[Feminism and Women's Rights ] Hilda Martindale. Autograph Letter Signed. Dated April 24, 1939. 1 page. 7 x 4.5 in. Black ink on light blue paper. In her hand, Martindale writes in thanks of a friend’s encouragement and sends a copy of her recent work. In full: "Here is my.....
[Feminism and Women's Rights] [Labor] National Woman's Party Newsletter. Lucretia Mott Amendment; Protecting Women and Children in Workplace. THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY was formed in 1916 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to fight for women's suffrage. Offered is the March 15, 1936, edition of Equal Rights, official organ of.....
International Labour Conference. Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value (1950) documents the formal development of international labor standards addressing gender-based wage inequality in the immediate postwar period. Issued in advance of the adoption of the Equal Remuneration Convention, the report supports research into women’s.....
[Women Suffrage] National Women’s Social & Political Union. No. 25. What Women Demand. 1908-1909. 1 page. 8 ½ x 5 ½ in. At the time that this description is being written, no copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over.....
Affidavit and indenture totaling 2 pages from 28 July 1862 for Katurnah and Benjamin Senior's sale of land to a woman - Elizabeth Robinson. Affidavit measures 13.25" x 9" inches. Indenture measures 14.5" x 9.5" inches. This is the second record in our possession of a sale to Elizabeth Robinson.....
Handwritten indenture signed 7 February 1855 documenting the sale of land by Alfred and Charlotte Clark to Edmund Norton and James Reeve, a primary source artifact situated within the legal framework of Coverture, the Anglo legal doctrine that subsumed a married woman’s legal identity under that of her husband. The.....
Affidavit and indenture dated 24 August 1858 documenting the sale of land by John Slow and Jemima Monk Slow to Elizabeth Robinson, a two-page legal record that captures both the constraints and the exceptions embedded within the Anglo legal doctrine of coverture. Under coverture, a married woman could not independently.....
Ida Husted Harper. "Woman Gets the Vote." in The American Review of Reviews. October 1920. Measures 9.5 x 7 inches. 172 pages. Original brown front wrapper with black and blue text listing notable titles from review including Harper's editorial. Set alongside both national and global news, the article draws context.....
Letter addressed to the Majority Leader of the Upper House of the New York State Legislature requesting a repeal of the law against contraceptive advertising. 1969. Printed on onionskin and signed in blue pen “MB” for Mary Booth. 1 page typewritten. The 1873 Comstock Act was a federal law designed.....
[Feminism] Feminist Women's Vintage Poster archive of 2 posters from the 1970s. All are in vibrant color with slogans and are all about 11" x 17". This vintage poster collection celebrates the feminist women's movement in the United States during the mid-70s. Posters include: "Down With Male Chauvinist Pigs" and.....
[Woman Suffrage] [Feminism and Women's Rights] Reid, Whitelaw. 1 page Autograph Letter Signed and dated 7 December 1871 on New York Tribune letterhead. New York newspaper editor writes to Kate Hillard, a suffragist and member of Susan B. Anthony's inner circle. In response to Hillard's invitation for him to attend.....
[Feminism and Women's Rights] D. C. Johnston. Scraps No. 1. Boston: D. C. Johnston, 1849. Large format, 10 ¾ x 13 ½ in. Four large plates with several smaller engravings relating to social and political topics. Plate 2 contains five engravings related to Women's Rights; the images are satirical and.....
Early Magazine with Feminist cover: Truth. Vol. XIV - No. 458. January 25, 1896. Large format, 13 x 10 inches, 16 pages filled with articles and black and white cartoons. Front and back cover printed in full color. Cover illustration by Jay Hambidge is titled “Design for a Statue of.....
