Hi, Emily,
> Caity, Garret died in the 1980s (and at a guess, he changed over his
> lifetime, since the last series he started was cowritten with his wife.
> When he died in the middle, she finished it). The remark about women
> being unable to write SF would be around 1950ish. None of the last four
> women you listed started writing and getting published until the 1960s
Actually, Zenna Henderson's first story was published in 1951. All of the
stories that would become "Pilgrimage" except "Lea" (the framing story to tie
them into a novel) were published in the 50s. Also, you might want to check the
dates on some of the stories in her other collections. There are a few from the
50s there too. I can't think of a woman who published under an obviously female
name who won a Hugo or a Nebula earlier than she did.
She was a trailblazer, but because she was not prolific (four books and a bunch
of additional short stories in a 35 year career) and mainly did work as a
teacher, not a full time writer, she seems to be fading into oblivion. I'm
really glad NESFA Press collected *all* of her People stories, including the
ones that hadn't previously made it into a book, in "Ingathering".
FWIW, I need to troll through some used bookstores next time I'm in a *real*
city and find good hardcover copies of "Holding Wonder" and "The Anything Box".
Take care,
Caity
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