Difference between revisions of "Barbara Bovard"
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[[File:Barbara Bovard (1940s). Courtesy of Rob Hansen.jpg|thumb|left|'''Barbara Bovard (1940s)'''. ''Courtesy of [[Rob Hansen]]''.]] | [[File:Barbara Bovard (1940s). Courtesy of Rob Hansen.jpg|thumb|left|'''Barbara Bovard (1940s)'''. ''Courtesy of [[Rob Hansen]]''.]] | ||
| − | '''Barbara E. Bovard''' (aka '''Barbara Edge''' and '''BEB'''), a pioneering female [[L.A.]] [[fan]] of the 1930s and ’40s, started contributing to [[fanzines]] before [[Forry Ackerman]] dragged her into organized [[Shangri-LA]] [[fandom]]. | + | '''Barbara E. “Bobby” Bovard''' (aka '''Barbara Edge''' and '''BEB'''), a pioneering female [[L.A.]] [[fan]] of the 1930s and ’40s, started contributing to [[fanzines]] before [[Forry Ackerman]] dragged her into organized [[Shangri-LA]] [[fandom]]. |
| − | Ackerman [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light119.pdf#page=8 wrote] | + | After meeting her mother and then Bobby herself, Ackerman [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light119.pdf#page=8 wrote] in ''[[Light]]'' 18 (August 1942): "She [...] was inoculated with the [[stf]] bug by her mother, who gave her ''[[Astounding]]'' to read about 10 years ago when they lived in [[Seattle]] & Bobby was so young she pronounced it 'A'sounding'." |
In 1942, she lived in [[Washington, DC]], about which [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light123.pdf she wrote], “[[actifan]]life is terrible” (''[[Light]]'' 123). In 1943, she moved to Fairbanks, [[Alaska]], and belonged to [[FAPA]]. In 1945, she moved back to L.A., but apparently [[gafiated]] soon afterward. | In 1942, she lived in [[Washington, DC]], about which [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light123.pdf she wrote], “[[actifan]]life is terrible” (''[[Light]]'' 123). In 1943, she moved to Fairbanks, [[Alaska]], and belonged to [[FAPA]]. In 1945, she moved back to L.A., but apparently [[gafiated]] soon afterward. | ||
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Barbara E. “Bobby” Bovard (aka Barbara Edge and BEB), a pioneering female L.A. fan of the 1930s and ’40s, started contributing to fanzines before Forry Ackerman dragged her into organized Shangri-LA fandom.
After meeting her mother and then Bobby herself, Ackerman wrote in Light 18 (August 1942): "She [...] was inoculated with the stf bug by her mother, who gave her Astounding to read about 10 years ago when they lived in Seattle & Bobby was so young she pronounced it 'A'sounding'."
In 1942, she lived in Washington, DC, about which she wrote, “actifanlife is terrible” (Light 123). In 1943, she moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, and belonged to FAPA. In 1945, she moved back to L.A., but apparently gafiated soon afterward.
She may have gone by the name "The Atlantean."
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