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2090202118204604Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
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
1919163201919. Women Employment:: This document was created with the intent of finding employment and for women contracted on temporary terms to work in government-appointed positions during World War I. The Committee advised that women have options to become permanent members of the government workforce and be treated equally with male colleagues i.e. equal pay not having additional clerical duties etc. Ministry of Reconstruction. Women's Advisory Committee. Report of the Sub-Committee Appointed to Consider the Position after the War of Women Holding Temporary Appointments in Government Departments. Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. London: Published by his Majesty's Stationery Office 1919.Modern blue card wrappers with paper label. 8 page folio. Very good condition. The sub-committee which wrote this was composed of six women and two men demonstrating the interest and respect for women's work and labor contributions during World War I. unknown
1911182771911. Imperial size albumen portraits of faculty and students at American Medical College. St. Louis Missouri 1911. Large photo measures 24 x 20 inches. 40 subjects every one of them male except for a single female student listed below as "F Heflin." Photographed by Hays Studio. Mounted to photographer's board. The American Medical College a medical school founded in 1873 graduated its first woman in 1888. In 1911 the American Medical College combined with the Barnes Medical College. The following year the combined school became the Medical Department of the National University of Arts and Sciences in St. Louis. The National University then merged with the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons around 1915. Female students like this one would have come in at a significant disadvantage proving her qualifications against skepticism in a field notorious for gender discrimination. The value of female doctors for female patients in particular has been profound. Board scuffed on one side does not affect images or text. Chipped at corner and top does not affect images or text. Overall very good condition. Expressions and details in images clear. unknown
16266Circular of the Working Girls' Society. Bylaws for one of the first organizations in New York that was created specifically to support women workers. Extremely rare.Two very light horizontal fold marks. Light thumb-soiling. 2" tear at bottom of center fold. Very good condition. <br/><br/>The Working Girls' Society was designed to provide space for girls and women to gather take classes and socialize after working hours; it was dedicated to providing working women with a safe and clean space that could help them advance their professional lives. Information in the bylaws related to membership and to members' uses of the organization's library and rooms at 222 West 38th Street. Perks of joining the society the club even include special vacation benefits and discounted train tickets. An extremely rare early document that details the social communities which developed around a larger urban female workforce in the late 19th century. Extremely scarce OCLC Worldcat lists no other known copies of this document in any institution of library worldwide. unknown books
290 pages. "This plan has two principal objects as follows: i) to act as a general and flexible guide to all concerned as to the manner in which planning control within the area of the plan will be discharged, and particularly as to the kind of development for which planning permission is likely to be granted by the Local Planning Authority. ii) to designate land as subject to compulsory acquisiton by any Minister, Local Authority or Statutory Undertaker." - from Foreword. Topics treated in this volume include: Regional Setting and Characteristics; Development of Settlement Pattern and Main Land Use Features; Communications and Transport; Employment, Industry and Population; Agriculture, Derelict and Marginal Land, and Forestry; Economic Geology and Mineral Resources; Housing; Public Utility, Educational, Library, Health, Recreational and Social Services; Landscape and Development in Rural Areas; Camping and Caravanning; Archaeology, Ancient Monuments and Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest; Development by Government Departments; Programming; Summary of Analysis. Former reference library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
301 pages. "This plan has two principal objects as follows: i) to act as a general and flexible guide to all concerned as to the manner in which planning control within the area of the plan will be discharged, and particularly as to the kind of development for which planning permission is likely to be granted by the Local Planning Authority. ii) to designate land as subject to compulsory acquisiton by any Minister, Local Authority or Statutory Undertaker." - from Foreword to Part I. This part considers the following towns: Bodmin, Bude-Stratton; Falmouth; Fowey; Launceston; Lostwitheil, Newquay, Padstow, Saltash, St. Austell, Torpoint, Truro. For each of these towns the text is divided into the following sections and includes diagrams relating to Population and the Location and Growth of each town: introduction and brief description; Historical Summary and Population Trends since 1801; Regional Communications; Mineral Resources; Population Structure in relation to Employment; Topography and Existing Land Use; Housing; Public Utilities; Social Services; Analysis of Urban Survey; Other Primary Land Uses; Programming. Former reference library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Human Smugglers - Running refugees into the U.S. from the Akwesasne Reserve; Chinese migrants risk their lives to be smuggled to North America; Patrolling 'Little Korea' - illegals from all over jump the U.S. border in southern B.C.; Chinese migrants seek release in B.C.; The Tragedy of Andrew Rich - teen Innu suicide victim; Problems with Emploi Quebec; Britain's hereditary peers fall victim to reform; Plunge of Flight 990 off Massachusetts; Feature Article - Wayne Gretzky's New World - he talks of family, life, and the public perils of selling himself; Bill Gates - as Microsoft fights antitrust findings, rivals gear up in the battle for web markets; Smart Appliances are set to rival the PC's role; Chris Staples and his Vancouver ad agency Palmer Jarvis DDB; Photo of young entrepreneur award recipients Stephen J.P. Comeau and Michael-Andreas Kuttner with their mentor, Wendy Paquette; Photos and short write-ups of additional entrepreneurs: Colleen Kennedy, Paul Wareham, Mark McLane, Allen and Tim McCandless, Ariel and Ron Shlien, Dave Zakutin, Kirt Eliza Kootoo, Chris Bond, Ken Zorniak, Daniel and Garnette Weber, Alan and Ian Andreasen, Susan Ireland, Daniel Sacks; Johan Arnet, and Samson Hartland; Brian Scudamore and 1-800-Got-Junk?; The Harry Potter Series; Pianist Naida Cole; Alexei Yashin and Carol Alt; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. One-inch opening to top of cover fold. A high-quality copy. Book
19443081N.p. but perhaps Oakland or Berkeley 1944. Very good. Printed broadside 5.25 x 8 inches. Minor foxing and staining light edge wear penciled note covering most of verso. A small and apparently unrecorded broadside calling for African Americans interested in working as bus drivers and street car operators in the San Francisco Bay Area during the latter portion of World War II. The notice calls for interested parties to apply at the offices of the East Bay Employment Association between 4:00 and 8:00 PM between December 1 and 9 1944. We could locate no information on the East Bay Employment Association but it was almost certainly located in either Oakland or Berkeley. This employment advertisement was perhaps the result of a wartime shortage of bus drivers and street car operators in the Bay Area. We could locate no other copies of this interesting and somewhat mysterious broadside. unknown
Z1-F-009-01549Stationery Office Books. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Stationery Office Books unknown
1900182761900. Imperial size albumen portraits of faculty and graduates from the medical class at Iowa State University. 1900. Large photo measures 18 x 22 inches. 36 subjects. 27 wear graduation caps and gowns. Only one graduate is female a Mrs. M. L Nell all the others white and male. Throughout the 19th century women left the country in order to pursue medical degrees and fulfill residency requirements. Fierce advocacy by educational activists led to the integration of some colleges by the turn of the century. Female students like this one would have come in at a significant disadvantage proving her qualifications against skepticism in a field notorious for gender discrimination. The value of female doctors for female patients in particular has been profound. One corner of photographer's board bumped does not affect images or text. Photo of the school's medical building set between student portraits in center. Overall very good condition. unknown
1878189841878. Watherston Edward J. The Industrial Employment of Women in France Compared with England. London: Spottiswoods and Co. 1878. French Silk Manufactures and the Industrial Employment of Women. London: Dryden Pres - J Davy and Sons 1879. Both measure 8.5" x 5.25". 16 and 23 pages respectively. The 1878 pamphlet "The Industrial Employment of Women in France." is a comparative analysis of the labor participation rate of women in France and in England. French women were much more integrated into the labor market this study finds even despite the fact that England had a disproportionate demographic surplus of women and an even more developed industrial sector. At the conclusion of the pamphlet Watherston proposes three major steps spur female employment in England based off the French example which are the: "1. Establishment of special training schools for certain trades following a preliminary general education. 2. These training schools. must be made self-supporting within a short time. All pupils must pay a moderate fee for being taught. 3. There should be union of the managers of training schools with all manufacturers wishing to employ female labour. The union must aim both to give employment to women and to advise as to the directions in which it may be sought and into which it may be extended." Watherston lays blame for the poor labor participation rate of English women at the fact that they are barred from major employment sectors such as the railways as well as a private sector which demonstrated no inclination to hire them. He concludes that English women need organization first and foremost and should establish a "Society for the Industrial Employment of Women". <br /> <br /> The second pamphlet focuses on first the history of the French silk industry and later women's employment within it noting the unique advances that the French female silk workers enjoyed. Watherston notes that "Other countries before France made use of female labour but the French were the first who employed not only as we do the hands but also the brains of women. The technical education of female workers took place simultaneously with that of the men and it is to the results of this that not a little of the excellence of the French silk manufactures of the present day is due." Watherston goes on to examine the silk manufacture at Jujurieux which took in young women from a rural underdeveloped region and lodged fed and rigorously trained them in silk production. In both of these pamphlets he highlights and endorses enterprises that transform women into workers often through a process that includes living and training amongst fellow apprentices for years at a time. There is a prevailing belief that women must be engineered into working class subjects through this total immersion but with a confidence that they are technically and intellectually skilled enough should they be properly acclimated. Some minor chipping to left edge 3/4 in. tear on top edge of one pamphlet overall in very good condition. unknown
798troisième édition entièrement refondue et très augmentée. In 8 cartonné.Pièce de titre imprimée, Faux-titre,frontispice illustré et gravé,titre,VII,568 pages.non rogné.Dondey-Dupré père & fils 1824(1/3 de la page de faux-t coupé)bon exemplaire Méthode ayant pour objet de régler le bon emploi du temps à l'aide d'une série de tableaux synoptiques présentant la suite rationnelle et progressive des occupations de la naissance à l'âge adulte.Il reprit ce plan qu'il développa à part dans son Essai sur l'Emploi du Tems,publié pour la première fois en 1808.Mêlé de très bonne heure à la politique militante,attaché à l'administration de la guerre sous le directoire, le Consulat et l'Empire,auteur d'un très grand nombre d'écrits d'actualité,Jullien de Paris (1775-1848),eut jusque dans les premières années du gouvernement de Juillet, eut une grande activité de publiciste. Buisson,Dictionnaire de Pédagogie
18278Silver gelatin portraits of faculty and graduating class from the University of Manitoba Medical School. Canada 1932. Measures 16 x 12.5 inches. 42 student subjects including a single female student. 2 faculty members with illustration of school building between them. Mounted to photographer's board. Photographer's info in bottom corner "Campbell." After fierce educational activism throughout the 19th century led to the admission of women into medical schools at the turn of the century the twentieth century saw a decline of women in the profession. By 1949 only 5.5% of students entering medical schools were women. Students are shown in graduation gowns with sashes across their chests. student's name are listed including Female medical student as "V. McDorman." In very good condition. unknown
Features: Title page illustration of French Cavalry on the Oise Front; Two pages of illustrations of Royal visit to 'Khaki Country' - among the mills of the West Riding; Reserves and Their Employment (article); The Patron Saint of the Allies (article); Concerning National Kitchens (article); Photos of events in Italy, Portugal, Greece and France, including two photos of the funeral of Sister G.M.M. Wake, a Canadian nurse killed by a German bomb; Article on current events by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of John Robert Clynes, M.P., Sir Richard David Muir, The Duke of Rutland, Sir William James Tatem, and Sir John Merry Le Sage; Text and two illustrations describe the American's First "Big Thing" in France - The Cantigny Fight; The Moral and Material Effect of Bombing Germany (article by C.G. Grey); Six photos of British and U.S. Observers training Aerial Gunnery together; Wonderful 11-photo spread over two pages of the United States Army at the front where it is 'taking a gallant share in resisting the German offensive; Three illustrations and text describe the shelling of Paris from 74 miles by German super-gun "Long Bertha"; Seven photos of Sea-Warfare mementos from Zeebrugge - war museum additions; Centrefold illustration "The Last of the Albert Madonna - British Artillery In Action Near The Town; Photos of injured German POWs; Article on the saving of clerical labour; Two half-page aerial photos illustrate a British air attack on the main railway station at Metz; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Lieut.-Colonel James Hugh Coles, D.S.O.; Several lovely car ads; Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Erasmic" The Dainty Soap features well-dressed lady in boudoir studying her mirror; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
273-384, [110] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic illustrations. Features: The American Country House, with particular references to types developed or improved during the war; Part I - The Charm of This Small House; Part II - The Workingman and His House; Part III - Of Fireplaces; Part IV - Some Larger Country Houses; Notes and Comments - Small Window Panes, A Red Cross Village at Pisa, A Glass Front Building, Training Schools for Employment Managers. Average external wear. Library stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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
80 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Dominion Inlaid Linoleum inside front cover; Editorial topics include - Advertising our country, Typical problems in the western provinces, The Return of Employment, and The Cost of Sickness; The Smooth Silence (short story); The Carpenter (short story); Peiping (Beijing/Peking) Under Martial Law - photo-illustrated article of events in troubled China; Not a Case for the Jury (short story); The Girl Who Wouldn't Get Up (short story); The Spongers (short story); First Easter Among the Godless - photo-illustrated article told by Alexander Welikotny describes his experiences in Russia; Heil Summer, Heil Sport, All Heil! - article looks forward to the Olympics, with photos of Canadian Crew Champions, The Leanders "Eight" of Hamilton, broad jumper "Sammy" Richardson, and walker "Hank" Cieman of Toronto; Nice one-page Plymouth ad features a four-Door Touring Sedan and photo of A.B. Ellis, Radio Engineer of station CKLW; Parker pen one-page ad features photo of Princess Rostislav; Nice one-page Dodge care ad includes photo of a Model "D2" four-door Touring Sedan, and photo of Mr. F. Lyle Kelly, of Windsor, Ontario; First report of the Bank of Canada; Great two-page Easter Chevrolet ad features a green two-door; Movie news includes photos of Warner Baxter, Charlie Chaplin, Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Billy Lee, and Shirley Temple; Great one-page Lux soap ad features photo of Grace Moore; Pond's ad includes photo of Eleanor Roosevelt, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt of Washington, D.C.; Blue Jay Corn Plaster ad entitled "Corn Demon Killed"; Half-page Canadian National Railways ad features Jasper National Park; Cooking article; Nice one-page ad for Magic Baking Powder; features Miss Lillian Loughton; Spring Cleaning article; Nice one-page Heinz ad features photo of Josephine Gibson; Canadian Pacific half-page ad features photo of the Empress of Britain; Uncommon half-page ad for Ingram's Milkweed Cream; Beauty article; Tangee ad features photo of Lyle Talbot who picked the most appealing lips in an interesting test; World Sayings; Ad inside back cover protests preferential treatment of foreign periodicals in Canada; Wonderful colour back-cover ad for Tea features a Ripley's Believe it or Not theme and says "Drink More Tea for Vitality!"; and more. Average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
64 pages. Features: The Court-Martial of Smedley Butler - an off-the-cuff remark about Mussolini spelled trouble for this famous Marine Corps hero - photo-illustrated feature article; Bell Telephone ad features photo of Edward Ohm, David Hogg and Robert DeGrasse working with a large horn reflector; Nice illustrated ad for the Sikorsky S-64 flying crane; Small Atomics (bombs) - a Big Problem; Tong Yong Operation near Pusan, Korea in August 1950; Block Buster - airlifting palletized Caterpillar tractors; Flying Saucers - A Hard Look - illustrated article on ground effect vehicles; No Pitch, No Roll - article on amphibious helicopters; The Soviet Officer Corps - Just how good are the officers who command the Red Army?; Article on Soviet military pay; Organized Air-Ground Reserves - 1959; Support by Fire - Part VI - Target Information; Colt .45 vs. the Luger; Employment of Recon; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this important issue. Magazine
Z1-J-013-00721London: HMSO 1986. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Sticker on cover. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. London: HMSO 1986 unknown
19312111902160500999Not Available 1931. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of copies: Central Employment Placement Secretariat Not Available paperback
First edition, 12mo (160 x 100 mm), [8], 122, [14]pp., with a final advert leaf, text very clean and bright, cont. calf, joint split, spine chipped, covers held by cords (rear cover by upper cord only). The anonymous author stresses the importance of the poor laws in his introduction and also points out "that in the Streets of this great Metropolis (the Capital, for Trade and Riches, of the whole World) more Unhappy, Miserable People are to be found, than in the Cities of the Poorest Nations Abroad; which is the greatest Scandal to the Kingdom of Great-Britain. By the Abuse or Non-use of our Excellent Laws for Providing for the Poor, we have Thousands of Beggars pestering our Streets...". Of this first edition ESTC locates 6 copies (3 in the UK: BMu; L; Lu; and 3 in North America: CaOHM; CLU-C; CaOTU), the second edition of 1727 is of similar rarity. Hanson, 3252; Goldsmiths'-Kress, 6333.
Contents include: Retail trade establishments by geographic areas, kinds of business and type of operations, including such data as number of establishments, sales, employment, payrolls, inventories and commodities. The 1951 census, held two years after Newfoundland became part of Canada, marked Canada's first census as a nation of ten provinces and two territories. The content of the population and household questionnaire covered name, sex, age, marital status, relationship to "head" of household, and the structural type and tenure of dwelling. This census also provided information for small areas such as counties, municipalities, cities, towns, etc. Multi-paginations. 11.25" x 9" x 1.7". 2.0 kg. Forest green buckram with gilt lettering upon backstrip. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
Contents include: Wholesale trade establishments and service establishments by geographic areas, kinds of business and type of operations including such data as number of establishments, sales, employment and payrolls, with inventories and commodities shown for the wholesale trade. The 1951 census, held two years after Newfoundland became part of Canada, marked Canada's first census as a nation of ten provinces and two territories. The content of the population and household questionnaire covered name, sex, age, marital status, relationship to "head" of household, and the structural type and tenure of dwelling. This census also provided information for small areas such as counties, municipalities, cities, towns, etc. Multi-paginations. 11.25" x 9" x 1.7". 2.0 kg. Forest green buckram with gilt lettering upon backstrip. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
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