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16872Women History Medicine Early woman surgeon and hospital staff perform an operation. 6 doctors and nurses operate on a patient; notably five of the staff members are women. c. 1920. Original silver gelatin print. 6.5 x 8.5 in. mounted on 8 x 10" board. Two surgeons were masks and appear to be mid-operation on a patient's abdomen; various tools such as forceps clamps and medical scissors can be seen on the operating bed and supply cart. Other medical staff work to prepare equipment for the procedure sterilize tools and monitor the anesthetized patient. Of all medical specialties the most embattled for women is surgery; early on they faced a challenge obtaining education training and facilities as this field of medicine was considered least suitable for women's delicate nature. These young woman then defied the odds of their time to become doctors and work in surgery. Light abrasions to surface top left quadrant affecting leftmost figure's head center top and center left edge. Wear to corners of board. Good to very good condition. unknown books
16438Life and Light for Women. Vol. XXXIII. Vol. 8. August 1903. Boston: Woman's Board of Missions 1903. Black and white frontispiece photo of pupils at a missionary school in Zimbabwe. Original paper wraps. Staplebound. Starting in the mid-19th century there was a growing movement of international missionary trips for women who felt they had a special duty to Christianize other women who for cultural and societal reasons would not be able to hear the gospel from male missionaries. Most often female missionaries worked in educational capacities establishing schools abroad or worked in medical clinics as nurses and doctors. This report details various projects being done by women missionaries worldwide including medical work being done by Dr. Ruth Hume in India and updates on schools in Africa and Asia. Very good condition. unknown books
1880931Austin: Statesman Steam Print 1880. Very good. 8pp. Original tan printed wrappers. Minor soiling and wear. A rebranding of the "Woman's Art Exchange" of Texas removing the mistaken emphasis on art to encourage wider participation. "It was never intended to devote our energies to Art alone but to the encouragement of woman's handiwork of all kinds such as paintings; needle-work fancy and plain; preserves; pickles; sauces; bread and cake." Includes the association's articles of incorporation as well as the by-laws. "We now call upon the ladies of Texas to show what they can do." A handful of copies in OCLC. Statesman Steam Print unknown books
197556340Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development 1975. Small 4to pp. vi 196. Appendices index. Paper wraps. Cover slightly spotted o/w a nice copy. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development unknown books
1973112746Cambridge: Women and Literature Collective 1973. Paperback. vi 212p. good third edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Women and Literature Collective paperback books
197148790San Francisco and New York: Revolutionary Women of the Bay Area / Spartacist Publishing Company 1971-1975. First Edition. Six quarto and tabloid issues 27.5cm-40.5cm; printed in black on newsprint; ca.4-28pp; illus. Publication sequence runs as follows: Women and Revolution: The Newspaper of Revolutionary Women's Liberation No.1 2; Women and Revolution: Journal of the Women's Commission of the Spartacist League Nos.5-7 9. Minor toning to extremities with original folds as issued; Near Fine overall. "Women and Revolution began as a publication of Spartacist members together with others from the left-feminist milieu in the San Francisco Bay Area who were won to the understanding that the struggle against women's oppression was inseparable from the liberation of the working class from the yoke of capitalist society. Issues Nos.1 and 2 bearing the legend "The Newspaper of Revolutionary Women's Liberation" were published by Revolutionary Women of the Bay Area. With the coalescing of circles of women around the Spartacist program in several cities throughout the country Women and Revolution was formed as a national organization and Issue No.3 was published in New York. The Commission for Work Among Women was established under the direction of the SL Central Committee. Thereafter beginning with Issue No.4 Fall 1973 Women and Revolution was published under its auspices" https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/w&r/subjectindex.txt. Revolutionary Women of the Bay Area / Spartacist Publishing Company unknown books
197548593Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1975. First Edition. Octavo 23cm.; staplebound self-wrappers; vi87pp. Light toning to extremities minor soil to rear cover else Very Good or better. At head of upper cover: "Committee Print 94th Congress 1st Session. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
17116Women baseball players. No date c. 1910s. Vintage Real photo postcard that was never sent. Two women in "Ivanhoe" baseball uniforms. 5.5 x 3.5 in. Figures identified on the verso in handwritten blue ink "Goldie & Irma Wade". The history of women playing the game of baseball dates back to the 19th century. In most cases these early women's baseball teams were considered a novelty act. Permanent teams and leagues were rare but they did exist as evidence by this photograph in which 2 serious ball players pose for the camera. In some rare cases women even played on men's teams; perhaps the case for these two who strangely pose without the rest of their teammates. Minor surface damage with a bit lossof emultion to center of image at knee level. Handling dents. In good to very good condition. unknown books
16307George W. Kessler. Instructions for Women Watchers November 1915. 16 pages. 6 x 3.5 in. Rare with only 2 known copies of this pamphlet in any institution as per OCLC WorldCat. Pamphlet from George W. Kessler Secretary of the Honest Ballot Association for women poll watchers. It outlines her responsibilities the vote-counting process and how to deal with illegal voters among other things. Some light foxing and creases. Rusty marks from staple binding removed. Good condition. An interesting document that shows official responsibilities for some women on election days though they were not yet able to vote themselves. 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
197439007Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1974. First Edition. Quarto 26cm.; publisher's dark orange staplebound wrappers printed in purple; 6iv86pp.; photographic illus. Fine condition. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
196920600Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan 1969. First printing. 4to pp. 35. Paper wraps. Speeches and panel discussion of the Conference- workshop March 26 1969. VG. University of Michigan unknown books
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
17000Original WW II Poster from 1942 reads "Women in the War We Can't Win Without Them" Extra large size poster 29" x 41" in. Shows a woman factory worker wearing overalls or apron riveting with both hands a weapon that looks like a torpedo. This highly visual poster was promoting women in the wartime workforce it was produced in 1942 by the War Manpower Commission. At the time "Women in the War" was one of the most widely distributed images of a woman laboring in war production. The poster is in red blue and black poster. Publisher was the United States. Government Printing Office. Place of Publication: "Washington D.C." By 1943 when the labor shortage was most acute the two agencies worked together in concerted campaigns targeting employers to hire women and women to become 'production soldiers'" Yellin Our Mothers' War p. 44. Women laboring in factories even in the service of the war effort was controversial. "Despite the tide of public opinion against working wives War Manpower Commission director Paul McNutt concentrated on on patriotism. The campaigns glamorized war work always showing that women could maintain their femininity and still be useful" Yellin pp. 45-46. Examples of this important poster are held at numerous institutions including the Library of Congress and MOMA. At lower left corner of sheet: "War Manpower Commission Washington D.C." Copies in very good condition like this one are uncommon. unknown books
197653140Cambridge MA: Common Women Collective 1976. iii 114p. wraps a bit faded. Large section on women and work. Common Women Collective unknown books
197643539Cambridge MA: The Common Women Collective 1976. First Edition. 8vo pp. iii 114. Illustrated with drawings. Paper wraps. Bottom edge slightly stained a few marginal markings cover little creased and soiled o/w a VG tight copy. The Common Women Collective unknown books
186145689New-York: Marie Louise Hankins & Co 1861. First Edition. Octavo 19cm.; publisher's decorative orange cloth stamped in gilt all edges gilt yellow glazed endpapers; x11-354pp.; 34 leaves of portraits printed on green stock text illus. throughout. Boards quite rubbed and worn at extremities the whole rather soiled and toned textblock a bit foxed throughout; a Good only copy in the gift binding the plates remaining in fine condition. Collection of short stories portraying various New York "types" including Ruth Martin "The Spiritual Medium"; Lizzie Blair "The Little Hunchback"; and Priscilla Wiggins "The Man-Hater." Hankins was herself an interprising woman of New York billing her "Family Newspaper" as "the first and only successful paper ever published by a lady." "SABIN 30228 calling for 36 plates; WRIGHT II 1092. Marie Louise Hankins & Co 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
15221Lady Anne Brassey Signed Book "In the Trades In the Tropics" describes her journey as one of the first women to sail the world studying how geography and the environment shape cultures. <br/><br/>Lady Anne Brassey became one of the first women to sail around the world for her studies; and during her travels she was praised for her archaeological and anthropological work on Polynesian culture. Brassey's Signed Book "In The Trades The Tropics" is in the collection and it includes a handwritten inscription about her global adventures: "To Ernest Stone in remembrance of his and Charles Smith's endeavors to save Mr. Frank White off the Vingorla Rocks in Lat. 16N Long 73.E." The book itself includes a large folded map tracing Brassey's voyage and it describes exotic vegetation such as the "sloth tree Cecropia.and the scarlet banana appropriately named Banana cardinalis Musa coccinea" as well as how the natives of "Cabo Girao" live "on a straight basaltic wall rising a sheer 2000 feet."<br/><br/>The natural sciences were a pivotal entry point for early women drawn to scientific inquiry. Through the rigorous work of the women represented in this collection and other women like them the sciences began to open to women and girls of future generations. unknown books
16667Women in Science Original Photo of Two women and four men work in a laboratory. Photo portrays women research staff work in a tuberculosis laboratory. c. 1920s. 8 x 10 in. Verso handwriting reads: "Dr. Philip Hillkouritz in background presd. of J.C.R.S. directs the research staff of organization in the fully-equipped laboratory." The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society JCRS was founded in Denver Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis patients in all stages of the disease. For decades patients flocket to Dever from all over North America and were admitted free of charge. In the early years the sanatorium was headed by Phillip Hillkowitz as president 1904-1948. In 1954 the institution changed its mission to cancer research becoming the American Medical Center. unknown books
16645Women Education College Photo album of 1940s woman student at Madison College James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia. 42 Gelatin silver print original photos dating from 1926-1944. Displays daily life and diversions for young college students in the early 1940s before the start of America's involvement in WWII. Photographs of various size from 2 x 3 in. to 5 x 7 in. Original cloth board covers with hand colored detail of red and yellow tulips and "Lest I Forget" to front cover. 18 pages with photographs 84 pages in total. <br/><br/>Belonging to Ellen Stulting a student at all-women's Madison College from around 1940-1942. Several photos of friends around campus such as one image of a small group labelled as the "Spotswood Gang" in reference to one of the residence halls. During the winter of 1941-42 session: "Snow woman made by some of the girls". One friend signed her class portrait "Poodly". Also includes photographs of the University of Virginia including Minor Hall Alderman Library East Range Scott Stadium and the Rotunda. Photo of a 12 young men from Theta Tau initiation a professional fraternity for those studying engineering. Two photos of The Green Lantern restaurant located "17 miles west of Winchester VA". Madison College was founded in 1908 as an all-women's university; it has been known as James Madison University since 1977. Original owners name handwritten on the inside front cover: "Ellen Stulting/ May 1944". Missing back cover. unknown books
16700Tucker Henry St. George. Women Suffrage by Constitutional Amendment. First Edition Signed and Inscribed. New Haven: Yale 1916. First Edition. Small 8vo pp. viii 204. Inscribed by the author a very nice copy. Kruchmar 2068. 40111 These lectures were delivered in the William L. Storrs Lecture Series before the Law School at Yale University. Tucker 1853-1932 was a Congressman from Virginia. He argues that a Constitutional amendment providing for women's suffrage would violate the division between state and federal powers. According to Tucker the right to vote is not a federal issue but a local one. unknown books
17171Suffrage Cookbook Virginia League of Women Voters. Virginia Cookery Book: Traditional Recipes. Richmond VA: Virginia League of Women Voters 1921. First edition. 192 pages. Cream illustrated boards. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. "Believing that our spirits are strengthened by well nourished bodies we have collected with care the recipes contained in this volume." The Foreword reads: "The Virginia League of Women Voters offers this book of Virginia Cookery in the hope that those who use it will find it helpful and will have the added satisfaction of knowing that by purchasing a copy they will have contributed to the fund of the League for education in good citizenship." The Virginia League of Women Voters was organized to help women attain and exercise their right to vote after the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote was passed in Congress in 1919. Virginia however was one of the nine southern states that opposed the amendment and refused to ratify it. Virginia women at last won the hard-fought right to vote in August 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment became law and exercised that right soon after in the November elections. Recipes are attributed to members of the community with local advertisements giving the reader a genuine feel for the community. Light brown film adhered to large portions of front and back cover. Else in good to very good condition. unknown books
17065Suffrage Cookbook Virginia League of Women Voters. Virginia Cookery Book: Traditional Recipes. Richmond VA: Virginia League of Women Voters 1921. First edition. 192 pages. Cream illustrated boards. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. "Believing that our spirits are strengthened by well nourished bodies we have collected with care the recipes contained in this volume." The Foreword reads: "The Virginia League of Women Voters offers this book of Virginia Cookery in the hope that those who use it will find it helpful and will have the added satisfaction of knowing that by purchasing a copy they will have contributed to the fund of the League for education in good citizenship." The Virginia League of Women Voters was organized to help women attain and exercise their right to vote after the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote was passed in Congress in 1919. Virginia however was one of the nine southern states that opposed the amendment and refused to ratify it. Virginia women at last won the hard-fought right to vote in August 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment became law and exercised that right soon after in the November elections. Recipes are attributed to members of the community with local advertisements giving the reader a genuine feel for the community. In very good condition. unknown books
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