‎Women (the)‎

‎[WOMEN -- WORLD WAR II AVIATION]. RICKMAN, Sarah Byrn; SCOTT, Dorothy.‎

‎WASP of the Ferry Command: women pilots uncommon deeds. Foreword by Deborah G. Douglas; Finding Dorothy Scott: letters of a WASP pilot.‎

‎Denton & Lubbock TX: Univ. of North Texas; Texas Tech University Press 2016. Two vols. 8vo. xvii 5 440; xxiii 1 245 1 pp. Frontisp. in 2nd vol. with photo illustrations throughout. 1st vol. w/ blue boards black lettering & 2nd w/ half-beige cloth over Army green metallic green lettering both with d.j.’s NF/NF set. First edition 1st printing of both volumes detailing the careers personal lives and extensive training of the over 1100 women aviators flying as WASP ferry pilots during World War II. They delivered over 72 different aircraft logged 115000 flight hours and were crucial in the delivery of P-51 P-47 and P-39 fighter aircraft to the European theatre. Dorothy Scott was one of the pioneering women aviators initially known as WAFS Women’s Auxiliary Ferry Squadron and died in a mid-air crash at the age of 23 in Dec. 1943 over California delivering a P-39 fighter aircraft. Univ. of North Texas; Texas Tech University Press, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 61378

‎[Women / Aviation]. Loufek, Betty M. (editor).‎

‎10th Annual All Woman Transcontinental Air Race. July 7 - 10 1956. Cover title.‎

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

Bookseller reference : 1499

‎[Women / Education].‎

‎Department of Public Education. The Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco Hereby Declare Emma E. Bower Entitled to the Honors of a Graduate of the San Francisco Commercial School.‎

‎San Francisco: Britton & Rey 1890. Good. 23" x 18". Linen-backed cream broadside printed in green with name written in calligraphy and ink signatures. Signed by Britton & Rey in the plate. Horizontal fold lines; edges reinforced with clear archival tape; minor soil to borders. The large elaborately illustrated diploma of one Emma E. Bower graduation class of 1890 from the San Francisco Commercial School. The illustration framing the text features a trio of women at the bottom presumably representing knowledge the arts and wisdom with an eagle and a portrait of the city in the background; two columns labeled "Poesie" and "Philosophy" wrapped in banners bearing the names Fulton Watt Galilei Michel Angelo Guttenberg and Daguere with portraits of Shakespeare and Humboldt at each of their respective bases; and wreathed vignettes at the top of Franklin Newton and Morse.The San Francisco Commercial School later became the High School of Commerce. Britton & Rey unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 1290

‎[Women / Health / Beauty]‎

‎Reducing the Stout Building up the Thin. Cover title.‎

‎<p>Stapled yellow-tan wrappers printed in black. B&w illustrations. Light toning to wrappers; slight bump to lower corner throughout; light soiling to first page of text and slightly to a few scattered pages. Good.</p><p>The third booklet in a series of ten on "Beauty - Health - Charm" first published in 1921 by Industrial Correspondence University. Focuses on "healthy reduction" through diet and exercise with numerous illustrations of simple exercises followed by a section on "fattening" and "building-up" through muscle-building exercises diet and managing stress and worry.</p><p>Not located in OCLC in either edition; we note only three holdings for single titles of other books in the series.</p> Women's College of Health and Beauty paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3416

‎[Women / Medicine].‎

‎Natural Childbirth before Your Eyes! The Complete Story Told in Photographs. Cover title‎

‎New York: Ben Adler Advertising Service Inc. 1958. Good. 11" x 8-1/2". 31 1 pp. Black and white printed self-wrappers stapled. Scuffing to front cover; two short tears to fore-edge of cover and most leaves not affecting text. Movie tie-in booklet for "The Case of Dr. Laurent" which promoted the then-newfangled techniques of Dr. Fernand Lamaze as well as the importance of educating expectant mothers to reduce fear of childbirth. The film is set in a French mountain town and stars Nicole Courcel as an unwed mother who bucks local prejudices and accepts Dr. Laurent's Jean Gabin training in natural childbirth; she eventually trains the other women in the town and delivers her baby painlessly convincing both her fellow townspeople and a skeptical medical review board of the success of the new method.In addition to a 15 pp series of captioned movie stills charting the plotline of the film the book includes an 8 pp section of photographs showing Courcel demonstrating exercises for pregnant women and new mothers as well as tips for parents and excerpts from a 1956 speech by Pope Pius XII quelling moral concerns about natural childbirth which the pope blames on "associations of ideas created by surroundings" rather than biblical teachings natch.Oddly scarce. OCLC locates only three holdings of this booklet. Ben Adler Advertising Service, Inc. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 1481

‎[Women against Pit Closures]‎

‎Deep digs! Cartoons of the miners' strike. A benefit book for Women against Pit Closures‎

‎London: Pluto Press 1985. Paperback. 112p. wraps slightly soiled spine sloped else good condition 8.25x5.75 inches. Pluto Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 223825

‎[Women and Money] [Financial Estates] [Financial Autonomy] Mary Ann Tritch Rogers‎

‎Collection Relating to the Financial Empire of a Woman & her Daughter‎

‎Colorado; Massachusetts 1942. Hailing from an immigrant family that rose to prominence in the West Mary Tritch Rogers and her daughter Georgette Houston were often overlooked in their own time in favor of the family patriarchs. Mary's father George Tritch 1829-1899 was after all a German immigrant whose evolution from downtrodden pioneer to millionaire rail road and real estate magnate was documented in Sketches of Colorado 1911 and celebrated in numerous newspaper and society articles in his lifetime. Meanwhile Mary's husband Benjamin W. Rogers 1842-1917 was Colorado's first dentist and a community cornerstone. Yet the present collection reveals that Mary and Georgette after her were more than ballroom delights. Savvy investors and business women in their own quiet way they built and maintained their own empire even in the face of scandal marital separation and disinheritance. Without the documents preserved here we might never know their story.<br /> <br /> The territory and later state of Colorado had varying property laws for women across Mary's emergence to adulthood. It was a space where white male settlers drastically outnumbered their female counterparts; and when statehood in 1876 stripped women of suffrage there was little incentive for men to vote to reinstate it immediately. That said the increasing number of Married Women's Property Acts extending across the US did provide expanded protections for women to have control over their own wages their inheritance their land ownership and their investments. Mary Tritch Rogers used this to her benefit as portions of this collection show. Taking the allowances given her first by her father and later her husband she was able to grow her own little empire based in stock investments real estate purchases and interest earned from rents and loans to members of the community. This financial privilege allowed her to legally separate from her husband and her unhappy marriage in 1900 signing over $15925 -- or $576000 today -- for his promise to depart peacefully and disconnect from her. It also allowed her to survive disinheritance from her father -- something reported by newspapers following his death and potentially connected to the public scandal of her separation. Along with her daughter she relocated to Massachusetts for the remainder of her life. Though newspapers suggested this was for her “health†it’s far more likely that the distance from her estranged husband and perhaps even Massachusetts’ own property laws were a larger appeal.<br /> <br /> <br /> With her independent wealth Mary Tritch Rogers was also able to provide freedoms for her daughters that weren't available to her. Georgette would be widowed early on in her marriage and lived as a single mother to her children William and Dorothy. Account books from her household show however a comfortable life similar to her mother's. According to the 1910 and 1920 US Censuses she took up residence near Boston Massachusetts with her children and mother keeping at least one maid. Yet neither women list employments other than head of household. Notably neither show signs of remarrying either. By the time of Mary's death in 1935 her estate was valued at $269458 -- or $6.02 million today. A full accounting of her assets and debts owed for settlements and funeral expenses is included.<br /> <br /> The research rich assortment of ledgers checkbooks letters travel and stock documents legal materials and other personal ephemera give scholars an opportunity to examine not only the individual lives of these women but also how their financial savvy contributed to or harmed the white and Indigenous communities around them. To what extent did these women's lives in Colorado in Europe where Mary lived for a time or in Massachusetts expand or contract based on the localities' laws surrounding women's finances And to what extent did the women replicate or depart from some of the more fiscally aggressive and harmful practices of the men around them<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Collection contains:<br /> <br /> Mary Tritch Rogers' Loans and Banking Ledger 1894-1898<br /> Quarter roan over printed cloth with handwritten ownership title to front board. Measuring 235 x 185mm and containing 22 pages including pastedowns. With detailed information on Rogers' investments outgoing loans and payments owed or received during the later years of her marriage leading up to her formal separation. <br /> <br /> Georgette R. Houston Account Book 1908-1911<br /> Pictoral cloth with stitched edges. Measuring 185 x 60mm and containing 24 handwritten pages of financial information from her early years of marriage. Managing her household expenses and allowances.<br /> <br /> Georgette R. Houston Check Book 1941-1942<br /> Pebbled faux leather. Measuring 215 x 175mm and with all check stubs filled and all checks absent. Documenting her expenditures including household costs tuitions and charitable donations. <br /> <br /> Packet 1: Legal and Financial Documents <br /> 1895 Power of Attorney granted by Mary T Rogers to her father and husband while in Paris<br /> <br /> 1900 Formal Separation and settlements between Mary T Rogers and her husband 2 signed copies<br /> <br /> 1916 Attorney letter addressed to Mary T Rogers<br /> <br /> 1935 Mary T Rogers final estate and funeral expenses<br /> <br /> Packet 2: International Travel<br /> 1892 Family Visa for travel to Europe<br /> <br /> 1896 Single Visa for Mary T Rogers’ travel to France<br /> <br /> 1899 Family Visa for travel to Europe<br /> <br /> 1904 Single Visa for Mary T Rogers’ travel to Germany<br /> <br /> <br /> Packet 3: Assorted Family Documents<br /> <br /> 1 Sheet of Family Marriages & Births<br /> <br /> Unidentified dental record<br /> <br /> 1901 Stock Certificate<br /> <br /> 1911-12 Car Insurance Letter in Mary T Rogers’ sole name<br /> <br /> <br /> Packet 4: Assorted Letters of the Houston Family<br /> Letters report cards clothing orders job references and other documents. <br /> <br /> <br /> Packet 5: Licenses & Ephemera<br /> Assorted hunting licenses and cricket ephemera<br /> <br /> Packet 6: Photos<br /> Assortment of 6 original family photographs including Mary Rogers in mourning<br /> <br /> Packet 7: Clippings<br /> Assortment of 6 society pages clippings regarding family marriages and deaths. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 5465

‎[Women and Education] Flora Yagle‎

‎Fulton Pittsburgh School District School Exercise Book‎

‎Fulton Pittsburgh 1900. Faux cloth over marbled boards with ownership label to upper left corner with school district and compiler information. Measuring 9 x 11.5 inches and comprised of 22 pages of sketches herbal specimens and sample essays all recto. Firmly bound and with some dampstaining to the lower gutter not affecting text. Representing a range of exercises completed by state normal school student Flora Yagle the book presents researchers with a range of study opportunities including turn of the century pedagogical practice and curricula as well as genealogical and social history work regarding the family structure work and education of first-generation immigrants living on the East Coast. <br /> <br /> One of seven children born to German immigrants Flora Yagle b. 1886-7 clearly grew up in a family that emphasized education and upward mobility. The paper label identifies Yagle as an eighth-year student indicating that she was probably in her early teens when she completed these lessons. Census documents from around the time of her birth and childhood list her father as a foundry worker; and into her adulthood they shift to record him as the general manager of the foundry. Similar ambition was instilled in his children who are documented in census information as students or unemployed during their childhoods with work only appearing in their adulthoods. During Flora's youth she had brothers working as clerks and bookkeepers. By the time of her adulthood she has become a school clerk while her sister has obtained a position as a librarian. <br /> <br /> Part of Flora's training would have been conducted at the Fulton Elementary School located in Pittsburgh's Highland Park. A neighborhood for the rising middle class Highland Park and its schools were still in their infancy while Flora was in hers; while the residential district had been opened in 1879 the school was founded in 1894 and both intended to provide fresh air open spaces and pleasant living to skilled workers and their families who were flocking to Pittsburgh for its work opportunities. Historically Pennsylvania had been a vanguard for public and progressive education. "In his 1830 address to the state legislature Governor George Wold championed the cause of universal public education" as a scaffold for "the security and stability of the individual privileges we have inherited from our ancestors" Explore History. Before the decade was over "more than 1000 local school districts under a single statewide system of instruction" had been founded working to regularize "educational standards curriculum and instructional credentials" in tandem with the 1857 Normal School Act which founded "a network of ten state academies to prepare public school teachers" Explore History. <br /> <br /> Flora's generation was a beneficiary of these policies. Her notebook shows a range of work with creativity and visual arts central to her learning. In addition to pressed floral specimens likely from the school grounds or her home garden her book also contains a visual and textual representation of the spectrum of colors in a rainbow; illustrated lotus blossoms with a short essay on the botanical facts and cultural uses of the flower in Egypt; black and white sketches focused on perspective and shading; geometrical figures designed to be cut out and folded but here present; and figure drawings of children in Victorian clothing much like she and her classmates would wear. <br /> <br /> US Census 1890 1900 1910 1920. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 5954

‎[WOMEN ARTISTS]. [BARCHUS, Eliza R.]‎

‎Nothing is more appropriate than a Barchus painting: for weddings birthdays anniversaries Christmas. . . .‎

‎Portland OR: Barchus 2804 SE 27th Ave. ca. 1910. 16mo. 6 pp unpaginated. triptych illustrations cancel title label. Self-printed softcovers w/ Multnomah Falls painting on front flap minor creasing toning 1 very small closed tear at crease still VG copy. First edition of this scarce souvenir catalogue of Eliza Barchus’ paintings issued soon after the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition. Barchus 1857-1959 was a noted Portland painter whose large canvases of Mount Hood Multnomah Falls and other scenic spots won her attention and medals and this intrepid artist also sold colour postcards illustrated brochures and produced thousands of pieces. Barchus, 2804 SE 27th Ave., paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 57822

‎[Women Authors; LDS Poetry] Carmichael, Sarah E.‎

‎Poems by Sarah E. Carmichael. A Brief Selection Published by Permission of the Authoress for Private Circulation‎

‎San Francisco: Towne and Bacon Publishers 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 72pp. Sextodecimo 19.5 cm Brown cloth titled in gilt. Yellow endpapers. Ex-college library coby with only penciled numbers to copyright page and rear pastedown else no other library markings. The backstrip has broken off and some pieces are laid in. The text block is cracked at the beginning. Sarah Elizabeth Carmichael a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to the Salt Lake Valley in 1850. She nurtured her literary talent despite pioneer Utah's limited educational resources. Her first signed poem Truth was published in the Deseret News in 1858. Over the next eight years the paper would publish fifty more of her poems. Her poems also appeared in the Daily Union Vedette and the Mormon feminist newspaper Woman's Exponent. Sarah was also recognized outside of Utah. For example William Cullen Bryant anthologized her poem Stolen Sunbeam retitling it "The Origin of Gold." Her most famous poem is President Lincoln's Funeral which is included in this work. Due to the fact that most of her poems were published in newspapers the span of her work may never be known.<br /> <br /> In 1866 Carmichael who was an opponent of polygamy married Jonathan M. Williamson an army doctor of non-Mormon background alienating her somewhat in her environment. Soon after her marriage Sarah began to experience a drastic mental decline which continued to progress for thirty years. She spent her final years in a mental hospital. Towne and Bacon, Publishers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 64172

‎[Women Book Designers] Dryden, John‎

‎'Tis Love that Warms Us - A Winter Scene Cover Title‎

‎New York: Printed by A.H. at the Uphill Press 1967. First edition of an unknown limitation. Bifolium leaf 10x7" 4pp. Printed in two colors woodcut illustration by Elaine Young. Few stray marks and some edge toning. Laid in is a signed note from the printer August Hecksher II to Margaret B. Evans Very good. <br /> <br /> Interesting ephemeral piece printed by the New York intellectual and liberal author August Heckscher II 1913-1997.  A nice printing of the "The Frost Scene" from Dryden and Purcell's opera King Arthur or the British Worthy.  The note is addressed to noted American book designer Margaret B. Evans who worked with Hecksher at his Ashlar Press before going on to do freelance book design for several publishers then D.C. Heath & Co. and Charles Scribner's Sons.  <br /> <br /> <br /> OCLC only cites copies at Dartmouth and Smith College in Northampton MA.  . Printed by A.H. at the Uphill Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 6309

‎[Women College], Scrapbook‎

‎Scrapbook from Woman College Graduate Class of 1907 Texas‎

‎1907. 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 ’07â€. 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 Boysâ€. 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

Bookseller reference : 16826

‎[Women Education]‎

‎19th century Handwritten Schoolgirl's Memory Album with 20 Handwritten Entries and 39 Pieces of Ephemera 1842-1877‎

‎Women Education Handwritten A schoolgirl’s memory album with 20 handwritten entries and 39 pieces of ephemera 1842-1877. 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. Signed “C.F. Key / January 19th 1842†on first end page. 9 x 7.5 in. Green marbleized boards with red leather binding. 64 pages.  20 handwritten inscriptions. 24 pieces of paper ephemera primarily engravings and images from newspaper clippings such as one depicting “Her majesty leaving Buckingham Palace June 28 1838â€Â and medieval images such as “Marriage of Henry the 6th.â€Â Includes 15 color wax seas from friends and schoolmates mostly women. Seals include music ledgers personalized initials trees and animals such as dogs and lions. Large hand-drawn pencil illustration of a small thatched-roof building in a forest. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today.<br /> <br /> Handwritten entries on topics such as Happiness and The Bride. Many entries have to do with marriage and domestic life such as “A Lady’s Choice of Husbandâ€: “The man who would my heart engage Must not be forty years of age His statue of the middle size His features pleasing to my eyes. His brown must seldom wear a frown In manners neither fop nor clown…†One entry it titled “Making Loveâ€: “What’s making love said Jane what can it mean Pray Charles can you make love I’n now sixteen Errors I make make scones make amends Make samplers tippets and make bosom friends But as to making love; I really doubt it. At least I know not how to set about it. Ah charming girl said Charles that kind confession bespeaks a stock of love in your possession Love is not science by not art is shown But the most sweet confession ever known.†Binding loose with loss to foot of spine. First 2 pages and last 3 pages detached. In good condition. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17043

‎[Women Education], 19th c.‎

‎Archive of Letters on the Administration of Female Seminaries 1850-1900‎

‎Archive of 7 letters totaling 18 pages spanning the years 1845-1900. The letters detail the administration of women's seminaries during a time when these institutes were being created to offer educational opportunities for female students as they prepared to become teachers. One admissions letter addressed to the father of two students reads “Dear Sir I am happy to inform you that your daughters can be admitted to the Seminary agreeably to your request. And that rooms will be selected and and reserved for them. The next term will commence on Thursday the 15th.†In a series of letters written between teachers cheerful complaints are detailed " 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." During the mid-nineteenth century female seminaries were a cultural phenomenon succeeded the family-like environment of boarding schools to be structured more like men's colleges. The development of the female intellect was seen as a responsibility one educators took seriously. In one somewhat humorous letter on the rigor of examinations a professor writes “I have been more busily engaged than even you can imagine. I took it into my head to get up a semi-annual Examination which draws heavily upon my time and energies and to cap the whole I narrowly escaped the loss of one of my eyes. A piece of red hot burning coal few into it.†A letter written from a professor to student reveals the mentorship fostered in these institutions "Dear Madam I am entering your name as a candidate for the Classical Scholarship. The examination will take place on Wednesday Thursday & Friday the 14th 15th & 16th of March at Newnham College. You will have to come to Cambridge on Tuesday probably in time to read for the examination on Wednesday morning but most likely you will & leave on Friday afternoon. If you would like us to arrange for board and lodging for you please let us know. It will cost you 3 / b per night." The seminaries were private institutions without public funding so finding donors was imperative. In one letter a John P.LeRoy writes to a friend asking for such an investment “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.†In a letter written by one headmaster after being let go from his position the administrative structure of the seminary is alluded to "I regard the action of the Committee as neither just kind nor courteous…Up to the meeting of the Comm. In May I had never received any intimation that the Comm. or the patrons of the school were dissatisfied with my administration." And in one snapshot of student life during a measles outbreak in Ohio dated 1873 a student writes to her mother “I thought I would write and ask you if I have ever had the Measles as we have them in school now. If I have not I don’t want to have them here. One of the girls is going home Saturday. She is exposed and has never had them & she is going home to have them. This is a mighty poor place to get sick. I never thought the Measles ended in such serious things as they do sometimes that is if you get cold. The girls were talking about the different way in which they effect persons. The mumps are raging too.â€<br /> <br /> These letters give a unique portrait of the administrative obstacles and successes across a small set of female seminaries during these institutions burgeoning years. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17093

‎[Women Education], NY and MA‎

‎Female Student's Album filled with 36 Handwritten Poems and Inscriptions from New York and Massachusetts- 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.â€Â Spine is worn. In very good condition. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17042

‎[Women Education], Agricultural‎

‎Large Scrapbook and photo Album from Woman Student at Connecticut Agricultural College 1919-1923 -- with 215 Handwritten Notes 119 Pieces of Ephemera plus 88 Original Photographs‎

‎Women Education Scrapbook from woman student at Connecticut Agricultural College 1919-1923. Filled with 215 handwritten notes and signatures from classmates; 119 pieces of ephemera including mailed letters greeting cards ticket stubs and newspaper clippings; and 88 original silver gelatin print photographs of various sizes from 1 x 1 inch to 3 x 5 inches. 62 pages. Original blue boards. 12.5 x 17 inches. University seal printed in center of front cover. Front cover personalized with original owner’s name printed in bottom right corner “Marion V. Toole ‘23â€. Filled with images and ephemera from the Conn. Ag. College campus now the University of Connecticut located in Storrs CT. <br /> <br /> Filled with photographs of friends and classmates around campus and at the dormitories. Photographs of Whitney Hall dormitory and residents labelled “Whitney Hall tribe†Koons Hall and nearby bodies of water. Other campus activities are also photographed such as sledding a co-ed Basketball team swimming and a tug-of-war tradition—the “Freshman-Sophomore Rope Pull.†Photographs of young men practicing military drills in a field; in the early days after WWI military preparedness remained an issue of national concern. Other photos of local travel to Springfield MA; Sachem’s Head on the Connecticut Coast; Kingston Rhode Island; and the “Eastern State Exposition.†Also have photos of doctors at New Haven Hospital—perhaps a photo of a friend or former classmate. <br /> <br /> 215 signatures notes and autographs from friends and classmates. Most contain a short line or two on shared memories friendship or future plans. “You’re all right Marion and I wont’ forget it in a hurry.†Many of the notes are from dormitory friends and include inside references to rules regarding their communal living: “Here’s to my roomie who goes to dinner and supper late. I wonder why I’ll never tellâ€. “Oh girls! Put on the lights. There’s something on my bed. 1AM.†“Lights out at 10:15 PM and breakfast at 6:45 AM.†The dormitory was evidently a strict place with many rules as there is even a typed note included addressed to residents of a women’s dormitory regarding tidiness: “The girls rooms must be kept neat and tidy if the condition of the rooms does not improve daily inspection will be necessary.â€<br /> <br /> Unique and diverse ephemera from all aspects of a college student’s academic life and extracurricular activities. Report card with coursework in Military Sc. & Drill English Zoology Home Ec. and Phys. Ed. Many items from clubs or extracurricular groups in which Marion Toole participated: Green felt clover for 4-H; metal pin from the Boys and Girls Club; 1920 Membership Card for American Red Cross Third Red Cross Roll Call; Shakespeare Club. Numerous ticket stubs and receipts. Cutting with panoramic view of the historic campus in the 1920s; Valentine’s and Christmas Cards; programs; and sentimental items such as a ribbon from a special box of chocolates. Includes schedules and newspaper clippings regarding football games against Boston University U Mass Holy Cross and Rhode Island. UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School; women began attending classes just 10 years later in 1891 and were officially admitted in 1893. In 1899 the name changed to Connecticut Agricultural College; and in 1939 the college became the University of Connecticut. A few pages with tears or small losses at edges. In very good condition. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17119

‎[Women Education], Norwich CT‎

‎New England Young Lady's Album of 12 Handwritten Poems from Friends and Admirers 1847-1849‎

‎Women Education Handwritten Memory album from young woman in New England with handwritten poems and inscriptions 1847-1849. 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. 12 handwritten entries dating from 1847-1849 most from Norwich CT. Original brown leather boards. Front and back covers gilt detail in floral motif with gilt edges. 8 illustrated plates. 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. “Around my path may lovely flowers Spontaneous show their bursting bloom On secaph pinecones pass thy hours Without one cloud thy soul to gloom.†With entries female friends and male admirers alike. One entry from Oliver Sherman is annotated “A fine young manâ€. Lacks spine yet boards still solid and holding. In very good condition. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17041

‎[Women Education], Physical Education‎

‎One of the First Academy's in 1897 That Teaches Sports to Women "is intended to be a training-school for the body‎

‎1897. 19th c. Women Physical Education C.L. McCluer Stevens. “A Unique School†for girls that focuses on physical education described in an original 1897 article from The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly Volume 6 1897. Unbound. p. 589-594. 9 x 6.5 inches. Article about a school for girls that focuses on physical education Bergman Österberg Physical Training College in Dartford UK. Martina Bergman-Österberg pioneered teaching physical education as a full subject within the English school curriculum with Swedish-style gymnastics at its core. Bergman-Österberg was an advocate of women's emancipation directly encouraging women to be active in both sport and education. Dartford was one of the first physical education instructor's college in England Osterberg had founded one earlier. “Madam Osterberg’s is intended to be a training-school for the body . Its raison d’etre to produce as nearly as may be women who shall be physically perfect.†She only admitted students with above-average intelligence and education an aptitude for natural science a sound constitution and character a pleasing appearance and considerable zeal and devotion. After completing the course graduates of the college were virtually guaranteed employment in girls schools throughout the country. <br /> <br /> Six photo-illustrated images of the school grounds and gymnasium the headmistress girls cycling and playing basketball. Basketball was invented in America in 1891 and in 1893 Bergman-Österberg returned from a visit to the United States and informally introduced one version of basketball to her students. In the article the sport is described in a rather novel way: “a new and exceedingly fascinating sport called ‘basket-ball.’ This really splendid game about which a good deal will probably be heard in England in the near future is an importation from America…†Light brown stains along inside edge of pages. In very good condition. An article about a unique girls’ academy. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17117

‎[Women Education] , Photo Album‎

‎Photo Album from One of the Early Science Co-educational American Institutions: Monson Academy Mass. 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 5â€. 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

Bookseller reference : 17184

‎[Women Education] , WWII‎

‎Scrapbook from Woman Studying at Oswego State Teachers College 1944-1947 with 141 pieces of ephemera report cards newspaper clippings many on WW.II and its effects on students‎

‎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 Crashâ€; “Post-War Plans Found Indefiniteâ€; “49 Awarded Degrees at Oswego College 66 in Service 1 Deadâ€. 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 Oswegoâ€. 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

Bookseller reference : 17165

‎[Women Education], Wesleyan University‎

‎Scrapbook filled with 352 Colorful Momentos from a Female Student at Nebraska Wesleyan University 1925‎

‎Women’s Education Scrapbook from woman studying Teaching at Nebraska Wesleyan University NWU 1925-1931. Filled with 352 pieces of ephemera for school societies dances and socials sporting events Christmas cards stage plays and commencement activities. Dozens of colorful and creative invitations and dance cards. 33 handwritten notes and signatures from friends. 100 pages. Original textured cloth cover. 11 ½ x 14 inches. Large golden color seal in center of front cover “Universitas Wesleyana Nebraskae 1887â€. Originally belonged to Melba Johnson. 33 handwritten notes and signatures from friends recalling fond memories together at university. “Remember our many good times together. Our trip to Palmyra etc.†“Lots of love to a dear Delta Phi sister.†“Remember the first time I met you Hope to be your ‘sister’ someday.†<br /> <br /> Filled with letters party invitations dance cards and other ephemera from a popular college student. Vibrant yellow felt cutout of school mascot Prairie Wolves on first page. Letters noted as “Rush Week Invitations†to Alpha Epsilon honor society for agricultural biological and food engineers Delta Phi Alpha Delta Omega and Sigma Alpha Iota National Music Sorority Kappa Delta and Gamma Mu Upsilon. Other included organizations with ephemera are Beta Kappa Theta Alpha Phi National Theatre Honor Society Kappa Sigma Pi Phi Kappa Tau and Gamma Beta Kappa. Also ephemera for social events from the YWCA Young Women’s Christian Association. Also includes ticket stubs to various shows and performances and some ephemera from The University of Nebraska’s football program. Clipping from Nebraska v. Pittsburgh game in 1928 and 1929. Program for 1926 “Nebraska Wesleyan Home Coming Day†Football game against Peru State College and clipping from a NWU game against Hastings College. Program for 1927 Commencement and ticket to 1928 Commencement; Invitations to subsequent commencement ceremonies included in scrapbook. Membership card and pin for Nebraska State Teachers’ Association which she joined after graduation; Johnson went on to work at Norfolk High School in Norfolk Nebraska after earning her teaching degree. <br /> <br /> Nebraska Wesleyan University was founded in 1887 and the first graduating class was four women in 1890. The school is located in the former town of University Place Nebraska. Today it is part of Lincoln Nebraska. In the late 1920s when Johnson was attending school Nebraska Wesleyan was a college of liberal arts with schools of art business and education and a music conservatory. In very good condition. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17108

‎[Women Education], Wellesley College‎

‎Wellesley College Student Photo Album Goes on to Become Teacher 1911-1919‎

‎1911. Photo Album Women Education Photo Album from student at Wellesley College Wellesley Massachusetts filled with 143 original silver gelatin print photographs. Chronicles a young woman’s educational path from high school through college and onto her later work as a teacher. Dated 1911-1919. Photos of various sizes from 2 x 3†to 4 x 9.5â€. Original black cloth boards. 9 x 12â€. 100 pages. Many photographs of Wellesley College Mass its campus and traditions. Photo of Lake Waban and the campus chapel. Image of a house labeled “Wellesley 1911-1912†placed in album next to photo with 3 young women with their arms full of books standing outside the same house labeled “Studentsâ€. 6 women bundles in hats and coats on a snowy street: “Off for math examâ€. Others show young women reading books and studying outside eating meals together and enjoying campus life. Includes 5 photos of the “Senior Hoop Rolling†tradition on May Day 1912. Photos of friends lovingly labeled with nicknames such as Chub Selina Honey and Marion. Includes photos from many locations around upstate New York including the Hudson Valley and Finger Lakes regions: Frontenac Point Minnewaska Mohonk and Yankee Lake. Also photos from Digby a small town in Nova Scotia Canada. In addition to the images of Wellesley there are photos of several other academic institutions. Images of academic interiors labeled Drawing Room Mr. Wilson’s Room Assembly Room Physics Lab Library and Hall at M.H.S. Group photo of a 16 boys wearing “M†shirts and 3 coaches posing with a trophy and banner reading: “OCIAA Relay Race 1912â€. Building labeled “Harmony Hall†next to a photo of 14 women with the caption “Inmates of H.H. 1913â€. 2 large group photos with women in white dresses and a banner “ETA Clionian†one labeled 1914. The ETA Clionian Sorority was active on the SUNY New Paltz campus then a state teachers’ college. Later photos appear to be from when the album owner transitioned from being a student to working as a teacher. Young groups of children are photographed together with the handwritten captions “Primary†or “Intermediatesâ€. One photo shows a school production with many children on a decorated stage wearing Pilgrim costumes. Building labeled Quassaick Hall. Wellesley College was at that time a leading center women's study in the sciences. Wellesley employed more female scientists than any other U.S. institution of high education. One page detached still very good condition. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 16993

‎[Women Employment], [Child Labor]‎

‎Bill for Limiting Child workers Hours in Factories 1873‎

‎1873. Women Employment Labor LawMr. Mundella’s Bill for Limiting the Hours of Labour in Factories. Observations of the Employers upon the Speech of Mr. Mundella M.P. made in the House of Commons U.K on Wednesday the 11th of June 1873. Manchester: John Heywood Excelsior Printing Works 1873. 32 pages. First edition. 8 1/4 x 5 in. Original paper wrappers. Includes three data tables in appendix regarding worker mortality rates. Liberal Party politician A.J. Mundella famous for his defense of safety bills and public education for all children speaks on unsafe working conditions and “shameful treatment†of laborers; he cites high mortality rates for women and child workers and includes mortality rate information on newborn infants who suffered neglect when their mothers were forced to return to work days after giving birth: “the return of the mother to the mill was a sentence of death on the child.†In this document factory owners counter the speech given by Mundella cite statistics that claim quality of life is improving for these factory workers; while marginal gains had been made in recent decades factory labor was still very dangerous and politicians like Mundella ensured the health and safety for thousands of the least represented workers in England. Very good condition. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 16564

‎[Women Employment], Civil Service‎

‎Documenting Women Career Advancements in Civil Service‎

‎Women Employment “Higher Appointments Open to Women in the Civil Service.†Issued by the Council of Women Civil Servants Higher Grades.P.S. King & Son Ltd. 1928. Paper wrappers 8 page 8 ½ x 5 ½ in. Pamphlet advertising upper-level positions open to women in the British Civil Service. Light thumb-soiling. Stamps on front and library sticker on back. Staple binding is rusty. Good condition. This public service document was created with the hopes of promoting more women to apply for higher appointments in the Civil Service by educating women on the application process and opportunities available in administrative executive and clerical roles. A fine piece of history that documents advancements in women’s employment opportunities. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 16262

‎[Women Employment], 19 cent‎

‎Remove Obstacles to the Employment of Women 1860‎

‎1860. Women Employment J. B. Remarks on the Obstacles to the More General Employment of Women and on the Means of Removing Them. London: Published at the Office fo the English Woman’s Journal Company Limited 1860. First edition. 16 pages. Original paper wrappers. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. A pamphlet supporting strategies for the expansion of women’s employment opportunities. It outlines current obstacles to women’s work such as hostility from male employees: “Women however cannot be employed in England in this manner because of the jealousy of their fellow workmen. If a master were to employ women in any part of the business the whole of his workmen would strike at once.†The document also lists sad consequences of the current work climate: “Workhouses were found to be overcrowded with able-bodies females while charities were besieged with women praying to be provided either with employment or bread.†Stain to upper left edge front. Toning to last page. Light pencil marks in margin. Very good condition. At the time that this description is being written just two copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 16569