![WOMEN] [HEALTH] [BIRTH CONTROL] Small archive of Women's health and birth control booklets](/pictures/thumb/2216.jpg?v=1594138513)
Twelve pamphlets pertaining to Women's health and reproduction issues targeting married or soon to be married, educated white women. Well written and illustrated - focucing on the language of science, while attempting to stay away from the religious aspects of reproduction - these pamphlets were some of the first educational..... More
![WWII] [WOMEN] Mittens with Rifle Finger; (U.S. Army). The American Red Cross](/pictures/thumb/2188.jpg?v=1591299467)
Washington DC: The American Red Cross, July, 1943. Loose_leaf. 28 x 20 cm. Official Red Cross, two-sided typed knitting instructions. Call it "Knitting for Victory" - The question asked during World War II was "What can I do to help the war effort?" The answer: Knit. Knitting gave people, particularly..... More
![WWI] [RED CROSS] [NURSING] 1914 - 1919 Deptford Red Cross; Cotton Commemorative Embroidered...](/pictures/thumb/2184.jpg?v=1591299426)
Deptford, England: 1920. Cloth. 810 x 895 mm. A charming, hand crafted, W.W.I. souvenir made by Kate Parry Warcup (1867-1937). With over 200 signatures honoring her fellow VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment 1909-1918) members from the South East London community of Deptford, who, we presume, either volunteered for, or were associated..... More
![WOMEN] Women's Strike Demonstration August 26. August 26 Strike Committee](/pictures/thumb/2178.jpg?v=1591299360)
New York: August 26 Strike Committee, 1970. Loose_leaf. 27.5 x 21 cm. Leaflet printed for the New York demonstration marking the 50th anniversary of the passage of woman suffrage - the Women's Strike for Equality March, led by the National Organization for Women (NOW), calling for new rights: free childcare..... More
London: Dean and Son, 1854. Wraps. 72 pages. 16 x 10.5 cm. An in-depth instructional guide with advice on domestic duties - morning to night, both large and small concerns, when and how these duties should be carried out as well as special occasion tasks - always keeping in mind..... More
![WOMEN] [WWII] Love letters; Vic & Billy](/pictures/thumb/2149.jpg?v=1587072966)
Oakland, CA. Loose_leaf. Four letters - (1 page 18 x 14.5 cm.) (2 pages 20 x 13 cm.) (2 pages 21 x 17.5 cm.) (2 pages 21 x 17.5) Dating from 1943 to 1944 - Sentimentally themed stationary: "Keep Smilin', I'm on De-Fense till you return, To a soldier in..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1931. Taylor, Alfred E. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 159 pages. 19.5 x 12. 5 cm. Brimming with practical advice and some obsolete, but thought provoking, guidance. Frank Crowninshield, known for shaping Vanity Fair into a magazine about and for the talented, brilliant..... More
![CHINA] [WOMEN] New Women in New China. Foreign Language Press](/pictures/thumb/2117.jpg?v=1585769763)
Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1972. Paperback. [12] 78 pages. 18 x 7 cm. Profusely photo illustrated with black and white photos. Essays assembled during the Cultural Revolution highlighting the support for the "great leader" Mao Tse-Tung. Purportedly written by women in the hopes of promoting the idea of the "New..... More
![BROADSIDE] [WOMEN] [TEXAS] Reward - Missing - Mrs. Maggie Corbett and four children](/pictures/thumb/2087.jpg?v=1582066744)
Galveston, Texas: 1905. 21 x 15 cm. Large photographic image of Maggie Corbett below headline. In 1905 Maggie Corbett took her four children, most notably, her "well built" 14 year old daughter and left her husband and home. It seems archaic that a reward was offered for a woman who..... More
![COMMUNIST PARTY] Women and Equality. Margaret Cowl](/pictures/thumb/2034.jpg?v=1570050439)
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1935. First Edition. Staplebound. 15 pages. 15 x 6 cm. Pamphlet argues that the Soviet Union is the only place women have equality/parity with men. Full page advertisement for The Working Woman, a monthly magazine published by the Communist Party USA Central Committee Women's Department..... More