Good job, Eva! It looks like you're right that there is a problem so far as anthologies are concerned.
Now the question becomes what kind of material those editors had access to when selecting their poems. Obviously the answer should be "everything", but solicitation versus unsolicited work, as well as previously published versus unpublished are interesting things to look at as well.
Your open query about the mindset of the heads of publishing houses appears to ring true, although even then I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that it is definitely misogyny. It's quite possible that those editors and publishers truly believe that those poets who were selected were indeed the most relevant poets to publish, without thought to gender.
It's very interesting.
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