Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975. First Edition. Staplebound. 54 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Follows the 1975 report of the subcommittee on social services and welfare, the SACRRW conference on child care and the working woman, and recommendations for changes in light of these. Advocates for better child..... More
Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1970. Paperback. 207 pages. Eva Figes (1932-2012) was a Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany, an author, a feminist, and a mother. In this book about feminism, Figes uses a diametrically opposite approach - "if the woman has been contemplated for centuries in the mirror made for her..... More
New York: STEIN AND DAY, 1972. Hardcover. 258 pages. Elaine Morgan takes to task the Book of Genisis along with Darwin's The Descent of Man by questioning the evolution of the human race. Morgan's reasoned reinterpretation of evolution of the human species leaves few myths unquestioned: Did men become Mighty..... More
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Barrington, IL: Center For a Woman's Own Name, 1974. Mixed Editions. Staplebound. 56 pages, 23 x 15.5 cm and 39 pages, 22 x 18 cm. Booklets guiding women who would like to use their own names rather than their ex-husbands' in the 70's. While there were few laws pertaining to..... More
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1968-1969. Two Large Binders plus Folder. The Oregon Home Economics Association, a state branch of the American Home Economics Association, was expanding during the late 1960's. The name may conjure up classes in high school of sewing and cooking, but this very professionally run organization focused on consumer education -..... More
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Boston: Alyson Publishing, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. 95 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. A cheerful 1980's resource for high school students. Chapters include: Coming Out in School, Meeting Other Young Gays, Telling Your Parents, Gay Sexuality, Finding Your Identity, and Gays and Health. Written before the AIDS epidemic. Three page..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1983. Second Edition. Hardcover. 250 pages. 25 x 19.5 cm. Caroline Davidson's pioneering book is a study of domestic life in Britain, the first country in the world to experience the effects of rapid urban and industrial growth. She discusses the development of the three utilities..... More
New York: CROSSROAD, 1982. Paperback. 234 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Beginning with a thought or an anecdote about a certain theme or idea, each section develops into a meditative treatment of one salad ingredient and finally presents the recipes itself. Food for the body becomes part of the whole..... More
Madrid: El Libro de Bolsillo, 1977. Paperback. 312 pages. 18 x 11 cm. A collection of Horney's early papers on Feminine Psychology. Karen Horney (1885-1952) was a German-born American psychoanalyst who, departing from many of the basic principles of Sigmund Freud, believed the environment and social conditions determined much of..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1967. Hardcover. 269 pages. Dr. Horney began to question certain theories of Freud's, especially his libido theory, which her own careful clinical observations seemed to contradict. At the same time her reading in anthropology strengthened her feeling that an organism's behavior is determined..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 1976. Paperback. 275 pages. Woman's Work examines the history and nature of this unpaid occupation, from pre-industrial period until today. At the center of the book are interviews with four contemporary British women - a former factory worker; a middle-class women who left a challenging career..... More
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Montreal: Couvent de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame, 1857. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 20.5 x 26 cm. A handwritten and unique book of examples used to teach a sewing class at the Convent of the Congregation of Notre-Dame in Montreal, Quebec. Instructed by sister Louise Rogers, this book includes examples of stitches, sewn..... More
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Sausalito, CA: POINT, 1987. Paperback. 144 pages. 27 x 19.5 cm. Issue No. 56, Fall 1987. Doing Drag & Male Identity. The author explores the life of Robert Serian, aka Lola Berry. "The Whole Earth Catalog was the proto-blog-a collection of reviews, how-to guides, and primers on anarchic libertarianism printed..... More