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16509Woman suffrage arguments and results : a collection of eight popular booklets covering together practically the entire field of suffrage claims and evidence :New York: National American Woman Suffrage Association 1910 First edition this title became known as the famous "The Blue book" of Suffage. Scarce First edition. <br/><br/>A collection of eight popular first edition booklets broadly covering claims and evidence related to the women's suffrage movement published together as a resource for suffrage advocates. 4 x 6.5 Original blue cloth boards. 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. Discoloration on cover s and some rubbing. Overall good to very good. unknown books
1896315329Hacienda Rosendal Tantojón Pánuco Vera.Cruz Mexico 1896. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. Old folds. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. In praise of three California huntresses. A charming tribute with subtle overtures from three Swedish bachelors living in Mexico to three California sisters whose hunting prowess was described in an article in the "Mexican Herald." Headlined "Three California Dianas. They Kill Bears and Panthers and Olive in Particular is an Expert Shot" the article describes the sisters who live in the "wilderness above Ukiah California" as "sportswomen of rare talent" and gives an account of their encounter with a bear which ends up with their treeing and killing the animal. The letter reads in part: ".we think it would interest you to know that your bravery and pluck are known even outside your own Country . We have read and reread the article and . we could not restrain ourselves from sending our respects. Down here you would find a great field for your guns. We have all kinds of big game . it is nothing unusual to meet an 8 or 9 feet sic tiger on the roads when we are out riding. We will described one of our hunting experiences that might interest you." The letter goes on to relate how after wounding and trailing a deer towards a lagoon "a big Puma jumped out from the jungle and pounced upon our poor wounded deer. A rifleshot and we had both deer and Puma." The letter continues: "We are three Swedes 26 28 & 31 years old and run a fruit plantation in partnership in the district of Huasteca on the shores of the beautiful Panuco river. We have been here only 5 months but we have found the prospects for the future very bright. We would greatly enjoy a few lines from you as to ascertain whether our epistle ever reached you . and if the article is a ghost-story or not." They close "With admiration for the 3 brave Dianas in California. unknown books
16740Women Education Girl student's laboratory notebook of 38 experiments and 30 scientific drawings at Wadleigh High School in 1903 only 16 years of existence New York City's first public high school for girls. 8 x 7 in. Original maroon boards. 142 pages first 97 pages filled with handwriting in pencil. All experiments dated 1903. "to be pasted on outside cover of note book. Borough of Manhattan New York City Wadleigh High School January 12 1904. This notebook contains the original notes of Sylvia DeGiorgio on laboratory work done under my immediate supervision. All numerical data and all notes descriptive of apparatus process and resulting phenomena were written in the laboratory at the time when the experiment was performed. Florence Hermann Teacher." Records 38 experiments that explore different topics in physical science such as: Verify the Law of Flotation Prove that a lever acts as if its mass were collected at one point Determine the mechanical advantages and law of inclined plane and Determine chemical action in a simple voltaic cell. Experiments contain tables to record data and observations with 30 scientific hand drawings in pencil to accompany lab notes. "I placed a 100g weight in such a position as that it would not roll and on it placed a meter stick and balanced it. I placed a 50g weight on the 17 cm mark and determined where a 20g weight should be applied to balance it. I then calculated the distance of 50 g or Force A from the fulcrum and also of 20g on Force B by subtracting the distance fo the position of A from the fulcrum and of B from the fulcrum. Then I multiplied the weight or magnitude of A by the calculated distance of A from the fulcrum and of B likewise the product was the moment of the force and the products of A and B should equal. I performed the same operation tree other times each time placing the weight-at different points on the stick. The movements of the forces acting on one part of the lever should equal the movement of the forces acting on another part of the lever."<br/><br/>Wadleigh High School was first founded in 1897 when secondary education for girls especially immigrants was considered highly novel; this important school led the way for other educational reforms in the country and also led to more job opportunities for women to work as higher level teachers. This student Sylvia DeGiorgio was from an immigrant family with several members born abroad in Italy Malta and Egypt and the school took pride in both the academic as well as social education it provided to its girls students taking pride in the "gentlewomen" who graduated from the school. 2 loose pages recount the births and deaths of family members. First 2 pages detached. Loose hinges. Boards worn at extremities. Clean crisp interior. Very good condition. unknown books
1927440Little Rock 1927. Overall very good. Eleven items. Light wear and tanning. A representative group of materials published in the 1920s for use by the Women of the Ku Klux Klan. After the Klan was officially reformed in 1915 a women's branch of the organization was founded in Little Rock in 1923. The principal material present here comprises five pamphlets with rules oaths ceremonies and music for group meetings. They are as follows: 1 The Code of the Flag As Adopted by the National Flag Conference. cover title. Little Rock: Parke-Harper Publishing Co. 1923. 16pp. Stapled self wrappers. Small chip at top edge of final leaf. 2 Constitution and Laws of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan Adopted by the First Imperial Klonvocation at St. Louis Missouri on the Sixth Day of January 1927. Little Rock: H.G. Pugh & Company 1927. 71121pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. 3 Installation Ceremonies Women of the Ku Klux Klan. Little Rock: J.F.H. Co. 1923. 16pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. 4 Musiklan. Little Rock: Parke-Harper Publishing Co. 1925. 12pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. 5 Second Degree Obligation First Section. Property of Women of the Klu Klux Klan cover title. Little Rock. 1923. 4pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. Accompanying these are six ephemeral pieces that include a triplicate application form for the "Second Degree" level of the Women's Klan a notice of admission to the Klan examples of payable and receivable receipts a piece of "Tri-K-Klub" letterhead and an "Imperial Passport" allowing the bearer to attend the meetings of other Klaverns. Quite uncommon as a group. unknown books
195415968Orrville OH; 1954-1990. 4to. Hardcover binder with 99 clear plastic leaves holding hundreds of clipppings ephemera and 203 photographs 53 black and white snapshot; 122 color snapshot; 26 Polaroid instant color prints; 2 black and white enlargements. Contents laid into pages loose. Majority of photographs captioned to versos. Overall well preserved; about near fine. <br/><br/>A large scrapbook compiled by Dorothy Agnes Welsh b.1921-d.2001 documenting her 40-year career with the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville Ohio. Founded in 1870 Schantz was primarily a local operation until a national expansion in the years immediately following WWII. A turn-key firm responsible for all aspects of the design building installation service and renovation of many of the country's finest pipe organs its growth and many of its most ambitious projects are documented here including the firm's magnum opus: a massive 1950's installation in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark NJ conatining nearly 9000 individual pipes. <br /> <br />Through article clippings images detailed captions and notes Dorothy documents the day-to-day at Schantz through her clear well composed views and uncomplicated text. Approximately 1/4 of the images are of employee gatherings primarily retirement parties though the majority of prints are occupational and provide clear views of the company's process and employees: woodworking intricate electronic designs antique organ restorations installations etc. from the early 1950's to 1990 and from the perspective of a female employee. <br /> <br />Welsh began work in the console department in January of 1951. During her four-decade long career she served in nearly all of the company's departments thus these images seem to document every aspect of the firm's work. Many employees were women. A telling bit of ephemere suggests what the workplace may have been like for Dorothy: an illustrated napkin disparaging women drivers along with a brief note on and 1965 photograph of the co-worker who left it for her Ray Eyster is among the ephemera. The incident seems to have stuck with Dorothy given its presence among the contents. "Eyster Put this on my work bench. I had been driving a car a short time when this show up. He work at Schantz a few yr. He was not happy .". <br /> <br />Clippings are often notated by Welsh and focus on local and national coverage of Schanz's projects and notable life events of her co-workers primarily obituaries. Additional are several photographic company brochures with detailed specs on organ installations at Lawrence University in Appleton WI: Trinity United Church of Christ in Canton OH; First Methodist Church in Glendale CA; Sharp Chapel at Tulsa University; and more. <br /> <br />A considerable primary record of women in an artisan workplace richly documenting in visual and written detail the myriad elements involved in the work of the Schantz Organ Company. hardcover books
1708719th c. Women Education Archive of 6 handwritten letters from a student at Lewisburg Seminary an all Women academy in Pennsylvania. 1868-1869. She writes on her education to become a teacher tuition and family matters. 5 letters come with original mailing envelopes. 8.25 x 5.5 in. Each letter is 3 or 4 pages long; final letter is only 1 page. The letters are dated: December 27 1868; January 9 1869; February 3 1869; February 13 1869; February 27 1869; February 1869 original mailing envelope is postmarked March 1. Lewisburg Seminary was the female branch of the University at Lewisburg now known as Bucknell University. In all of her letters student Libbie Grant talks on the importance of her education. In the first letter she offers to help her recently widowed brother but that school was also a priority for her: "If you want to keep house the rest of the winter I will come tome and do my best. It will seem so hard to board right away. I don't know how I can stay here all next term without seeing any of you but shall content myself if you don't wish me to come. It is for my own benefit to get an education." In the January letter she lists subjects she is taking in school: "I study Grammar Physiology Geography and Astronomy." She gives a lengthier update in the February 3 letter: "I get along very well in my studies much better than I did last term. Miss Brown said there was a mistake made in my report and Scripture is excellent also Spelling. I do not get as homesick as I did last term." In one letter Libbie writes on how nervous she is regarding her future: "When I think of the future I feel sad to think I must wander from place to place." She is likely referring to various places where she would work as a teacher. In the February 13 letter her teacher Miss Brown adds a line about Libbie's next steps likely where she will work as a new teacher: "I trust she will succeed in getting a pleasant school for the summer."<br/><br/>Libbie also writes on financial matters requesting money from her brother for tuition and clothing. She stresses the necessity of new clothes which seem "unnecessary" to her brother Robert Grant residing in rural upstate New York; this highlights some one of the different social challenges that young women from rural backgrounds faced while living in and attending schools in cities. In the February 13 letter she writes about how she needs money for clothes to wear and new shoes; she is clearly distressed as her brother residing in Neversink NY seems unconvinced that new shoes and Church appropriate clothing is necessary. "I write this with my eyes full of tears for I know your thoughts. I know you think these re all unnecessary. They would be if I were home and I could get along with less." Miss Brown's addendum on the following page affirms Libbie's need of money and assures her brother that these items are necessary and his sister is "exceedingly economical." Lewisburg Seminary was originally the female branch of the University at Lewisburg which later became Bucknell University. In 1852 the Female Institute was established to exclusively educate women at the University. All letters in very good condition. A lovely collection of letters from a young woman studying to be a teacher in the 19th c. unknown books
17025Women Education Handwritten notebook from girl student learning about Botany and Zoology in 1857. Filled with 68 pages of notes and essays on plant and animal biology. 68 pages handwritten. Original green marble boards with brown leather spine. 9 x 7.25 in. Title plate on cover lists original owner "Louisa Woodson". List sales address in London. "Sold at the Depository of the Home and Colonial School Society 16 St. Chad's Row Gray's Inn Road."Â "Instructions to Student" printed on inside front cover with notes on how composition book should be used. "These Journals are intended to contain a record of the daily course of instruction and occupation through which Students pass whilst at the Institution. It is expected that particular attention should be paid to the plainness and legibility of the writing; to the grammar spelling and punctuation; and also to the general arrangement and neatness of execution." All entries dated to 1857. Weekly written class schedules included throughout notebook listing coursework in Reading Scripture Language Numbers Writing Natural History Domestic Economy Dictation and Geography. Student includes notes and short essays on topics including animal and plant life. "Lesson on the Whale: The most remarkable peculiarities of the whale tail are as follows - though they inhabit water and never leave it they are not fish but mammals breathing air by lungs and therefore coming to the surface to breath." "Botany Leaves. Leaves are flat extended objects growing on the stems and consisting of two parts namely the stalk and blade known by botanists as the petiole and lamina." Also includes entries on the Gospels and notes on her own general academic performance from the past week: "6 errors in Gram. & Comp.; 4 omissions. This journal bears evidence of great carelessness." Other entries are on topics such as: The Elephant The Whale Tribe What Buds Are The Gourd Tribe Botany Roots and On Shells. "Tribe" is used here synonymously with genus or scientific family. Comes with 3 loose handwritten documents 2 concerning plant life. Boards are worn spine is detached though signatures hold. 1 page fully detached. Good condition. unknown books
19211885Chamberlain & Various Places in South Dakota 1921. About very good. 69 original photographs each measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches plus six leaves of text twelve postcards other ephemera. Oblong album embossed calf boards string-tied. Moderate wear at edges some rubbing and scuffing to boards. Light dust soiling internally. Photos generally clear captioned in manuscript on album leaves. A engaging photo album compiled by a young South Dakota woman that documents her activities as a part of the Chamberlain Chapter of the Camp Fire Girls during the early 1920s. Vera Gilman and her friends were members of the "Naswawkee Camp Fire" founded in 1918 in Chamberlain South Dakota. As four leaves of introductory text explain Gilman joined the group whose Native American name was intended to translate to "Feathered Arrow" in 1920 when the chapter made a camping trip to American Island a large Missouri River island opposite Chamberlain that was submerged by the construction of the Fort Randall Dam in 1953. The first half of the album documents this excursion of the eleven members all of whom have "Indian names" and occasional appear in faux-Native American dress. The second part of the album documents a 1921 trip to the Black Hills and "Dakota Wonderland" which included the Badlands Deadwood Lead Canyon and other sights which the chapter funded from their performances of a theatrical production "A Perplexing Situation" in Chamberlain and nearby Ola. A lively record of this Plains small-town iteration of Camp Fire an outdoor youth organization founded in 1910 as the girls' alternative to the Boy Scouts. unknown books
17014Women Education Handwritten Album Memory album from student at Female Academy in Springfield MA. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. Filled with 44 handwritten inscriptions dated 1876-1882 from classmates teachers and friends. 4.25 x 7 in. Original leather boards. 114 pages. Gilt "Autographs" and decorative detail to front cover. Two original illustrations of a bird one in color. Most entries are signed from schoolmates in Springfield MA. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. Included is an entry from teacher Myra F. Hoffman who writes: "That your work in life may be always as cheerfully and faithfully performed as now is the wish of your friend and teacher."Â Many inscriptions directly reference school life. A entry from 1877 is titled "Schoolmate": "In your list of real friends My name I wish to see. And if a lasting friend you wish That friend you will find in me." Others sign off "Your Seat-mate" and one of 1882 is from "Your Sincere Friend and Classmate" and another "Friend and Schoolmate." One quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Do that which is assigned thee" says Emerson "and though canst not hope too much or dare too much." Interestingly one entry from 1877 entries is signed "Shang Hai China."Â Loss to leather spine though hinges are sound. Front and back cover are attached. Good to very good condition. unknown books
17119Women Education Scrapbook from woman student at Connecticut Agricultural College 1919-1923. Filled with 215 handwritten notes and signatures from classmates; 119 pieces of ephemera including mailed letters greeting cards ticket stubs and newspaper clippings; and 88 original silver gelatin print photographs of various sizes from 1 x 1 inch to 3 x 5 inches. 62 pages. Original blue boards. 12.5 x 17 inches. University seal printed in center of front cover. Front cover personalized with original owner's name printed in bottom right corner "Marion V. Toole '23". Filled with images and ephemera from the Conn. Ag. College campus now the University of Connecticut located in Storrs CT. <br/><br/>Filled with photographs of friends and classmates around campus and at the dormitories. Photographs of Whitney Hall dormitory and residents labelled "Whitney Hall tribe" Koons Hall and nearby bodies of water. Other campus activities are also photographed such as sledding a co-ed Basketball team swimming and a tug-of-war tradition-the "Freshman-Sophomore Rope Pull." Photographs of young men practicing military drills in a field; in the early days after WWI military preparedness remained an issue of national concern. Other photos of local travel to Springfield MA; Sachem's Head on the Connecticut Coast; Kingston Rhode Island; and the "Eastern State Exposition." Also have photos of doctors at New Haven Hospital-perhaps a photo of a friend or former classmate. <br/><br/>215 signatures notes and autographs from friends and classmates. Most contain a short line or two on shared memories friendship or future plans. "You're all right Marion and I wont' forget it in a hurry." Many of the notes are from dormitory friends and include inside references to rules regarding their communal living: "Here's to my roomie who goes to dinner and supper late. I wonder why I'll never tell". "Oh girls! Put on the lights. There's something on my bed. 1AM." "Lights out at 10:15 PM and breakfast at 6:45 AM." The dormitory was evidently a strict place with many rules as there is even a typed note included addressed to residents of a women's dormitory regarding tidiness: "The girls rooms must be kept neat and tidy if the condition of the rooms does not improve daily inspection will be necessary."<br/><br/>Unique and diverse ephemera from all aspects of a college student's academic life and extracurricular activities. Report card with coursework in Military Sc. & Drill English Zoology Home Ec. and Phys. Ed. Many items from clubs or extracurricular groups in which Marion Toole participated: Green felt clover for 4-H; metal pin from the Boys and Girls Club; 1920 Membership Card for American Red Cross Third Red Cross Roll Call; Shakespeare Club. Numerous ticket stubs and receipts. Cutting with panoramic view of the historic campus in the 1920s; Valentine's and Christmas Cards; programs; and sentimental items such as a ribbon from a special box of chocolates. Includes schedules and newspaper clippings regarding football games against Boston University U Mass Holy Cross and Rhode Island. UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School; women began attending classes just 10 years later in 1891 and were officially admitted in 1893. In 1899 the name changed to Connecticut Agricultural College; and in 1939 the college became the University of Connecticut. A few pages with tears or small losses at edges. In very good condition. unknown books
16586Women's College Photo album of a young woman college student including 85 Gelatin silver print photos taken from 1919-1922. Includes images of women's dormitories schoolmates and details extracurricular programs such as social dances and boating excursion. Most photos from Washington state. 7 x 10 1/2 in. Original black cloth boards. 23 pages filled with 85 black and white photos of various sizes ranging from 2.5 x 1.5 in. to 5.5 x 3.5 in. Three are loose photos. Inscribed on inside front cover: "From Papa Merrie Christmas 1921."<br/><br/>A major facet of this young woman's life was her education as she includes more photos and captions that reference this than anything else. The album owner shows great pride in her dormitory room in which she is shown reading in a chair with a Harvard pennant prominently affixed tot he wall behind her. "Taken in my room "77" 1922". Another image shows the view from window in this room: "Lookout Mt" taken from my window '77'". This time was so important for her that she even takes care to remember the room numbers of her roommates and other fellow students such as: "My old roommate of 1919 Room 44" and "Miss Fiddler Roommate "Room 28" Summer School 1920". She even notes that one former classmate who "roomed in "27" 1921-22 was "A Good Kid". Also includes one photo of four students in a Home Economics high school class.<br/><br/>Album also includes images of her friends and family and recent memories from World War I including one handsome 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 photo of two soldiers in WWI-era uniforms kneeling with their firearms. A smaller photo of a man in military uniform dated 1919 includes this caption: "In days of old 'do you remember the telephone office' and those letters Ha! Ha." The album's owner certainly had a sense of humor and often includes nicknames inside jokes and playful asides. "I looked like this the Summer of 1920. But those times are over." Next to a photo of people out boating she writes: "Out on the lake.Washington" and "Some bunch of "chickens". And in a series of photos in which she models fancy clothes she writes: "Do you think I look natural" She also includes humorous outtakes of her friends such as "W.L. asleep after the dance Ha! Ha!" and notes family members work machinery very helpful technology at the time "Malcolm's little old machine". Very good condition. unknown books
15467WOMEN IN SPORTS. Curated photographic collection of 25 rare vintage photos and photographic postcards celebrating girls and women in sports. Dated approximately 1900-1940. Materials in overall very good condition. <br/><br/>Curated photographic archive celebrating female athletes who overcame stereotypes of women as the "weaker" sex. Because early social constructs regulated physical activity for women few were able to rise up as professional sports competitors until the 20th century. This archive is a testament to these women's historic strides revealing their early physical training their membership in early sport clubs as well as their most daring record-breaking feats. pieces reveal professional women competitors through rare surviving press photos of champions and record breakers including tennis champion Helen Wills Moody who set records by winning 31 Grand Slams from 1923-1938. And an Gertrude Ederle on being the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926. This unique and well-rounded collection uncovers the accomplishments both of young girls and women whose efforts proved women's physical strength and prowess. unknown books
19229947Shanghai: World Book Co 1922. Modernized version of an ancient Chinese classic being the second volume of "One Hundred Beauties" with 50 full-page portraits and pictorial titlepage and colophon text in Chinese original green printed front wrapper and tan back wrapper hand-sewn. Wrappers a bit soild and worn at edges as are some pages but generally sound housed in custom-made black cloth over boards clamshell box. Issued during the Republic period when Shanghai was know as the Paris of the East and the Chinese cinema flourished as a new art form - that effect seen in the images in this book. World Book Co unknown books
16992Photo Album Women College Photo album from student at Colorado Women's College c. 1911-1912. Filled with 56 original silver gelatin print photographs and 41 ephemera including invitations newspaper clippings table cards from socials original drawings and numerous items from Greek sorority Eta Upsilon Gamma. Photo dimensions 2.25 x 3.25 in. Original green suede covers. 7 x 11 in. Greek symbols for Eta Upsilon Gamma on front cover. 36 pages. Originally belonged to student Jessie Gutshall. Most items are related to the sorority Eta Upsilon Gamma including a certificate of induction to the society many color illustrated table or dance cards menus from formal dinners and newspaper clippings on the group's activities. Including invitations for events at Denver's historic Brown Palace Hotel. Comes with 1911 Song Book sorority Constitution and Annual report with updates from local charters. Report on Lambda CWC chapter includes their work with the YWCA and on campus: "We have no opposing sorority and so do not get a chance to show our superiority." Green suede book on history of "Eta Upsilon Gamma" with 12 signatures from friends on first pages. Some handwritten notes included: "Here's to those who'd love us if we only cared. Here's to those we'd love if we only dared." Photos of the sorority sisters at a train station on a farm climbing a windmill and posing around sign for "Pine Grove Herd of Galloway Cattle". One photo of girls playing tennis outdoors in full-length dresses. Many items show artistic creativity including the "Summons to Initiation" for the sorority which was written on a sheet with decorative burnt edges and a crude Jolly Roger drawing mimicking a Pirate document. Many other pieces of ephemera include drawings or color illustrations. Invitation to a "Class Dinner" that includes a drawing of a woman in graduation cap and gown. Colorado Women's College opened in 1909 in Denver CO and its first class had 59 students. Minor wear to cover: toning and fading to edges two small tears at foot of spine and top edge of front cover. Very good condition. unknown books
197048787Falls Church VA: Woman Activist 1970-1976. First Edition. 37 staplebound newsletters 27.5cm. with publication sequence as follows: Vol. 1 nos. 1-13 1970/1; Vol. 2 no. 1-11 1972; Vol. 3 no. 12 1973; Vol. 4 nos. 1 3 & 8 1974; Vol. 5 nos. 1-6 & 9 1975; Vol. 6 no. 8 1976. Vol. 2 no. 8 titled "The Woman Activist Guide to the 1972 Elections: August 26th Commemorative Issue"; Vol. 2 no. 12 titled "The Woman Activist Guide for Woman Candidates--Campaign 73: December Gift Issue 1972"; Vol. 3 no. 12 titled "The Woman Activist Guide for Woman Candidates--Campaign 74: December Gift Issue 1973"; Vol. 4 no. 8 titled "The Woman Activist Guide to Lobbying: August 26 Commemorative Issue 1974." Accompanied by broadsheet order form verso providing a photocopy of the New York Times article "Feminists Rate House Members" Thursday January 20 1972. Trivial wear and occasioal toning to extremities else Near Fine overall. Newsletter published under the banner "An Action Bulletin for Women's Rights." The Bulletin was the brain child of Virginia feminist Flora Crater who also founded the Virginia chapter of the National Organization for Women NOW. Crater published The Woman Activist as an information newsletter on the activities of the National Ad Hoc Committee for the Equal Rights Amendment. Woman Activist unknown books
197026759Los Angeles later Venice CA: Everywoman 1970-1972. First Edition. 32 issues varying formats approx. 28-45cm.; illus. Tabloid issues with horizontal fold line as usual some light toning else a Fine collection. Color printing introduced in issue no. 5. Later published with the banner "Every woman is our sister" this California-based periodical was founded by Movement members Ann Forfreedom and housewife Verda One. The first issue which was published May 8 1970 commemorates Mother's Day with the heading "Happy Mother's Day / Fight for Abortion!" Among the recurring columns are "Manglish" a glossary of words with sexist implications "Hysterical" for example; and Forfreedom's biographical column "Herstory." Contents include poetry by Judy Grahn and two interviews with Anais Nin. Everywoman unknown books
178155463London: J. Dodsley 1781. The second edition enlarged. 2 vols. 8vo. Recent quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Inoffensive traces of dampstains else fine. The second edition enlarged. 2 vols. 8vo. Marriage Whoredom and Fornication Adultery Polygamy Divorce. Controversial argument in favor of polygamy as compatible with Mosaic law and Christianity and an alternative to the evils of prostitution. J. Dodsley unknown books
1860LIST0125American 1860. Tintype in case 3 ¼ x 4 ¼ inches. Fine. A quarter plate tintype of a women's sewing circle probably circa 1860s. Three women hold patterns while one sews. Ante-bellum sewing circles were often anti-slavery or missionary in nature though we can find no details here that offer clues as to the nature of this circle. A sharp image with good contrast fine condition. unknown books
17012Women College Handwritten Album Autograph album from the first women's college in Virginia .A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 55 handwritten inscriptions from women students at Hollins Institute Hollins VA dated from 1884-1886. Original brown leather cover. 7.5 x 4.75 in. "Autographs" in gilt on front cover. 34 pages of handwriting. Original owner of memory book was Josephine Engelke from Brenham TX. Signatures of students of the all-women's Hollins Institute which later became Hollins College. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. All entries concern Hollins Institute which was the first women's college in Virginia. Many of them are made out to "Josephine." Lillie Strouse has written "Remember your roommate." another girl Lelia L has written "Never forget Hollins' Charming board which was composed of nine of Hollins nicest girls." One of the entries written by Emma Ina Johnson reads "Never forget the. grand time Mr. Cocke had getting us straight." Charles Lewis Cocke is properly known as the founder of Hollins. Hinges loose. Slight vertical warping to covers. Very good condition. unknown books
1860267777Boston: John P. Jewett & Co 1860. First edition. Illustrated. 6 vols. 12mo. Originally variously coloured cloths spines gilt a.e.g. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. 6 vols. 12mo. The Almanac for 1854 was the first issued. John P. Jewett & Co unknown books
17017Women Education Photo Album Elmira NY Female College Class of 1862 album. 42 original photographs each aprox 1.5 x 1.25 in. Nearly all photos are identified with handwritten captions. 114 pages 53 pages overall have been used for photos writing or both. All entries dated 1861-1862. Light brown leather boards. 8 x 5.25 in. Titled on cover with gilt design of an autograph book and a quill pen surrounded by ivy "Autographs." The book is full of signatures and small oval portraits of the girls who were the 1862 class of Elmira College. Along with signatures of her classmates the owner of this book has some signatures from people of the town of Elmira New York Augustus W. Cowles President of the collegeand other other instructors. One page has been illustrated with the outline of a pile of letters into which girls have written their names addresses and messages. It would be several decades more before Academic yearbooks as we know them now with photographs and names of individual students and graduates became common. At this time the typical "Annual" was a small catalog that acted as a memento of students attending and also as advertising with general business catalog information concerning the school inside. School photos of any kind were highly uncommon. This student's personally made yearbook containing photographs and names of a large portion of her classmates as well as teacher's and college president is an extremely unique women's educational history item. Leather on spine is mostly absent or pulling away though internal hinges are sound. Good to very good condition.<br/><br/>The New York-area college is the oldest still in existence which granted degrees to women equivalent of those given to man. Elmira College was first conceived on in 1851 with the intention of creating a college that would grant degrees to women equal to those of men. The first students arrived in October 1855 though the rooms had not yet been completely furnished and the furnace was not yet working. Also not all of the students were ready for college-level work. In September 1855 Rev. Augustus W. Cowles visited the campus and the following year was offered the position of president. Vassar's first president modeled the acceptance requirements and curriculum of his school upon those of Elmira. The members of the first graduating class received diplomas in 1859 only 2 years before this album was created. The college faced a difficult beginning. The student body was minuscule; in 1884 only three students were in the graduating class. Two reasons for this situation were the national tumult caused by the Civil War and the opening of other colleges that admitted women. Dr. Cowles believed that a problem was the perception that Elmira was only on the level of a boarding school. He stressed hiring better professors to secure larger graduating classes. . unknown books
17155WWII military recruitment poster for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. 1943. A large poster that documents women who served uniformed auxiliaries roles in the U.S. armed forces. Printed by the Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army. 39 x 25.5 inches. "Speed them Back / Join the WAAC". Commanding photo-illustrated image of a woman in military dress who stands confidently and holds a whistle to her mouth. Dozens of marching infantry soldiers are printed behind her. "Women's Army Auxiliary Corps / U.S. Army / Apply at any U.S. Army recruiting and induction station." Spurred on by the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 1941 Congress approved the creation of WAAC on May 14 1942 to enhance the US military force and staff non-combat roles with women workers to create a larger male fighting force; they realized that women could supply additional resources desperately needed in both military and industrial sectors. Members of the WAAC were the first women other than nurses to serve within the ranks of the United States Army and over 150000 American women served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Given the opportunity to make a major contribution to the national war effort women seized it. They drove trucks repaired airplanes worked as laboratory technicians rigged parachutes served as radio operators analyzed photographs and more. By the end of the war their contributions would be widely heralded and even General Eisenhower felt that he could not win the war without the aid of the women in uniform. "The contribution of the women of America whether on the farm or in the factory or in uniform to D-Day was a sine qua non of the invasion effort." Ambrose D-Day 489. Repaired vertical tear down center. 3 horizontal crease marks. 1 x ½" loss to bottom left corner. ½" closed tear in bottom right edge. In good condition. unknown books
17158An attractive collection of 4 rare souvenir postcards supporting women's suffrage. Featuring the postcard artwork of famed commercial artists the archive is both visually enthralling and historically fascinating; demonstrating the attempts of proponents of the movement to define and popularize a relatable sympathetic image of the suffragette. All cards 5.5 x 3.75 in. The golden age of the souvenir postcard from 1898 to 1915 during which time postcard collecting was an international past time dovetailed conveniently with the suffrage movement in America and Britain. 1 card with original postal stamp 1914. Souvenir postcards were the most popular form of suffrage ephemera among the suffragists themselves. <br/><br/>Postcards with a holiday theme particularly Valentine's Day were particularly prized. Our collection includes several valentines notably the "To My Valentine Love me Love my Vote" card with design by beloved American artist Ellen Clapsaddle. Clapsaddle was especially celebrated for her innocent charming depictions of children a theme often used in suffrage postcards in an attempt to lighten the tone of the divisive issue and the soften the public perception of the suffragist. The archive includes 4 posted cards all in very good condition. An essential and rare collection of one of the most enduring attractive artifacts of the struggle for women's rights. unknown books
17184A collection of 43 original silver gelatin photographs from students at co-educational Monson Academy in Massachusetts c. 1899-1901. A large ornate leather album with cameo on cover. The antique album cover has gilt and and brown designs with a beautiful dark-haired woman's cameo in the center. Album size is aprox 11 x 9.5 in. This album contains 25 cabinet-sized 5 x 7" photos of male and female students and 18 smaller photographs approximately 3 x 5". Some photographs have handwritten pencil annotation with student's name and graduation year on photo verso. "W.H. Ballard Class '01 M.A." Primarily individual bust-length portraits though there are 3 group photos. An early photographic record of one of the first education movement opened to female students geared toward scientific courses. Monson Academy was founded in 1804 and is one the oldest co-educational boarding schools in the United Sates. It was the first prep academy in the US to enroll Chinese students in 1847. Yung Wing who later also became first Chinese graduate of an American university Yale University - 1854. Monson in the 1870's became a sciences school that prepared students for MIT. Today in the The school is known today as Wilbraham & Monsson; in 1971 it merged with Wilbraham Academy founded as Wesleyan Academy Some light wear and light foxing to pages but both the photos and the album are in very good condition. unknown books
16189Original vintage photograph of a female teacher directing male medical students dissecting a cadaver c. 1890. Black and white 3"x5" with back matting. One woman surrounded by four men lean over a table with a skeleton. Behind them is a chalkboard with anatomical pull down charts. Although women had participated in the informal practice of medicine for hundreds of years the United States and most industrialized nations did not allow women into the formal practice of medicine until the latter half of the 19th century. This female doctor was part of the first generation formally accepted by medical institution. She wears a medal indicating her importance and perhaps former military involvement. Early photographs of women in medicine are very rare photograph of surgery or dissection much rarer. <br/><br/>Women practiced in the medical field for hundreds of years until new licenser rules established in the Victorian era provided a means for their exclusion. The story of how women reclaimed their role in medicine is one of resourcefulness and determination. In 1849 the first American woman graduated medical school. The path was difficult; few medical schools would accepted them and the reception was not always welcoming. Female doctors were called not only to prove their ability to practice medicine but to justify their unique necessity to the field. Of all the specialties the most embattled for women is surgery; early on they faced a challenge obtaining education training and facilities. A perennial argument was that cadaver dissection necessary to training was inappropriate for the delicate female disposition. However this Victorian-era photograph showing a woman capably participating in cadaver dissection proves that in the words of Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi the best known female doctor in 1891 "It is perfectly evident.that the opposition to women physicians has rarely been based upon any sincere conviction that women could not be instructed in medicine but upon an intense dislike to the idea that they should be. unknown books
