By the 1970s , the science fiction community was confronting questions of feminism and sexism within science fiction culture itself . Multiple Hugo-winning fan writer and professor of literature Susan Wood and others organized the " feminist panel " at the 1976 World Science Fiction Convention against considerable resistance . Reactions to the appearance of feminists among fannish ranks led indirectly to the creation of '' A Women 's APA '' and WisCon
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