Search Results: Women from Kate Mitas, Bookseller

(n. p.): All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Inc., 1956. Very Good. 11-1/4" x 8-5/8". Unpaginated, but 32 pp + typescript acknowledgements slip. Blue stapled wrappers printed in white and gold, b/w illustrations from photographs throughout. Light extremity wear. Program from the 1956 AWTAR, which began at the San Mateo County Airport, in San Mateo, California, and ended at Bishop Airport, in Flint, Michigan. The race included 50 pilots, many but not all of whom flew with co-pilots; short bios and pictures of each pilot and her co-pilot (where applicable) are included here, along with brief articles on the airports and locations at each end of the race, handicapping, the challenge of the race itself, etc.Scarce. OCLC locates only five institutions that hold any of the series of programs, and none appear to have this one.

[Oakland?]: [Miss America Pageant / Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce], 1970. Good+. 11" x 8-1/2". Unpaginated, approx. 40 pp. Photographically illustrated color wrappers, title printed in black to front cover, stapled. Color illustrations to inside covers, heavily illustrated in b/w throughout. Light soiling and wear to wrappers, short tear to foot of front cover, minor bumping to upper corner of some leaves. Program for the 1970 Miss Oakland Pageant, with additional material on the national 1970 Miss America pageant winners. Features portraits of the Oakland contestants, judges, the past winner and the 1970 Miss California, local advertising, images of the national contestants, etc. The Oakland contestants are a notably diverse group, particularly compared to the national ones.Not found in commerce or OCLC as of Sept. 2019.

Mounting board 11 x 23 inches; photogram 8 x 20 inches. Large b&w photogram mounted on cream cardstock. Damp staining to photogram edges near center and left side; mounting board stained, damp stained, and darkened, with scraps of paper stuck to side margins and dark paint along sides of photogram -- presumably due to the image having been framed at one point.
A scarce "fern leaf motto" photogram by Anna K[uhn?] Weaver (1848-?), celebrating the American centennial and praising God for it -- and, perhaps, referring to American manifest destiny.
Weaver was a Quaker from Salem, Ohio, who used her photography work to employ numerous women as well as to fund her own missionary work in Bogata, Columbia. Although she initially created the photogram religious mottos for herself sometime in or around 1874, their unexpected success led her to found an establishment in her hometown dedicated to their production. According to an article in The New Century for Women (Philadelphia: Women's Centennial Committee,… Read More

[San Francisco]: National Woman's Party, (n. d.), circa 1939. Good. 3 x 5 inches. Small ticket printed recto only on white stock. Creasing; minor edgewear. An invitation ticket to the National Woman's Party booth in the Construction Industries Building at the GGIE. As explained here, the NWP "is a non-partisan, non-profit organization sponsoring the Equal Rights Amendment now pending before Congress: 'Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.'"Founded by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns in 1913, the NWP was a key player in the fight for women's suffrage. After the passage of the 19th Amendment, the group put its efforts toward the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, which was written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman and introduced in Congress in 1923. The ERA would have guaranteed that men and women in the US have equal legal rights, but, despite nearly being ratified in 1979, it has not yet passed into law. The NWP closed its… Read More

[Buffalo, N.Y.]: [World's Dispensary Medical Association], 1902. Very Good. 14 cm. [18]pp. White self-wrappers printed in black, bound at the top edge. Light wear. Promotional piece for Ray Vaughn Pierce ("an outstanding period example of a man who combined scientific (or quasi-scientific) credentials, remarkable business acumen, an accurate sense of the public temper, and an unabashed capacity for self promotion," per Atwater 2798) and his consultation and manufacturing center, the World's Dispensary. Marketed toward women, the booklet primarily advertises "Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets" as a cure-all for everything from general weakness to constipation and the pain of childbirth. Additional plugs are included for Pierce's Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, his People's Medical Advisor, and various salves and ointments. ATWATER S-1529.OCLC locates 1 definite holding and 6 potential holdings, listed as serials only.

Worcester, MA, Circa 1920. Very Good+. 8.5 x 16 cm. Trade card blotter printed in black on white stock on recto. Incudes a photographic reproduction of the parlor, showing four women seated, another woman at the cash register, and a man, standing. Presuming the ladies-only parlor was set up to guarantee the propriety of the experience for women, it is not immediately clear why the shoe shiner is male. Minor wear to edges.

New York: Ben Adler Advertising Service, Inc., (1958). Good. 11" x 8-1/2". 31, [1] pp. Black and white printed self-wrappers, stapled. Scuffing to front cover; two short tears to fore-edge of cover and most leaves, not affecting text. Movie tie-in booklet for "The Case of Dr. Laurent," which promoted the then-newfangled techniques of Dr. Fernand Lamaze as well as the importance of educating expectant mothers to reduce fear of childbirth. The film is set in a French mountain town and stars Nicole Courcel as an unwed mother who bucks local prejudices and accepts Dr. Laurent's (Jean Gabin) training in natural childbirth; she eventually trains the other women in the town and delivers her baby painlessly, convincing both her fellow townspeople and a skeptical medical review board of the success of the new method.In addition to a 15 pp series of captioned movie stills charting the plotline of the film, the book includes an 8 pp section of photographs showing Courcel demonstrating exercises for pregnant… Read More

[New Britain, Connecticut]: [The Visiting Nurse Association of New Britain], (n. d.), circa 1920s. Good+. 3-1/2 x 6 inches. Small card, printed on both sides. White clay-coated stock printed in black, with b&w halftone illustration to recto of a nurse standing in a doorway. Light wear and soiling. Promotional card providing the contact details for the Visiting Nurse Assocation of New Britain, Connecticut, as well as a detailed description of the services and rates offered. In addition to caring for sick patients, the nurses educated pregnant women about hygiene, assisted doctors during a woman's confinement in pregnancy, gave maternity care to new mothers and babies, held "Well Baby Conferences, where babies are weighed and mothers advised as to their proper care," cared for all policy holders who were entitled to care, and tought health. District service cost 75 cents, maternity care required an extra 25 cents for the baby, and hourly service was $1 for the first hour + 50 cents per half hour… Read More

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Bill Jentz, 1986. Near Fine. 11" x 8-1/2". 144 pp. White self-wrappers, heavily illustrated from photographs in b/w. Minor edgewear, else fine. Women's bodybuilding magazine, this the special NPC USA / Nationals Contest Issue. Features photographic images and profiles of the top performers in each category of the contest; cover image is of Tara Dodane.Uncommon.

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Bill Jentz, 1983. Very Good. 11" x 8-1/2". [40] pp. White self-wrappers, heavily illustrated with b/w photographic images. Light wear. Women's bodybuilding magazine featuring contest and non-contest images and profiles of top performers in a number of national contests. Front cover features Lisa Elliott.Uncommon.

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Bill Jentz, 1984. Very Good. 11" x 8-1/2". 64 pp. White self-wrappers, heavily illustrated with b/w photographic images. Light wear. Women's bodybuilding magazine featuring contest and non-contest images and profiles of top performers in a number of national contests. Front cover features Elaine Craig, rear cover features Jill O'Connor, Deanna Panting and Kathy Illingworth.Uncommon.

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Bill Jentz, 1986. Very Good. 11" x 8-1/2". 64 pp. White self-wrappers, heavily illustrated with b/w photographic images. Light wear. Women's bodybuilding magazine featuring photographic images and profiles of top performers in a number of national contests. Cover image is of Connie McCloskey, rear image of Catherine Butler.Uncommon.