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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
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
16574Women Employment Lucy Wilson. "Women and Legislation." Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights. June 20 1874. Original paper wrappers. 4 pages. First edition. 8 1/2 x 5 in. A Letter addressed to the Editors of the Leeds Mercury. "These measures all point to one conclusion that motherhood is a crime. The woman who is guilty of it unless.she is rich and independent shall not eat bread for six months thereafter or twelve as the House may determine." In this open letter Wilson decries legislation which would forbid new mothers from working yet fails to provide any public assistance for them to care for their families. "No Act has been passed decreeing that such women shall not suffer cold or hunger or to 'deem that they commit an offence' if they are hungry." Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights was a British organization dedicated to watching restraining and influencing legislation especially in matters affecting the interests of women and the personal rights and liberties of the people. Small losses along spine. Very good condition. unknown books
16565To the Right Honorable Richard Assheton Cross M.P. Secretary of Sate for the Home Department. 4 pages. 8 x 5 in. In this document women workers express fears regarding proposed labor regulations that would limit their ability to earn and would "restrict the paid labour of all women.or even make all married women half-timers." They claim it is unjust treatment that would harm women workers and pit their marriages at odds with their ability to work: "Your Memorialists assert that it is unjust to place restriction son the labour of unmarried women for the presumed protection of married women or mothers and further that any special restrictions upon the labour of married women is practically a penalty imposed on marriage as regards to the woman." Document that reveals the competing priorities for women factory workers between workplace safety and their earning power. Chipping with small losses along top and right edge. Repairs to two tears on page 2. Loss to top left corner. Good condition. unknown books
16260Broadside that calls for women's participation in a mass demonstration to protest cuts to the WPA Workers Progress Administration. 8.5 x 11 in. The WPA provided jobs for thousands of Americans as part of FDR's New Deal to revitalize the American economy after the Great Depression. Funds were cut in 1937 and this broadside documents one demonstration to protest cuts to this program. It specifically calls on women to not only think of their relationship to WPA but the greater societal impacts that cuts to these programs will have such as lowering overall wages as unemployment rises. Very fragile document with small tears and chips along top and right edge. Good condition. An interesting document that shows women's important role in social and political mobilization. unknown books
16262Higher Appointments Open to Women in the Civil Service." Issued by the Council of Women Civil Servants Higher Grades.P.S. King & Son Ltd. 1928. Paper wrappers 8 page 8 ½ x 5 ½ in. Pamphlet advertising upper-level positions open to women in the British Civil Service. Light thumb-soiling. Stamps on front and library sticker on back. Staple binding is rusty. Good condition. This public service document was created with the hopes of promoting more women to apply for higher appointments in the Civil Service by educating women on the application process and opportunities available in administrative executive and clerical roles. A fine piece of history that documents advancements in women's employment opportunities. unknown books
16564Mr. Mundella's Bill for Limiting the Hours of Labour in Factories. Observations of the Employers upon the Speech of Mr. Mundella M.P. made in the House of Commons U.K on Wednesday the 11th of June 1873. Manchester: John Heywood Excelsior Printing Works 1873. 32 pages. First edition. 8 1/4 x 5 in. Original paper wrappers. Includes three data tables in appendix regarding worker mortality rates. Liberal Party politician A.J. Mundella famous for his defense of safety bills and public education for all children speaks on unsafe working conditions and "shameful treatment" of laborers; he cites high mortality rates for women and child workers and includes mortality rate information on newborn infants who suffered neglect when their mothers were forced to return to work days after giving birth: "the return of the mother to the mill was a sentence of death on the child." In this document factory owners counter the speech given by Mundella cite statistics that claim quality of life is improving for these factory workers; while marginal gains had been made in recent decades factory labor was still very dangerous and politicians like Mundella ensured the health and safety for thousands of the least represented workers in England. Very good condition. 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
15644Early Women's Liberation and the Automobile in the Age of Suffrage. Collection of 4 pieces tracing the new path to independence gained by women with the invention of the automobile. Coming of age at the same time as the suffrage movement was reaching full swing the new technology offered by the automobile allowed women not only a newfound sense of freedom but the ability to travel unimpeded to demonstrate mastery of a new technology and even opened careers in mobility. This collection's vintage pieces include rare printed material on women and the automobile a signed license letters and photos from women who drove right over gender barriers explore the new world opening to women in the 20th century. <br/><br/>Leading up to the 20th century automobiles became a symbol of women's increasing social mobility and financial independence. Car makers and dealers realized that a significant number of women wanted and were capable of purchasing their own cars; and so they developed vehicles and marketing campaigns specifically for the female population. This collection's early 1913 brochure "To the American Woman" represents this trend and it declares that "the automobile . is of the greatest use to the woman.because of the importance of her work a woman's need for saving time and effort is imperative." The car saved wives and mothers time as they executed familial duties. It also provided some single women with independent incomes. As young women purchased their own vehicles some used the technology to support themselves by becoming mechanics and chauffeurs. These women are represented in this collection by a 1923 "Motor Magazine" with coverage on women car owners a vintage photo of the first woman to motor from Africa to London and an original 1929 Professional Chauffeur's License for Vivian Pickard. Pioneering women like those in this collection overcame gender barriers by increasing their mobility taking advantage of opportunities for mechanical and technical education thus opening new possibilities for women in transportation technology. 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
16457The Association of Assistant Mistresses in Public Secondary Schools. Memorandum and Articles of Association. London: Printed by Charles North The Blackheath Press S.E. 1897. This was a document published for the Association of Assistant Mistresses a trade union representing female teachers in British secondary schools. Ex-library copy with stamp and pencil writing on the first page. Very good. unknown books
16456Association 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 books
16205Employment. Photograph: Early 1900s. Sepia photo showing a line of ten women seated in front of filing cabinets busy at work organizing small documents. Photo is in good condition with small loss in upper right corner and green discoloration at lower right edge. 8 ¾ x 7 ¾ in. Good quality with overall fading to image with three faint fingerprints in ink. Photograph verso has stamp from Swedish photographer Erik Holmen along with graphite and blue pencil inscriptions in Swedish. While this photo was taken in the modern age with a phone and electrical lights prominently displayed many of women's job opportunities were gendered and limited to menial tasks. unknown books
1887174331887. Women's Employment MABEL Robert F. Our Working Women and Their Earnings. United States 1887. First Edition. 13 pages measuring approximately 6" x 10" inches. At the time that this description is being written no copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time. The article begins "We as a nation have made no effort to teach our redundant female population to support itself although our position as a mother of colonies leaves us with a steadily increasing proportion of women who through the emigration of their male relatives are forces to provide for themselves." and concludes that "a woman's technical training will have still done her a good service in quickening her intelligence and in thus making her a wiser mother to her children and a more sympathetic companion to her husband above all in banishing much care by ensuring to her a means of livelihood in case of need." A compassionate thoughtful appraisal of the state of women's labor and financial prospects in the United States backed up by employment and pay statistics from the end of the 19th century. Cleanly disbound. Chipped along top edge. Toning. Pages clean and uncreased. Overall in good condition. unknown
1928162621928. Women Employment "Higher Appointments Open to Women in the Civil Service." Issued by the Council of Women Civil Servants Higher Grades.P.S. King & Son Ltd. 1928. Paper wrappers 8 page 8 ½ x 5 ½ in. Pamphlet advertising upper-level positions open to women in the British Civil Service. Light thumb-soiling. Stamps on front and library sticker on back. Staple binding is rusty. Good condition. This public service document was created with the hopes of promoting more women to apply for higher appointments in the Civil Service by educating women on the application process and opportunities available in administrative executive and clerical roles. A fine piece of history that documents advancements in women's employment opportunities. unknown
1844167391844. Lowell mill women periodical issue from June 1844 documenting female textile operatives using print culture to claim literary editorial and publishing authority inside the early New England factory system. Published during the penultimate year of The Lowell Offering the issue belongs to the monthly periodical written by women employed in the Lowell mills from 1840 to 1845 and preserves the publication's own public claim on its wrapper: "Written Edited and Published by Female Operatives Employed in the Mills."<br /> <br /> The Lowell Offering. June 1844. Vol. IV No. 8. Lowell: Misses Curtis & Farley; Boston: Jordan & Co. 121 Washington Street 1844. Pamphlet. The wrapper prints the title in large type with the date "June 1844" at upper left and "Vol. IV. No. 8." at upper right. Beneath the title the issue identifies its producers as "Female Operatives Employed in the Mills" followed by the biblical motto "Is Saul also among the Prophets" The imprint names Misses Curtis & Farley in Lowell and Jordan & Co. in Boston placing the issue within the final phase of the magazine's publication history.<br /> <br /> The Lowell mills recruited young women often between the ages of 15 and 35 into wage labor at a time when American manufacturers faced a smaller labor supply than European factories and could not draw on the same large landless urban population. Cash payment every week or two weeks helped persuade these women to enter mill work while the Boston Associates promoted a managed culture of self improvement through free lectures circulating libraries and improvement circles for creative writing and public discussion. Lowell operatives attended lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Quincy Adams borrowed books from circulating libraries and joined circles that encouraged writing and debate making The Lowell Offering part of a broader institutional effort to frame factory labor as compatible with female education and intellectual discipline. Wrapper toned with light soiling creasing and edge wear visible. Overall good condition. A printed record of Lowell women mill operatives presenting themselves not only as industrial workers but as authors editors and publishers within the educational culture built around the mill system. unknown
1900200911900. Telephone operator photo archive circa 1900 to 1958 documents women's labor within telephone exchange systems showing how urban communications depended on trained female operators seated at switchboards connecting calls handling information and maintaining the human infrastructure behind early and mid twentieth century telephone service. The material documents telephone communication labor through photographs of switchboard rooms operators wearing headsets plug boards supervisory presence and grouped clerical activity revealing how connection work operated in practice before automated dialing fully displaced manual exchange work. The archive supports research into women's wage labor communications history gendered office work New York telephone service and the disciplined workplace culture that positioned young women as the public voice and operational center of the telephone network.<br /> The archive consists of six black-and-white photographs including five silver gelatin photographs and one early albumen photograph with images measuring from approximately 3.5 x 4.25 inches to 7 x 9 inches. The date range appears to extend from the early twentieth century to 1958 based on the later dated images. Several photographs show women seated in tight rows facing large switchboards wearing heavy headsets with horn mouthpieces and working among dense arrangements of cords and plugs. The early albumen photograph shows a row of women facing the switchboards while a female supervisor watches over the room indicating both the gendered hierarchy and procedural discipline of the exchange floor. One image shows an operator turning toward the camera with a plug in hand smiling while gesturing toward the board. Four smaller photographs dated 1958 show teams of women moving between boards and a small group with paperwork behind the operating area; pencil inscriptions on the versos identify the location as New York.<br /> The photographs are valuable because they make visible the labor system behind telephone service: rows of operators standardized equipment supervisors paperwork and the coordinated manual routing of calls. They also record the gendered character of communications work in which women's voices posture speed and manner were made part of the service itself. Light handling wear minor edge wear and expected age toning; images remain crisp with equipment and personnel details clearly visible; overall very good. Strong women's labor and communications history archive documenting the human operation of telephone exchange systems across the first half of the twentieth century and into the postwar period. unknown
16878Women Education Handwritten memory and scrapbook form a Texas high school girl 1923-1925. Filled with over 25 handwritten inscriptions from friends and teachers as well an original handwritten story about the graduating class 85 silver gelatin print photographs and 85 pieces of ephemera including ribbons party invitations and press clippings. Original cloth boards. 10.25 x 7 in. "The Girl Graduates Record Book." Designed by Victor de Kubinyi. New York: Barse & Hopkins copyright 1920. Embossed detail flower motif on front cover. 190 pages. Photo dimensions 4.5 x 2.75 in. Album belonged to Ola Chamberlain of Goree TX. Table of Contents lists pages in which handwritten memories can be recorded on: Class Yell Motto Class Officers Autographs Teachers Class Prophecy Invitations Social Events Vacations Athletics Presents Jokes & Frolics and the Baccalaureate Sermon. Second page includes photograph of school building labelled by album owner: "Goree High School The Prison". Photographs of friends with colorful nicknames such as Lilliums Hankie and Shot Gun and a few lines about their character. "Pie Face. He still says he is a member of the class. He is the star of the basketball team of nearly all counties." "Preacher. Life's a jest and all things show it / I though so and now I know it." "Shot Gun. He makes it to school about once a week." In one photo she's drawn a text bubble coming from the mouth of a lone figure reminiscing on the day that image was taken: "We did get to go somewhere that day after all didn't we hon Busy that was some grand picnic eh old dear And just think of the many adventures that my old straw derby hat in photo has accompanied us on!"<br/><br/>22 handwritten inscriptions from friends and classmates; some write short poems while other recall their shared memories and some give compliments on the owner's academic accomplishments. "Remember me early; Remember me late; Remember the day you went to the lake." "Dearest Ola Our memories from Child-hood days have gone on through High School days. Now as we must say good bye to those old days the memories we shall never forget. In our arithmetic class you were always at your best. Nowa s you are going from school life into life's school may you find all your problems as easy as they were. " "To know you was to love you. Well I know you and the result was inevitable. The only regret I have is I have known you only two years of high school work.In the classroom especially math you are a wizard-ess." "I'll never forget the first time I met you. We were in the seventh grade and you come to visit our school. You thought we were very mean didn't you I liked you then but I didn't think of you becoming my best pal nor did I dream of the many good times we were to have together.you have proved to be a true pal and a real sport; and I'll always love you." 4 inscriptions from teachers which touch upon future wishes for students. "Life's School is open to you. I your teacher am sure of one thing-that you will learn life's lesson s well even as you have learned them in olde Goree HS.; and will be successful in all your undertakings." <br/><br/>Original handwritten story in the Class Prophecy section titled "And How It All Came Out" that explains the life paths for all fo the students in the graduating class. The story is presented as a supernatural vision that the Texas high school student experienced. "My mind wandered back to old Goree High School and the buoyant hearts it held in 1924-'25. Suddenly I caught sight of a flower. 'Why there's our class flower' I almost shouted. Eagerly I plucked it and tested its fragrance. The odor seemed to give me a magic power. I examined one petal closely and a strange vision stole over me. When I regained my senses I was in a crowded New York Department Store.'Oh I'm head of the ladies glove department in this joint' yawned Gladys after our greetings.Next I found myself in a little West Texas town standing in front of a small and dingy office which bore the label of "Sheriff".the Sheriff was a young women of twenty who greeted me.and she told me that Franklin White was Mayor of the town while Norine was his private secretary.As I sat talking with my two friends their faces seemed suddenly to grow dim and to fade from my sight. A moment later I found myself back int eh little retreat with only the naked stalk of our class flower remaining."<br/><br/>Recordings of the Class Motto "Out of school life into life's school." Photos of class officers President Poet and Reporter and different groups such as The Spanish Class the Pep Club and the "Senior Girls." 8 photos of the class dressed in colonial era costumes for a performance or event titled The Virginia Reel. Includes Commencement invitation and programs. 7 certificates for perfect attendance and 1 Texas Public School Report Card with grades in Geometry English Physics Civics Economics and Arithmetic. She also received marks in "Home Report" from her parents in subjects of Cooking Care of Stock General Farm Work Providing Fuel Washing Dishes and Obedience. Newspaper clippings about the boys baketball team and the games in Knox Country against Rochester and Stamford. "Goree Basketeers Win County Title". Photographs of the team members in uniform. Many handwritten memories of parties and fun events recorded by album owner: "On Wednesday nite.the Senior girls motored out to Gladys' to spend the nite." Pressed sweet pea flower dated May 15 1925. First two pages detached. Front hinge detached. Toning to edges of pages. Some pages quite brittle pages with small chips at edges. Good condition. unknown books
189863866Raleigh NC 1898. Large format photograph 7 x 9 1/4 inches mounted on larger card stock 11 x 14 inches picturing 10 older women faculty and staff members one older man and 44 female students all posed in four rows in front of a campus building set among tall trees; verso with manuscript names for those pictured almost all with home towns. Founded in 1842 as a school for young ladies with the support of the Episcopal Church St. Mary's has operated continuously since presently as college preparatory school it included two years of college through 1998. Mount rubbed eroded in spots upper right corner broken off affecting three names on verso. 10340. <br/><br/> unknown books
17108Women's Education Scrapbook from woman studying Teaching at Nebraska Wesleyan University NWU 1925-1931. Filled with 352 pieces of ephemera for school societies dances and socials sporting events Christmas cards stage plays and commencement activities. Dozens of colorful and creative invitations and dance cards. 33 handwritten notes and signatures from friends. 100 pages. Original textured cloth cover. 11 ½ x 14 inches. Large golden color seal in center of front cover "Universitas Wesleyana Nebraskae 1887". Originally belonged to Melba Johnson. 33 handwritten notes and signatures from friends recalling fond memories together at university. "Remember our many good times together. Our trip to Palmyra etc." "Lots of love to a dear Delta Phi sister." "Remember the first time I met you Hope to be your 'sister' someday." <br/><br/>Filled with letters party invitations dance cards and other ephemera from a popular college student. Vibrant yellow felt cutout of school mascot Prairie Wolves on first page. Letters noted as "Rush Week Invitations" to Alpha Epsilon honor society for agricultural biological and food engineers Delta Phi Alpha Delta Omega and Sigma Alpha Iota National Music Sorority Kappa Delta and Gamma Mu Upsilon. Other included organizations with ephemera are Beta Kappa Theta Alpha Phi National Theatre Honor Society Kappa Sigma Pi Phi Kappa Tau and Gamma Beta Kappa. Also ephemera for social events from the YWCA Young Women's Christian Association. Also includes ticket stubs to various shows and performances and some ephemera from The University of Nebraska's football program. Clipping from Nebraska v. Pittsburgh game in 1928 and 1929. Program for 1926 "Nebraska Wesleyan Home Coming Day" Football game against Peru State College and clipping from a NWU game against Hastings College. Program for 1927 Commencement and ticket to 1928 Commencement; Invitations to subsequent commencement ceremonies included in scrapbook. Membership card and pin for Nebraska State Teachers' Association which she joined after graduation; Johnson went on to work at Norfolk High School in Norfolk Nebraska after earning her teaching degree. <br/><br/>Nebraska Wesleyan University was founded in 1887 and the first graduating class was four women in 1890. The school is located in the former town of University Place Nebraska. Today it is part of Lincoln Nebraska. In the late 1920s when Johnson was attending school Nebraska Wesleyan was a college of liberal arts with schools of art business and education and a music conservatory. In very good condition. unknown books
16993Photo Album Women Education Album from student at Wellesley College filled with 143 original silver gelatin print photographs. Chronicles a young woman's educational path from high school through college and onto her later work as a teacher. Dated 1911-1919. Photos of various sizes from 2 x 3" to 4 x 9.5". Original black cloth boards. 9 x 12". 100 pages. Many photographs of Wellesley College its campus and traditions. Photo of Lake Waban and the campus chapel. Image of a house labeled "Wellesley 1911-1912" placed in album next to photo with 3 young women with their arms full of books standing outside the same house labeled "Students". 6 women bundles in hats and coats on a snowy street: "Off for math exam". Others show young women reading books and studying outside eating meals together and enjoying campus life. Includes 5 photos of the "Senior Hoop Rolling" tradition on May Day 1912. Photos of friends lovingly labeled with nicknames such as Chub Selina Honey and Marion. Includes photos from many locations around upstate New York including the Hudson Valley and Finger Lakes regions: Frontenac Point Minnewaska Mohonk and Yankee Lake. Also photos from Digby a small town in Nova Scotia Canada. In addition to the images of Wellesley there are photos of several other academic institutions. Images of academic interiors labeled Drawing Room Mr. Wilson's Room Assembly Room Physics Lab Library and Hall at M.H.S. Group photo of a 16 boys wearing "M" shirts and 3 coaches posing with a trophy and banner reading: "OCIAA Relay Race 1912". Building labeled "Harmony Hall" next to a photo of 14 women with the caption "Inmates of H.H. 1913". 2 large group photos with women in white dresses and a banner "ETA Clionian" one labeled 1914. The ETA Clionian Sorority was active on the SUNY New Paltz campus then a state teachers' college. Later photos appear to be from when the album owner transitioned from being a student to working as a teacher. Young groups of children are photographed together with the handwritten captions "Primary" or "Intermediates". One photo shows a school production with many children on a decorated stage wearing Pilgrim costumes. Building labeled Quassaick Hall. I page detached. Very good condition. unknown books
17151Education Album from Woman studying Teaching at Central State Teachers College in Edmond Oklahoma. 1922-1923. Filled with 48 original silver gelatin print photographs 52 pieces of ephemera and 36 handwritten notes from various classmates. Ephemera includes newspaper clippings handwritten notes programs poems and notes from friends. Photographs of various sizes 2.5 x 4" to 4 x 6". Images of student and their friends around campus at social outings and visiting family. Original brown decorated boards. 10 x 14 inches. Album begins with note on beginning new the teacher's training program: "Starting for College Tues. Sept. 5 1922 with high ambitions for becoming a more efficient teacher." Final photographs in the album are 3 class portraits of primary school students and their teacher. 36 notes and autographs from classmates and friends with inside jokes nicknames for each other and warm memories: "The hours I spend with thee dear heart are as a string of Pearls to me." Another friend added a handwritten letter pasted in: "Shall we ever forget the good times and the bad times we had together at Central during eleven long months I know I never shall if I live to be one hundred." Comes with two programs for 1923 Commencement exercises at Central State Teachers College. The Central State Teachers College is one of the earliest colleges in Oklahoma founded in 1890 as the Territorial Normal School. In 1904 the school became Central State Normal School and in 1919 just 3 years before our student arrived on campus the State Board of Education passed a resolution making Central a four-year teachers' college conferring bachelor's degrees. It was renamed the Central State Teachers College. Today the institution is University of Central Oklahoma. In very good condition. unknown books
17164Women Education Scrapbook from a woman student at co-educational Oswego State Teachers College NY filled with 155 pieces of ephemera including newspaper clippings full-issues of the campus paper ticket stubs programs invitations and more. 1941-1942. Original paper wraps. 15 x 11 inches. 80 pages. Large color image of fall foliage on front cover. Originally belonged to Marjorie O. Walker of Woodridge NY. Some of the clippings are annotated with a few lines identifying friends and classmates in the articles: "this is one of my classmates" and "they're all swell singers". Includes documents from both Oswego State Normal School and later material from Oswego State Teachers College which the school was renamed in 1942 when it began to grant 4-year bachelor's degrees. 1939-1940 Report card with classes in Child Development History of civilization Composition and Speech Intro to Science Art 102 Essentials of Music and Recreational Activities. Pamphlet advertising 1941 Summer Session at Oswego State Normal School. Student Handbook Personnel Directory and Student Directory for 1941-1942 Schoolyear. Newspaper clippings that report the school's status upgrade to a degree-granting university such as the 1942 headline reads "Oswego Normal becomes State Teachers College." Other ephemera includes newspaper articles on Epsilon Pi Tau fraternity Sigma Pi Rho sorority and many on campus music groups. Many typed correspondence and notices regarding the Bel Canto singing group on campus of which the album owner was a member. Halloween Party invitation.<br/><br/>Numerous clippings from before and after America entered WWII refer to escalating tensions fears and home front defensive preparations. A 1941 headline reads "Co-operation is needed to bring victory in War / Dr. Salisbury says Educational Institutes would be hit if Nazis should win." Interesting that was printed in February 1941 before the US formally declared war. That same month there's another clipping calling on male students at Oswego to register for the selective service the Draft. An article from early 1942 declares "Better type of community seen as a result of war" and goes on to say: "Whether Oswego is bombed or not the air raid warden set-up an build a better type of community both now and in future years when peace comes." Other clippings from the months following the Pearl Harbor attack give a glimpse into the deep-seated fears that Americans felt in the early days of WWII: "Bombing of our Cities Expected by Defense Head.We must expect more ships sinking off our shores more military reverses and bombing of our cities." The war effort even affect construction plans at the school. In January 1941 there was a major fire that destroyed parts of campus and by the following year "War holding up Normal School's Building Program / Unable to get materials for remodeling auditorium new dormitory." Armistice Day program for 1941 presented in conjunction with the American Legion and US Coast Artillery. <br/><br/>The State University of New York at Oswego was founded in 1861 as the Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School; this institution embraced and popularized some of the most innovative teaching methods of the day. The school led the Oswego Movement of educational reform in the United States which sought to emphasize that every aspect of the child's life contributed to the formation of their personality character and capacity to reason. These educational methods were child-centered and based on individual differences sense perception and the student's self-activity. In 1942 the New York state legislation elevated Oswego from a Normal School to the 4-year bachelor's degree-granting Oswego State Teachers College. In 1948 Oswego became one of the State University of New York's charter members. To meet the expanded need for specialized instruction the institution broadened its academic perspective to become a full-fledged arts and sciences institution in the SUNY system and featuring a range of liberal and professional studies by 1962. Pages are thin with a few very small closed tears at edges. In very good condition. unknown books
1711719th c. Women Physical Education C.L. McCluer Stevens. "A Unique School" for girls that focuses on physical education described in an original 1897 article from The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly Volume 6 1897. Unbound. p. 589-594. 9 x 6.5 inches. Article about a school for girls that focuses on physical education Bergman Österberg Physical Training College in Dartford UK. Martina Bergman-Österberg pioneered teaching physical education as a full subject within the English school curriculum with Swedish-style gymnastics at its core. Bergman-Österberg was an advocate of women's emancipation directly encouraging women to be active in both sport and education. Dartford was one of the first physical education instructor's college in England Osterberg had founded one earlier. "Madam Osterberg's is intended to be a training-school for the body . Its raison d'etre to produce as nearly as may be women who shall be physically perfect." She only admitted students with above-average intelligence and education an aptitude for natural science a sound constitution and character a pleasing appearance and considerable zeal and devotion. After completing the course graduates of the college were virtually guaranteed employment in girls schools throughout the country. <br/><br/>Six photo-illustrated images of the school grounds and gymnasium the headmistress girls cycling and playing basketball. Basketball was invented in America in 1891 and in 1893 Bergman-Österberg returned from a visit to the United States and informally introduced one version of basketball to her students. In the article the sport is described in a rather novel way: "a new and exceedingly fascinating sport called 'basket-ball.' This really splendid game about which a good deal will probably be heard in England in the near future is an importation from America." Light brown stains along inside edge of pages. In very good condition. An article about a unique girls' academy. unknown books
17109Women Education Scrapbook from a young woman studying at Stephens College Columbia Missouri and Kansas State Teachers College 1921-1943. Filled with 78 original silver gelatin photos and 43 pieces of ephemera including numerous certificates two cloth Varsity letters report cards. 39 pages. Original cream boards with embossed detail to front cover. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. Photos range in size from 2.5 x 2" to 8 x 10". Originally belonged to Mary Jane Hinshaw. Scrapbook documents Hinshaw's life from infancy to adulthood. Hinshaw was an active and popular student. Comes with membership card for Delta Sigma Epsilon Sorority; party invitations and dance cards from Sigma Tau Gamma Delta Sigma Epsilon and Alpha Delta. Silver gelatin photos of family school photos and a vacation in the western United States with images of sweeping landscapes and dramatic rock formations.<br/><br/>In 1941 Hinshaw graduated from a two-year program at Stephens College and began studying at Kansas State teachers College with coursework in Library studies. Commencement invitation for Stephens College 1941. Report card from Stephens College 1940-1941 with coursework in Survey of English Literature Intermediate French English History Introduction to Psychology General Sociology Appreciation of Music Physical Education Educational Psychology and Elementary French Conversation. Three later report cards from Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia 1941-1943 with marks in Teaching History of Education American History 1492-1817 Library Administration Cataloguing and Classification Reference Book Selection Library word with Children Literature of H.S. Subjects. Comes with one handwritten postcard from a Stephens College classmate who went on to pursue studies at the University of Wisconsin: "I am having a glorious time-It certainly isn't like Stephens much much better."<br/><br/>Album begins with Baptism and Birth announcements and photographs of her as a small child. Class photos of her in elementary to high school. Cutouts and information on Marysville High School where Mary Jane Hinshaw's father served on the Board of Education. Vibrant green cloth "M" varsity letter felt Bulldog and Debate letter. Founded in 1833 Stephens College is the second-oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college in the United States. The Kansas State Normal School Emporia was established in March 1863 and it is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. The first class graduated two women; and the in 1977 the college was renamed Emporia State University. Tear with loss above right portrait adhered to first page. 1 page detached. Front hinge is loose. In good to very good condition. unknown books
