The first section of this chapter gives an overview of anthologies of women’s poetry from the early twentieth century to the 1960s. It shows that the canon of poetry by women remained undefined: works that appeared in earlier anthologies were frequently discarded in later ones. Women’s verse continued to be a curiosity, packaged by literary presses for an educated audience. The second section moves the focus towards feminist publishers eager to promote women’s poetry to an audience tuned to second-wave feminism. Yet, this readership remained relatively small, and was dismissed as too radical by many mainstream reviewers and publishers. The third section shows that it was not until the mid-1980s that traditional (male) publishers started marketing women’s poetry to a mainstream audience, particularly to the education market. The rise of Women’s Studies proved that the discipline had become safe enough to be taught in a wide range of educational institutions—including schools, polytechnics and traditional universities. The final section examines the controversy over the canon shaped by these male publishers. By the time the discourse of feminism entered the mainstream, there was still no general agreement on what constituted the best and most significant poems by women.