Star Trek Zine Fans: 1967-1971

As part of a paper on the early history of Star Trek fanfiction, I have tried to estimate the sex ratio among the first wave of Star Trek fanzine publishers and writers. I looked at every fan name mentioned in the 1967-1971 section of Joan Marie Verba's book Boldly Writing and categorized that name as clearly (or known to me as) male, clearly female, or unclear.

I am posting this list on the Web so it can be double-checked by fans with first-hand knowledge. In addition to the problem of people with non-gender-specific names, I may have put women in the "male" column or men in the "female" column; it is also possible that some people are in more than once under different names.

For comparison purposes, see my list of SF Zine Publishers of the 1960s. The SF list is about 17% female; the Trek list is about 83% female. Interesting, no?

Please send any corrections or comments to Mary Ellen Curtin.

 

female	male	unk
Anna Hreha	Al Schuster	L. E. Wallace
Anna Mary Hall	Alan Asherman	Lee Burwasser
Astrid Anderson	Bob Vardeman	Lee Smoire
Barbara Marczak	Gary Mason	V. Linea
Barbara Wenk	John Trimble
Bjo Trimble	Mike Sobota
Carol Cross	Tim Courtney
Carol Pruitt	Willard F. Hunt
Cecily Horton
Charlene Ott
Connie Faddis
D. Carol Roberts
Danielle Dabbs
Deborah Langsam
Dee L. Mauser
Devra Langsam
Doris Beeteem
Dorothy Jones
Eleanor Arnason
Elyse Pines
Gail Barton
Gugi Jamal
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Jane Peyton
Jean Lorrah
Joyce Yasner
Juanita Coulson
Judith Brownlee
Judy Burns
Judy Segal
Kathy Surgenor
Kay Anderson
Laura Basta
Lelamarie Kreidler
Liz Danforth
Lois McMaster
Louise Stange
Madeline Dale
Margaret Basta
Mary Lou Barnes
Maureen Burns
Michelle Malkin
Myrna Culbraith
Nan Braude
Pam Tacoma
Pat Zotti
Peggy Barilla
Ruth Berman
Sherna Comerford
Shirley Maiewsky
Shirley Meech
Susan C. Passe
Susan Hereford
Susan Wolfe

by Mary Ellen, "Doctor Science, MA"