The Lively Commerce: Prostitution in the United States
by [WOMEN] [PROSTITUTION] WINICK, Charles and Paul M. Kinsie
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; x, 320, [6]pp. Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket, with a bit of light overall shelfwear. Serious study of prostitution as a social problem, as a profession, as an institution, and as a way of life. Written by a professor of sociology at the City College of New York and a prostitution investigator in the profession for 50... Read More
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ERA Resources 1976
by [CITIZENS' ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN]
Washington DC: Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 1976. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); printed wrappers, stapled; 20pp. Fine copy. Compilation of some of the available information on the Equal Rights Admendment, arranged alphabetically by organization. The list is comprised mainly of national organizations and their publications.
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The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution: A Memorandum
by CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Washington DC: Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (25.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers printed in dark blue; i,[1],18pp.; text printed in blue from typescript throughout. Fine condition. Includes chapters on the extant laws discriminating on the basis of sex and the "Relationship Between the Equal Rights Amendment and Existing Constitutional Provisions.
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Women in 1973
by CITIZENS' ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. First Edition. Quarto (26cm.); publisher's dark orange staplebound wrappers printed in purple; [6],iv,86pp.; photographic illus. Fine condition.
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Recognition of Economic Contribution of Homemakers and Protection of Children in Divorce Law and Practice
by CITIZENS' ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Washington DC: Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women, [1974]. First Edition. Quarto (25.75cm.); staplebound self-wrappers printed in blue; 14pp. A hint of toning, else Fine.
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Autograph Letter, Signed. 2pp, signed, to Parker Pillsbury, Dec. 8th, 1895
by [WOMEN'S HISTORY & LITERATURE - SUFFRAGE] STANTON, Elizabeth Cady
New York, December 8th, [1895?]. Autograph letter, signed, on recto and verso of single cream laid sheet (22x14.5cm.); approx. 85 words; dated 26 West 61st, N.Y., Dec 8th, and simply addressed to "Parker," presumably Stanton's friend and fellow-suffragist Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), who, with Stanton, had co-edited the women's rights newsletter "The Revolution" twenty years earlier. Faint mail folds, small unobtrusive archival paper remnants to two corners from having been previously mounted, else Near Fine and still quite fresh. Brief... Read More
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Records of Woman: With Other Poems
by [WOMEN] HEMANS, Felicia
New-York: William B. Gilley, 1828. 12mo (17cm.); contemporary full brown gilt-ruled polished calf, gilt spine; 324pp. Extremities a bit scuffed, chipping to spine leather, foxing throughout textblock, slightly later clipping on the life of the author in French tipped to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound, better than often seen. Published the same year as the Boston edition (no priority). Poetry collection by the English author, the first half devoted to paeans to women, both fictional and... Read More
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Young Voices in Soviet Literature: One of a series of research papers on subjects of interest to youth and students
by [WOMEN] [STEINEM, Gloria] INDEPENDENT SERVICE FOR INFORMATION ON THE VIENNA YOUTH FESTIVAL
Cambridge: Independent Service for Information on the Vienna Youth Festival, 1959. First Edition. 12mo (15cm.); publisher's blue printed staplebound card wrappers; 84pp. Wrappers a bit toned, else Very Good or better. Having struggled to find work in New York City, 25-year-old Gloria Steinem moved to Cambridge in 1959 to assume the position of co-director of the anti-Communist program the Independent Service for Information on the Vienna Youth Festival. The Service, masquerading as a private enterprise whose aim was to... Read More
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La Mujer en Cuba Socialista
by [WOMEN - CUBA] MIGUEL, Guillermo Wasmer (et al, eds)
La Havana: Ministerio de Justicia / Editorial Orbe, [1977]. First Edition. 12mo (19cm). Original brown cloth hardcover, titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; 392pp. Tight, clean, Near Fine copy. Text entirely in Spanish. An "Official Publication of the Ministry of Justice" on the status of Cuban women under socialism; includes a brief introductory "Mensaje" by Vilma Espïn de Castro, President of the Federación de Mujeres Cubanas (FMC).
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The Essential Faith of the Universal Church; Deduced from the Sacred Records
by [WOMEN] MARTINEAU, Harriet
Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1833. First American Edition. 12mo (15cm.); publisher's blue cloth, printed paper spine label; 170pp. Spine cloth a shade faded, endpapers toned due to inferior stock, light foxing throughout, else a Very Good and fresh copy. One of three lengthy essays authored for the Committee of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association as an introduction and promotion of Christian Unitarianism, this specifically addressed to members of the Catholic Church. Martineau, raised in a Unitarian household, began... Read More
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The Faith As Unfolded by Many Prophets: An Essay
by [WOMEN] MARTINEAU, Harriet
Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1833. First American Edition. 12mo (15.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth, printed paper spine label; [2],177pp. Light wear to extremities, spine cloth a bit faded, corners bumped, light foxing throughout, else a Very Good, quite fresh copy. One of three lengthy essays authored for the Committee of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association as an introduction and promotion of Christian Unitarianism, this specifically addressed to "Mohammedans" and written in the form of a dialogue between friends Havilah,... Read More
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La Psychologie Des Femmes; Enfance et Adolescence; Maternité
by [WOMEN] DEUTSCH, Helene [Trans: Benoit, Hubert]
Paris: Presses Universitaire De France, 1949. First French Edition. Two Volumes. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's pink and white illustrated card wraps. Glassine dustjackets. 327pp.; [1]; 418pp.; [2]. Striking and bright, a little light soiling to the white portions and some toning to the spine panel of vol II, one small closed tear to the upper edge of rear panel vol I.; internally clean and fresh with some neat ink marginalia. A very good, attractive set. The first French language... Read More
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The Guts to Win
by [WOMEN IN SPORT] BLALOCK, Jane with Day Netland; Billie Jean King, introd
New York: Simon and Schuster / Golf Digest, 1977. First Edition. First printing. Warmly inscribed on front endpaper: "To Joyce / In appreciation for being one of my very special friends - if you'd only stay home once in a while!," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo; cloth hardcover, dustjacket, 158pp; illus. Fine copy in crisp, unclipped dustwrapper (priced $7.95 on front flap); trivially worn at edges, still very Near Fine. The recipient is possibly... Read More
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Corporeal Orgasm* and Personality Development in the Human Male (a spoof in the manner of Freud)
by [WOMEN] WALSTEDT, Joyce Jennings
[Pittsburgh: Know, Inc, 1970]. First Edition. Quarto (27.25cm.); two typescript leaves staplebound at top left-hand corner; printed on pale blue stock. About Fine. The asterix from the title refers to "Total body orgasms of trunk, limb and head." Feminist psychotherapist's first separately published piece. OCLC notes a single holding at U.Virginia (Nov.2018).
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Labor Heroines: Ten Women Who Led The Struggle
by [WOMEN] MAUPIN, Joyce
Berkeley: Union WAGE Educational Committee, 1975. Slim octavo (21.5cm); printed wrappers, stapled; 31,[2]pp; illus. A Fine copy. Collection of brief biographical sketches of ten female labor leaders: Sarah Bagley, Augusta Lewis, Kate Mullaney, Leonora Barry, Hanna O'Day, Clara Lemlich, Rose Schneiderman, Mother Jones, Agnes Nestor, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. With illustrations by Anne Garson.
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What's The Matter With Uncle Sam
by [WOMENS' HISTORY & LITERATURE] [SUFFRAGE] TOBY, Charles H. Mrs. (words & music); DOUGLASS, K.B. (design)
Dover, NH: Mrs. Charles H. Toby, 1913. First Edition. Quarto (34cm); illustrated wrappers; 8pp. Light wear and handling, some minor dust-soil to wrappers; Near Fine. Suffrage-themed sheet music, featuring a large caricature of Uncle Sam next to a pick-axe, shovel, and suitcase labeled "Women's Votes," while holding a scroll stating "Miss Liberty Will Sing This Popular Song." The figure is surrounded by circular vignettes featuring booze, graft, and a suffragette. Scarce; OCLC notes 4 holdings (UC Davis, U.Georgia, Dartmouth,... Read More
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[Cover title] What Is the Difference? Women's Rights and Women's Liberation
by [WOMEN] [PHELPS, Linda]
Kansas City, MO: n.p., n.d., ca. 1970. First Edition. Quarto (28cm); orange-yellow pictorial side-stapled wrappers; 3,[1]ll. printed from typescript. Light wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Most likely published by the group the Kansas City Women's Liberation, this an uncommon essay on women's rights and women's liberation, the former considered to be limited to "the present male and female life styles" (p. 2).
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Women Workers Through The Great Depression
by [WOMEN] [GREAT DEPRESSION] PRUETTE, Lorine
New York: Macmillan, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Red cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt; dustjacket; 164pp; tables; 1 chart (folding). Tight, Near Fine copy in the uncommon dustwrapper, mildly toned on spine and with a tiny loss at upper flap-fold, otherwise quite clean and crisp. Sociological and statistical study of women's work in the Great Depression, conducted under the aegis of the American Woman's Association of New York. Lorine Pruette (1896-1977) was a Columbia-trained social psychologist whose later... Read More
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Poster: Margo For Supervisor
by [WOMEN] ST. JAMES, Margo
[San Francisco]: Margo St. James for Supervisor, [1996]. Original poster, with text and image offset printed in red, black, and grey on white poster stock, measuring 48.25cm x 63.5cm (19" x 25"). Some handling and wear, a few discreet staple holes, tape remnants and adhesive-pull to extremities, with a shallow loss to upper edge at center, and and some brief writing in pen along the lower margin; Very Good. Humorous original 1996 campaign poster for Margo St.... Read More
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A Widow Against the Courts
by [WOMEN'S HISTORY] [LAW] VAUGHN, Maria R.
Trenton: Privately Published, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. Gilt-decorated cloth (hardcover); 162,(2)pp. Stamped "Complimentary Copy," with presentation inscription from the author to a Samuel D. Lenox, dated November 28, 1939. Title page foxed, with scattered toning to contents; light external wear and soil; Very Good. An uncommon first-hand account by a self-professed victim of legal treachery. Mrs. Vaughn recounts her adventures with the New Jersey civil court system following the death of her husband and the challenging of... Read More
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Women of New York
by [WOMEN] HANKINS, Marie Louise
New-York: Marie Louise Hankins & Co, 1861. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's decorative orange cloth stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, yellow glazed endpapers; x,[11]-354pp.; 34 leaves of portraits printed on green stock, text illus. throughout. Boards quite rubbed and worn at extremities, the whole rather soiled and toned, textblock a bit foxed throughout; a Good only copy in the gift binding, the plates remaining in fine condition. Collection of short stories portraying various New York "types," including Ruth... Read More
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The Communion of Labour. A Second Lecture on the Social Employments of Women
by [WOMEN'S HISTORY] [GREAT BRITAIN] JAMESON, Mrs. [Anna]
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856. First Edition. 12mo (17cm). Flexible red cloth boards, lettered in gilt; [i-viii],[1]-156,24pp. Binding spotted and a bit rubbed at edges, but still a pretty copy, clean, tight and unmarked; with bookplate of Arthur Hoe to front pastedown. A late but important work by the noted Anglo-Irish feminist, art historian, and traveller. The first portion of the lecture is taken up with a discussion of English laws regarding ownership of property after... Read More
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