‎Femmes (les)‎

‎WOMEN CHERNIAK Donna and Alan Feingold‎

‎Birth Control Handbook‎

‎Montreal: Handbook Collective 1972. Tenth Revised Edition. Issued in August 1972. Small quarto 25.25cm; photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers; 48pp; illus. Mild toning to extremities else Fine. Well preserved copy of this manual produced by the Montreal-based Handbook Collective which provides detailed information for men and women on sexual health and birth control. Photographic illustrations by André Giguere. Handbook Collective unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 40782

‎WOMEN CHILDCARE RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE editors‎

‎Demand for Day Care: An Introduction for Campus and Community‎

‎Washington DC: Resources for Community Change 1974. First Edition. Quarto 26.5cm; photo-illustrated wrappers stapled; iii45pp; illus. Contemporary pencil price to upper right corner of front wrapper else Fine. Publication presenting a variety of materials to acquaint readers with general day care issues with special emphasis on campus day care and co-operatively run centers. With contributions by Louise Gross Phyllis MacEwan Susan Edmiston Vicki Breibart Janet P. Swenson Paula Page and others. Resources for Community Change unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 48335

‎WOMEN CHINA‎

‎New Women in New China‎

‎Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1972. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm.; original white pictorial card wrappers; 78pp.; 4 leaves of photographic plates text illus. throughout. Order form with integral envelope laid in. Fine. Foreign Languages Press unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 26108

‎Women College Scrapbook‎

‎Scrapbook from Woman College Graduate Class of 1907 Texas‎

‎Album Women College Memory album with Gelatin silver print photographs newspaper clippings and rare mementos from a student graduating from Switzer Woman's College Class of 1907 in Itasca Texas. 4 original black and white photos approximately 4 x 3 in. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" Designed and Illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co. n.d. 9 x 6 in. Original boards. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" in gilt and illustrations of flowers and a young lady on the front cover. 176 pages. Switzer Woman's College and Conservatory was established by David Switzer in Itasca in 1902. Besides academic classes the school had a basketball team for the students. Original owner's name and high school written on label printed inside front cover: Miss Liela H. Little Graduated froM Switzer College '07". Table of contents include space for handwritten entries on: Class Yell or Motto Photographs Autographs Class Officers Teachers Class Prophecy Invitations Programmes Social Events Press Notices Gowns Presents Jokes and Frolics and the Baccalaureate Sermon. <br/><br/>Inscriptions from 5 teachers. "Whittier says 'Each good though or action moves the dark world nearer to the sun.' As you go forth in to the battle of life on this your graduating morn may you take this thought to your heart and cherish it through the coming years." "Leila I have the warmest wish for you; in some ways my life has been a happy one and you have been part of that happiness. My heart follows you to your far-away home and your welfare will never cease to be dear to me. I shall never hear of your success but that my hand will go out to your through the distance and your joy will be my joy." Includes one inscription in Spanish from "su Maestra" your teacher. Graduation program lists 9 women earning degrees in Piano Violin Expression and Literature. Four photos of 8 figures standing together in long sleeves and full-length skirts. Invitations to graduation performance recitals for classmates and invitation to local Itsaca High School commencement. Small felt "SWC" pennant pasted to front end page with "07" in handwritten in ink. Ticket to a Glee Club performance. 2 handmade valentine ornaments pasted along with a note saying "The Pinafore Girls from The Pinafore Boys". The college was later converted to the Burney Military Academy. Warping to pages with photographs. Light scuffing and wear to extremities of cover. Dampstaining to lower right edge cover not affecting interior. Good to very good condition. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 16826

‎WOMEN COMING OF AGE / JANE FONDA / HB‎

‎SIMON & SCHUSTER 1984 - HB - ISBN #0-671-46997-5. WITH MIGNON McCARTHY - INCLUDES JANE FONDA'S PRIME TIME WORKOUT. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME ON FRONT PASTEDOWN - PRICE IN PENCIL ON COVER PAGE - LIGHT RED STAIN AT BOTTOM OF FIRST FEW PAGES WHERE RED BOARDS‎

‎1406. 1406 unknown‎

Référence libraire : MEMO10WO64

‎Women Coming Age JANE FONDA FONDA‎

‎Women Coming Age JANE‎

‎Very Good. pb as shown paperback‎

Référence libraire : SKU1013005 ISBN : 0671621025 9780671621025

‎Women Crowned in Glory Staff‎

‎Women Crowned in Glory : Compelling Life-Challenging Stories of 12 Women‎

‎Women Crowned in Glory 1999. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Women Crowned in Glory paperback‎

Référence libraire : G0967214505I4N00 ISBN : 0967214505 9780967214504

‎Women Damrell & Moore and G. Coolidge‎

‎The Lady's Almanac for 1854 & 1857-1861‎

‎Boston: John P. Jewett & Co 1860. First edition. Illustrated. 6 vols. 12mo. Originally variously coloured cloths spines gilt a.e.g. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. 6 vols. 12mo. The Almanac for 1854 was the first issued. John P. Jewett & Co unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 267777

‎WOMEN DELL Floyd‎

‎Women as World Builders: Studies in Modern Feminism‎

‎New York: Forbes & Co 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Dell's uncommon first book of which fewer than a thousand copies were reputedly printed. Includes profiles of Charlotte Perkins Gilman Emmeline Pankhurst Jane Addams Emma Goldman and others. The usual binding of green gilt-blocked cloth is regularly seen but we have never previously encountered the present variant which may have been a remainder binding. Small octavo 19cm. Variant binding of gray cloth stamped in blue on spine and front cover. Backstrip slightly soiled and dingy else a tight clean VG or better copy lacking jacket. Forbes & Co hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 16306

‎WOMEN DENSMORE Dana‎

‎Sex Roles and Female Oppression: A Collection of Articles‎

‎Boston: New England Free Press ca.1970's. Reprint. Slim octavo 22.5cm; illustrated wrappers stapled; 32pp; illus. Light wear to extremities some faint scattered soil to wrappers with one passage marked in ink at right margin; Very Good. An article first published as a series of essays in the first two issues of No More Fun and Games. New England Free Press unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 46052

‎WOMEN DUNBAR Roxanne; Stella Kingsbury; Ellen O'Donnell et al.‎

‎No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation - No.4 Cover title: The Female State: A Journal of Liberation April 1970‎

‎Somerville MA: Cell 16 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Fourth issue of this short-lived sporadically-published journal of separatist feminist theory & politics published by Roxanne Dunbar's militant feminist group Cell 16. Octavo 22.75cm; original card wrappers stapled; 116pp; illus. Hint of sunning to spine-fold and lower edge of rear wrapper; Near Fine. Cell 16 paperback‎

Référence libraire : 49886

‎WOMEN DUNBAR Roxanne; Stella Kingsbury; Ellen O'Donnell et al.‎

‎No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation - No.5 July 1971‎

‎Cambridge MA: Cell 16 1971. First Edition. Octavo 22.75cm; original card wrappers stapled; 128pp; illus. Light wear to spine ends else Fine. Penultimate issue of this short-lived sporadically-published journal of separatist feminist theory & politics published by Roxanne Dunbar's militant feminist group Cell 16. Includes multiple contributions by Betsy Warrior including "The Politics of Rock Culture"; and Dana Densmore "The Dating Fraud". The group originally founded by Roxanne Dunbar encouraged celibacy heterosexual separatism and karate. Cell 16 unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 49887

‎Women Education‎

‎THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE Normal and Industrial College a Woman's College for North Carolina Women Characterized by Sound Learning Liberal Culture Earnest Living and High Thinking but Not by Narrow Socialization on the One Hand nor by a Profitless Striving for Showy Accomplishments on the Other‎

‎Greensboro NC: Jos. J. Stone & Co. Printers & Binders 1907. First edition. Oblong 8vo 14 x 18 cm. 34 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates picturing college buildings and grounds. Nice promotional for the college covering all aspects of matriculation and campus life; laid in is an unused application form folded. Cover title: "The North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College: The State's College for Women Greensboro North Carolina." Apparently not in Thornton. OCLC locates three copies North Carolina UNC-Greensboro Wake Forest. Very good. Original decorated brown wrappers tied. 10229. <br/><br/> (Jos. J. Stone & Co., Printers & Binders unknown‎

Référence libraire : 63867

‎Women Education‎

‎Photo Album from From one of the Early Science Co-educational American Institutions: Monson Academy with 43 student photographs including many femal students -1899-1901‎

‎A collection of 43 original silver gelatin photographs from students at co-educational Monson Academy in Massachusetts c. 1899-1901. A large ornate leather album with cameo on cover. The antique album cover has gilt and and brown designs with a beautiful dark-haired woman's cameo in the center. Album size is aprox 11 x 9.5 in. This album contains 25 cabinet-sized 5 x 7" photos of male and female students and 18 smaller photographs approximately 3 x 5". Some photographs have handwritten pencil annotation with student's name and graduation year on photo verso. "W.H. Ballard Class '01 M.A." Primarily individual bust-length portraits though there are 3 group photos. An early photographic record of one of the first education movement opened to female students geared toward scientific courses. Monson Academy was founded in 1804 and is one the oldest co-educational boarding schools in the United Sates. It was the first prep academy in the US to enroll Chinese students in 1847. Yung Wing who later also became first Chinese graduate of an American university Yale University - 1854. Monson in the 1870's became a sciences school that prepared students for MIT. Today in the The school is known today as Wilbraham & Monsson; in 1971 it merged with Wilbraham Academy founded as Wesleyan Academy Some light wear and light foxing to pages but both the photos and the album are in very good condition. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17184

‎Women Education Teachers College‎

‎Scrapbook from Woman Studying at Oswego State Teachers College 1944-1947 with 141 pieces of ephemera report cards newspaper clippings‎

‎Women Education Scrapbook from a woman student at co-educational Oswego State Teachers College filled with 141 pieces of ephemera including newspaper clippings full-issues of the campus paper ticket stubs programs invitations and more. 1944-1947. Original paper wraps. 15 x 11 inches. 80 pages. Large color image of fall foliage on front cover. Originally belonged to Marjorie O. Walker of Woodridge NY. Includes rich material from Oswego College as well as items from the schools in New York where Ms. Walker was employed following graduation. Many newspaper clippings and other items are related to WWII and its effects on students. Article from LIFE Magazine dated Aug 21 1944 about "Refugees Arrive From Europe" with 16 photo-illustrated images of Jewish refugees at a facility at Fort Ontario in Oswego. Another 1944 clipping: "Training makes Aviation Group Physically Fit. the men who have gone from Oswego to the classification centers have been outstanding in physical activities. The Air Corps program as carried out in the college training centers develops physical fitness strength and eagerness for combat." Other headlines such as "Oswego Graduate Killed in Crash"; "Post-War Plans Found Indefinite"; "49 Awarded Degrees at Oswego College 66 in Service 1 Dead". Printed documents giving updates on Oswego graduates now serving in the Armed Forces. <br/><br/>Numerous items from social events - both on campus and later. Programs for: 1944 St. Patrick's Day Party Womens Athletic Association installation Banquet "Lawn Party" for graduating seniors several "Alumni Day" events and religious services. Printed lyrics for the song "Hail Oswego". 1944 Commencement Program which lists her own name among the graduates. Playbill for the 1945 Broadway production of "Deep are the Roots" about a decorated African-American soldier who has returned from WWII. Schedule and map for the Lackawanna Railroad connecting New York Buffalo Cleveland Detroit and Chicago. Correspondence and documentation from New York State Teachers Association Woodbridge High School Fallsburgh High School Mountaindale High School Liberty High School and Pearl River Public Schools in New York. She cared deeply for her students as shown in a 1947 correspondence with the Junior American Red Cross in support of a program for her high school students. <br/><br/>The State University of New York at Oswego was founded in 1861 as the Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School; this institution embraced and popularized some of the most innovative teaching methods of the day. The school led the Oswego Movement of educational reform in the United States which sought to emphasize that every aspect of the child's life contributed to the formation of their personality character and capacity to reason. These educational methods were child-centered and based on individual differences sense perception and the student's self-activity. In 1942 the New York state legislation elevated Oswego from a Normal School to the 4-year bachelor's degree-granting Oswego State Teachers College. In 1948 Oswego became one of the State University of New York's charter members. To meet the expanded need for specialized instruction the institution broadened its academic perspective to become a full-fledged arts and sciences institution in the SUNY system and featuring a range of liberal and professional studies by 1962. Pages are thin with a few very small closed tears at edges. In very good condition. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17165

‎Women Education 19th c.‎

‎19th century Female Student's Album filled with 36 Handwritten Poems and Inscriptions from Schoolmates 1876-1882‎

‎Women Education Handwritten Memory Album from female student with 36 handwritten entries from friends and admirers at school in New York and Massachusetts 1876-1882. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 8.5 x 7.25 in. Original black leather boards. Gilt detail to spine and front cover. Filled with 36 entries nearly all of which appear to be young women who are friends and schoolmates including locations such as Holyoke and Northampton Massachusetts and several from New York and entries from Philadelphia Chicago and Colorado. Original owner Amy Vail was a student at Newburgh Female Seminary in Orange County NY and Miss Burnham's School in Northampton MA. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today.  Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. "Aimee the French have as past of "to love" but at Snake Hill they proved more clever For having a lovable girl in the present they Christened her "Amy" for ever." "When around thee dying Autumn leaves are lying Oh! then remember ours And at night when gazing On the gay hearth blazing Oh! still remember me." One entry is signed "Your Loving Schoolmate" by Kittie Kennedy and she places her location "Newburgh GFS" at her closing a female seminary in Orange County NY.  Several other entries are also located at Newburgh.  At some point Ms. Vail switched schools as the earlier entries from 1876-79 tend to center around Newburgh while later entries from Northampton around 1881 specify "Miss Burnham's School." Spine is worn. In very good condition. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17042

‎Women Education 19th c.‎

‎19th century Handwritten Young Woman's Memory Album with entry from a friend at Harvard University 1835-1896‎

‎Women Education Memory album of signatures and sentiments from friends and classmates of young woman in Massachusetts 1835-1896. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 45 pages written overall and some additional pages of handwritten verse and an article cutout for an event of Henry Ward Beecher laid in.  Entries date 1835-1897. Most are from the areas of Deerfield Exeter Brentwood and Lowell in Massachusetts. 8 x 6.25 in. Original green leather boards. Gilt edges and gilt detail to spine and covers. Personally embossed with "Caroline Marshall" original owner in gilt to the cover and an illustration of a harp. Includes frontispiece engraving of girls gathering flowers. One page has 3 miniature watercolors surrounding an entry; one page has a hand-colored illustrations of flowers. The person who originally gave her the album as a gift has written on the first pages "Miss Marshall This Album is a beautiful emblem of your own character." Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today.  Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. One entry composed personally to Miss Marshall is from a Harvard University student. "Go forth thou little book! Go forth-and gather thy store- Oh! many a token which friendship leaves here May long to the heart of thy owner to be dear When the friendship or friend is no more." Also includes entry from a student at prestigious Philips Exeter Academy. In very good condition. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17040

‎Women Education 19th c.‎

‎Archive of 6 Handwritten Letters from Lewisburg Seminary an Women academy in Pennsylvania One of the early establishment of Women upper education 1868-1869 "It is for my own benefit to get an education.‎

‎19th c. Women Education Archive of 6 handwritten letters from a student at Lewisburg Seminary an all Women academy in Pennsylvania. 1868-1869. She writes on her education to become a teacher tuition and family matters. 5 letters come with original mailing envelopes. 8.25 x 5.5 in. Each letter is 3 or 4 pages long; final letter is only 1 page. The letters are dated: December 27 1868; January 9 1869; February 3 1869; February 13 1869; February 27 1869; February 1869 original mailing envelope is postmarked March 1. Lewisburg Seminary was the female branch of the University at Lewisburg now known as Bucknell University. In all of her letters student Libbie Grant talks on the importance of her education. In the first letter she offers to help her recently widowed brother but that school was also a priority for her: "If you want to keep house the rest of the winter I will come tome and do my best. It will seem so hard to board right away. I don't know how I can stay here all next term without seeing any of you but shall content myself if you don't wish me to come. It is for my own benefit to get an education." In the January letter she lists subjects she is taking in school: "I study Grammar Physiology Geography and Astronomy." She gives a lengthier update in the February 3 letter: "I get along very well in my studies much better than I did last term.  Miss Brown said there was a mistake made in my report and Scripture is excellent also Spelling.  I do not get as homesick as I did last term." In one letter Libbie writes on how nervous she is regarding her future: "When I think of the future I feel sad to think I must wander from place to place." She is likely referring to various places where she would work as a teacher. In the February 13 letter her teacher Miss Brown adds a line about Libbie's next steps likely where she will work as a new teacher: "I trust she will succeed in getting a pleasant school for the summer."<br/><br/>Libbie also writes on financial matters requesting money from her brother for tuition and clothing. She stresses the necessity of new clothes which seem "unnecessary" to her brother Robert Grant residing in rural upstate New York; this highlights some one of the different social challenges that young women from rural backgrounds faced while living in and attending schools in cities. In the February 13 letter she writes about how she needs money for clothes to wear and new shoes; she is clearly distressed as her brother residing in Neversink NY seems unconvinced that new shoes and Church appropriate clothing is necessary. "I write this with my eyes full of tears for I know your thoughts. I know you think these re all unnecessary. They would be if I were home and I could get along with less." Miss Brown's addendum on the following page affirms Libbie's need of money and assures her brother that these items are necessary and his sister is "exceedingly economical." Lewisburg Seminary was originally the female branch of the University at Lewisburg which later became Bucknell University. In 1852 the Female Institute was established to exclusively educate women at the University. All letters in very good condition. A lovely collection of letters from a young woman studying to be a teacher in the 19th c. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17087

‎Women Education 19th c.‎

‎Handwritten Letter about investing in the Monroe Female Seminary in Michigan c. 1850 One of the early establishment of Women upper education‎

‎19th c. Women Education Partial handwritten letter regarding the Monroe Female Seminary in Monroe County Michigan. No date c. 1850. John P. Le Roy writes to a friend regarding a potential business dealing with the Seminary. 2 pages 10 x 8 in. Signature page present but opening page absent. Stating in part: "Mr. Boyd of the Monroe Female Seminary said that if you could furnish capital enough he did not know but he would like to take you as a partner in his school but as I supposed from what he intended that he would want a partner with some three thousand dollars at least to invest." Mr. Boyd in reference here is Erasmus Boyd who was President of the Seminary. At this time Seminary or Institutes for women were being created to offer educational opportunities to female students in preparation for them to work as teachers. The seminaries were private institutions without public funding so having enough financial backers was essential for the success of the school. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17093

‎Women EduCation 19th c.‎

‎Handwritten Letter from Principal at Washington Female Seminary One of the early establishment of Women upper education‎

‎19th c. Women Education Handwritten letter from Principal at Washington Female Seminary in Washington PA. February 15 1891. On personalized stationary for Principal of Washington Female Seminary Miss N. Sherrard. Addressed to "My Dear Sister" and signed "June." With original mailing envelope. 2 pages.  9 x 5.5 inches. She writes on personal matters with her sister and gives an update on the school and teachers: "Bessie Ewing is now well.she is the most popular teacher in Seminary. The girls are all quite well at present & I hope they may keep well all spring." The Washington Female Seminary was a Presbyterian seminary for women operating from 1836 to 1948 in Washington Pennsylvania. During the 19th century it was well-regarded as one of the top institutions for women in the area. It was founded abolitionist Francis Julius LeMoyne and Alexander Reed and its formal charter came in 1839.  By 1886 there were over 100 students enrolled; and the curriculum included both a preparatory course which generally gained admission to the finest women's colleges and a regular course with studies in music art and elocution. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17088

‎Women Education 19th c.‎

‎Handwritten Letter to Women Teachers from Former Instructor at Western Theological Seminary in ChicagoOne of the early establishment of Women upper education‎

‎19th c. Women Education Handwritten letter to 2 women teachers from former instructor. December 22 1893. 2 pages with original mailing envelope.  9.5 x 5.75 inches. On Western Theological Seminary letterhead with fine engraving of the school building on both sheets.    To "Miss Ellsworth and Miss Gore" from L.M. Jones who appears to be a teacher or Director of the Seminary writing to former pupils who are now teachers themselves at an institution in New Hampshire. In part: "I often hear good reports about both of you by Mrs. Chamberlain. School has come to close once more and we are commencing to disperse some leaving for good others for two weeks. Dear Mrs. Chamberlain will have about ten of the unfortunate ones here for X Mas also Dr. Gold and family which will help to make it merry for her.  Mr. Davies wishes to be kindly remembered to both of you.  I intend spending my X Mas with him and I am sure that we will have a lovely time as we always do when we get together.  We were all vaccinated here last week to protect ourselves from the small pox which is raging in the city at the present time.  Miss Jarvis wishes to be kindly remembered to you. I presume that you're aware of her undertaking since you left.  She is as you know a very brave young lady to undertake such responsibility as she has and I am a little afraid that her health will brake down under the strain.  Hoping to be able to write a longer letter next time." In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17089

‎Women Education 19th c.‎

‎Letter of Recommendation for a Former Student as "Both a Lady and a Musician" 1879‎

‎19th c. Women Education Handwritten letter from the superintendent of the Young Ladies' Athenaeum in Jacksonville IL. June 24 1879. On official letterhead for the school with a large engraving of campus buildings. 2 pages. 10 x 8 inches. Superintendent of the school William Sander writes to recommend a graduate Nellie Stevenson for employment as a music teacher.  Stating in part: "She was graduated from the Atheneum in the Class of 1873 with much credit.and since her graduation has taught in Peoria Co. and this County; and I am informed she gives excellent satisfaction to her Pupils and their Parents. All that I have heard of her since her graduation has been most honorable to her both as a lady and a musician." The Young Ladies' Athenaeum was founded in 1864 and was later incorporated into Illinois College in Jacksonville. Light handling wear. "Please return to Nellie Stevenson" written in pencil on verso. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17095

‎Women Education 19th c. Education‎

‎Young Lady's School Composition book of 119 pages of Handwritten Poems 1873-1874‎

‎Women Education Handwritten Composition book of young lady filled with handwritten poems and essays. 119 handwritten pages including a 2-page index at the conclusion. Entries dated 1873-1874. Original boards. Floral decorative pattern in white blue and gold on both covers page edges gilt. 9 x 7.5 in. Signed "Miss L. Sargeson" on first page. Filled with handwritten poems and essays including work by Edgar Allen Poe James Montgomery William Wordsworth Charles Dickens Elizabeth Browning Shakespeare Washington Irving and Oliver Goldsmith. Also short fiction such as "The Monk" part of Laurence Sterne's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy first published in 1765 and reprinted several times in the 19th century for teaching elocution.  Copying essays poetry stories and compositions was the standard teaching tool throughout the 19th century.  The exercise taught handwriting spelling grammar knowledge of literature and other subjects of the material and elocution. The handwritten notebook also contains scientific material including a composition on "The Eye" investigating the properties of the human eye and eyes of other animals and animals that have no eyes such as "the starfishes have are mere sensitive points dimly conscious of forms."  Also historical material including a composition on the Ancient Greek city Thermopile and a letter from Protestant Reformer Martin Luther to his son. This composition book is an excellent example of a young lady's schoolwork in the mid-19th century. 13 pages have stray marks or scribbles from a later hand in purple blue and orange ink; most marks are in margins and do not affect text legibility. Vertical tear to first page at top left edge along binding. Losses and damage to spine. Good to very good condition. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17020

‎Women Education 19th cWomen Employment c. Wo‎

‎Letter between Two Female Teacher in 1855 NY‎

‎19th c. Women Education Handwritten letter between female friends at different women seminaries. Jan. 19 1855. "Emily" a teacher at Neversink Seminary in Port Jervis NY writes to a friend Anna Atwood in Elmira NY about starting a Literary Society and raising funds for it. 4 pages folded on a single sheet with 1 page of cross-writing. With original Mailing envelope. Atwood was working at Elmira Collegiate Seminary chartered 1853 just as it was being renamed Elmira College later in 1955; it is the oldest college still in existence which as a women's college granted degrees to women that were the equivalent of those given to men. Regarding the changes at Elmira Collegiate Seminary:"I have been thinking that perhaps I should not be able to recognize your Seminary now for I remember your writing to me some time ago of some improvements that had been made. I presume a change would be less apparent in the persons that occupy it; there are some however whom I think I would recognize as friends." <br/><br/>Emily also gives updates on her school Neversink Seminary: "We have just commenced another term of school.  Our last closed on the 11th of Jan.  We had only a week vacation; just time enough to see the folk at home without making any visits.I must tell you something about our school last term.  You will remember it marked an important era in my life.  I like teaching very well though I think I have found more pleasure in studying.  I like it so long as I can keep my class interested.  Sometime I can easily do this at other times I find it more difficult then it is that I get discouraged and think that it would be easier for me to learn a lesson and recite it myself than to see that a half dozen mischievous girls get theirs.  I have a class of little boys in the Infant Department just learning to read.  I enjoy teaching them very much for I can easily keep their attention beside it is encouraging to me to watch their improvement. We had last term fifteen family scholars.  I think one will seldom find so pleasant a company of girls as were gathered here." She also writes about creating a literary society for her students: "Miss Jennings who is ever planning something for the benefit of the pupils suggested last term that we should form a "Literary Association" whose object should be the improvement of its members in the arts of Reading Writing Criticism and Conversation.".She generally appoints for each evening one young lady to write an essay another a tale another a criticism and another to prepare a review of some book.  She also appoints one to recite a piece of poetry and another to read an extract from some book.  Two are also appointed to open the discussion of some question; after the discussion has been opened any member has a right to present her arguments.  It is in the discussion that the conversational powers are cultivated.  The members are called upon for their criticisms upon the compositions as they are read.The meetings have thus far been very pleasant and I think very profitable.  At the close of the term the Society gave a public entertainment. An admission was charged that funds might be raised for the purpose of furnishing a reading room with papers periodicals etc. for the benefit of the members of the Society.  Beside the money taken in at the door several donations were made to the Society." She adds a few lines on the subjects which she is teaching: "I am going now to commence a course of Historical Reading.  I commenced French last term but one teacher who was a German and who also taught music took French.and since then I have not taken it up again though we have a very good teacher." Original crease lines from mailing folds tender. In very good condition. An excellent piece of of history regarding women's education in the United States. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 17094

‎Women Education Girl's Scrapbook‎

‎Girl's Scrapbook with photos and over 100 inscriptions from Friends and Teachers Class of 1930‎

‎Memory album with photographs newspaper clippings and rare mementos from a high school girl in 1930 in Ohio. 23 original gelatin print photos approximately 4.5 x 2.75 in. Signatures and handwritten inscriptions from over 100 classmates teachers and friends. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" Designed and Illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co. n.d. 9 x 6 in. Original boards. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" in gilt and illustrations of flowers and a young lady on the front cover. 190 pages. Original owner's name and high school written on label printed inside front cover: Gertrude M. Avery Graduated from Bowling Green Senior High "1930". Table of contents include space for handwritten entries on: Class Yell or Motto Photographs Autographs Class Officers Teachers Class Prophecy Invitations Programmes Social Events Press Notices Gowns Presents Jokes and Frolics and the Baccalaureate Sermon. One newspaper clipping lists all of the graduates who were bound for college; notably 18 of the names listed are women.<br/><br/>75 signatures and handwritten inscriptions from classmates. Many include short lines about friendship and school memories. "School days are your happiest days Enjoy them while you're young And become old another day". "Count me as a brick in your chimney of friendship." Some write a shorter but more personal line: "A fellow sufferer in English". Many look towards their futures as wives: "May your life be bright and sunny and your hubby fat and funny." "Come and see me hubby April 28 1935". "When you are married and living at your ease Remember you have a friend who is single and does as pleases. -"Al" Aline Allison". Several sign off with colorful nicknames such as Zoot Midge and Bud. 18 photos of classmates. People are identified by given names although one is simply labeled "pals" though not the context. Many photos appear to be outside of a large school building and two images show "our bus" including the driver and all 28 students who rode it. Two show young ladies labeled "me" Elthel & Maria standing in slacks. Two others shows the subjects in costumes "Lyle & Sally" are dressed in vintage costumes and "Paul Smith" appears to wear a dress and pearl necklace on the following page. 15 additional signatures from classmates p. 120.<br/><br/>22 signatures from teachers and 3 photos. Also portrait of the album owner and photo of her and friend in their Graduation Dresses. 50 pieces of ephemera including programs for musical performances and school plays. Napkins paper flowers press clippings about school dances. Ticket to the Senior Day Steak Roast at City Park. 3 invitations including enveloped pasted in with commencement invitation inside. Includes a handwritten list of gifts received such as: Three Dollars Modernistic Vanity Looking Glass Fancy Hanger and Perfume Atomizer. 4 cards and letter that accompanied gifts pasted in. Scarlet and gray ribbons in school colors. Check receipts for items related to academic fees and class finances. Newspaper clippings list school events and graduation announcements. "Seniors Look Like Gay Nineties Making Whoopee Whoopee Whoopee!" Also a notice about a girls basketball tournament: ".the last game of the girls interscholastic basketball to be played in Bowling Green." Final pages include newspaper clippings of school friends marriage announcements from the years following their graduation. Light scuffs to cover. Some wear to interior front hinge. Very good condition. unknown books‎

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