Women who love ‘Star Trek’ are the reason that modern fandom exists

A great article. And Fanlore got a mention and a few links.

“"We never quite understood the scope of the people who were interested,“ Devra said at their Star Trek Mission panel. "All of us were working or we were in college, we were not people who had a job that was the Trek Con, we were people who had a job and then did the Trek con.”“None of us did this to make money,” she added. “I think over the years I made about 12 cents an hour.”

“The sense of community was one of the best things about fandom of that time,“ Hellinger told Revelist. "A lot of people stayed in touch, even if it was small groups. The ‘Star Trek’ convention brought a lot of people together in a very, very different way.” Now, we have the internet with which to communicate with distant fandom friends — but the passion, love, and optimism that early "Star Trek” fans shared with one another still exists today. All you have to do is seek it out.