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16548Suffrage Amendment Alliance. Senator James J. Barbour on January 17 1917 introduced in the Illinois Senate the Suffrage Amendment to the Illinois Constitution. It Is Senate Joint Resolution No. 2. First edition. 9 x 6 in. 4 pages. Clearly lays out the facts and history of suffrage activism its growing popularity and the acts of brave women demanding their rights: "the women of Illinois marched through the sleet.asking for a woman's suffrage plank". It lists the political promises made by both democrat and republic parties to include women suffrage as a priority issue. "Men who vote for this amendment will not have the difficult task of explaining to their constituents the difference between their theory and their practice." Lists the State Central Committee of the Suffrage Amendment Alliance on last page. Two horizontal folds. Very good condition. unknown books
1707319th c. Women's Education Autograph Letter Signed from female student dated May 25 1854. 4 pages folded from single sheet. 6.5 x 5.25 in. Written by student Eloise Hemstreet to her parents. She writes about her school which she feel is one of "the best of schools and one of the edens of the earth." She writes on her interest in astronomical observations and how she is looking forward to looking "at the eclipse through the telescope." She mentions "the college" and talks about the health and wellness of both male and female classmates at the Institution. Additionally she mentions that the College was getting a new roof. Research indicates Eloise was born in 1833 making her 21 at the time of this letter. She became a teacher thus was likely studying for the education profession as she wrote this letter. In the latter half of the 19th century women in America had growing access to higher education especially in the professional training to become teachers. For many women working as a teacher was the key to independence-both financial and socially. Hemstreet went on to teach in New York and Wisconsin where in 1861 she made $16 for teaching a summer session. Toning around bottom left edge and corner of page 1. Original fold lines with small 1/2 inch tear along outer edge of horizontal fold line on all pages. Very small tear 1/2 cm. along top edge of pages. Else in very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
16240Married Women Their New Rights." 1870. Whittington Life Assurance Company. Extremely rare with 0 results on OCLC. 4 ¾ x 2 ¾ in. Excellent condition. This handbill was produced shortly after the 1870 Married Women's Property Act was passed which allowed women to keep their own wages inherit small sums of money and property. The handbill distributed by a life insurance company informs women on the different insurance policies that they are now able to buy with their new rights.<br/><br/>Before 1870 any money made by a woman either through a wage from investment by gift or through inheritance automatically became the property of her husband once she was married. Thus the identity of the wife became legally absorbed into that of her husband effectively making them one person under the law.3 Once a woman became married she had no claim to her property as her husband had full control and could do whatever suited him regarding the property: "Thus a woman on marrying relinquished her personal property-moveable property such as money stocks furniture and livestock--- to her husband's ownership; by law he was permitted to dispose of it at will at any time in the marriage and could even will it away at death". The above finally changed these laws to give women Rights to Own Property. unknown books
16317Original "Votes for Women" Magazine. Vol V. New Series No. 232. Friday August 16 1912. Votes for Women was founded in 1907 by Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence and was a popular and important source of suffrage news. Cover image shows pair of oval portraits for suffrage activists Mrs. Mary Leight and Miss Gladys Evans who were both sentenced to 5 years of "Penal Servitude" for setting fire to a theater in Dublin. The article comments on the punishment: "By meting out punishment of such appalling severity the Government have created a situation which they themselves know cannot last. Even they realize that women cannot be sent for years to convict prisons as the alternative to giving them the Vote." Good condition. Expected even toning with chips and small losses at edges. unknown books
16304Women Suffrage These New Jersey Officials and Prominent Citizens are for Woman Suffrage. Are You Vote Yes on the Suffrage Amendment Oct. 19. New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association. 1915. Handbill prominently lists Thomas Edison in all capitals at the top of the list before other notable New Jersey men who supported women's voting rights including political figures Senator Congressmen Mayors etc. and business leaders. 1 sheet. 10 x 7.25 in. The amendment proposed in 1915 failed to pass and women in New Jersey had to wait five years until the 19th Amendment extended women suffrage on the federal level. Very good condition. Even toning. Small losses in left corners along right edge and at bottom right edge. An important document that shows the public support women's suffrage had in the years before it became federal policy. unknown books
16568Bessie Rayner Parkes. The Market for Educated Female Labor. 1859. First Edition. 8 1/4 x 5 in. Unbound. 6 pages missing last 2 pages. No other copies in institutional or library collection in the US according to OCLC Worldcat. "The daughter may may marry but her husband may die.or be too poor to support her and her children; let her at least be trained beforehand to some possible way of getting her bread." Bessie Rayner Parkes one of the most prominent women's rights activist of her day writes that girls and young women must receive an education or a useful trade in the same way that boys do. "We lay it down as a primary social law conceded by all political economists that a father ought to provide for all his children or give them the means of providing for themselves." She emphasizes how common it is for middle-class women to join the workforce: "Probably every person present has a female relative or intimate friend whom trade-failure the exigencies of a numerous household or the early death of husband or father has compelled to this course; it is the experience of every family." An argument for the importance of skilled and educated women in the work force their place in the market and the challenges that they faced. Repairs to top right corner and right edge of page 1. Small repair to left edge page 6. Good condition. unknown books
16627Women's Education Lincoln Phelps A.H. Chemistry for Beginners: With Engravings. Hartford: F.J. Huntington 1834. Publisher's original cloth boards. 4" x 6.75" inches 269 pages. First edition. Numerous black and white engravings of objects and diagrams. Paragraphs on Matters light Laws of Motion gases electricity acids metals organic chemistry etc. Mrs. Lincoln Phelps was a famous teacher lecturer and advocate for girl's education at a time when schooling for women was severely limited; her sister was the famous suffragette Emma Willard. The nineteenth century saw major advances in educational opportunities for women and girls. In the 1800s women began to play central roles in education - as teachers and as learners-- and literacy among women doubled between 1780 and 1840. However American higher education remained a virtually all-male affair until after the Civil War in the 1860's. Shelfwear. Dampstain to upper right edge of cover and pages. Moderate toning and foxing pages occasionally creased. In good condition. unknown books
16751Women's Educational Movement. Bradford Female Academy Catalog 1886. A catalog from one of the most important historical female academics. Contains names of current students and an outline of the curriculum. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no other options for education Bradford soon transitioned to become the first all-female academy in Massachusetts and among the first in the United States in 1836. Not copy of this item could be found among Institutional and library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
16750Women's Education Movement. Pamphlet/ Volume 4 of 17: Bradford Female Academy Catalog 1844. A very early catalog from one of the most important historical female academics. Contains names of current students and an outline of the curriculum. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no other options for education Bradford soon transitioned to become the first all-female academy in Massachusetts and among the first in the United States in 1836. Very rare to find items from the first decade of operation of this pionering Female Academy. There are no copies of this very early female education catalog in any institution or libraries as per OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates 4 years before Seneca Falls. unknown books
16760Early American Women's Education Movement. Catalog of the Officers and Members of The Seminary For Female Teachers. Salem Massachusetts. Printed at the Register Press. April 1839. Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today-This is an important point but seems awkwardly placed. Maybe either use the phrase "into secular higher education" in first sentence or in next sentence say "In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education<br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates 10 years before Seneca Falls. unknown books
16748Women's Education Movement. Goddard Seminary Catalog 1877. Pamphlet Catalog for the 1877 class of Goddard Seminary a coeducational school in Barre VT. Including the names of students. Goddard College began in 1863 in Barre Vermont as the Green Mountain Central Institute and in 1870 was renamed Goddard Seminary. Founded by Universalists Goddard Seminary was a four-year preparatory high school primarily for Tufts College. For many years the Seminary prospered. But the opening of many good public high schools made many of the New England academics obsolete. The trustees added a Junior College to the Seminary in 1935 and in 1938 Goddard College was chartered. It remains progressive Universalist institution. There are no copies of this very early female education catalog in any institution or libraries as per OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
16084Early Women Education ALS Jn Howard. Preston. Nov. 29 1823. To his daughter Sarah "My Dear Child." 3 pages Autograph Letter Signed folded from a large sheet with the 4th page showing the original stampless address panel. Usual holes where original wax seal was torn off.<br/><br/>She writes in her hand in Part: "My dear child I had great pleasure in reading your letter to your Brother-and the more-when I understood that you had not only written it but composed it. I feel persuaded you will try to profit every Day by the kind and good instruction of your Cousin and Tutoress:--you must never esteem anything too difficult which you are set to do. If you were the King's Daughter you would have to learn in patient submission; and how much more ready should you be to do so in your situation in Life! Your dear mother and I have always been glad to see your fondness for reading but you must try always to understand and remember what you read-as it is not the quantity of reading but duly improving it which is the thing to be desired-and that makes it of real worth.Believe me dear Sarah we do not forget you but love you much tho' you are at a distance from us--" A touching and encouraging letter from a progressive parent whose interest in his daughter's education is clearly more than the polite drawing room variety. unknown books
16500Mary Pauline Jeffrey. Dr. Ida: India The Life Story of Ida S. Scudder. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company 1938. 212 pages. 8 x 6 in. Original blue cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by author on front end page. Frontispiece portrait of author and 18 other images throughout.<br/><br/>Biography of Ida Scudder pioneering woman physician who founded clinics and medical schools for women in India. Scudder was born in India to American missionaries and dedicated her life to the health of Indian women many of whom were reluctant to see male physicians. In 1899 she was one of the first women graduates from Cornell Medical College; and shortly after Scudder returned to India where she started a rural medical clinic for women only. Within two years she was treating thousands of patients. Few pages have corrections or annotations in ink. Very good. unknown books
14438Wahlen Auguste. 'Moeurs Usages Et Costumes De Tous Les Peuples Du Monde .' Published in Brussels 1843. 6.7 x 10.4 inches & 8.9 x 5.9 inches. Plates are lithographs on a vellum type paper with original hand coloring heightened with gum Arabic. <br/><br/>Two original antique prints from 'Moeurs Usages Et Costumes De Tous Les Peuples Du Monde' by Auguste Wahlen. The plate illustrations are brightly colored and intricately detailed characterization of the traditional costumes of a Persian Nobleman and woman of Iran Persia. The Persian nobleman's costume entails a vibrant red fur-lined coat which covers a gold-colored ensemble topped off with a matching fur hat. The text accompanying the illustration is in Dutch roughly translating to "Persian noble from the state". The Persian Woman is depicted in tradition costume as imagined by Europeans in the 1800's. The woman is shown reclining on a bed of patterned cushions holding a hookah in her right hand. She is captured in a rich red-colored pant a green and white striped top with gold-colored embroidery and an embellished royal blue hat to compliment the coat of the same color. The text below reads: "Dama Persa - Asia" Persian Lady - Asia. Both prints are in good condition and very decorative. unknown books
16327Satirical women's rights cartoon. C.J. Taylor Illustrator. 1894. Kepler & Schwarzmann Inc. 4 sheets each 14 in x 10 in. Color illustration titled "Independence Day of the Future" showing three women including one in a military hat and coat with bloomer pants ringing a bell labeled "Equal Rights". A celebratory parade goes on in the background with two humorous statues towering above the crowds -- an eagle wearing a bonnet and labelled "The American Bird is a Hen Eagle That Lays Eggs"; and another of a standing woman "Erected to the Memory of the First Woman who Wore Breeches". In two pieces. Very good condition with bright colors. "Puck." printed at top of image; title and copyright information printed at bottom. An excellent piece of history capturing some of the fears and anxieties related to the growing women's rights movement. unknown books
16826Album Women College Memory album with Gelatin silver print photographs newspaper clippings and rare mementos from a student graduating from Switzer Woman's College Class of 1907 in Itasca Texas. 4 original black and white photos approximately 4 x 3 in. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" Designed and Illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co. n.d. 9 x 6 in. Original boards. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" in gilt and illustrations of flowers and a young lady on the front cover. 176 pages. Switzer Woman's College and Conservatory was established by David Switzer in Itasca in 1902. Besides academic classes the school had a basketball team for the students. Original owner's name and high school written on label printed inside front cover: Miss Liela H. Little Graduated froM Switzer College '07". Table of contents include space for handwritten entries on: Class Yell or Motto Photographs Autographs Class Officers Teachers Class Prophecy Invitations Programmes Social Events Press Notices Gowns Presents Jokes and Frolics and the Baccalaureate Sermon. <br/><br/>Inscriptions from 5 teachers. "Whittier says 'Each good though or action moves the dark world nearer to the sun.' As you go forth in to the battle of life on this your graduating morn may you take this thought to your heart and cherish it through the coming years." "Leila I have the warmest wish for you; in some ways my life has been a happy one and you have been part of that happiness. My heart follows you to your far-away home and your welfare will never cease to be dear to me. I shall never hear of your success but that my hand will go out to your through the distance and your joy will be my joy." Includes one inscription in Spanish from "su Maestra" your teacher. Graduation program lists 9 women earning degrees in Piano Violin Expression and Literature. Four photos of 8 figures standing together in long sleeves and full-length skirts. Invitations to graduation performance recitals for classmates and invitation to local Itsaca High School commencement. Small felt "SWC" pennant pasted to front end page with "07" in handwritten in ink. Ticket to a Glee Club performance. 2 handmade valentine ornaments pasted along with a note saying "The Pinafore Girls from The Pinafore Boys". The college was later converted to the Burney Military Academy. Warping to pages with photographs. Light scuffing and wear to extremities of cover. Dampstaining to lower right edge cover not affecting interior. Good to very good condition. unknown books
17167Women Eduation Music Saroni Herrman S. "The Twin Sisters. An Operetta adapted to the use of Female Colleges Schools Exhibitions &c." Musical Score. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company 1888. 5.5 x 7.5 in. Original boards. 101 pages. "The Twin Sisters" is considered by some to be the first American operetta. The work is scored for women's voices only and the cover of this edition prominently notes that it is "adapted to the use of female colleges schools exhibitions &c." The Operetta features six women characters along with chorus parts. Born in Germany Herrman Saroni was an American composer and author. He published an early American music journal Saroni's Musical Times in New York from 1849 to 1851 while also being among the first in the city to organize concerts of exclusively chamber music. Saroni's composing and writing output was impressively varied: works of parlor music and dances scholarly histories of Western music and poems and short stories that appeared in women's magazines. In 1852 he left New York and three years later he founded the Columbus Symphony Orchestra the second-oldest orchestra in the country. Interior hinges loose but holding. In good to very good condition .Only 2 copies of this volume are held by any library or institution in the world according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
16569Women Employment J. B. Remarks on the Obstacles to the More General Employment of Women and on the Means of Removing Them. London: Published at the Office fo the English Woman's Journal Company Limited 1860. First edition. 16 pages. Original paper wrappers. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. A pamphlet supporting strategies for the expansion of women's employment opportunities. It outlines current obstacles to women's work such as hostility from male employees: "Women however cannot be employed in England in this manner because of the jealousy of their fellow workmen. If a master were to employ women in any part of the business the whole of his workmen would strike at once." The document also lists sad consequences of the current work climate: "Workhouses were found to be overcrowded with able-bodies females while charities were besieged with women praying to be provided either with employment or bread." Stain to upper left edge front. Toning to last page. Light pencil marks in margin. Very good condition. Only 2 copies held in library or institutions in the US according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
16566The Employment of Married Women in Manufacture. A Paper read at the Social Science Congress held at Norwich October 1873 by Whately Cooke Taylor Esq. London: Frederick Bell & Co. Steam Printers King's Rd. Chelsea 1874. First edition. 12 pages. Original paper wrappers. 8 x 5 1/4 in. "It is at first sign a very humane sentiment no doubt to assert that married women should be relieved from all hard work because of the duties which maternity casts upon them; but when as that the same time you relieve them of some fifteen shillings a-week without providing any substitute you must not be surprised if they themselves do not view your condescension in the same light." In this document many arguments are made against regulating married women factory workers as women working in agriculture and domestic roles did not face the same restrictions. Very good condition. unknown books
16567John Boyd Kinnear. The Right of Women to Labour. Being portions of an essay re-printed by permission form "Woman's Work and Woman's Culture." London: Printed by Frederick Bell & Co. Chelsea S.W. 1873. First edition. 14 pages. Original paper wrappers. 8 x 5 1/4 in. Kinnear a radical Scottish politician and lawyer advocates for the integration of women's labor wherever appropriate: "there are other things which women can do at least as well as men.Then why should women not do it" He brings up the need to defend women workers in the changing atmosphere as they were prevented from "forming effective trade unions to secure their rights" at the same time that increased industrialization was displacing them from factory labor jobs. Very good condition. unknown books
16872Women History Medicine Early woman surgeon and hospital staff perform an operation. 6 doctors and nurses operate on a patient; notably five of the staff members are women. c. 1920. Original silver gelatin print. 6.5 x 8.5 in. mounted on 8 x 10" board. Two surgeons were masks and appear to be mid-operation on a patient's abdomen; various tools such as forceps clamps and medical scissors can be seen on the operating bed and supply cart. Other medical staff work to prepare equipment for the procedure sterilize tools and monitor the anesthetized patient. Of all medical specialties the most embattled for women is surgery; early on they faced a challenge obtaining education training and facilities as this field of medicine was considered least suitable for women's delicate nature. These young woman then defied the odds of their time to become doctors and work in surgery. Light abrasions to surface top left quadrant affecting leftmost figure's head center top and center left edge. Wear to corners of board. Good to very good condition. unknown books
15287Stone walls do not a prison make nor iron bars a jail; but 'til the E.R.A. is won we're only out on bail poster Equal Rights Amendment Santa Monica CA: Helaine Victoria Enterprises 1975. 17.5x23 inch poster very good featuring a vintage image of a women's prison and a stanza adapted from the conclusion of the Richard Lovelace poem "To Althea from Prison." We have examples printed on several different shades of paper; please contact us if the shade makes a difference to you. unknown books
16430Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Michigan. An Expert's Opinion: The Suffrage Question as Viewed by the Competent Michigan Woman. St. Louis: Michigan Woman's Christian Temperance Union Press Bureau 1910. The broadside states the opinion of Caroline Bartlett Crane's also known as "America's housekeeper" on the women's right vote. "I believe in Equal Suffrage because men and women are co-partners in the great business of living." Only 1 other copy in any institutional collection as per OCLC Worldcat. Rare. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union WCTU formally endorsed women's suffrage in 1881. Willard and other leaders recognized that the women's ballot was an essential tool to achieving the organization's goals and proclaimed this to the 1881 National Convention. Very good condition. unknown books
16510Woman Suffrage: History Arguments and Results. New York: National American Woman Suffrage Association 1913. Maule Bjorkman editor. Original blue cloth boards. 4 x 6.5 in.<br/><br/>Known amongst suffragists as the "blue book" this collection of seven essays on suffrage was published together to serve as a resource for suffrage speakers activists and writers. Includes writings by Ida Huster Harper A brief history of the movement for woman suffrage in the United States Jane Addams Why women should vote Carrie Chapman Catt Do you know and Alice Stone Blackwell The sentiment for woman:suffrage among others. Sunning to spine. Very good. unknown books
15969Perry Adele D. Typed Letter Signed. Newark N.J.: September 2nd 1915. Letter. Signed in Full by Adele Perry. 8 1/2 x 11 ''; single sheet; typed on the elaborate cream stationary of the Women's Political Union of New Jersey creased once horizontally and twice vertically two punch holes along the top edge of the paper not affecting the text one very small stain near the Women's Political Union of New Jersey symbol in the upper left hand comer very good. Written on the stationary of the Women's Political Union of New Jersey which lists all the officers and members of the advisory board this letter is addressed to Eleonore Raoul of Atlanta Georgia. In it Adele discusses making arrangements for Eleonore's upcoming trip to the state. Suffrage is clearly the issue at hand in this letter as Adele mentions that ''Mrs. Winkle has been out of town for the last few days on a campaign tour across the state." Later as publicity was central to any campaign for suffrage she tells Eleonore that ''The best daily newspaper in our state is 'The Newark Evening News.''. unknown books
