
"Claire
Cavanah and Rachel Venning opened the first Babeland store in 1993 in
response to the lack of women-friendly sex shops in Seattle. The store
offered top quality products, a pleasant place to shop, and most of all
information and encouragement to women who wanted to explore their
sexuality. The store's popularity with both women and men eventually
led to two more stores in New York and one in Los Angeles, as well as a thriving website." From http://www.babeland.com.