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The Second Sex
by Simone De Beauvoir
The Second Sex is one of the best-known works of the French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir. It is a work on the treatment of women throughout history and often regarded as a major work of feminist literature.
Broadside, "Suffrage As a War Measure" By Ny State Woman Suffrage Party, 2 Pp On One 8 X 105 Inch Sheet
by Women's Suffrage Broadside
The Hidden Lamp
by Edited By Zenshin Florence Caplow and Reigetsu Susan Moon; Foreword By Zoketsu Norman Fischer
An "Official Postcard," Which Includes a Pledge To March In the Suffrage March November 1, 1913, "2
by Woman's Suffrage Post Card Collection
Women's History Books & Ephemera
The Social Psychology of Women: Shibboleths and Lacunae
by Laws, Judith Long
Pittsburg, Pa: KNOW, Inc, 1969. An article on the social psychology of women touching on "the psychological literature on sex differences; classical theories of female identity; social relevance of psychological (and sociological) thinking about women; normative sex role prescriptions as an outcome of social processes, and again as an element in socialization and identity formation; social change, including the Women's Liberation Movement" (p. 1). Stapled wrappers (8 ½" x 5 ½"), 12 p. A fine copy.
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A$54.23
Sisters of the Brush: Their Family, Art, Life & Letters, 1797-1833
by MacMullen, Ramsay
New Haven: PastTimes Press, 1997. The story in this book begins with the first letter in the year Eliza Champlain was born, 1797, in New London. It unfolds through her own, her mother's, and her aunt's correspondence - hundreds of letters now first published with explanatory chapters, commentary, and notes around them. Her aunt, at first in their home town and then (from 1811) for eight years in New York, was the first professional artist of her sex in the United States - Mary Way, a painter of...
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A$54.23
Sexism in the Fourth Grade -- Being an account of how I tried to make fourth-graders aware of sex roles, stereotypes, and POTOS; and how I in turn became aware of cooties, girl-touch, and the illegibility of fourth-graders' handwriting
by Karkau, Kevin
Pittsburgh, Pa: KNOW, Inc, 1973. Side-stapled 11" x 8 ½" sheets, 10 p.
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A$193.68
[WOMEN] [OUTDOORS] Mudjekeewis 1936-1939 [four camp yearbooks, bound together, with tipped-in photographs]
by [Camp Mudjekeewis]
[Lovell, ME]: [Camp Mudjekeewis], 1939. String-bound. Near fine. Oblong quarto, 4 volumes, bound together at the spine with rope/string. Overall in near fine condition; well preserved, with mild soiling to outer wraps, and some gentle wrinkling to some photographs, but generally neat and attractive. A fantastic group of four yearbooks for this rural camp for girls in western Maine, near the New Hampshire border. Altogether (over the four yearbooks), there are 59 photographs, nearly all measuring...
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A$968.38
Put Her Down on Drugs: Prescribed Drug Usage in Women
by Fidell, Linda S
Pittsburgh: KNOW, Inc, 1973. An address presented at the Western Psychological Association Meeting, Anaheim, CA, April 12, 1973. Corner-stapled 11" x 8 ½" sheets, 5, [2] p. A fine copy.
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A$116.21
Women's Liberation: A Communist View
Chicago: October League (Marxist-Leninist), 1976. A pamphlet on women's liberation as part of a broader anti-imperialist, New Communist struggle. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (8 ½" x 5 ½"), 16 p. A few penned notes to the rear cover, else Near Fine.
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A$38.74
Life Story of Mary Lyon
by [DOUGLAS, Mrs. John]
Minneapolis: Beard Art and Statinery, 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Good-. Octavo, 106pp., illustrated. A good copy at best in what appear to be later library cardstock wraps with a white paper spine. General wear to extremities, but nice and clean internally. Uncommon volume which narrates the story of Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holyoke College. We found about a dozen copies in worldwide library holdings, and none in commerce as of this listing.
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A$77.47
Women's Liberation Newsletter
Cambridge: Women's Liberation Newsletter, 1969. Two issues of this Boston area women's liberation newsletter featuring short articles, poetry, resource lists, organization profiles, book reviews, and editorials. Included are Vol. 1, No. 5 (Feb. 23, 1970) and an unnumbered issue. Each issue consists of a folded, color sheet (opening to 20" x 14"), eight panels.
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A$147.19
[WOMEN] [OUTDOORS] [PHOTOGRAPHY] "Life at Camp Miller" (Beautifully hand-illustrated photo album with artistic flourishes)
by [name withheld]
[Nashville?], 1920. Very good. Oblong small quarto. 28 leaves [56pp.] used, the rest blank (about half of the album). Album edges somewhat worn, but still sound. 27 albumen photographic prints, all but two of which are tipped onto the album leaves. Prints generally very good, with occasional mild spotting; some prints overexposed. Altogether very good. A contemporary bookseller label on the rear inner cover for a Nashville (TN) bookstore and one internal reference to the Harpeth River would seem to...
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A$1,007.11
The Eleanor Roosevelt We Remember
by DOUGLAS, Helen Gahagan; Pictures by Aaron J. Ezickson
New York: Hill and Wang, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Quarto, 173pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in a near fine dust jacekt with mild rubbing and a few closed tears. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Douglas on the half-title page: "To Truddy Taub - Helen Gahagan Douglas." Douglas was an actress-turned politician who served in the US House of Representatives from California. She famously lost a contest for a California senate seat to a young Richard Nixon in...
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A$77.47
Friends and Sisters: Letters between Lucy Stone and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, 1846-93 (Women in American History)
by LASSER, Carol and Marlene Deahl Merrill (eds.)
Urbana, Il: University of Illinois Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Octavo, 278pp. A fine, crisp copy, with the spine ever so mildly cocked. In a very good dust jacket, sunned on the spine, and a bit offset at the top of the front panel.
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A$23.24
Better than Rubies: A History of Women's Education
by STOCK, Phyllis
New York: Capricord Books / G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Octavo, 252pp. A crisp, clean copy, just a tinge discolored at the crown; near fine. In a very good dust jacket, sunned on the spine, with a small stain on the front panel, and a few ncicks to the rear panel. Nice copy.
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A$23.24
[BOWLING] [WOMEN] Annual Reception Queen Pin League Sat. June 6 1959 9:00 PM Flame Lounge [cover title]
by [Queen Pin League (of Cleveland, OH?]
[no place, but Cleveland, OH], 1959. Staplebound. Very good. Octavo, 4pp. Side-stapled with decorative ribbon added. Mimeographed cover and contents. Very good, with some creasing to covers. There is pen and pencil writing internally, and with the numerous corrections to dates and times, we presume that this program was used to draft the program for the coming season; that is, the corrections to dates, times, sponsors, and the league officers are indicated so that the new season's program will be...
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A$77.47
The Myth of Motherhood (Spokesman Pamphlet Number 21)
by Comer, Lee
Nottingham: Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, 1972. Third impression. In this pamphlet Lee Comer attacks a central shibboleth of male domination, and points the way to new, and vastly more humane, paths of development. Stapled wrappers, 11 p. A fine copy.
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A$38.74
The Invention of J. Watson
Denver: American Inventors Corp, 1979. A comprehensive report for an invention by a Mrs. Jean Watson called the "Tylerloo," a "combination exerciser/toy for people of all ages, [which] consists of rubberized or plastic tire which is guided and maneuvered with dual sticks." The report begins with a letter from American Inventors Corp. informing Watson of their decision NOT to reject her invention, but with "no guarantees that our company will ever sell or license [her] invention to industry." This is...
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A$232.41
A Forum for Changing Men (25 issues)
Portland, OR: Men's Resource Center, 1976. A substantial run of this newspaper published by the Men's Resource Center in Portland, Oregon. The newspaper was part of the burgeoning Men's Movement, which sought to eliminate sexism and traditional gender roles while supporting gay and women's liberation. The newspaper published articles, letters, a resource list, calendar of activities, etc. Included in this run are issues 27 (July 1976), 28 (August 1976), 29 (September 1976), 30 (October 1976), 32...
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The Birth Control News." Nine Pamphlets, 1932-1933
by BIRTH CONTROL NEWS. MARIE STOPES
The Birth Control News was a monthly newsletter produced by Marie Stopes advocating for safe contraception for married women. Stopes was formally trained in the sciences earning a doctorate in paleobotany in 1904. In 1918, she founded the Society for Constructive Birth Control, and 1921, she opened the first clinic for birth control in Britain known as , "the Mothers' Clinic for Constructive Birth Control." Contraception became acceptable to the Church of England in 1930, for married couples only....
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A$10,652.12
Betraying Women: Psychiatric Rape
Los Angeles: Citizens Commission on Human Rights, 1995. An uncommon Church of Scientology publication exposing sexual & psychiatric abuse suffered by women at the hands of their psychiatrists. Includes a Rogue's Gallery of convicted psychiatrists. The innocuously named Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) was established by the Church of Scientology in 1969 "to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights." Profiles of six CCHR women are included. Stapled, illustrated wrappers...
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A$100.71
Proceedings. The Cornell Conference on Women, January 22-25, 1969
by Tobias, Sheila, Ella Kusnetz, Deborah Spitz (editors)
Pittsburgh, Pa: KNOW, Inc, 1969. Selected proceedings include 1.) How Do Men Look at Women and How Do Women Look at Themselves? 2.) The Political Dimension: Is this a Political Question 3.) Equality and the Education of Women 4.) Abortion and Contraception 5.) The Future of Women in America 6.) The Psychological Differences Between Men and Women 7.) The Black Woman in America. Side-stapled 11" x 8 ½" sheets, 100 p.
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A$147.19
The NUC Women's Caucus Newsletter (five issues)
Chicago: Women's Caucus of the New University Conference, 1970. Five issues of the irregularly issued newsletter of the Women's Caucus of the New University Conference. The content is focused on organizational issues and the Caucus' intersection with the broader women's liberation movement. Issues include, nos. 5-7 and two unnumbered issues (one devoted solely to Ellen Bravo's "Teaching a Course on Sexism"). The three numbered issues consist of corner stapled sheets (11" x 8 ½"), 8 p.; [22] p.; 32 p.,...
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Principal Women of America: Being the Biographies of Approximately One Thousand Five Hundred American Women Who Stand Pre-Eminent In Their Country, Vol. 1, 1930-31
London: The Mitre Press, 1932. A reference work featuring lengthy entries for approximately 1,500 women "who are leaders of Society, or who are pre-eminent in any of the Arts, Commerce, Religion, Administration, etc.; women who are the helpful wives or motehrs of captains of industry, Senators, leading professional men and educators. In short, Principal Women." As stated in the preface, "each lady represented in this volume was carefully selected for her eminent sutability to be termed a principal woman...
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A$697.23
Woman Suffrage Party Urges Male New Yorkers to Pledge in Favor of Women’s Suffrage
by [WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE]
This "ticket" allowed male voters to express their belief that "the vote should be granted to the Women of New York."
[WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. Printed Document. Ticket of Support for Women's Suffrage. New York: New York State Woman Suffrage Party, ca. 1915-1917. 1 p., 4¾ x 3 in.
Complete Transcript
The New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Headquarters, 303 5th Avenue, New York City
I, _________________________________________________________
of _______________________ Street _______________________ City... Read more about this item
[WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. Printed Document. Ticket of Support for Women's Suffrage. New York: New York State Woman Suffrage Party, ca. 1915-1917. 1 p., 4¾ x 3 in.
Complete Transcript
The New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Headquarters, 303 5th Avenue, New York City
I, _________________________________________________________
of _______________________ Street _______________________ City... Read more about this item
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A$348.62
The Reality and Challenge of the Double Standard in Mental Health and Society
by Heide, Wilma Scott
[Pittsburgh, Pa.]: [KNOW, Inc.], [197-]. Corner-stapled 11" x 8 ½" sheets, 9 p. A fine copy.
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A$116.21
Vaginal Orgasm As a Mass Hysterical Survival Response
by Atkinson, Ti-Grace
New York: The Feminists, 1968. A rage-filled speech given by radical feminist Ti-Grace Atkinson in Philadelphia the day after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Atkinson begins, "I suppose we all have [sic] put aside the speeches we prepared before last night. In the face of Martin King's death, one must tell the truth as plain as one can." She goes on to claim that "the oppression of women by men is the source of all the corrupt values throughout the world," that marriage and the family are...
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A$232.41
Two (2) Elaborate Hand Constructed Paper Doll House Rooms - One with Bridal Party
USA, 1860s. Well executed. Some water stain at base. Glue toning on lace. . Two (2) different hand created paper doll house rooms. Constructed of wallpaper and borders, cut-outs from Godey's or Peterson's ladies magazines, lace trim and embossed die-cut Victorian gilt scrap. One room depicts a bride adorned in a lace veil and gown with silk flower appliqué. An anteroom with two brides maids and a flower girl who holds a silk bouquet. A portrait of a young girl adorns the wall. Measures 12" by...
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A$1,007.11