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Women have been active in science fiction fandom for some time, and the Oxford dictionary of science fiction dates the coinage "femfan" (sometimes: "femme fan") to as early as 1944.Jeff Prucher, Brave New Words: the Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, "Femfan," page 62. Oxford University Press, 2007; Leigh Brackett says of the history of women in SF "There always were a certain number of women fans and women readers."Davin 2006, page 82 Labalestier quotes the editor of Startling Stories, writing in 1953, as saying A 1958 self-reported If survey found that 31% of respondents were women, which the editors said was "surprisingly high (at least to us)". Robert Silverberg said "probably the first appearance of the 'Women in Science Fiction' panel soon to become a fixture of these conventions" was at the 10th World Science Fiction Convention in 1953;Robert Silverberg, "Reflections: Problems of Time Travel," Asimov's Science Fiction, issue 0206 (2002)) which was also the first World Science Fiction Convention chaired by a woman, author Julian May.