Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Women Writers, Women’s Rights, Women’s Suffrage, Working Class Women, Etc.
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Women Writers, Women’s Rights, Women’s Suffrage, Working Class Women, Etc.
Rare Jazz Age photoplay based on this 1927 Paramount Studios film, written by Barbara Chambers and Becky Gardiner. Gardiner scripted the 1926 film The Great..... Read More about New York. A Story of the Titan City, Adventure, Heart-Throbs and Romance. [Jazz Age Romance...
Angelina W. Grimké (1880–1958) was an African-American female poet and reclusive celibate lesbian who was born into the noted biracial Grimké family, with its strong..... Read More about Rachel. A Play in Three Acts
Interesting letter signed by Evangeline W. Andrews, historian and spouse/collaborator of Yale professor of Colonial American history, Charles M. Andrews, discussing North Carolina and the..... Read More about Typed Letter Signed by Historian Evangeline W. Andrews, discussing North Carolina and the...
Brilliant poster for Rose Coghlan (1851–1932), Gilded Age burlesque player and leading actress, here in a female-to-male cross-dressing role in the romantic play Jocelyn set..... Read More about Rose Coghlan as Jocelyn. [chromolithographic theatrical poster for a burlesque player and leading...
![C.1880s–1890s Tintype Photograph of a Western Woman in Japanese Costume]. Unkwn](/pictures/thumb/3729892_1.jpg?v=1609099677)
Medium-format tintype studio portrait of a Western woman wearing a kimono and holding a large folding Japanese fan behind her head. Studio props in the..... Read More about C.1880s–1890s Tintype Photograph of a Western Woman in Japanese Costume
Collection of 13 women’s club yearbooks or program books from Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. The Woman’s Club was organized in 1936 via the consolidation of three earlier..... Read More about “The Woman’s Club of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania Year Book,” 1936–1963; 11 Yearbooks plus 2...
Blunt political document by women, aimed at women and illustrated by Japanese American artist and designer Mabel Kaji (1891–1965) of Baltimore. Political broadside aimed at..... Read More about “The Monarch” [caption title of 1930 illustrated Maryland women’s political broadside...
Signed contract for the rights to publish the novel A Mother from Mars written by Indiana author Frances Foster Perry. A manuscript addendum states Dodd..... Read More about 1908 Publishing Contract for Frances F. Perry’s “A Mother from Mars,” published by Dodd,...
Two fan letters from a woman reader to British crime fiction writer Patricia Wentworth, the creator of the character, “Miss Maud Silver,” the heroine of..... Read More about Two Fan Letters from a Woman to British Crime Fiction Writer Patricia Wentworth discussing...
![Machinal. [play typescript]. Sophie Treadwell, 1885?–1970](/pictures/thumb/3729309_1.jpg?v=1600902488)
Original typescript for an adaptation of the important 1928 expressionist play Machinal by American journalist and playwright Sophie Treadwell (1885?–1970). The play dramatizes the life..... Read More about Machinal. [play typescript
A memorial and tribute to Isabelle née André Monnier, a native of Paris. The bulk of this book gathers writings by Monnier which appeared anonymously..... Read More about Un Souvenir de Madame Isabelle Monnier née André. Née à Paris le 13 mai 1836, Rappelée à...
![A Chosen Vessel. [Women Baltimore Authors]. Isabel Foster](/pictures/thumb/3729650_1.jpg?v=1598301683)
Unrecorded in OCLC, a presentation copy, inscribed and signed, of this slim juvenile parable written by a little-known Baltimore author. Another book by Foster of..... Read More about A Chosen Vessel. [Women Baltimore Authors
Scarce in both first and second editions, a collection of poems by this native of Pottersville, New York. See J.R. Miller, (Editor), Recollections of Mrs..... Read More about The Chimes of Amsterdam and Other Poems
Biographies of American women by American women. The chapters are typically devoted to a single subject: “Louisa May Alcott” by Louise Chandler Moulton; “Susan B...... Read More about Our Famous Women. An Authorized Record of the Lives and Deeds of Distinguished American Women of...
An historico-documentary, biographical, and bibliographical guide to Black history in America. Sections include “Early Negro Petitions and Protests,” “Congressional Medal of Honor Winners,” “Population Census..... Read More about A Layman’s Guide to Negro History. [from the library of Black civil right activist Pauli Murray
Political broadside issued by the Baltimore City Federation of Republican Women, aimed at women voters. It attacks the president of Johns Hopkins University, Joseph S...... Read More about Women Want Information [caption title of c.1929–1935 illustrated women’s broadside attacking...
Souvenir trade folder or brochure aimed at women from the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Thomas Harper of Redditch, England advertises and..... Read More about Souvenir of the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A. [1893 Chicago Wold’s Fair sewing...
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Silver process photographs showing a group of women in a rural setting enjoying camping and firearms. Three images show women rifle shooting or proudly posing..... Read More about Five Photographs Showing Women Rifle Shooting and Camping in the Country
![Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3724701_1.jpg?v=1590179125)
Attractive mid-19th century watercolor portrait of a woman seated at a table or writing desk and holding a letter. Her face, coiffure, and lace-trimmed, black..... Read More about Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter
Lengthy and peculiar letter by a woman traveler, E.W. Carpenter, written to her nephew and niece in Lebanon Springs, New York, recounting a 7,000-mile journey..... Read More about 1890 Woman’s Autograph Letter Signed describing Her Being “Poisoned” and Fearful of Being...
Two humorously illustrated letters sent to a schoolgirl in Pennsylvania from a young married couple in Salem, Oregon, Frank L. Willman, Sr. and Etta Willman..... Read More about 1892 and 1893, Two Humorously Illustrated Letters by Frank and Etta Willman of Salem, Oregon, One...
![The Eastern Girls [cover title]. The Eastern-Empire Lyceum Bureau](/pictures/thumb/3728735_1.jpg?v=1557936748)
The all-woman trio The Eastern Girls was comprised of a banjoist, a mandolin player, and a soprano singer. All the women sang. Here they are..... Read More about The Eastern Girls [cover title
Handsome concert announcement broadside for the popular Shaw Sisters of Philadelphia. The broadside as two blank spaces for location and date to be handwritten. The..... Read More about The Misses Mary & Rosina Shaw of Philadelphia, will give a Grand Vocal Concert [opening lines...
![Spelman College:] Campus Mirror. Commencement Issue. Volume XX. 1944 Number 8. Nina Charlton,...](/pictures/thumb/3728083_1.jpg?v=1543437610)
Charming commencement issue from this African American college in Atlanta, Georgia, the oldest private historically Black liberal arts college for women. Though not a yearbook..... Read More about Spelman College:] Campus Mirror. Commencement Issue. Volume XX. 1944 Number 8
![Dual Provenance:] Following the Color Line. An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American...](/pictures/thumb/3728065_1.jpg?v=1543874735)
Important study on race in America written by journalist Ray Stannard Baker in the aftermath of the Atlanta race riot of 1906. This copy with..... Read More about Dual Provenance:] Following the Color Line. An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American...
