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Women in Military
Women's Incorporation into Military Service Photo Archive 1940s
1941. Women's HistoryMilitary Women's military service photo archive documenting the incorporation of women into military organizations in the United States Russia and Europe from the ear;y 40s through the end of World War II with especially strong evidence of uniformed training rank identity weapons instruction and military parades in the 1940s. The group shows women as enlisted or commissioned participants in military systems in portrait sittings unit groupings drill formal dress and liberation era parade culture. Several images center on Czechoslovak and Soviet aligned visual culture at the end of the war including a Prague parade photograph explicitly identifying women volunteers attached to the 1st Czechoslovak Army on 17 May 1945 placing female service on the public stage of postwar victory.<br /> Photo archive of 14 likely silver gelatin photographs ranging from 1.5 x 2 to 3 x 5.5 inches United States and Europe circa 1910s-1945. The archive includes formal studio portraits of individual women in military tunics with shoulder boards insignia peaked caps and medals; a close portrait of a decorated woman officer wearing a sash and multiple campaign medals; and a full length image of a young servicewoman holding a rifle on what appears to be a stage or drill platform. Group scenes include seven women in matching belted uniforms and caps posed outdoors near a long low building captioned 1944 three women in service dress photographed among trees and two women in white formal or naval style uniforms standing in a landscaped garden. A small early portrait shows a younger female figure in uniform beside an older woman extending the chronology back before the Second World War. The Prague parade image is the most textually grounded item: its printed Czech caption states that the military review of the 1st Czechoslovak Army was held in Old Town Square on 17 May 1945 in the presence of President Edvard Beneš and identifies the marching contingent as women volunteers assigned to that army. Recurring themes across the collection include rank display military insignia paired and group portraits emphasizing unit identity and the shift from informal military support to organized involvement and state recognition.<br /> Across the first half of the twentieth century women entered military institutions through auxiliary organizations medical and communications branches transport and administrative service anti aircraft and weapons training and in some national contexts direct incorporation into regular formations. This archive tracks that process through its own evidence: portraiture records accession into uniformed hierarchy group photographs show women organized in units the rifle image places female service within martial training rather than clerical abstraction and the Prague review demonstrates how women's wartime labor and service were folded into liberation politics and postwar state ceremony. The international span gives the group unusual strength for institutional collecting on women's military history because it places American and European service culture in one frame and shows the common mechanisms by which states made women visible disciplined and legible within military life between the two world wars and at the end of the second. Light to moderate wear scattered creasing edge wear handling marks and some fading or softness to several prints; overall good condition. This is a compact but pointed body of photographic evidence for how women were absorbed into military systems through uniform training ceremony and public recognition across the WWI-WWII era. unknown
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Women in Medicine letter
2 Letters Commending a Female Student About to Enter the Medical Field 1890s
Two letters commending a female medical student Clara Cowles who is about to enter the field. The first is an autograph letter signed and dated 16 March 1893. 1 page handwritten on National Homeopathic Medical College of Chicago letterhead from the desk of W. M. W. Davison M. D. 9 x 5 ¾ in. Excellent condition with two horizontal fold lines. Davison writes in part: "Miss Cowles Kindly I wish to congratulate you for your most excellent paper." This letter also comes with a business card from W. M. W. Davison again dated March 16th 1893 which verifies that "Miss C S Cowles has passed the examination in Histology and Physiology and her standing is 90 in the former and 100 in the latter."<br/><br/>The second is a typed letter signed and dated January 24 1896. 1 page on The People's Health Journal letterhead from the desk of editors L. D. Rogers M.D. and Ida Wright Rogers M.D. two married doctors. 8.5 x 11 in. They write:<br/><br/>"Miss Clara CowlesEl Dorado Kas.<br/>Dear Miss Cowles:--<br/>Your favor of the 17th. together with your first examination papers came duly to hand. We have returned the papers. They were excellent. <br/>We thank you for the names of your two friends and will write to them. Let us hear from you often. <br/>Yours very sincerely Drs Rogers & Rogers"<br/><br/>Very good condition with two vertical fold creases and one horizontal one at center. Small tear at upper left crease. Comes with a joint business card for Drs. Rogers & Rogers and inscribed in pencil on verso is the address for Dr. E. S. Reed Dentist. Four more inscribed business cards from doctors are included. One of the cards is from Dr. E. S. Reed and has a neat inscription on verso in ink declaring that Miss C. S. Cowles "has a standing of 98 in Dental-Surgery for the session of 1892 & '93" signed by E.S. Reed Professor of Dental Surgery. Interesting 19th century correspondence related to a young woman's medical education and those who offered her professional support and encouragement. unknown books
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Women in Medicine letter
Letter to a Woman Doctor Inquiring About Marriage Prospects 1895 "I wish to correspond with a lady physician . my object is honorable I will marry if I find one to suit me.
Autograph letter signed from a male doctor E. C. Houston practicing out of Memphis TN to a woman doctor Lydia Bailey located in Philadelphia. 6 pages 7 ¾ x 5 in. Houston addresses the letter "Dear Doctor" and goes on to write about his interest in finding a wife who is "educated in the same profession" as himself. He writes that believes that he "could love her better" than one who didn't share his medical background. He goes on to list basic facts about himself and inquires about her background and physical qualities such as her "height weight and measurement around hips waist & chest". Very good condition with two worn horizontal fold lines in letter pages. Papers are separating at edges of fold lines sheets 2 and 3 have minor tape repairs. Light soiling from handling but overall clean and clear script. Includes original envelope Houston's calling card listing him as a medical doctor and a blank prescription sheet that lists his medical credentials. An interesting letter that demonstrates a unique social situation that educated professional women could face in the late 19th century. unknown books
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Women in Medicine Photo
Photograph of Female Professor Dissecting Cadaver with Medical Students
Original vintage photograph of a female teacher directing male medical students dissecting a cadaver c. 1890. Black and white 3"x5" with back matting. One woman surrounded by four men lean over a table with a skeleton. Behind them is a chalkboard with anatomical pull down charts. Although women had participated in the informal practice of medicine for hundreds of years the United States and most industrialized nations did not allow women into the formal practice of medicine until the latter half of the 19th century. This female doctor was part of the first generation formally accepted by medical institution. She wears a medal indicating her importance and perhaps former military involvement. Early photographs of women in medicine are very rare photograph of surgery or dissection much rarer. <br/><br/>Women practiced in the medical field for hundreds of years until new licenser rules established in the Victorian era provided a means for their exclusion. The story of how women reclaimed their role in medicine is one of resourcefulness and determination. In 1849 the first American woman graduated medical school. The path was difficult; few medical schools would accepted them and the reception was not always welcoming. Female doctors were called not only to prove their ability to practice medicine but to justify their unique necessity to the field. Of all the specialties the most embattled for women is surgery; early on they faced a challenge obtaining education training and facilities. A perennial argument was that cadaver dissection necessary to training was inappropriate for the delicate female disposition. However this Victorian-era photograph showing a woman capably participating in cadaver dissection proves that in the words of Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi the best known female doctor in 1891 "It is perfectly evident.that the opposition to women physicians has rarely been based upon any sincere conviction that women could not be instructed in medicine but upon an intense dislike to the idea that they should be. unknown books
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Women in Medicine Newsome Edith
Home Nursing: Comprising Lectures Given to Detachments of the British Red Cross Society Signed First Edition
London: The Scientific Press 1916. First edition. Very Good . Scarce first edition of a Red Cross manual designed both for emergency workers and women in the home. Original publisher's cloth binding titled in red on spine and front board. Boards a bit rubbed and soiled corners bumped. Faint offsetting to the endpapers. Inscribed by Edith Newsome on the front pastedown: "With the Author's Compliments Edith Newsome. 16.10.23." A scarce book institutionally and in trade OCLC reports only 11 copies in libraries this being the only one currently on the market. <br/><br/>Edith Newsome's first major work on nursing produced after she realized that her Red Cross lecture series could not provide complete enough information to train "those who have so nobly responded to the 'call of duty'; to do all that is in their power to tend and succour the brave men of our nation by proving themselves valuable and intelligent helpers." Indeed Newsome's work was released two years into World War I -- the first modern war which brought with it a horrifying number of previously unknown injuries and ailments. In addition to professional nurses women enrolled to assist as Volunteer Aid Detachments VADs because there simply were not enough women with medical educations to serve the nation's need. The present work is a stirring acknowledgement of this. Comprehensive in training VADs and new nurses in field operations it also contains information for women in the home who confronted infection illness or injury and served as domestic caretakers for men returning from the front. Very Good . The Scientific Press unknown books
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Women in Medicine Women's Education
Second Annual Announcement and Catalogue of Students of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.For the Session 1851
Philadelphia: G.S. Harris 1851. First edition. Very Good . Original blue printed paper wraps printed to front. Some chipping and creasing to edges but overall intact and undamaged despite being quite delicate. Light scattered foxing throughout. Ownership signature of the college's original dean N.R. Mosely struck out at the top of the Faculty list on page 4; pencil ticks next to the names of several students listed in the catalogue on page 6. Exceptionally rare OCLC lists copies of this Announcement at only 2 institutions.<br/><br/>Only one year after Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell graduated valedictorian and became the first female M.D. in the U.S. the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania opened its doors. Located in Philadelphia it was the only the second school to open with the mission of training women in medicine -- having been preceded by the New England Female Medical College two years earlier in 1848. Founded by Quaker abolitionist and Underground Railroad activists who believed that women could make exceptional doctors "the college provided rare opportunities for women to teach perform research manage a medical school and with the eventual establishment of the Woman's Hospital in 1861 learn and practice in a hospital setting. It was the longest-lasting all-women medical school in the nation until it became coeducational in 1970" Mandell. The present Announcement predates these growths however showing the roots from which they emerged. One year running and the faculty remain largely male because there has yet to be an inaugural graduating class this would come in 1852; but already a female student Hannah E. Longshore is listed as a Demonstrator in Anatomy. Indeed Longshore and her sister Anna would both be part of the inaugural class of the college with the latter going on the author Discourses to Women in Medical Subjects 1897. Indeed the majority of women listed in this catalogue went on to become doctors even when it took time -- as it did for Hannah W. Ellis and Susanna H. Ellis both listed among the graduates of the 1865 class. 12 pages in all this scarce pamphlet contains Officers Corporators Faculty and Students of the school; an Announcement on the school's missions and accomplishments; information on Specialties available; Terms of enrollment; and a list of required Textbooks. It also conveys the excitement optimism and pride of those involved. "The Faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania are inspired by very different feelings from those that attended their efforts one year ago. Then they were about to enter into an untried path to engage in a great experiment.But that which was an experiment is an experiment no longer.give a woman knowledge commensurate with her natural qualifications enable her to go forth healing the sick and comforting the afflicted and she will bless the world." A rare survivor documenting that pivotal moment when women had been given the chance to prove their intellect rose to the challenge and made the future of the next female students more secure. Very Good . G.S. Harris unknown books
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Women in Prisons
Article on the Overlooked State of Women's Prisons 1971
Scholarly article on the overlooked state of women in prison. "Women of the Convicted Class" by Rhetta Alexander. Center for Women's Studies and Services Publications 1971. Stapled with bright blue front and back soft covers front cover with illustration of black snake coiled around the female gender symbol. Measures 8.5 x 11 inches. 13 pages with article subdivided into parts I-VI. 75 cent mark on upper left hand of front cover. Paper details the institutional disinterest on the state of women's prisons and the broader systemic link between patriarchy and female incarceration. "The nature of the crimes committed by women and the conditions surrounding their imprisonment are rooted in the sexism of American society; a society in which sex-based inequlities are written into the law." A sweeping indictment of the carceral state and call to action for a population most often ignored. Slight crease to back cover. Very good condition. unknown
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Women in Royal Navy
WWII Women's Royal Naval Service Photo Album from HMS Royal Arthur 73 Photographs Documenting Named Wrens in Uniform at the Training Camp 1944
1944. Women's Royal Naval Service photograph album documenting life at HMS Royal Arthur the Royal Navy's training camp establishment at Skegness where a prewar holiday camp was transformed into a military training and accommodation center during the Second World War. Named individuals throughout with handwritten identifications the album follows Dorothy Gardner and other Wrens serving in the expanding wartime navy while also capturing the theatrical entertainment routines featuring cross dressed men and ceremonial duties that shaped daily life away from the front lines. Beyond its images of uniformed women the album records a military community of offices dining halls stages chalets and training facilities that supported Britain's wartime naval operations at a camp which was bombed by German aircraft on February 21st 1942.<br /> <br /> Photo album of approximately 73 silver gelatin photographs various sizes ranging from 1.5" x 1.5" to 8.5" x 6.5" chiefly HMS Royal Arthur Camp Skegness Lincoln and other British locations c. 1944. Large group portraits are captioned "H.M.S. Royal Arthur July 1944" showing rows of Wrens in naval caps and dark uniforms. Several photos show soldiers by artillery navy men on small military boats and canons. Multiple group photos show men and women in Navy uniform. The photographs place women within the essential but often overlooked machinery of wartime naval administration including supply clerical work communications camp management transport and food service. Captions identify Peggy Marjorie Dorothy Margaret Joan Harry Blake Farnsworth Bernard Cavanagh Dennis Leo Dugay May of Glasgow Geoffrey Roy Bluemel Mrs. Thomason of Leigh Pat Taylor Nancy and Cynthia of HMS Ariel. Additional off camp photographs show bicycle outings skating scenes shipboard snapshots barracks and chalet interiors social gatherings and a guard of honour at Lincoln near the cathedral. Particularly notable is the album's extensive documentation of entertainment and morale-building activities. Several photographs are captioned "Up Spirits" and "concerts at H.M.S. Royal Arthur" revealing an active performance culture within the camp. Sailors appear in theatrical productions alongside women in costume while musicians perform with accordions and pianos before assembled audiences. One series features actor Charles Redgrave "with the girls" and another photograph captures the wartime tradition of gender-crossing stage entertainment in which male servicemen performed in women's clothing for camp audiences. These scenes provide an unusually vivid record of military leisure performance and social life within a wartime naval community.<br /> <br /> HMS Royal Arthur was bombed by German aircraft on 21 February 1942 The album therefore records daily life at a site that was both a military workplace and a target of wartime attack. By 1944 the Women's Royal Naval Service had expanded dramatically from its earlier First World War role with women serving in hundreds of naval occupations while remaining largely excluded from combat at sea. The photographs capture that transformation through named individuals workplace groups ceremonial events friendships and recreational activities illustrating how women became integral to the operation of Britain's wartime navy. The album documents the social world created when thousands of servicewomen and servicemen lived and worked together inside one of Britain's largest naval shore establishments. Sailors Wrens airmen Canadians civilians performers and local acquaintances appear throughout its pages creating a rich portrait of wartime relationships and community formation. Album shows handling wear page wear and a few removed photographs; handwritten captions remain extensive and legible throughout. Overall in good condition. An unusually dense and highly personal record of women's naval service wartime labor military entertainment gender performance and everyday life at HMS Royal Arthur during the Second World War. unknown
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Women in Sports
1900s French Women's Fencing Duel Stereoview Photograph Archive
1900. Women SPORTS Six action shots of a women's fencing dual in the early 1900s. 4" x 6" each. Stereoview on cardboard mount. N.p. Captioned "Le Duel" with each photograph numbered. Historically fencing has been primarily a men's sport and though women have been fencing for hundreds of years there was still heavy stigma against women taking up any sport. After WWI many French fencing schools opened up classes for women to grow their economy. This act opened up the doors for women to eventually be allowed to fence in the Olympics in 1924. This set of six stereoviews showcase two women fencers with a female referee and a group of female viewers. Each stereoview is numbered in the order of the duel; the first shows the two women facing each other with their swords down the second and third show the women mid duel and the last three show the victor heralding over the defeated opponent with two women side by side helping her recover. Minor wear to edges some sunning and wear to photos. Overall only good condition. unknown
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Women in Science
1905 Girls' Health Guide written by a Female Physician Beauty Through Hygiene
1905. Women in Science Walker Emma E. Beauty Through Hygiene: Common Sense Ways to Health for Girls. New York: A.S. Barnes & Company. First edition second printing 1905. Part of the Woman's Home Library. Edited by Margaret Sangster. Illustrated throughout. 8vo 306 pages. Original green cloth boards with embossed ornamentation and cream font on the cover and spine. Written by Emma E. Walker M.D. a female physician and member of the New York Academy of Medicine who published several women and girl's health guides. Beauty Through Hygiene is a guide to health and hygiene for girls discussing sports and exercise including exercises in housework weight complexion care of skin and hair care during menstruation remedies and for common ailments and illnesses. <br /> <br /> Emma Elizabeth Walker received her A.B. from Smith College in 1887 and earned an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1898. Later that year she opened her medical practice in New York City. Walker authored Beauty through Hygiene 1905 "Pretty Girl Questions" in Ladies Home Journal and many articles and pamphlets for both popular and medical audiences. She lectured widely on the topics of personal and social hygiene and was a member of numerous medical and professional organizations. Ex-library with spine label interior pastedown and pocket. Minor general fading and staining to the covers. Cloth scuffed and worn along the extremities and hinges. Walker's journals mainly focus on the ailments that primarily affect women where most male physicians had improperly diagnosed or treated making her guides a historically and contextually important field of study. unknown
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Women in Sports
Australian Olympic champion sprinter Betty Cuthbert Signed Image
1956. Betty Cuthbert Australian athlete and a four-time Olympic champion. She was nicknamed Australia's "Golden Girl". During her career she set world records for 60 metres 100 yards 200 metres 220 yards and 440 yards. Australian sprinter who starred at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne At 18 she won three gold medals in the 100 meters 200 meters and the 4 x 100-meter relay. She set an Olympic record of 11.4 seconds in the 100m heat and equaled the Olympic and world records in the 200m at 23.4 seconds. The Australian team with Cuthbert as the anchor set a world record of 44.5 seconds in the relay final. she added a fourth gold medal at the 1964 Original signed Pix magazine cover from 1956 The cover shows her running and is boldly signed by her across her white shirt. Very good. unknown
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Women in Sports
Civil War Era Female Equestrian CDV
1850. Albumen carte-de-visite depicting a woman dressed in a dark riding habit holding a slender riding crop in her right hand and resting her left on a desk. C.a. 1850s-70s. 2.5" x 4" on cardstock mount. There are no markings on the photograph indicating the woman's identity though her long-sleeved fitted bodice and full skirt are characteristic of American equestrian fashion in the mid-19th century. Riding habits of this period often adapted the tailored silhouette of men's coats paired with practical yet elegant skirts suitable for sidesaddle riding. The riding crop in her hand was both a functional tool for controlling a mount and a fashionable accessory in formal equestrian portraiture. Women's participation in equestrian activities in the 19th century was often associated with skill refinement and social standing with formal portraits like this serving as lasting representations of their horsemanship and style. Overall very good condition. A fine example of mid-19th century equestrian portrait photography. unknown
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Women in Sports
Early Girl Athletes & Women Record Breakers Photo Collection 1900-1940
1900. WOMEN IN SPORTS Photographic collection of 18 rare vintage photos celebrating girls and women in sports. Some are identified with names and locations. Locations include New Jersey Canada New York California Massachusetts. Dated approximately 1900-1940. Various sizes; mostly between 8.5" x 11" and 6.5x 8.5" with four smaller photos at 2.25" x 3.5". Black and white silver gelatin photographs. Many pieces show uniformed team photos and action shots documenting girls' increasingly rigorous participation in active sports in the first half of the 20th century. Sports include winter skiing ice skating fencing equestrian and polo bowling swimming track and field rugby. Many of the photos have extended captions on the verso. For example one photo features several Canadian swimmers in uniform in 1930 with the caption: "Swimming champions add to picturesque country at Lake Louise Canada. They are left to right: Agnes Geraghty Olympic swimmer; Catherine Ames Like Lindstrom Metropolitan Distance Champion; Constance Hanf Junior Metropolitan Champion; Eleanor Holm National Champion back stroke 100 and 200 yards; Georgia Colemen National Champion Diver. Miss Coleman is From Los Angeles while the other are members of the Women's Swimming Association New York. Another caption on a photo of several polo players states: "Southern California co-eds to form polo team sorority women at the University of Southern California are preparing to invade one of the few remaining sport sanctuaries of men- polo." Also included is a short of the American Women's Olympic Fencing Team which include: MMarion Lloyd Muriel Guggolz and Dorothy Locke. <br /> <br /> Curated photographic archive celebrating female athletes who overcame stereotypes of women as the "weaker" sex. Because early social constructs regulated physical activity for women few were able to rise up as professional sports competitors until the 20th century. This archive is a testament to these women's historic strides revealing their early physical training their membership in early sport clubs as well as their most daring record-breaking feats. The collection depicts women participating in during the early 20th century. unknown
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Women in Sports
Early Women's Swimming Photo Archive 1910s-30s
1910. Women in Sports Archive of six photographs documenting women's competitive and recreational swimming 1910s-30s. Includes six silver gelatin press and studio photographs depicting female swimmers and divers dating ca. 1910-1933. Press photos with press annotations and stamps from ACME Newspictures NEA and Culver Service. Locations include Palm Beach Florida and Jones Beach State Park New York. This archive offers a vivid portrayal of women's athleticism in a period when female sports participation was often marginalized with several images highlighting Olympic and championship-level divers and swimmers in action.<br /> <br /> Among the most striking is a 1933 photograph of Clarabel "Clare" Degener University of Michigan senior and 1932 Olympic diving medalist shown in "perfect form" mid-dive during an exhibition at Westchester Country Club Rye New York. The original caption and NEA reference stamp appear on verso. Another photograph dated July 23 1933 shows the start of the second heat in the 880-yard freestyle event during the Women's National Swimming Championships at Jones Beach featuring swimmers launching into the water before a packed audience. A third image captures Helen Meany famed Olympic diving champion in mid-somersault at a Palm Beach facility-also with original press label and NEA date stamp 1930. One early photo dating around 1910 depicts a female swimmer proudly holding a trophy at the shoreline signaling the emergence of women in competitive aquatic sports. Two additional studio portraits show swimmers at leisure: a duo seated lakeside in matching suits and caps and a group of four people standing in the water at a pool identified on verso as the family of international diplomats and military officers including Inga Bryn of Norway and Barine Drake daughter of Col. G.D. Drake.<br /> <br /> Verso stamps and typed captions mostly intact and legible. Overall very good condition. A visually compelling testament to early women's sports history documenting the emergence of female champions in swimming and diving at both recreational and elite levels during a transformative period in gender and athletic culture. unknown
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Women in Sports
Helen Wills Winner of 31 Tennis Grand Slams of the Cover of Time Magazine 1926
1926. Tennis Champion Helen Willis. Time: the Weekly News-Magazine. July 26 1926. Vol. VIII No. 4. Time Publishing Company. Helen Wills is known as one of the greatest woman tennis players of all time. She won 31 Grand Slam titles during her career 2 Olympic gold medals and was the Wimbledon champion a record-setting 8 times record unbroken until 1990. In 1933 forty years before the "Battle of the Sexes" match in which Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in an exhibition game Helen Wills defeated Phil Neer then the #8 nationally ranked male tennis player in the US. This issue of Time featuring Wills across the cover was the same year as the "Match of the Century" wherein Wills then ranked #2 in the world faced Suzanne Lengdon the #1 ranked French star. Very good condition. unknown
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Women in Sports
Ladies Champion Base Ball Club c. 1911
1911. turn of the century Championship Women's Baseball Team Photo Postcard. "The Western Bloomer Girls-Ladies Champion Base Ball Club-Watervliet Mich." Vintage photo-illustrated postcard of the girls baseball team. No date c. 1911. Eleven uniformed girls pose for a team photograph. 3.5 x 5.5 inches. The Western Bloomer Girls were founded in 1911 by Maud Nelson a renowned pitcher in her own right. "Bloomer Girl" baseball teams of women were formed starting in the 1890s taking their name from Amelia Bloomer who designed loose fitting trousers that women wore while playing sports. Bloomer Girls teams rarely played each other but traveled across America challenging local amateur and minor league men's teams. Bloomer Girls were disciplined sportswomen and frequently won games with their solid skills and competitive spirits. Interestingly these "Boomer Girl" teams were integrated when it came to gender; while most of the players were women each roster had at least one male player. In this image two male players pose in the second row. Verso is blank with space for message and address. Light crease to bottom left corner. In very good condition. unknown
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Women in Sports
Original Early Albumen Photograph of Women Weight Lifting
19 century vintage albumen photograph featuring four rows of women holding free weights in a gymnasium. Image itself Measuring 8.25" x 5" inches mounted on photographer's board of aprox 10" x 8" inches. Albumen print. Circa 1890's. The women stand in tightly single file rows holding dumbbell weights in both hands at shoulder height ready to raise their arms above their heads. Their faces are composed most of them unsmiling though a few smiles seem to break through making light of the occasion. The women wear long skirts in solid colors with low-heeled boots just visible beneath and shirtwaist blouses some adorned in small bows at the neck or leather bags at the hip. The classroom is long with wooden floors and wooden planked walls and ceiling with pipes and ducts exposed an apparent recreational space or Gymnasium. The portrait documents women's fitness as a novel endeavor. Photographer's board has wearing along the edges and one small ink blot. Photograph is sepia toned and well defined though somewhat overexposed but subjects are clearly visible. Such an early image of weight lifting for women is scarce; in very good condition. unknown
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Women in Science
Original Photo Jewish Nurse in the Great Depression 1935
1935. Jewish Medical History Nurse with a Star of David on her cap peers into a microscope. 1935. Original silver gelatin print photograph. 7 x 5 in. Date handwritten in ink bottom right corner image verso "Sept. 1935". At the start of the Great Depression having skilled nurses was ever more important as malnutrition overcrowding poor sanitation and other side effects of extreme poverty caused by the sudden economic decline took an enormous toll on human health. Additionally Jewish emigration from Europe to the U.S. increased sharply in the 1930s with the rise of the Nazi Party so having compassionate culturally-sensitive medical care would be important for the growing Jewish population in America. Two light brown stains in lower center quadrant of image and 3 light stains along right edge. Good condition. unknown
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Women in Sports
Photo Archive of Early 20th Century Female Gymnasts 1910
1910. Early Female Gymnasts Photo Archive with six silver gelatin photographs of various sizes circa 1920s. These photos documents early female gymnasts before it was an accepted sports for female athletes. At this point in history gymnastics was still a mostly male sport but starting at the 1928 Olympics women were able to compete in "artistic gymnastics". Includes 4 press photos from New York city Female Gymnasts measuring 10" x 8" inches the set of 4 photographs are from the Savage School of Physical Education in New York City and appears to be taken during the 1920s. These 4 photographs bear press captions and stamps on verso. The women are photographed in a gymnasium in a series of gymnastic formations. Press captions give names and brief descriptions on verso. The archive also includes 2 other smaller images that seem even earlier in time one is a circa 1910 real photo postcard showing girls and their coach performing gymnastics and walking along a beam. All photos are overall in very good condition. unknown
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Women in Science Photographs
Photograph Archive circa 1910 of Female Scientists Conducting Lab Experiments
1910. Women in Science Archive of three photos of women doing experiments in science laboratories in the 1910s. Three silver gelatin photos of various sizes. The first photo is an original silver gelatin photograph of a Rustic pharmacological laboratory with female technician c. 1910. Three individuals pose amongst dozens of glass vials containing medical powders and remedies. 3.5 x 5 in. Original black and white photograph. Two figures wear white aprons or smocks indicating their important role in mixing and measuring different medicines. The first university Pharmacology department was established in 1847 and thus began the formalization of this field of scientific research as the 20th century witnessed a steady increase in the number of new drugs that would improve the human condition tremendously. Verso inscription in pencil and pen in European language. The second photo is an original silver gelatin photograph of a science laboratory with 6 person around a table filled with special equipment. c. 1920s. Real photo postcard. 3.5 x 5.5 in. From unknown European country. 4 girls in matching uniforms stand around a table engage in experiments and write observations in their notebooks. 1 uniformed young man stands nearby while an older student or teacher supervises. This dates from the 1920s after WWI had ended but a period in which militarization in Europe was considered of upmost national importance. The early 20th century was also a period of great development for women's education as more schools and programs opened to girls. Real photo postcard was never mailed and has no message written on verso. Creases in lower and upper right corners. The third photo is of a Woman scientist in white laboratory uniform works at a table filled with laboratory equipment c. 1910. Original gelatin silver print photograph. 8 x 10 in. Many women in the early 20th century found impediments to advancing a career in the sciences but this photo demonstrates some of the important and lesser-known historical work done by women. While challenging gender stereotypes in the early 20th century women such as the lab worker pictured here fought discrimination to pursue their educational and professional ambitions. An important record of early women in STEM careers. Overall in very good condition. unknown
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Women in Science
Schoolgirls Perform Science Experiments 1920s
Girls' Education Science Laboratory with 6 figures around a table filled with special equipment. c. 1920s. Real photo postcard. 3.5 x 5.5 in. From unknown European country. 4 girls in matching uniforms stand around a table engage in experiments and write observations in their notebooks. 1 uniformed young man stands nearby while an older student or teacher supervises. This dates from the 1920s after WWI had ended but a period in which militarization in Europe was considered of upmost national importance. The early 20th century was also a period of great development for women's education as more schools and programs opened to girls. Real photo postcard was never mailed and has no message written on verso. Creases in lower and upper right corners. In good condition. unknown
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Women in Sports
Silver Gelatin Press Photo of Women's Lacrosse Team in Action 1920s
Silver gelatin press photo of women's lacrosse team. Los Angeles. C. 1920s. Measures 8 x 10 inches. Photo shows three female players one fielding the ball with her stick the other two rushing to intercept her a male referee caught between them only partially visible. Verso reads "The Hurons of Pasadena fall before the Iroquois of Los Angeles in opening game of ladies La Cross league of California.Referee Eddie Hume is taking an awful chance in this mixup-but he escaped unhurt." Photo by Kadel and Herbert New York. Verso stamped by central press association. Lacrosse was a Native American game first adopted by French Jesuit missionaries. The first women's teams were established in the 1920s elevating the American version of the game from one of brute strength to skill. Small tear to bottom of photo does not affect the image. Good condition. unknown
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WOMEN IN SOCIETY
The Women's Who's Who 1934-5.
London: Shaw Publishing Co. 1935. First edition an annual publication containing hundreds of entries of women noted for their achievements. The foreword recognizes that despite progress "the cause of equality is not wholly won; for although the right to equality is generally accepted the exercise of that right is still restricted" p. 17. Women from various professional fields including medicine journalism and entertainment are listed. Provenance: from the collection of the suffrage historian Elizabeth Crawford. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece. Original blue morocco-grain cloth spine lettered in gilt front cover lettered and tooled in blind advertisements on front endpapers. Gilt tarnished spine ends and upper corners bumped hinges cracked but holding: a very good copy. hardcover
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Women in Sports
Two Original Photos of Early Women's Tennis Players Circa 1880s
1880. 2 Albumen photos of early recreational tennis game. Circa 1880's. Larger photo measures 6.75" x 8.5" inches on original photographer's board measuring 9.75" x 6.75". Smaller photo measures 7.25" x 4.5" inches on white photographer's board measuring 8" x 5" inches. Photo was taken by Marston photo studio of Bangor Maine. Larger photo shows a large group of young women posed in tiers on a lawn in front of a large brick building. The front row is spread across the grass with others in chairs behind them and the back row sitting on the open windowsill and ledge along the side of the building. The group is entirely female suggesting maybe an early women's college all of them dressed in high-collared dresses long skirts with bustles many in hats and some with parasols. In the front row four women hold tennis rackets as if posing before or after a game. This restless group of young women are pictured in the 1870s or 1880's. The other photo shows a tennis game at play with a man on one side of the net and two women on the other holding rackets on a tennis lawn. The court has been constructed on a lawn with painted boundaries and a net which was customary in 19th century. In the background is a large white wooden house. Lawn tennis came into fashion in the 1870's as an upper-class hobby marking leisure time for players and spectators. Some spotting and Light staining on photos does not effect clarity of images. Overall in very good condition. unknown
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Women in Science
Woman Scientist at Work in the Laboratory c. 1910
1910. Women in Science Woman scientist in white laboratory uniform works at a table filled with laboratory equipment c. 1910. Original gelatin silver print photograph. 8 x 10 in. Many women in the early 20th century found impediments to advancing a career in the sciences but this photo demonstrates some of the important and lesser-known historical work done by women. While challenging gender stereotypes in the early 20th century women such as the lab worker pictured here fought discrimination to pursue their educational and professional ambitions. An important record of early women in STEM careers. In very good condition. unknown
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Women in Science & Medicine Archive
Women in Microscopy Chemistry Dental Training and Medical Instruction Photo Archive 1910-1946
1910. Women's History Women in scientific and medical laboratories photo archive documenting female participation in laboratory education microscopy chemical work dental training and technical employment across the first half of the twentieth century providing concrete visual evidence of how women entered scientific institutions in the years before full professional parity. The group brings together press and non-press photographs with identifiable news-service and reference-file markings that place several images within the public circulation of women's technical labor. Many of these photographs show women operating microscopes handling laboratory equipment conducting demonstrations and working within instructional and testing settings making the group especially effective as evidence of women's participation in scientific education industrial science and medical training.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 10 silver gelatin photographs various sizes ranging from 2" x 3 to 7 x 10 inches United States and around the globe circa 1910-1946. The group includes a 1934 press photograph of Victoria Fischer in a laboratory identified on the verso as connected to Tokio Girl's Medical College in Japan shown standing at a bench with pipette flask and rack of test tubes; a 1946 photograph of Kinjian Laboratory showing a large coeducational classroom of students in white lab coats seated and standing around laboratory tables with test tubes and other equipment in hand; and a circa 1920s non-press photograph of four dental students all young women in lab coats seated around a table of instruments. Another non-press photograph circa 1930 identifies the senior female students of Mother Catherine High School and shows an all-female laboratory class with biological and ecological samples in the foreground bell jars between table and shelving and additional worktables beyond. A thick matted photograph with black border circa 1910 shows a skylit laboratory interior with approximately twenty-five men and four women gathered around long benches. Press photographs include a March 4 1941 Ottawa image of a woman operating a high-powered microscope in a gauge testing laboratory; a 1930s U.S. Testing Company Laboratories image from Hoboken New Jersey showing a woman in the fiber analysis section at a microscope bench; a 1933 press image of a woman and man conducting an experiment involving heated metal apparatus; and a 1924 Washington D.C. press photograph identifying Theresa Karger as chief of the chemical laboratory at Mount Alto U.S. Veterans Hospital described as one of the women in unusual employment. <br /> The archive aligns with a long period in which women entered scientific and medical work through segregated colleges women's schools wartime necessity industrial laboratories and specialized technical training often gaining access first in educational or auxiliary settings before achieving broader professional recognition. Its international scope is a particular strength: the photographs place women in laboratory systems from the the beginning of the century through World War II and the immediate postwar period showing how female students technicians and researchers across studied and contributed to science. Minor corner and edge wear and residue on versos from press filing stamps and caption mounts; overall good condition. A concise and materially grounded record of women's scientific labor and educational access as women's presence in STEM moved from exceptional visibility into institutional practice. unknown
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Women in Sports
Women in Sports Photo Archive Including One of the Earliest Female Bullfighters 1900-1950s
1900. Sports and HobbiesWomen's History Archive of six original photographs depicting women in sports and physical culture ca. 1900s-1950s. A striking group of five silver gelatin photographs and one stereoview documenting early and mid-20th century women's athletics across a range of sports including bullfighting competitive swimming mass calisthenics and weight training. The archive is anchored by a powerful press photograph of Bertha Trujillo a Colombian woman bullfighter shown bloodstained and exhausted yet defiant after leaving the ring as documented by a Hamilton Wright press caption on verso dated May 7 1956. The image captures the rare spectacle of a woman operating within a hypermasculine and violently gendered tradition underlining her transgressive presence in the public arena of the corrida. Trujillo's visibility as a "girl bullfighter" not only subverts gendered codes of spectacle and aggression but also underscores the fraught place of women in national rituals of machismo.<br /> <br /> Also included is an early gelatin silver stereoview of a woman mid-dive from a boat into open water ca. 1900s her long dress captured in graceful suspension. A vintage sepia-toned postcard shows a massive synchronized physical training display by women in uniform skirts likely in a European stadium setting. A third photograph features a smiling young woman swimmer in a tight one-piece suit standing beside a trophy likely ca. 1920s-30s exuding post-competition confidence and the growing visibility of women in elite amateur sport. Two additional gelatin silver prints ca. 1930s-40s show women engaged in solitary strength and flexibility exercises: one throwing a medicine ball under clouded sky the other stretching a resistance band at the edge of a pond. Each of these images gestures toward evolving conceptions of female strength embodiment and public physicality across the 20th century. The photographs collectively trace a visual history of women's contested access to spaces of physical prowess and public acclaim. Minor edge wear and surface rubbing to a few prints. Overall very good condition. A varied archive showcasing women's athleticism in the early 20th century. unknown
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Women in Sports
Women's Athletic Development and Basketball Team Culture Photograph Archive 1919 to 1932
1919. Unidentified photographers photograph archive of women's basketball teams 1919 to 1932 documenting the early development of organized women's athletics in the United States following the introduction of basketball as a women's sport in the 1890s. The material provides primary visual evidence of women's participation in competitive team sports supporting research into gender physical education and the expansion of athletic opportunities for women in the early twentieth century. These images capture institutional and team-based participation during a period when women's athletics remained contested yet increasingly visible.<br /> <br /> Archive of seven silver gelatin photographs depicting formal team portraits ranging from small groups of five players to a large team of approximately thirty-seven individuals. Photographs measure between approximately 3.5 x 5.5 inches and 8.75 x 10.75 inches. Players are shown arranged in rows often with a central figure holding a basketball marked with team initials and year. Uniforms include high-top athletic shoes short skirts and sailor-style tops reflecting standardized early women's basketball attire. Several photographs include handwritten identifications on the verso naming individual players while one larger image on matte paper bears the inscription "Basketball 1931-32" along with a studio stamp indicating production in Boston. The sequence of images demonstrates changes in uniform style and team size over more than a decade while maintaining consistent compositional formats typical of organized team portraiture.<br /> <br /> Seven photographs. Women's basketball introduced by physical educator Senda Berenson shortly after the sport's invention in 1891 became a significant avenue for women's physical activity despite ongoing debates about propriety and health. By the 1920s women's teams were established across schools and regional leagues reflecting broader acceptance of female athletic participation. This archive documents that period of expansion preserving visual records of team organization and identity prior to the formal institutionalization of women's professional basketball later in the twentieth century. Minor edge wear and light foxing to some prints; one duplicate image with tears and surface loss; remaining photographs clear and stable; overall very good condition. A concise visual record of early women's basketball teams and the growth of female athletic participation. unknown
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Women in Sports
Women's Basketball 3 Original Photos Circa 1910-20s
1910. Women in Sports Photo archive of 3 photos of women holding basketballs two with women in early women's sports uniforms. Circa 1910-20s. Small silver gelatin prints. Each measures 4.5" x 2.75" inches. The photos encapsulate the excitement of young women entering the sport. In two of the photos players wear knee-length bloomers as part of their uniform. Women's basketball began in 1892 the year after the invention of the sport. Bloomers were designed in 1896 to preserve the modesty of skirts with the free movement of shorts. One photo shows a team of seven lined up in high school uniforms marked F.H.S their coach standing to one side. Another shows a different group of six girls also in uniforms posing in a line with a ball marked R.H.S. The third photo shows a woman in long dress holding a ball aloft with another woman holding a bucket presumably a stand in for the net and a young girl and boy posing with them the girl holding a basketball. Early photos of Recreational sports for girls are still uncommon. All three photos in good condition. unknown
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Women in Science
Women's Entry into Medical Training in Nineteenth Century America: Eclectic Medical Society Gathering Photograph Worthington Ohio
1861. Women's in Sciences Sepia photograph circa 1860-1880 identified in manuscript at the upper left "State Eclectic Medical Society at Worthington" depicting approximately twenty five women alongside male practitioners in Worthington Ohio an early center of Eclectic medical organization just north of Columbus Ohio. The image documents a rare mixed gender professional gathering at a moment when women's participation in formal medical education remained severely restricted under prevailing institutional norms. Within the dominant nineteenth century medical establishment women were largely excluded from training and professional societies; however the State Eclectic Medical Society of Ohio and the broader Eclectic movement created alternative pathways into medical study. These networks were closely tied to reformist traditions that challenged orthodox practice and opened limited but meaningful access to women prior to the broader professionalization of female physicians following mid century breakthroughs such as the graduation of Elizabeth Blackwell in 1849.<br /> <br /> Original Photograph. C. 1860-1880. Sepia. Approximately 6" x 9" Inches. Written in black ink in the upper left corner "State Eclectic Medical Society at Worthington". Photo shows about 25 women along with their male peers. The the first woman graduated medical school in the 1850s. The Eclectic Medical Society was notable for accepting female students before most women were allowed to study medicine.<br /> <br /> The photograph reflects the intellectual and institutional culture of Eclectic medicine a distinctly American medical movement that drew on botanical therapies Native American knowledge systems and the herbal tradition associated with Samuel Thomson. In contrast to orthodox allopathic medicine Eclectic practitioners emphasized plant based remedies and a more flexible therapeutic philosophy which correlated with a greater willingness to admit women into study and practice. The presence of a substantial number of women within this group suggests not only participation but active integration within the society's professional sphere offering visual evidence of gender inclusion within an otherwise exclusionary nineteenth century medical landscape. As a primary source the photograph provides direct documentation of women's early entry into organized medical communities in the United States capturing both the social composition and institutional networks that facilitated their participation. It is particularly valuable for research in women's medical history alternative medical movements and the development of professional education outside orthodox channels illustrating how reformist medical systems functioned as critical entry points for women prior to broader legal and institutional change. Some creasing present; otherwise in good condition overall. unknown
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Women in Sports
Women's Equestrian and Polo Photo Archive 1920s-40s
1920. Women in Sports Archive of three photographs documenting women's equestrian sports 1920s-40s. Three original silver gelatin press photos capturing women actively engaged in and preparing for matches-scenes that challenge the male-dominated image of early 20th-century polo. Taken in the United States and Canada these images reflect the increasing public visibility and athletic accomplishments of women showcasing their skill camaraderie and the gradual erosion of gender barriers in elite sporting environments.<br /> <br /> The earliest photograph dated September 26 1928 depicts a historic international match between Canada and the United States-the first known women's international polo game in the U.S. according to the verso text. The players from Alberta are seen poised beside their horses as they await the match's commencement in Rye New York. The image bears the credit "International Newsreel" with annotations indicating it was distributed as a news photo under the slug "Two Teams." The second photograph is captioned "Women Now Play Polo" and is dated March 20 1940. It features prominent players Joan Baker daughter of famed Australian sportsman "Snowy" Baker Mrs. "Willie" Tevis and Yvette Barette at the Riviera Country Club in Santa Monica California. The image highlights how women's polo had begun gaining serious popularity and skill by this time especially in celebrity-adjacent venues like the Riviera. The third undated photograph by Boston-area studio photographer Paul J. Weber embossed stamp: "Paul J. Weber / Dorchester Centre Mass." shows a lineup of women riders mounted and dressed in coordinated attire likely posed before or after a match. Together the photographs capture a pivotal often overlooked chapter in the history of women's sports where gender and athletic prowess intersected in a highly public arena. Verso stamps and original caption slips intact on two press photos with clear studio embossing on the third. Overall very good condition. A compelling archive chronicling the rise of women in polo offering vital documentation of the sport's early gender integration and the public image of athletic women in the early 20th century. unknown
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Women in Sciences
Women's Expanding Access to Scientific and Industrial Research Work in Early 1900s America
1910. Women in STEM Women's scientific and technical employment photo archive documenting female laboratory labor from the early twentieth century through the 1940s historically significant for showing how women entered academic industrial and commercial research settings in roles that ranged from student and aide to biologist technician and physician at a period when scientific work remained overwhelmingly male and women's access to professional authority was still sharply constrained. The group includes five press photographs and three non press photographs with women pictured not as incidental clerical staff but as active operators of instruments handlers of test animals readers of charts and participants in experimental procedure establishing direct visual evidence of women's expanding place within the infrastructure of American science industrial testing and laboratory employment.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 8 silver gelatin photographs ranging from 3.5 x 5.5 to 8 x 10 inches various U.S. locations circa 1910 to 1940s. The archive spans classroom laboratory and industrial interiors. One 1910 photograph shows two men and one woman standing in a laboratory identified as "three scientists or science students" an early image of mixed gender scientific training. A 1937 press photo titled "aviation biologist works with hatchlings" shows Dr. Manisera in a lab coat hand feeding two week old canaries with a third bird perched on her head turning animal handling and experimental care into a public image of female scientific expertise. Another press photo shows Sally Wulff identified on the verso as an engineering aide with a science degree from the University of Iowa seated at a control bench calibrating experimental instruments at Wright Field. A 1938 non press image shows Dr. Marie D'Amour and Fred D'Amour studying a chart before a blackboard covered with formulas and technical notations linking the photograph to mammalian physiology research. A Hoboken New Jersey press photo depicts a female technician in the chemical division of the United States Testing Company operating a Fisher titrimeter "for performing volumetric analyses by electronic means" while a 1939 press photo from Newton Massachusetts shows a laboratory worker testing newly developed Permatron tubes used in high frequency welding and power transmission. Another press image captioned "A 'noise machine' used in experiments in the Colgate laboratory" shows a woman and man positioned on either side of the apparatus and a separate 1940s laboratory group photograph places a single woman among five men before a long demonstration bench and blackboard diagrams underscoring both women's presence and their numerical isolation within technical settings. Several versos retain typed caption slips editorial markings and reference stamps consistent with press photo circulation.<br /> <br /> Across the first half of the twentieth century women entered scientific work through normal schools universities wartime research demand industrial laboratories and auxiliary technical appointments yet their advancement was often channeled into subordinate or specialized designations even when their work required substantial training. This archive makes that structure visible through named and captioned examples of women conducting measurement instrument calibration physiological research electronics testing and experimental animal work across corporate academic and applied research environments. Minor residue on versos from former press labels or caption attachments; otherwise clean and well preserved. Overall very good condition. As a record of women's early technical labor the archive supplies concrete visual evidence of the pathways limits and visibility of women's participation in American scientific work before the full opening of postwar professional opportunity. unknown
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Women in SciencesValentina Tereshkova
Women's History and the Space Race: Valentina Tereshkova Signed Photograph Commemorating the Vostok 6 Mission
1963. Tereshkova Valentina. Signed photograph commemorating the historic flight of the Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman to travel into space during the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Valentina Tereshkova launched aboard Vostok 6 in June 1963 completing a three day mission in which she orbited the Earth forty eight times. Her flight followed closely after the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961 and marked a major milestone both in the development of human space exploration and in the participation of women in aerospace history.<br /> <br /> Tereshkova Valentina. Signed Photograph. Color photograph measuring approximately 8 x 10 inches. The image is signed in blue ink at the lower right corner in cursive Cyrillic and includes the inscription "Vostok 6." The portrait presents Tereshkova as a cosmonaut of the Soviet space program and commemorates the mission that established her international reputation as the first woman to travel into space.<br /> <br /> Tereshkova's flight formed a central moment in the early years of the space race when both superpowers sought technological and symbolic achievements demonstrating the capabilities of their space programs. The Vostok 6 mission represented a milestone not only for Soviet aerospace engineering but also for the global recognition of women's participation in scientific and technological fields traditionally dominated by men. Tereshkova's accomplishment became an enduring symbol of women's achievements in space exploration and Cold War scientific competition. Tiny crease in the upper right corner; otherwise well preserved. Overall very good condition. unknown
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Women in Sports
Women's Physical Education Class Albumen Photo 1902
1902. Original Albumen photograph of women in physical education class. 1902. Measures 9.75 x 8 inches. Mounted to photographer's board. Image shows 26 women and girls seated in tiers and posing with various early exercise equipment including dumbbells and large leather balls marked with the year. One man poses wiwth the women in suit and tie and two older men presumably instructors pose alongside the girls one of them extending a hand to touch the shoulder of the girl beside him who looks away. The women's eyes are turned from the camera expressions fixed and unsearchable. They appear to be in a school gymnasium a ladder hung like a track on the wall behind them and racks of free weights beneath it. Women's exercise was first introduced as calisthenics a European import in the 1830s which consisted of light choreographed movements not unlike dance steps. By the late 1800s exercise had been closely linked to women's educational reform. Educational activist Catherine Beecher advocated broadly for physical education as a safeguard for female health and for forming good physical habits in the young. Corner very slightly clipped on one side. Light sunning to image. Overall good condition. unknown
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Women in Sports
Women's Professional Track and Field Photo Archive 1920s-50s
1925. Women in Sports Archive of four photographs documenting women's track and field achievements from 1925 to 1956 highlighting pioneering female athletes in Olympic and exhibition competition. Includes NEA and United Press photo service stamps and typed caption slips on versos. The images span the 1920s to post-WWII era and depict notable moments in women's sports history from athletes representing Australia the Netherlands and beyond. They capture critical milestones in the visibility and legitimization of women in professional athletics especially in Olympic contexts where female participation was still relatively novel and contested.<br /> <br /> Included is a striking 1956 action shot of Australia's Shirley Strickland clearing the final hurdle en route to her gold medal victory in the 80-meter hurdles at the Melbourne Olympics where she set a new Olympic record of 10.7 seconds. The image is identified via an INP Radio Soundphoto caption. A 1952 United Press photo from Helsinki captures the dramatic baton drop in the women's 4x100 relay by Australia's Marjorie Jackson who had earlier taken gold in the 100-meter sprint; the caption dramatically underscores how the error "killed Australia's chances." A third image shows Dutch Olympic legend Fanny Blankers-Koen-winner of four gold medals at the 1948 London Games-greeted with tulips and accolades at New York's Idlewild Airport in May 1955. The accompanying caption notes her role as both a mother and athletic icon foregrounding the persistent framing of female athletes through maternal identity. Lastly a ca. 1925 press photo shows an unnamed track competitor on the field with the reverse stamped August 11 1925 suggesting the early presence of women in organized publicly documented competition during a decade when such participation was still controversial. All images well-preserved with clear annotations on three captioned photos. Overall very good condition. This archive offers an illuminating view into women's evolving presence on the global athletic stage highlighting moments of both triumph and adversity in a narrative of gender progress within competitive sports. unknown
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Women in Sports
Women's Sports Photograph Archive Documenting Female Athletic Participation 1910s-1930s
1910. Archive of original photographs documenting women's participation in athletics and organized physical culture during the early twentieth century when women's sports and exercise programs increasingly became accepted within schools colleges camps and recreational organizations. The photographs show women engaged in archery synchronized gymnastics calisthenics and cheer leading during a period when female athletic participation expanded alongside broader debates concerning women's health education public visibility and social independence. The photographs provide visual evidence of the physical culture movement as it shaped women's recreational and educational environments in the United States and abroad preserving both formal athletic training and communal performance activities that contributed to changing expectations surrounding women's physical activity and public presence.<br /> Collection consists of seven original silver gelatin photographs dating approximately from the 1910s through the 1930s. The archive includes several photographs of women participating in organized physical education exercises and athletic activities while dressed in period sporting attire. One image dated July 5 1928 documents uniformed women performing synchronized gymnastic drills during a Sokol Festival dress rehearsal in Prague capturing rows of participants in coordinated motion during a major international physical culture gathering influenced by Central European nationalist and athletic traditions. Another photograph from the 1910s-1920s shows a group of young women posed with medicine balls Indian clubs and batons while wearing sailor-inspired gymnasium uniforms associated with school or collegiate athletic programs. A separate 1930s image depicts a cheerleading squad in matching lettered "S" sweaters posed in formation within a school auditorium. Archery appears prominently throughout the archive. One press photograph portrays Olympic diver and sportswoman Helen Meany Balfe standing with a bow on the grounds of White Sulphur Springs West Virginia as identified by a typed caption on the verso. Another image depicts Stella M. Ives identified in manuscript drawing a bow while dressed in full sporting attire. A vernacular photograph portrays four young women practicing archery in the hills above Troy New York including one identified as Louise Hatch of Troy with a handwritten verso inscription linking the group to Bridgewater Massachusetts. The final photograph shows a large assembly of young women gathered on outdoor steps beside a prominent archery target possibly at a camp or collegiate event emphasizing organized recreation and group participation.<br /> The archive documents the increasing visibility of women's athletic participation during the early twentieth century when organized exercise and sports became associated with women's education health reform and public modernity. Physical culture programs in schools colleges camps and civic organizations promoted athletics as both disciplined recreation and social training while sports such as archery and gymnastics offered women expanded opportunities for public competition and physical expression. Particularly notable is the range of activities represented from regimented calisthenic performance to recreational archery and cheerleading illustrating the broad spectrum of athletic environments available to women before the widespread professionalization of women's sports. Light wear and occasional handling marks consistent with age; photographs remain well-preserved overall in very good condition. A visually engaging archive documenting the growth of women's athletics and physical culture in the early twentieth century. unknown
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Women in Sports
Women's Sports History Early Basketball Team Photography 1918 to 1929 Uniform Evolution and Collegiate Competition
1918. Women's basketball photograph archive 1918-1929 documents the early institutionalization of women's competitive athletics in the United States recording team organization uniform development and player identification in the decades following the sport's introduction to women's education. Basketball adapted for women in the 1890s under the direction of physical educator Senda Berenson at Smith College expanded into intercollegiate and regional competition by the early twentieth century despite ongoing debate over women's participation in organized sport. These images provide direct visual evidence of that expansion with named players and structured teams indicating the normalization of women's basketball within school and community settings during the interwar period.<br /> <br /> Archive of 15 silver gelatin photographs ranging in size from approximately 3.5 x 5.5 inches to 11 x 13 inches dating between 1918 and 1929. All images are formal team portraits with groups of six to twelve players in some cases accompanied by coaches. Many photographs include handwritten identifications on versos naming players or teams. Several compositions feature a central player holding a basketball marked with team initials and year. The photographs document changes in athletic dress including high top sneakers short skirts sailor style tops and later variations incorporating shorts reflecting evolving standards of movement and athletic practicality. Produced during a period when women's athletics expanded within educational institutions while remaining subject to cultural scrutiny the archive provides material for the study of gender norms physical education and the development of organized sport prior to formal Olympic inclusion of women's basketball in 1976. The progression of uniforms and team structures across the decade offers evidence of shifting expectations regarding women's physical activity and public visibility in competitive environments. Light edge wear and minor foxing to some prints; images remain sharp and fully legible. Overall very good condition. unknown
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Women in Science
Early Photographs Women Scientists Conduct Experiments
Women in Science Two photos of women working with scientific laboratory equipment. Silver gelatin print photographs from 1930 and 1946. Image sizes 3.5 x 5.25" and 3 x 4". In both photographs women scientists work with glass test tubes pipettes and graduated beakers. One photo depicts two women in lab coats working with a series of test tubes standing outside c. 1930; this setting indicates this could possibly be part of an ecology or other environmental science lab. Second photo 1946 shows two women holding pipettes and smiling into the camera. The both wear white uniforms and their names are handwritten in pencil on image verso. During WWII women took up jobs in many sectors to support the country including science research and laboratory work. These women were essential in producing important medicines such as penicillin that were needed during wartime; this work helped pave the way for younger women scientists such as those pictured to have professional opportunities in the postwar period. These women may be in a specialized training program as they both wear all white uniforms. Both very good condition. unknown books
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Women in Science Medicine
Original photograph of a Early Laboratory with Female Technician c. 1910
Women in Science Medicine Original Gelatin silver print photograph of a Rustic pharmacological laboratory with female technician c. 1910. Three individuals pose amongst dozens of glass vials containing medical powders and remedies. 3.5 x 5 in. Original black and white photograph. Two figures wear white aprons or smocks indicating their important role in mixing and measuring different medicines. The first university Pharmacology department was established in 1847 and thus began the formalization of this field of scientific research as the 20th century witnessed a steady increase in the number of new drugs that would improve the human condition tremendously. Verso inscription in pencil and pen in European language. Very good condition. unknown books
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Women in Science Oceanographic Study
Pre-Suffrage Oceanographic Study Photo Album of Marine Biologist Hope Hibbard
Marine Biologist Hope Hibbard. 1917 photo album of scientist Hope Hibbard during her marine biological studies at Woods Hole; an impressive and uncommon relic of an early female scientist working before American women's suffrage. <br/><br/>An album of biologist Hope Hibbard while on a research study program at Woods Hole Massachusetts in 1917. Containing 29 photos the majority of which focus on her study program. Hibbard was an acclaimed scientist specializing in biology cytology zoology and histology. She received numerous academic merits as well as renown for her dedication to promoting women in the scientific sphere and her involvement in associations that forwarded female roles in science and research such as the American Association of University Women AAUW. During her long academic career Hibbard taught at illustrious women's colleges Bryn Mawr and Elmira as well as the forerunner of coeducational colleges Oberlin. In this rare album annotated in white ink by Hibbard we see her as a young student conducting marine biological research from a floating biological laboratory. Hibbard's photos include according to her white ink annotation "Laboratory Launch at Woods Hole" which shows their floating laboratory departing from the harbor "Whitman Cottage where I lived" with other female students during the program her class dredging the ocean floor for samples "on a field trip" a rare photo of a young Hibbard in her college sweater and several labeled photos of Woods Hole locales which would have played a part in her studies including the Great Harbor Little Harbor Marine Biological Laboratory and the U.S. Fish Commission Buildings. Several photos also show Hope and her classmates on day trips and enjoying lobster or the bathing beach. A few photos at the beginning and end of the album show her family. Hibbard is viewed as a crusader for women in the scientific sphere. She held strong opinions about the untapped abilities of women due to both perpetuated stereotypes initialized by men and additional self-deprecating tendencies and she utilized her membership in several academic assemblies to express her viewpoints. Hibbard served as an avid member of the AAUW and the American Association for the Advancement of Science among others and wrote several discourses in which she urged women to integrate marriage and professional endeavors within science rather than abandoning one from the other. Examples of Hibbard's papers include "Vocations for Women and How College Can Prepare Them" 1935 "The Life of Oberlin Women Today" 1937 and "Women in Research." In these multiple dialogues Hibbard communicated her desire for women to overcome social boundaries concerning their position in science. She worked to encourage women to forge their paths independent of discouraging social views and to mold their own journey as both intellectuals and spouses as opposed to exclusively one of the two. Hibbard additionally spearheaded the Oberlin chapter of League of Women Voters while a professor at the institution. Photos and album are in very good condition. Silver gelatin prints lightly toned approximately 2" x 3" inches each. Pages and ink annotation clear and bright. 5" x 8" inch album with black leatherette cover and gold printed title "Photographs". Rubbed at top and bottom but over in very good condition. This is the only early relic we have seen from the life of an important early ambassador of Women in STEM. unknown books
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Women in Science Original photograph
Original photograph of a Pioneer Woman Scientist in Laboratory 1923
Women in Science Original photograph of a Woman scientist works at laboratory table next to male colleague. Test tubes beakers petri dishes and various pieces of equipment cover the work table. 3.25 x 4.5 in. Dated in pencil verso 10/2/23. The man is smoking a pipe while working with pipette; the woman is organizing specimen vials. Hand of a third figures can be seen handing laboratory equipment along center left edge. Handwritten press information in a Nordic language on verso stating this is a bacteriological laboratory. The latter part of the 19th century saw a rise in educational opportunities for women and by the early 20th century women worked in many different fields related to science and medicine. Very good condition. unknown books
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Women in Science Original photograph
Original photograph of Women Students in Chemistry Lab at Northwestern University 1926
Women Education Science Original photograph of Female students conduct experiment in chemistry lab at Northwestern University. Three women students and their instructor cook an egg through chemical reaction of liquid oxygen and ice. 8 x 10 in. Original press caption pasted to verso: "Frying And sic Egg Over Burning Ice. Using liquid oxygen for fuel and the hollow of a block of ice for a container Miss Virginia Trelease Chemistry student at Northwestern University Evanston Ill. is here pictured frying an egg over the unique stove. A cupful of liquid oxygen made in a Heylandt liquefier which has been used for the first time in America by Northwestern permits the manufacture of liquid oxygen right in the classroom in full sight of the students sic." Northwestern University first admitted women students in 1869 educated hundreds of women in their college and the affiliated Women's Medical College. Very good condition. unknown books
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Women in Science Original photograph
Woman Lab Technician Works Alongside Men c. 1917
Women in Science Original photograph of a laboratory scene with one woman and three men. c. 1917. Four figures at work in a small laboratory. 3.5 x 5 in. Two wear white aprons the woman technician's apron is noticeably stained with dark liquid while another wears a work jumpsuit and the oldest gentleman wears a suit. Several pieces of glass laboratory equipment are also in frame with visible pressure or temperature gauges. The latter part of the 19th century saw a rise in educational opportunities for women and by the early 20th century women worked in many different fields related to science and medicine. Very good condition. unknown books
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Women in Science Photo
High School Girls Conducting Science Experiments Early 1900s
Education. Photograph Female Students in High School Science Laboratory 1900s. Gelatin silver print Black and white photograph of eight high school students conducting experiments in a science laboratory. 3.25 x 4.75 in. Overall good condition with clean crisp image with black ink stamp from Culver Pictures Inc. center verso and some adhesive residue along verso bottom edge. Small ¼ in. tear in bottom left corner. Girls at the time were discouraged from pursuing a scientific education and those who did found their contributions minimized. Despite the obstacles these original period photos reveal the true existence of women in the sciences in the beginning of the 20th century. unknown books
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Women in Science Photo
Lifesaving Penicillin Production during WWII
Medicine/Science. Press Photograph: Squibbs Lab Early Production of Penicillin 1944. Press photo of science work done by women to further the WWII effort. Silver gelatin prints. 7.25 x 9 in. Verso photos contain byline "Squibbs Lab Early production of penicillin" along with stamp "REF. DEPT. 3-15 '44 N.E.A." Very good condition. Creases in bottom left and top right corners and small dents throughout. A woman wearing a white laboratory coat uses a pipette to transfer liquid into large glass bottles. In 1944 Squibb Laboratory was the world's largest production plant for penicillin and the antibiotic was credited for saving countless lives during World War II. This photo shows one important role that women scientists took up to support the war effort. unknown books
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Women in Science Photo
Only Woman in Laboratory - Pharmacological Class with One Woman Student 1900
Education. Photograph Woman Student in Laboratory 1900. Photo of nearly all male laboratory with one female science student present 20 years before women's suffrage in the United States. Silver gelatin print. 5"x7" photo mounted on 8"x10" card. This photograph shows a 1900 pharmacological laboratory with one woman and ten men. Photo in good condition with some slight surface abrasions and a small puncture in the center. A demonstration is happening at the front of the classroom yet the lone woman in the lab directs her piercing gaze at the viewer. Girls at the time were discouraged from pursuing a scientific education and those who did found their contributions minimized. Despite the obstacles this photo shows a young woman eager to obtain a scientific education. unknown books
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Women in Science Rutgers
Vintage Photo of Woman Microbiologist Tests for Nobel Prize-Winning Antibiotic Cure for Tuberculosis
Woman Microbiologist at Rutgers Tests for Antibiotic. Original silver gelatin print press photograph. 8 x 10 in. No date but 1940's-1950'. Typed press caption pasted on back: "Streptomycin-Life-Saving Drug: Testing for Streptomycin the antibiotic substance whose microorganism is obtained from soil. A member of the Research Staff in Microbiology adding solution being tested to steel cylinders on an agar medium." Streptomycin was discovered in 1943 at Rutgers University; it found extensive application in the treatment of numerous infectious diseases and was the first antibiotic cure for tuberculosis TB. In 1952 Waksman was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition "for his discovery of streptomycin the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis." It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. The World Health Organization classifies it as critically important for human medicine. Original press caption pasted to verso filing stamps and pencil annotations on verso. Light handling dents. In very good condition. unknown books
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Women in Science Tuberculosis
Women Scientists Research Tuberculosis c. 1920s
Women in Science Original Photo of Two women and four men work in a laboratory. Photo portrays women research staff work in a tuberculosis laboratory. c. 1920s. 8 x 10 in. Verso handwriting reads: "Dr. Philip Hillkouritz in background presd. of J.C.R.S. directs the research staff of organization in the fully-equipped laboratory." The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society JCRS was founded in Denver Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis patients in all stages of the disease. For decades patients flocket to Dever from all over North America and were admitted free of charge. In the early years the sanatorium was headed by Phillip Hillkowitz as president 1904-1948. In 1954 the institution changed its mission to cancer research becoming the American Medical Center. unknown books
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WOMEN IN SCIENCE . Schuchert Charles and Clara Mae LeVene
The Earth and Its Rhythms
New York and London: D. Appleton and Company 1927. . 8vo full maroon cloth front gilt with vignette of lake in foreground with mountains in the rear; very bright copy with slight wear to the foot of the spine INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS on the front free endpaper to Eliza Brush Prisson the widow of the great Yale geologist Louis Valentine Prisson. LeVene collaborated with Schuchert on several scientific works. The present book's "drawings of geologic features and of ancient forms of life are the work of Miss M. Alice Hubbard Mrs. Louise Nash and Miss Lisbeth B. Kraus." A interesting joint effort by four women with scientific training at a time when this field was dominated by men. New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. hardcover books
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Women in Sciences Education
Original Photograph of Female Students Studying Electricity 1905
Women's Education. Photograph: High School Girls Conducting Electricity Experiments 1905. Large sepia press photo. 8.5" x 7". Handwritten note on verso states the photograph is for an article on public schools. Creasing on upper right and left hand corners tiny tears and nicks along the top and bottom of the image. Very good condition overall. Approximately eighteen girls conducting experiments on electricity using conducting boxes at an unspecified public high school in New York. They sit on tall stools around long tables wearing expressions that vary from concentration to vexation. High school gave girls the opportunity to advance beyond a rudimentary education and become versed in subjects such as history their rights as citizens and advanced science. The US was the first nation to provide the general public with secondary education and in 1900 there were 6000 public schools. Only a fraction of those however were open to women. These girls were part of the first generation taught science a right denied to their mothers and grandmothers. unknown books
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