Harriot Hunt (1805-1875) was the first American woman to practice medicine professionally. Glances and Glimpses; or Fifty Years Social, Including Twenty Years Professional Life. Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1856. First edition, "Fourth Thousand" printing. Inscribed "From the Author" on inside front endpaper. Brown cloth boards. Very scarce, held.....
Walker is the first woman in the U.S. to practice as a surgeon and remains the only woman to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor. Very scarce and important autograph letter signed, 1 page. 1895. 3.75" x 5.25". In pencil, she writes: “Yours in every noble cause -- Mary E......
Synopsis: Archive of 25 pieces celebrating the rise of nursing as the first medical profession for women. The first trained nurses entered the field in the 1860s, and their knowledge of antisepsis and hygiene immediately reduced fatalities in hospitals and on the Civil War battlefronts. Amidst their life-saving duties, these.....
Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 31 rare offprints of Pincus’s scientific publications on fertility research and the first oral contraceptive. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Dark red textured cloth boards. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 3 (1950-1959)” gilt on front cover. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 3” gilt on.....
First Edition . Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery: Proceedings Jointly Sponsored by the Navy Department Bureau of Ordnance and Harvard University at the Computation Laboratory, 7-10 January 1947. (Cambridge: Harvard U. P., 1948). Volume XVI in the Annals of the Computation Laboratory of Harvard University. 302 pages. Text illustrations.....
[Contraception] Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 36 rare offprints of Pincus’s scientific publications on fertility research and in vitro fertilization. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Dark red textured cloth boards. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 2 (1937-1949)” gilt on front cover. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 2” gilt on.....
Suslowa [Suslova], Nadeschda. First Edition. Beitrage zur Physiologie der Lymphherzen. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doctorwurde in der Medicin, Chirurgie und Geburtshulfe vorgelegt der hohen medicinische Facultat der Universitat Zurich: Zurich, 1867. 24 pages. Original paper wrappers, with single loose leaf: “Praelectio inauguralis.” Suslova was one of seven women who pioneered.....
First female Ph.D. in Germany. Gottingen, Germany: 1895. Grace Chisolm's German language doctoral dissertation "Algebraic group-theoretical studies on spherical trigonometry" at the University of Gottingen made her the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in any field from a German university, and it led her to a fruitful research career.....
Rachel Carson “Silent Spring.” Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston, 1962. First edition, later printing of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Rachel Carson on the half-title page. Rachel Carson pushed for policies related to environmental preservation and human health protection. Signed "Rachel L Carson" on half title page.....
Clara Barton. Women's activist and founder of the American Red Cross. Barton writes of a patient's remarkable recovery as a "Test Case" following a "Test Operation". Autograph letter signed. March 7th, 1905. Glen Echo, Maryland. Four pages entirely in her hand. In this remarkable letter dated a year after Barton.....
Autograph Letter Signed, in which Clara Barton, founder and president of the American Red Cross mentions her address for the opening session of the NAWSA annual convention. [1893] Single sheet folded to 4-1/2 x 6-3/4", off-white lined paper. Folded to fit an envelope. In this brief handwritten letter, Barton writes.....
Sophie Kowalevski. “Property of the System of Differential Equations.” Mathematical Paper. 1890. First Edition and first printing (in French). 12 pages. Neatly removed from a mathematical journal. Folio size about 9”x11”. Paper from one of Russia’s most important female Mathematicians. Article is full of mathematical equations and proofs. Kowalevski was.....
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.....
[Women Education] Scrapbook album from woman student at Syracuse University,NY 1920-1924. Filled with several 100 items including 21 original silver gelatin print photographs, 91 notes and signatures from classmates, plus 94 pieces of college ephemera documenting student life, including dance cards, newspaper clippings, sorority membership, and academic exams. Photographs of.....
Clara Barton. Autograph Letter Signed, 28 March, 1909. A 7 pages long handwritten letter. Measures 5 x 7 inches.Clara Barton was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. Barton went on to become a fierce civil rights advocate decades before women gained the right to vote. "I believe.....
Margaret Mead, an American social scientist, used her studies of non-Western native cultures to disrupt modern gender stereotypes and advise social change in how boys and girls are educated about their bodies and identities. . Two Typed Letters from Mead, responding to a correspondent about her experiences and knowledge of.....
[Nurses] [WWI] [Photo Album]. This photo album which dates back to 1915 depicts a crew of young women studying nursing, as well as soldiers, airplanes, and family life in locations across the USA. 184 silver gelatin photographs ranging in size from cutouts at 1.5” x 1” inches to a couple.....
American physician, research scientist, and author best known as a leading expert in the field of occupational health and a pioneer in the field of industrial toxicology during the first half of the 20th century. She was also the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University. Her scientific.....
Florence Seibert. Pebbles on the Hill of a Scientist. St. Petersburg, FL: Florence Seibert, 1968. Signed by author. 9 x 6.5 in. Original boards and dust jacket. Very good. Autobiography of the history-making scientist whose research paved the way for creating a safe and reliable test for tuberculosis. Her groundbreaking.....
[Women Education] Handwritten memory and scrapbook form a Texas high school girl, 1923-1925. Filled with over 25 handwritten inscriptions from friends and teachers, as well an original handwritten story about the graduating class, 85 silver gelatin print photographs, and 85 pieces of ephemera including ribbons, party invitations, and press clippings.....
[Childbirth] Midwives were responsible for the safe delivery of the foetus. Their work could be a steady and chosen occupation. Initially there was no formal training or the need to obtain a license, but this changed within Europe in the 1700’s since some town authorities recognized the need for trained.....
[Women Education] [Medical School] Photo archive of women students at Duke University School of Medicine, Class of 1950. Consist of 23 original Gelatin silver print black and white photos. 3 x 4 ¼ inches. c. 1940s-1950. Images show students at work in blood banks, in labs, studying, and relaxing between.....
Margaret Sanger, Winter Russell. “Debate on Birth Control”. People’s Pocket Series No. 208, Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius. Haldeman-Julius Company: Girard, Kansas. 1921. 63 pages. 5 x 3.5 in. Very rare first edition copy of Sanger’s 1921 Debate on Birth Control against Winter Russell. Light brown cover. No other known first.....
May French-Sheldon. Sultan to Sultan. Boston: Arena Publishing Co., 1892. Numbered edition. Certificate No 488. 435 pages. 9 x 7 in. Original red cloth boards with gilt title. Signed and inscribed by author. 26 full-page black and white illustrations, along with over a hundred smaller illustrations throughout. Comes with note.....
Annie Nathan Meyer [editor]. Woman’s Work in America. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1891. Bumping and wear to all corners and extremities. Wear and tearing at top of spine, and small tear at bottom. Wrapped in blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. This volume includes writings by many.....