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193812107New York: Workers Library Publishers 1938. First printing. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; illustrated wrappers; 32p. Near Fine. SEIDMAN B316: ".text of a radio address broadcast from Moscow to England and the U.S. November 2 1937 discussing the position and achievements of women in the Soviet Union." Quite nice photomontage cover featuring a woman aviator. Workers Library Publishers unknown books
197535362Berkeley: Union W.A.G.E. Educational Committee 1975. First Edition. Quarto 27.5cm; photo-illustrated wrappers stapled; 43pp; illus. Some trivial wear along spine-fold else Fine. Volume dealing with women's issues in the workplace with contributions by Jean Maddox Pamela Allen Joyce Maupin Margaret Butz and Kay Eisenhower. Union W.A.G.E. Educational Committee unknown books
195424336Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press 1954 1954. First edition one of 300 copies printed. Slipcase slightly worn at the edges; fine copy. 8vo original black cloth spine marbled boards printed paper label. Wood engravings by Paul Landacre. ¶ A charming journal kept by Una Jeffers the wife of poet Robinson Jeffers recording her return trip - but the first time as an adult - to Ireland where both her parents were born. Handsomely printed by Ward Ritchie and illustrated by Paul Landacre. <br/><br/> Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1954 hardcover books
185850251London: Hurst and Blackett 1858. First Edition. Two volumes; small octavo 19cm; late 19th /early 20th-c. half-morocco over green cloth boards; marbled page edges; engraved frontispiece to each volume; vignette title pages; vii1-333 1-316pp. Small marginal perforation at gutter of v.1 leaf R1 pp.241-242; closed marginal tears to leaves N5-8 in v.2 pp 187-192 in both cases with no loss to text. Else a fresh Very Good or better set in an attractive period binding. Ex-libris "The Countess Dowager of Carnarvon" likely Elizabeth Catherine Howard 1857-1929 second wife of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl of Carnarvon. The Earls of Carnarvon are the hereditary proprietors of Highclere Castle made famous as the locale for the popular television series "Downton Abbey." Popular account of Mediterranean travel by the prolific Irish novelist and essayist. Kavanagh 1824-1877 spent most of her adult life in France supporting herself and her mother on the proceeds from her writings which were numerous; in addition to several novels the best-known being Nathalie 1851 Kavanagh published volumes of critical essays devotional works books for children and many stories and short pieces for periodicals. Kavanagh's concern with gender and society inflected much of her published work and this is perhaps most true of her travel writing a genre which afforded her the opportunity to couch social critique in the form of casual observation. As one modern critic has noted ".as a hybrid genre travel writing.gave women such as Kavanagh the opportunity to write on historical and political themes and to compare the position of women in British society with that of women in other countries." see Anne O'Connor "Travel Literature and Traveling Irishness: an Italian Case Study" in Traveling Irishness in the Long Nineteenth Century Marguerite Corporaal and Christina Morin eds Lon: 2017. Hurst and Blackett unknown books
1909166906Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company 1909. 19.3x13.2 cm octavo pp. i-iv v-ix x 11-344 inserted leaf of errata illustrations mostly on inserted plates others in the text original pictorial green cloth front panel stamped in lavender blue black and gold spine panel stamped in gold the binding is signed with the musical monogram of the author comprised of a staff with the notes "E-B-C". First edition. The emphasis of the work is travel in eastern Canada. Includes a chapter "Across the Plains" pp. 301-344. A Philadelphia author the daughter of American physicist Pliny Earle Chase whose most notable travelogues were OVER THE BORDER: ACADIA THE HOME OF "EVANGELINE" 1885 and IN QUEST OF THE QUAINT 1902. Touch of rubbing to cloth at upper spine end a fine copy. A lovely copy of this attractive book. #166906 The John C. Winston Company unknown books
1926189402Several ports of call and at sea: 25 August - 30 November 1926. A spirited narrative containing descriptive firsthand descriptions of popular tourist destinations in particular Cairo and Ceylon and onboard ship. The writer who is unidentified but a resident of Berkeley California travelled with at least one other person and this account concerns the last few months of a two-and-a-half-year period away from home. It begins with her departure from Manila onboard MS Fulda a North German Lloyd Line vessel launched in 1924. She reaches Singapore on 30 August "Some of the men wear 'Mary Pickford' curls" and then visits Ceylon where she writes about the tea industry. The vessel steams west to Egypt where they travel by car to Cairo "a woman just passed with a portable sewing machine balanced on her head". The trip concludes in Europe and with the voyage back to the the US. 15 densely typed leaves 270 x 220 mm each with text one side only occasional contemporary pencilled annotations. Some browning and nicks: very good. unknown
16258Archive of 13 letters regarding the qualifications of a 19th century teacher in New England dating 1847-1853 . All letters are in very good condition. Fold lines and creases but clear writing and very little foxing. A collection of letters of recommendation and certification dated 1847-53 for a teacher Miss Emily L. Goddard from various schools and individuals in towns around Western Massachusetts including Barre Wilbraham New Salem Athol and Petersham. In the 19th century women were limited to workingonly in certain fields and teaching was generally accepted as one of these fields. The recommendation letters state her certifications in various districts or her general qualifications to teach a common school. The common school movement was a public education movement started in Massachusetts that promoted free schooling for all children. This archive outlines one tenacious young teacher experience as she gained recommendations and respect from those who worked with her to further her carrier. unknown books
1907164561907. Women Employment Association of Head Mistresses. Memorandum Forwarded to the President of the Board of Education Jan. 5th 1907. This document In self wrappers a memorandum forwarded by the Association of Head Mistresses to the Board of Education. Notable as an early example of women working professionally in formal education roles. Ex-library copy with stamps on front page. Very good. unknown
16208Women Employment. Photograph: Original vintage photograph of operating room and surgery team. Photograph shows eleven figures dressed all in white standing around a patient in an early operating room. While most of the medical workers are men two women stand at the edges of the group and the woman standing on the left is shown wearing an operating apron and rubber gloves. 8 x 10 in. sepia photo. Photo is in good condition with light scuffing to photo surface two water marks in bottom left quadrant and some dirt and stains to the image border. Light crease in top left corner and small tear on lower right edge. Image remains crisp and clear. An important photograph that shows women's involvement in the medical field and the development of surgical technology throughout the 20th century. unknown books
1920List330New York: Arnold Genthe 1920. Silver gelatin print 6 ¾ x 9 ¼ inches on larger mount. Signed by Genthe on the mount inscribed by Marlowe as Marlowe Sothern on the mount as follows: "To Jean: our little comrade on our walks in Beautiful Stockbridge. In remembrance also of 'Sun Yat Sen' and Choo-Chio Chow. September. 1940. Julia Marlowe Sothern. Very Good. An uncommon image of the actress feminist and suffrage advocate Julia Marlowe who adopted the name - though never legally - Julia Marlowe Sothern after working with the Shakespearean actor E.H. Sothern. Ill health led Marlowe to retire from the stage in 1924 and she was seldom seen in public. This photograph inscribed later in her life is an uncommon relic from her reclusive later years. We can find no record of a Jean or the names mentioned. <br /> <br /> Arnold Genthe who famously photographed the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 from the site of his destroyed studio moved to New York in 1911 where he became a portrait photographer. He most likely took this picture in his stint on the east coast. We find no other record of this specific portrait of Marlowe. Some silvering at margins otherwise excellent with some light normal tanning to mount. Arnold Genthe unknown books
192347267Philadelphia: Harry J. Lincoln Music Co 1923. First Edition. Quarto 31cm; photo-illustrated wrappers; 51pp. Light wear to extremities touch of dust-soil to wrappers with a short closed tear at lower spine-fold; Very Good. Attractive copy of this suffrage-themed sheet music a march two-step dedicated to the "Girls of America" published three years after the ratification of the 19th amendment. The front wrapper features a photographic portrait of five suffragettes dressed as Lady Liberty in all white robes bearing sashes that read "Justice" "Equality" "America" "Liberty" and "Victory." OCLC notes a single holding Natl. Library of Australia. Not in CREW Suffragist Sheet Music. Harry J. Lincoln Music Co unknown books
16411Cora Scott Pond Pope. Autograph letter signed . No date; likely pre-1891 when she married and took last name Pope. 1 sheet. 9 x 5.5 in. Black ink on lined paper. Lifelong suffrage advocate Cora Scott Pond writes to an old school friend encouraging her to join the women's movement and outlining outreach campaigns in local papers. <br/><br/>She writes in her hand In full: "Dear Carrie Do not consider this a $1.00 thrown away. It is through the efforts of Woman Suffragists that you and all of us young women are allowed to hold our position or to suffer ourselves. A little back glance of the suffrage movement will show you this. You ought to give your mite with the rest of us. I send you a paper it will give you a glance. We print it in the Sunday Herald. Yours with love and a classmates good wishes. My love to your mother. Cora S. Pond." Very good. An insightful letter showing the many ways in which women brought others to their cause. unknown books
15966National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies London. 1 p. 8v0. In fair condition on aged and creased paper. The first name of the signature is difficult to decipher. She writes that she met Lynd 'some time ago at Mrs. Green's' and that she remembered her name 'when Mrs. Heseltine suggested it in connection with a vacancy which we haw at present time at this office. I The vacancy is for a Press Writer i.e. someone to conduct Suffrage and Anti-suffrage controwrsy in various papers to write articles etc.' She is unsure whether Lynd 'would care to consider anything at all of this nature or whether you are anxious to work' as she understands that 'Mr. Lynd has been ill' but suggests she telephone her to discuss the appointment. unknown books
17189Women Suffrage Anti-War and Women Suffrage Handbill. "Who Shares the Cost of War" No date 1915. "Who dares say that war is not their business In the name of Justice and Civilization give women a voice in Government and in the councils that make or prevent war." 1 page. 7 x 5 in. Women press for the vote in this handbill by expressing their unique perspective and concerns on the effects of War including the labor to maintain the US economy health care for war casualties and support for widows and orphans. The pamphlet lists 9 questions on who pays the social costs of men leaving for foreign wars; for each question the answer is Women. WWI began in 1914 and in these early years the United States was declared neutral in the conflict. "Vote for the Women Suffrage Amendment in November." While Pennsylvania voters rejected the 1915 referendum to grant women of the state the right to vote the state was the 7th to ratify the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote on the federal level. Paper is brittle. Chips and small losses to top and bottom edges and 2 closed tears along left edge. Still god to very good condition. Only 1 copy of this item in any institutional or library collection according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
17188Votes for Women". Handbill publicizing act that expanded voting rights for millions. 1918. "Every qualified woman should see that she gets the vote." The New Reform Act. Votes for Women. 8 x 5.5 in. 2 pages. Published by the Liberal Publication Department. Leaflet No. 2520. "By the Representation of the People Act of 1918 women are given the Parliamentary Vote for the first time. It is estimated that the number of women thus enfranchised will be six million." The Representation of the People Act of 1918 granted the vote to women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification. The same Act gave the vote to all men over the age of 21. As a result of this act 8.5 million women joined the electorate and made up almost 40% of all voters in the United Kingdom. This was a great victory for the women's suffrage movement which had been calling for voting rights since the 1830s. Militant suffrage groups in the UK were even known for campaigns of destruction and mayhem in order to keep their issue in the forefront of everyone's minds. Horizontal fold line ¼" from top edge. Some light handling creases along bottom. In very good condition. unknown books
16434The Women's Social and Political Union. "Crowned with Honour." A Speech by Mrs. Annie Besant at the Royal Albert Hall March 28th 1912. No. 93. London: The Woman's Press 1912. In this speech Annie Besant condemns the imprisonment of suffragettes over property destruction framing the question of suffrage within the long view of history: "And when history in the future judges the struggle of the present;.looking back on the shameful story of today will crown with shame those who have used strength against the women imprisoned for suffrage activity." Besant was a labor activist and women's rights supporter who called for suffrage rights for women and brought up the unjust imprisonment of suffragists in the UK. The Women's Social and Political Union WSPU was known for its militant tactics and property destruction in bringing attention to the suffrage cause; setting it apart from most other groups which were far less radical. No other copies in institutional collection according to OCLC Worldcat. Very rare. Very good condition. unknown books
16673Woman Suffrage COBB W.F. Letters of A Commonwealth Man: Women and Brute Force. London: The Woman's Press 1912. Single leaflet front and verso 5.5" x 8.5" inches. Open letter leaflet decrying the imprisonment of suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst Dr. Garrett Anderson and Dr. Ethel Smyth: "Mulieres and leones" is the cry to-day and it comes from men who have grown rich by sweating women by driving them into the streets; who love to have their wives as gaudy parasites and have not sufficient imagination or heart or religion to recognize that the cause for which they are torturing Mrs. Pankhurst is the same cause for which Jesus died . You have made a mistake we say in your time and your methodsbut when we have had time to recover ourselves we shall all pay you our homage.". In very good condition. No copies of this item held in any library or institution worldwide as per OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
16674Woman Suffrage COBB W.F. Letters of A Commonwealth Man: Women and Brute Force. London: The Woman's Press 1912. Single leaflet front and verso 5.5" x 8.5" inches. Open letter leaflet decrying the imprisonment of suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst Dr. Garrett Anderson and Dr. Ethel Smyth: "Mulieres and leones" is the cry to-day and it comes from men who have grown rich by sweating women by driving them into the streets; who love to have their wives as gaudy parasites and have not sufficient imagination or heart or religion to recognize that the cause for which they are torturing Mrs. Pankhurst is the same cause for which Jesus died . You have made a mistake we say in your time and your methodsbut when we have had time to recover ourselves we shall all pay you our homage." In very good condition. No copies of this item held in any library or institution worldwide as per OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
16435Vermont Council of Censors. Journal of the Council of Censors of the State of Vermont at its Several Sessions Held in Montpelier 1869. Montpelier: Freeman Steam Printing House and Bindery 1869. Proposal by a committee of three to pass women's suffrage in Vermont. 106 pages. This was the earliest effort to pass women's suffrage in the state and one of the earliest proposals in the country. At this time women's suffrage was being raised on a state-by-state basis as regional networks and suffrage movements were building. The same year as this proposal was presented in Vermont legislators in Wyoming became the first state in the union to pass women's suffrage. Very good condition. unknown books
16319A woman right magazine: The Review. Official Organ of the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs. Vol. III. No. 11. March 19 1898. 8 pages 12 x 9 in. Unbound. Fold creases with some small tears near edges. Water damage at upper left corner of first and last few pages. Good condition. Includes an article on electricity and its potential applications as well as updates on women's groups across the country and the world and minutes from the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs most recent meeting. An interesting document showing one way that women organized worldwide in their efforts towards greater women's rights. unknown books
16305Suffrage An original turn of the century photo showing Rows of women dressed in white with white umbrellas demonstrating down a main road. Black and white photographic postcard. 3.5 x 5.5 in. White was a signature color in the suffrage movement and the demonstrators also carry American flags and suffrage flags as bystanders watch. Buildings from a town or small city are in the background. Inscribed on the front "Z. 1. AND 1. JULY. 15. 35." Very good condition. An impactful image that shows the resilience and unity that women's suffrage activists employed in fighting for their own rights. Clear crisp image. 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
17160An attractive collection of 4 rare souvenir postcards from the UK France and US 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. 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. 2 cards with original postal stamp 1909 and 1911. Souvenir postcards were the most popular form of suffrage ephemera among the suffragists themselves. Also included are two compelling British postcards from a noted 1910 pro-suffrage series "This is the House that Man Built" based upon the nursery rhyme "This is the House that Jack Built" in which the "House" refers to the Houses of Parliament. The series was answered by a similar series published by the opposition to the movement demonstrating the more boldly political nature of the suffrage postcard in Britain. French postcard calling for universal suffrage shows a man and woman in Greek togas casting ballots: in French "Women who are subject to the laws and pay taxes as well as men should have the same right to vote as they". 1 interesting American postcard shows a woman driving a car years before women's suffrage passed at the federal level. The archive includes both blank and posted cards all in generally 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
16396A Million Women Appeal to the Voters of New York for Justice. New York: Empire State Campaign Committee 1915. 1 page. 9 x 5 ½ in. 1 listing on OCLC. Printed in advance of the 1915 New York election in which women's suffrage was on the ballot as a statewide initiative.<br/><br/>The broadside lists the number of women who want to vote in New York the number of women already able to vote in other states and leading political officials in favor of women's suffragesuch as President Wilson and the NY Governor. The Empire State Campaign Committee was a coalition of many suffrage organizations and was headed by famous activist Carrie Chapman Catt in order to bring New York women together in support of the state woman suffrage amendment. The referendum was defeated in 1915 but passed two years later in November 1917. Dented upper left corner; light diagonal creases. Very good. unknown books
16433Why New York Men Should Give New York Women the Vote. New York: Empire State Campaign Committee 1915. Pamphlet. In self wrappers includes statements of support for the bill from Elihu Root Secretary of State for President T. Roosevelt and the Chief Justice of New York's Court of Special Sessions who stated: "The one great argument for woman suffrage is that justice demands it. Justice known no distinction of sex."At this time women's voting rights were state issues rather than federal and in November 1915 a referendum was on the ballot that would grant women the right to vote in New York. The pamphlet lists eighteen reasons why women in New York should gain the vote including: women's contributions to the labor force high numbers of women with formal education and the fact that 12 other states had already passed women's suffrage. Very good condition. unknown books
