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Fuller, Margaret. Very scarce Autograph Letter Signed to William Wetmore Story, Introducing Sculptor Joel Tanner Hart. New York City, Spring 1846. Two sheets, written recto only, signed “S.M. Fuller.” A warm, one-paragraph letter of introduction for Kentucky sculptor Joel Tanner Hart, addressed to Fuller’s childhood friend, sculptor and art critic.....
[LGBTQ] [Lesbian] [Comic] DiMassa, Diane. Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist. Archive of 20 issues. San Francisco: Giant Ass Publishing, 1991–95. A near-complete consecutive 20 issue run (out of 21 total) of the independently published queer feminist comic Hothead Paisan, created by Diane DiMassa. This radical underground comic was distributed sporadically.....
Pincus, Gregory. 10 offprints, 1926-1939. Collection of 10 rare offprints documenting Gregory Pincus' groundbreaking fertility research leading up to the creation of the first birth control pill. All of the offprints are extremely rare. At the time this is being written, the earliest three have 0 returns on OCLC; the.....
[Women Military] [African American] Collection of commendations of African American WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) volunteer, Mrs. Bettye Campbell Ray, Department of the Navy. Archive of six pieces is from the 1950s-1970s and documents Bettye's career recognition and promotions. Collection includes [1] a 8" x 10" black and.....
[Feminism][Literature][Women's History][Philosophy] Fuller Ossoli, Margaret et al. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1852. First edition. Two volumes. Original publisher’s brown cloth binding with blind-embossed arabesque designs to the covers and gilt lettering to spines. Published just two years after Margaret Fuller’s untimely death in a......
[Women Aviatrix] Legislative barriers as well as social and economic factors made it nearly impossible for women to participate in early aviation, making these photos rare glimpses into the lives of women who overcame the odds. Archive of 15 black and white silver gelatin photographs. Dating from the early days.....
[Western Americana] 19th century and early 20th century collection of 18 cowgirl postcards depicting cowgirls on their horses firing rifles, pistols, lassoing, galloping, and other action poses. Some are black and white real photo postcards other are early colored Lithographs and Chromolithograph. These 18 postcards are Circa 1880s to 1920.....
[WOMEN IN SPORTS] Curated 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, Massachusettes. Dated approximately 1900-1940. Various sizes; mostly between 8.5" x 11" and 6.5x 8.5", with four smaller photos.....
[LGBTQ] [Lesbian] [Comic] DiMassa, Diane. Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist. Archive of 15 issues. San Francisco: Giant Ass Publishing, 1991–94. A consecutive 15 issue run (out of 21 total) of the independently published queer feminist comic Hothead Paisan, created by Diane DiMassa. This radical underground comic was distributed sporadically over.....
Belva Lockwood. The first woman to appear on a US Presidential ballot. Autograph letter signed by Belva Lockwood, to Mark Bennitt, publicity director of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. April 30, 1903. 1 page, 7 x 5 ¾ in. In black ink, Lockwood writes: “Wash. D.C. Apr. 30. 1903.....
[Women Sports] [Early Photography] Archive of 16 black and white photographs of women boxers from the 1910s-1950s. 6 silver gelatin and one real photo postcard. Measure between 2.5" x 3.5" to 3.5" x 5.25". Boxing has always been a controversial sport due to it's brutality and was largely prohibited for.....
[Women's History] [Aviation] Women fought long and arduously for the majority of the 20th century to gain respect and credibility in the space and aviation field, even to this day, women are largely underrepresented. 11 items. This archive includes 10 silver gelatin photographs and 1 tobacco card of Jean Batten.....
Felltham, Owen. Resolves: Divine, Moral Political. London: A. Seile, 1670. First Edition, Ninth Impression. With additions both in prove and verse. Consisting of 364 pages of Resolves, with an additional 98 pages consisting of the poem Lusoria and then letters by Felltham. Includes his important essay "Of Woman." The Resolves.....
National Woman’s Party. Broadside “Women Voters Vote Against Wilson He Opposes National Woman Suffrage,” 1916. This broadside, distributed by the National Woman’s Party, encouraged women in states that had already passed suffrage legislation to vote against the 1916 reelection of President Woodrow Wilson, who opposed federal women’s suffrage. The broadside.....
Susan B Anthony. History of Woman's Suffrage Volume I. New York: Fowler & Wells, 1881. First Edition. First Printing. An important early history of women's suffrage written by notable participants Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Matilda Joslyn Gage Large Octavo. This volume is Complete as published, but more.....
Two pieces documenting American women's participation in WWII. "Equal Pay" for Women in War Industries. United States Department of Labor. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1942. Bulletin No. 196 of the Women's Bureau. Poster calling on men and women to "find adventure by enlisting in the U.S. Army and Women's.....
Photo archive of 15 silver gelatin photos of women's basketball teams dating between 1918-1929. Photos size between 3.5" x 5.5" and 11" x 13". Basketball was invented in 1891 and in the following year was opened up as a women's sport by educator Senda Berenson who was challenging the thought.....
[Women Suffrage] GIBSON, J. The Emancipation of Women. London, 1894. Second Edition. (No known copy of the first edition can be found, and this second edition is very rare) An important text examining the past subjection of women, and arguing that even greater efforts need to be made to free.....
[Photograph Album] [Women] Scrapbook from female athlete and popular student at Oberlin College, Ohio with over 200 silver gelatin print photographs and 190 pieces of ephemera from 1933-1937. Includes photos and memorabilia from Princeton, Yale, West Point, and Northwestern University. Photographs in various sizes, mostly 3 x 4.5 in. Original.....
[Abortion] [Contraception] Rogers, Ammi. Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers. First edition, 1824. The scandal that led to the first U.S. law governing abortion Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers, A Clergyman of the Episcopal Church, Educated at Yale College in Connecticut… Published for Subscribers, By the Author, 1824. 264.....
A visually rich and socially evocative collection illustrating female performance at the turn of the twentieth century. 1880s-1910s. Archive of 16 pieces. Comprising two original sepia cabinet cards mounted on cardstock, several chromolithographic advertising trade cards, hand-colored and monochrome postcards, and real photo post cards, the archive features named performers.....
[Feminism][Comics] Archive of early female superhero Mary Marvel ("Lady Shazam"), in four issues of Wow Comics. As the female counterpart to Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel was among the earliest costumed heroines to star regularly in her own stories, presented not as a sidekick or romantic interest, but as a female.....
[Zines][Counterculture][Feminism] Archive of 12 zines produced between 1995 and 2001, documenting the creative breadth of independent publishing during the post-punk, Riot Grrrl, and Gen-X cultural moment. These zines capture the 1990s–early 2000s DIY, punk, and underground subcultures with themes of feminism, anti-consumerism, food activism, and adolescent identity. Various places of.....
[Comics][Feminism] Jumbo Comics archive featuring Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. New York: Fiction House, 1943–1952. Four issues. First editions. 8vo. Each in original color-illustrated wrappers. Four issues of Jumbo Comics, the long-running series from Fiction House, featuring Sheena, Queen of the Jungle—the first female comic book character to headline her.....
[Contraception] Stopes, Margaret, et al. Birth Control News, the Official Newspaper of the Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress. London, 1923. Archive of four issues from 1923, each measuring approximately 11” x 16”, each 4-6 pages each, printed on newsprint paper. Archive includes the following issues; January 1923.....