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16760Early American Women's Education Movement. Catalog of the Officers and Members of The Seminary For Female Teachers. Salem Massachusetts. Printed at the Register Press. April 1839. Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today-This is an important point but seems awkwardly placed. Maybe either use the phrase "into secular higher education" in first sentence or in next sentence say "In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education<br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates 10 years before Seneca Falls. unknown books
16627Women's Education Lincoln Phelps A.H. Chemistry for Beginners: With Engravings. Hartford: F.J. Huntington 1834. Publisher's original cloth boards. 4" x 6.75" inches 269 pages. First edition. Numerous black and white engravings of objects and diagrams. Paragraphs on Matters light Laws of Motion gases electricity acids metals organic chemistry etc. Mrs. Lincoln Phelps was a famous teacher lecturer and advocate for girl's education at a time when schooling for women was severely limited; her sister was the famous suffragette Emma Willard. The nineteenth century saw major advances in educational opportunities for women and girls. In the 1800s women began to play central roles in education - as teachers and as learners-- and literacy among women doubled between 1780 and 1840. However American higher education remained a virtually all-male affair until after the Civil War in the 1860's. Shelfwear. Dampstain to upper right edge of cover and pages. Moderate toning and foxing pages occasionally creased. In good condition. unknown books
16559Women's Education Chapone Hester; Gregory John; Pennington Sarah. Chapone on the Improvement of the Mind; Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his Daughters; Lady Pennington's Advice to her Absent Daughters; with an additional Letter on the Management and Education of Infant Children. London: Scott Webster & Geary c. 1827. Marbled leather boards. 32mo approximately 3.25" x 5.5" inches. 262 pages. Two engravings a frontispiece with tissue guard and a title page illustration. First edition in very good condition of this omnibus of foundational works in women's education. The individual texts brought together in this publication were all wildly successful and went through multiple editions in both Europe and the United States. While "conduct books" aimed toward's women's self-improvement became popular in the mid-19th century this edition is remarkable for encouraging rational understanding and free thought in young women through a proper education Chapone as well as defending a woman's right to follow her conscience over blind obedience to marriage vows or social codes Pennington who divorced her husband and was cut off from her children. This illustrated edition of Mrs Hester Chapone's conduct book. Written for her niece who was 15 years old at the time. Throughout the letters Chapone encourages rational understanding through reading history and literature. She explicitly states that sentimental novels are to be avoided. With four illustrated plates and an illustrated title page. The topics discussed range from economy government politeness religion as well as the heart and affections. Chapone's Letters were written when the popularity of advice or conduct books were at its peak. It had over 28 editions printed and first editions are extremely rare this is an early edition. including a French translation. unknown books
1670519 century Women Education Album with handwritten poems and inscriptions from many contributors around 1827 New York. 90 pages. 8 x 5 in. Original boards. 12 poems and writings to a young woman named Eliza. Several are dated 1827 New York. Poetry of friendship addressed to the owner: "Eliza thou hast vex'd me quite; for oh! that pen and ink! How couldst thou ask me for to write Til not my meat and drink-May be that I am half posess'd! But saying as I think The art of writing I detest-Confound the pen and ink!- I must not write I hate to write I cannot-will not-what! O! Yes sweet Miss For one sweet Kiss I'll write without one blot." Friendship albums were popular at this time amongst young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends. Also includes poetry "On Happiness and Contentment" "On the Beauties of Nature" "On the Mind" "On Man." The first entry is a handwritten essay "On Woman" that details the many benefits of women's influence on men. "Of all the manifold blessings bestowed upon man by his omniscient Creator tending to alleviate the miseries destined for him to undergo during his probationary existence here and the better to prepare him for eternal happiness hereafter none can be more highly estimable than those derived from the society of woman. By her genial influence the heart of man naturally prone to yield to the dictates of error is almost imperceptibly led into the paths of refinement where real pleasures only can exist and participates with her in the purer and more delightful affections fo the soul." Some light toning and foxing. Front hinge loose. Very good condition. unknown books
1707919th c. Women Education Two-Way Autograph Letter Signed on 2 pages between the head of Bethlehem Female Seminary and the guardian of one student. 10 x 7 ¾ in. Dated April 12 1813 and April 22 1813. The original letter is from the Guardian of Eliza Climer student at Bethlehem Female Seminary to Rev. Andrew Benade "Director of the Seminary at Bethlehem" to send Ms. Climer to Philadelphia "as soon as a convenient opportunity offers." He receives a response written on the same sheet below the initial letter on April 22 1813 from the new director Louis Hillner. Stating in part: "I have delivered your letter to Miss Eliza Climer directly to her; but instead of her being pleased with her soon leaving the Seminary she lamented and wept and insisted upon me to write a few lines to you and beg of you whether you would give her leave to stay in this seminary for some time longer. As she rose my whole compassion I could not do otherwise as to give her the promise to write to you. I am of the opinion dear Sir that it would indeed be for her best if she could stay here at least six months longer and I am convinced that if it is in your power dear Sir you will readily grant the petition in her behalf. You will be so kind as to let me know your intention on this head as soon as is convenient to you and I shall then act according as you think proper." The Bethlehem Female Seminary is the earliest established institution of female education in the United States tracing its roots to 1742 when it was first established in by Countess Benigna Zinzendorf. The Seminary began as an elementary educational institution for young girls starting at ages five or six years old. In 1785 due to increasing demand the Bethlehem Female Seminary reorganized as a secondary educational institution that became known as the Moravian Female Seminary. The newly reorganized female seminary also became open to all denominations. In 1913 the Seminary officially became a college and in 1954 merged with a male institution to become the coeducational Moravian College. Weakened along original fold lines. Repairs in 9 places with archival paper repair tape. Text remains clear and legible. Overall in good to very good condition. An incredible and early Female Education history. unknown books
15484Bibliotheque Universelle Dames Histoire" 30 Volumes. Vols. 1--30.-1st Edition Publication dates 1785-1788- in French- Published in Paris with approval of the King rue d'Anjou. Leather Binding Hardcover binding of tawny-brown leather. Covers with gold frames spine decorated with gilt motif and and black moroco labels with gilt titles . Book edges decorated with gold lines. Flyleaves are four-colour marbled paper. All pages gilt edges . full leather bindings with gilt and black labels on spines gilt trimmed boards. Some minor flaws in some volumes All bindings remain intact with secured boards. Inside contents are consistent of a single edition the pages are clean and text unmarked. Overall in very good condition and attractive.<br/><br/>"Bibliotheque Universelle Dames Histoire" The Universal Women's Library was produced to provide an audience of upper class women general knowledge. It should be noted that the set was published in France in the years leading up to the French Revolution. Originally thsee volumes were published over a 3 year period "under the aprouval of the King". Later the collection included other subjects during the the French revolution. The slow process of education reform to include women began in the 1840s after it was acknowledged that if women were the first educators of children then they needed a solid education. This set dating form 1785 predate that time by half a century and as such is a valuable early attempt that goes beyond most simple women education books. As with other books of the period the volumes were provided unbound to subscribers of the series who would have been responsible for their own bindings. unknown books
190923244Riverhead Long Island New York: Riverhead High School Debating Society 1909. 23 pages; editorial staff included Howard E. Duryea James C. Lutz A. Lowell Hallock Raynor D. Howell J. Wesley Warner Lila L. Howell Irene A. Tuthill; contents including original stories poetry humorous anecdotes; editorial comment - in this issue regarding Riverhead H.S. championship baseball teams and the lack of financial and student support and a note regarding the destruction of the County Review plant which printed the prior issues of "The Scribe" and apologies for printing delays due to the disaster; current topics also mentioned with comment on the murder of an investigator of the criminal Black Hand Mafia organization in Palermo Sicily arctic exploration with mention of Lieutenant Shackleton of the British Navy the Cleveland child kidnapping case of Willie Whitla and news of Standard Oil Company's acquittal in a major judicial case in Missouri; with a group of alumni news and doings; athletics scores and game descriptions and debating team record of subjects and win-loss chronology; senior class commencement honors lists; at front and at back are advertisements for many local businesses which supported the publication: Riverhead Savings Bank the Uptown Restaurant Stanley Rutger first class barber shop McCabe's Central Store Hallett Milling Co. The Griffin House The Woodmen Orchestra; Wm. F. Morell The Old Reliable Carriage Repository; Frank W. Satterly painter and paper hanger various attorneys Corwin jeweler and optometrist W. H. Sweezy clothier and haberdasher Howard the photo artist Amman photographer more; approx. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" size; original printed and illustrated stapled paper covers some edge tips wear and darkening to binding contents in very good condition; interesting early 20th century Riverhead Long Island cultural social and educational ephemera. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Riverhead High School Debating Society Paperback books
