Women Writers, Women’s Rights, Women’s Suffrage, Working Class Women, Etc.
Women Writers, Women’s Rights, Women’s Suffrage, Working Class Women, Etc.
Rare triple-decker novel retaining its original publisher’s quarter-cloth bindings. “If the author of the following tale avows a desire to unite the moral application of..... Read More about Education; or, Elizabeth, Her Lover and Husband. A Tale for 1817. In Three Volumes
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...
Publisher’s music proof sheets for two songs by hymnodist Agnes C. Woolston (c.1859–?), author of the popular hymn “He Leadeth Me.” The proofs were printed..... Read More about “When the Troops Come Marching Home” and “Help Me Be True.” [1898 Publisher’s Music...
Rare and unrecorded souvenir program for a Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera—staged selections from popular operas and tableaux vivants—presented under the direction of Capt..... Read More about The Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera. Under the Auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the...
Scholarly edition of abolitionist and feminist Lucretia Mott’s diary of her 1840 trip to Great Britain to attend World’s Anti-Slavery Convention, one of only six..... Read More about Slavery and “The Woman Question,” Lucretia Mott’s Diary of Her Visit to Great Britain to...
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Important biography of the only Southern white women to become abolitionist leaders. Lerner demonstrates how the Grimké sisters had to fight for their rights to..... Read More about The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Rebels Against Slavery. [First Edition
The complete record of one of the most important correspondences in American history. “An intellectual dialogue of the highest plane achieved in America, the correspondence..... Read More about The Adams-Jefferson Letters, The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and...
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
Comprehensive archive from the Hiteon Progressive Club, a women’s organization in the Hillsboro-Beaverton-Tigard, region west of Portland Oregon, dating from when it was organized in..... Read More about 1921–1963, Archive of the Hiteon Progressive Club, a Women’s Club in Greater Portland, Oregon
Blunt political document by women, aimed at women and illustrated by a woman. Political broadside aimed at women voting in Maryland’s gubernatorial election of 1930..... Read More about “The Monarch” [caption title of 1930 illustrated Maryland women’s political broadside...
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...
After both women painters graduated from Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, Zulma Steele and Edna M. Walker removed in 1903 to Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead’s Bydcliffe Colony in..... Read More about Eighteen Stencils with Two Signed Drawings attributed to Edna M. Walker, Byrdcliffe Colony Artisan
Dr. Olivia Pearl Stokes (1916–2002), was an ordained Baptist minister, author, religious educator, and civil rights activist. She was the first African American woman to..... Read More about Against the Tide. [Inscribed by Olivia P. Stokes, Civil Rights Activist and African-American...
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
Late Victorian-era to Edwardian-era child’s die stamped or rolled brass bracelet. The stamping depicts a panoramic scene of barnyard animals, including chickens, a cat pouncing..... Read More about Antique Brass Child’s Bracelet with Designs of House, Farmyard Animals; the Name “Nancy”...
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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...
The fourth volume in writer, poet, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s autobiography, chronicling events taking place between 1957 and 1962 including her work for..... Read More about The Heart of a Woman
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...
From the Dedication, in part: “To My Wife, Alyse. This is the book you help me to do,—the one that the white publishers would not..... Read More about Harriet Tubman
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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...
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Exceedingly rare nineteenth-century commemorative album of 187 lithographic views showing religious houses and schools in Europe of the School Sisters de Notre Dame, a Roman..... Read More about Catholica]: Niederlassungen der armen Schulschwestern de Notre Dame diesseits des Oceans. Zur...
