstadt was founded by six feminists . The founders were a bookseller, a teacher, a graphic artist, a housewife and two students.

To appeal to women who are not usually shopped in bookstores, the founders chose the name Frauenbuch invite instead Frauenbuch action . In echo of familiar places such as milk load or stationery invite the threshold for access should thus be kept low. When the company was entered in the commercial register , the company name "Frauenbuchladen", chosen by the founders, was not accepted by the authorities. "They were told that there was no such thing as a 'women's bookstore', that would definitely have to be 'a really clever name'." The spontaneous decision to add Lillemors (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish for "little mother." "Mothers") emerged from this necessity.

Lillemors sees itself as a specialist bookstore for feminist literature, lesbian literature and non-fiction with women-specific content. This means books, according to a press release in 1975, "which deal with the area of ​​life of women: dealing with politics, work, health, nutrition, bringing up children". Shortly after the founding, Lillemors took over the sale of Verena Stefan's book Skinning from the publishing house Frauenoffensive , which was initially not available in other bookshops and became a bestseller. From the beginning, the bookstore was not just a sales point, but also a communication center for women who want to exchange ideas about women's culture, the women's movement and women's politics . Lillemor's women's bookstore organized readings and discussions with Verena Stefan, Karin Struck , Angelika Mechtel , among others .

Initially, the Lillemors rooms were also accessible to men. However, the bookstore also served as a focal point for women who had been victims of male violence. Therefore the presence of men was felt to be problematic and it prevented women from freely exchanging with one another. On the basis of a collective decision by the booksellers in 1978, men were therefore prohibited from entering the rooms. In the opinion of the booksellers, there was no place in Munich, apart from the women's center and Lillemors, “where women could really be without men”.

In 1995 Lillemors embarked on the electronic age and provided the first public women's mailbox.

A prize as a political issue (1987/88)

A jury made up of city councilors, journalists and women from the educational and cultural sector selected Lillemors for the award for women's research and women's culture from the City of Munich. City councilor Peter Kripp, on the other hand, argued that the women's bookstore should not receive the award because the ban on men made it difficult for people to get together. When the assembly of the Munich city council was supposed to confirm the jury's decision, the award was temporarily revoked: “ CSU , FDP and USD (a mini faction of two SPD dropouts) claim that the jury was not correctly composed. In addition, Lillemors is a commercial enterprise that is not entitled to a municipal price. ”The dispute lasted a year and was finally decided by a legal opinion in favor of Lillemors.

From the move to the present

Women's bookstore Lillemor’s in Munich, Barer Straße 70

On April 3, 2000, the store moved to Barer Strasse within Maxvorstadt. Since then, the bookstore has been open to men again. In contrast to the strongly politically oriented founding years, both the customer base and the range show a much wider range. Also, "the focus has shifted significantly in the direction of sophisticated literature." More than 4000 titles on women-specific topics are in stock. In addition, publications from small publishers that are hardly noticed in large bookstores are presented, including publications with a focus on female neo-shamanism and feminist spirituality from small and self-publishers by women.

In 2016 and 2017, Lillemor's women's bookstore took part in bookuck! Campaign, an initiative of the cultural department of the City of Munich , the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and the Munich book trade, which was supported by numerous artists. It pursued the goal of showing “the advantages and strengths of the local book trade”.

gallery

The bookstore is also a gallery and has presented a large number of exhibitions from the fields of painting , photography and sculpture over the years , including by Ulrike Rosenbach , Inea Gukema and Cozy Pièro . The aim is to give women artists outside the commercial art world an opportunity to present their works. The combination of bookstore and gallery creates the "connection between word and image art, reading and viewing".

economic aspects

Since it was founded, Lillemor's women's bookstore has provided the financial basis for the women who work there and strives for an alternative work model that should get by without the classic division of labor and hierarchies . The current managing directors Andrea Gollbach and Uschi Neubauer worked in a team with other women from 1979 and 1982 to 1996 and have since been jointly responsible for the bookstore and gallery.

Prizes and awards

Certificate of the German Bookstore Award 2018 for Lillemor's women's bookshop in Munich
  • 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018: Lillemors was awarded the German Bookstore Prize in the category Excellent Bookstores , which was awarded for the first time by the Federal Government in 2015, endowed with 7,000 euros.
  • 2014/15: Bookstore of the Year in the “Special Bookstore” category, awarded by the book market magazine . The independent jury justified its decision as follows: “Lillemors gave space to feminist literature when the term did not even exist. A women's bookstore that has long since become an institution because it always provides new food for thought. "
  • 1987: Advancement award for women's research and women's culture , awarded by the City of Munich, endowed with 10,000  DM .

literature

  • Katharina Reintjes: Books and pictures with the “little mother” . In: Robert Gigler (Ed.): Sideways. 33 unusual bookshops in Munich . München Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-937090-23-8 , pp. 90-93 .

Web links

Commons : Barer Straße 70 (Munich)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elisabeth Zellmer: Daughters of the Revolt? Women's movement and feminism in the 1970s in Munich. Table of contents Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-70254-5 , p. 173; First women's bookstore opened in Munich (with photo), europeana.eu , accessed on December 13, 2014; Chronicle of the New Women's Movement: 1975 ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (with photo), on Lillemor's: Section November 3, 1975, Frauenmediaturm.de , accessed on December 13, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frauenmediaturm.de
  2. ^ Christine Schäfer, Christiane Wilke: The new women's movement in Munich 1968–1985 . Buchendorfer Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-934036-30-7 , p. 27.
  3. ↑ Richard Deiss: Department store of words. 222 bookstores you should know . 7th edition. Books on Demand, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8423-0056-9 , p. 53.
  4. ↑ State Capital Munich, Culture Department (Ed.): Topic History Path. The history of the women's movement in Munich. 3. Edition. MDM Maristen Druck und Verlag, Furth 2014, pp. 152–153.
  5. ↑ Uwe Sonnenberg: From Marx to the mole. Left book trade in West Germany in the 1970s . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2016, p. 339.
  6. ^ Christine Schäfer, Christiane Wilke: The New Women's Movement in Munich 1968–1985. A documentation. Published by the Frauenakademie München e. V., Buchendorfer Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-934036-30-9 , p. 243.
  7. ↑ a b Katharina Reintjes: Books and pictures with the 'little mother'. In: Robert Gigler (Ed.): Sideways. 33 unusual bookshops in Munich. München Verlag, Munich 2007, pp. 92–93.
  8. ^ Gabriele Dennert, Christiane Leidinger and Franziska Rauchut; Collaboration by Stefanie Soine (Ed.): Keeping Movement: 100 Years of Politics, Culture and History of Lesbians. Table of contents (PDF) Querverlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89656-148-0 , p. 225.
  9. ↑ Ingeborg Münzing: This opening is unique in Germany. A bookstore made by women for women. In: evening newspaper . November 3, 1975, No. 255, p. 13.
  10. ↑ Elisabeth Zellmer: Daughters of the Revolt? Women's movement and feminism in the 1970s in Munich. Table of contents Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-70254-5 , p. 197.
  11. ^ Background discussion by Elisabeth Zellmer with Ursula Neubauer on October 7, 2008, quoted from Elisabeth Zellmer: Daughters of the Revolt? Women's movement and feminism in the 1970s in Munich. Table of contents Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-70254-5 , p. 198.
  12. ↑ Private archive Lillemor's women's bookstore: single sheet on which the decision to ban men from entering the bookstore can be read, 1978, quoted from Elisabeth Zellmer: Töchter der Revolte? Women's movement and feminism in the 1970s in Munich. Table of contents Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-70254-5 , p. 198.
  13. ↑ 20 years of the Munich women's bookstore. First feminist West German literary deal asserted itself as an institution . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 23, 1995, p. 2 (Munich-Land).
  14. ↑ Andrea Böhm: The reserve. In: Emma. Edition March 1988, p. 8.
  15. ↑ kicks: 15 years of Lillemor's women's bookstore . In: Münchner Lokalberichte Nr. 24, from November 28, 1990, 8, accessed on December 13, 2014.
  16. ^ Daniela Engels: The best in Munich for women. , Munich Verlag in the Chr.Belser Society for Publishing Business, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-7630-4020-9 , p. 88.
  17. ^ Message from Lillemor's women's bookstore for self-understanding , Frauenliteratur.de , accessed on January 8, 2015.
  18. ↑ Antje Weber: Long fight. The first German women's bookstore: Lillemor's in Schwabing. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 130, June 8, 2016, page R2.
  19. ^ Lillemor's Women's Bookstore and Gallery. In: bookuck.com. June 6, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
  20. ↑ bookuck! In: bookuck.com. June 24, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
  21. ^ All winners 2016 - German Bookstore Award. In: deutscher-buchhandlungspreis.de. Retrieved October 16, 2016 .
  22. ↑ BLÖ: Prices for Munich bookstores. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 1, 2017, p. R14.
  23. ↑ The winners of the BuchMarkt competition bookstore of the year 2014. buchmarkt.de; accessed on December 30, 2014.
  24. ↑ Anita Augspurg Prize. Prize of the City of Munich for the promotion of equality for women and girls. Munich, updated edition 2015. (PDF) City of Munich, Equal Opportunities Office for Women, p. 20

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