![A Marsh Island. [First Gay American Novel]. Sarah Orne Jewett](/images/noimage-req.png)
A Marsh Island. [First Gay American Novel]
Dr. Don James McLaughlin at the University of Tulsa has proposed that Jewett’s work is the first gay American novel. “In A Marsh Island, the..... Read More about A Marsh Island. [First Gay American Novel
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Women Writers, Women’s Rights, Women’s Suffrage, Working Class Women, Etc.
Women's History & Women Writers
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Women Writers, Women’s Rights, Women’s Suffrage, Working Class Women, Etc.
A Flying Trip Around the World ... In Seven Stages.
Victorian Female Journalist vs. Same. Elizabeth Bisland’s 1891 account of her “race around-the-world” to beat another “Elizabeth” —Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman— better known as Nelly Bly..... Read More about A Flying Trip Around the World ... In Seven Stages
1836–1840 friendship album owned by Mary S. Osgood of Cincinnatus, New York and then owned by her sister, Helen Osgood Kingman.
“Mrs. Kingman, If you please, Think of me, at twilight hour, And I will think of thee.” The Osgoods of Cincinnatus, New York, John Osgood..... Read More about 1836–1840 friendship album owned by Mary S. Osgood of Cincinnatus, New York and then owned by...
October Journey. (Signed)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about October Journey. (Signed
Prophets for a New Day. (Signed)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about Prophets for a New Day. (Signed
This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed
![Three Unrecorded Theatrical Pamphlets published by the School Publishing Co.]. Arzalea Hunt, Lucy...](/pictures/thumb/3731219_1.jpg?v=1641608480)
[Three Unrecorded Theatrical Pamphlets published by the School Publishing Co.].
Three play, pantomime, and stage dialogue scripts written by two obscure women writers and one anonymous author. School Publishing Company of Darrowville, Ohio printed a...... Read More about Three Unrecorded Theatrical Pamphlets published by the School Publishing Co
Under the Olive Tree. Songs and Stories.
Ruth Clement was a Quaker physician. Where she earned her medical degree is unknown, but in her book —a mixture of poetry, short stories, and..... Read More about Under the Olive Tree. Songs and Stories
Mrs. Barney’s Letter, To Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, in reply to one from him, through his Private Secretary, rejecting her application to him, in favour of her husband [caption title].
An attack on President Andrew Jackson’s “spoils system” and his “Office Harpies” by Mary Chase Barney, an outspoken Baltimorean, and later magazine-founder and editor. After..... Read More about Mrs. Barney’s Letter, To Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, in reply to one from...
Meditations on Votes for Women.
Scarce in publisher’s dust jacket. Crothers, a native of Oswego, Illinois, was an essayist and Unitarian clergyman. Meditations addressed common objections against giving women the..... Read More about Meditations on Votes for Women
![Mrs. General Booth ... Salvation Army Publishing Department. [caption title]. photographer Henry...](/pictures/thumb/3730856_1.jpg?v=1632404239)
Mrs. General Booth ... Salvation Army Publishing Department. [caption title]
Cabinet card photograph of evangelist Catherine Booth (1829–1890), wife of General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. She was a prolific writer for the..... Read More about Mrs. General Booth ... Salvation Army Publishing Department. [caption title
Ballads of the Hard Hills and other Poems.
First edition. Scarce volume of self-published poetry by a retired schoolteacher and native of Sandy Creek, New York who removed to a farm in Gilboa..... Read More about Ballads of the Hard Hills and other Poems
Majella; or, Nameless and Blind. A Story of the Susquehanna.
Obscure American fiction by this female author from Clifford Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Ella Maude Stewart Dann (d. 1943) was born with a significant..... Read More about Majella; or, Nameless and Blind. A Story of the Susquehanna
![Large Portrait Print of Phillis Wheatley, issued by the Associated Publishers]. Associated...](/pictures/thumb/3730475_1.jpg?v=1630610179)
[Large Portrait Print of Phillis Wheatley, issued by the Associated Publishers].
An almost life-size portrait of Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), the eminent eighteenth-century American poet, issued by the Associated Publishers, Inc. of Washington, D.C. The firm was..... Read More about Large Portrait Print of Phillis Wheatley, issued by the Associated Publishers
![Relève Into Maquis. [Releve Into Maquis]. Nancy Cunard](/pictures/thumb/3730873_1.jpg?v=1632596706)
Relève Into Maquis. [Releve Into Maquis].
A Poem by Cunard on the French Resistance during the Second World War. Derby [England]: Printed for Kenneth Hopkins, The Grasshopper Press, 1944. Limited to..... Read More about Relève Into Maquis. [Releve Into Maquis
England’s Girls and England’s Future.
A 1917 small pamphlet issued by the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases; published as sex education to teach women of the ills of syphilis..... Read More about England’s Girls and England’s Future
Mattie G. Allison, Evangelist. [caption title of photograph; offered with a second photograph of another woman preacher]
Cabinet card photograph of Methodist evangelist Mattie G. Allison (?–1932), ordained minister and pastor of several churches in Missouri. The full-length stdio portrait shows Allison..... Read More about Mattie G. Allison, Evangelist. [caption title of photograph; offered with a second photograph of...
River Rhymes and Rhymes Betimes.
Scarce American poetry by this little-known woman author; apparently the poet’s first and only publication. The author married Clinton E.B. Cutler, a Joliet, Illinois lawyer..... Read More about River Rhymes and Rhymes Betimes
Poems.
Self published and scarce. The author’s first book and the first of four volumes of poetry by this Connecticut native and Hartford poet. Hartford: 1886..... Read More about Poems
The Life of a Hindu Woman and the Biography of Libbie Cilley Griffin. (Signed)
First edition. Inscribed by the author, an excellent copy of this scarce and privately printed biography. A Michigan-native and college-educated, Libbie Cilley Griffin served as..... Read More about The Life of a Hindu Woman and the Biography of Libbie Cilley Griffin. (Signed
Following the Guidon.
A stunning copy of this narrative of army life on the American Western frontier by the wife of General George Armstrong Custer. With the dramatic..... Read More about Following the Guidon
Church Street. Stories of American Village Life.
Uncommon in dust jacket; Jean Carter Cochran (1876-1968) writes an encompassing profile of a New Jersey town, recounting the culture and norms of its society..... Read More about Church Street. Stories of American Village Life
[Autograph Note Signed by Anne-Marie du Boccage, 18th-Century French Writer, Poet, Playwright, and Saloniste].
French Revolutionary-era note by French feminist writer and salonnière Anne-Marie du Boccage (1710–1802) who Voltaire called the “Sappho of Normandy.” Du Boccage and her spouse..... Read More about Autograph Note Signed by Anne-Marie du Boccage, 18th-Century French Writer, Poet, Playwright, and...
A Nickel and A Prayer.
Autobiography of Jane Edna Hunter (1892–1971), a nurse and lawyer, and noted for her commitment to help Black American women. A South Carolinian-native born to..... Read More about A Nickel and A Prayer
New York. A Story of the Titan City, Adventure, Heart-Throbs and Romance. [Jazz Age Romance “Based on the Motion Picture Story”]
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...