Hampton, CT, [199-?]. A 1½” diameter pinback button in support of reproductive rights for women. "Uterine Slavery" is crossed through and encircled by the phrase "Action for Reproductive Freedom." More

n.p. n.p., [1948]. This commemorative envelope features two illustrations of Stanton and contains three items celebrating her life and achievements on behalf of women’s rights. These include:Barney, Nora Stanton. Life Sketch of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Greenwich, Conn., [1948]. Small stapled wrappers (3 ½” x 6 ¼”), [12] p. Fine. Four..... More

Montevideo: El Consejo Nacional de Mujeres del Uruguay, 1925. A tribute to the Uruguayan socialist, feminist, moral and social reformer, and doctor, Paulina Luisi (1875-1950), who co-founded the Consejo de Mujeres del Uruguay in 1916 and was the editor of its journal Acción Femenina. Stapled wrappers (6 ½” x 9..... More

New York: National League of Women Voters, [ca. 1924]. A set of five pamphlets housed in their original printed envelope from the Department of International Cooperation to Prevent War, National League of Women Voters. Intended for study groups, clubs, high school classes, etc., each pamphlet focuses on a specific foreign..... More

London: The Open Door Council, 1929. A call by this London-based feminist organization for a conference in Berlin, June 15-16, 1929, for the purpose of forming an international organization to further the following objective: “To secure that a woman shall be free to work and protected as a worker on..... More

1945. An original 5” x 7” publicity photograph of Anita Pollitzer, Chairman of the New York City Committee, National Woman’s Party and the newly elected National Chairman of the National Woman’s Party. Pollitzer, a Charleston-born Jew, was an active suffragette who was instrumental in the passage of the 19th Amendment..... More

[Woman's Peace Party], 1917. A handbill issued by the Executive Board of the Massachusetts branch of the Woman’s Peace Party to its members, which includes their official statement supporting President Woodrow Wilson’s attempt to keep the U.S. out of WWI: “We feel that we should support the President in his..... More

San Francisco: The Women's Page, [1971]. Tabloid format printed on newsprint, 8 pp. A single issue of this Bay Area feminist periodical with articles on labor, office politics, a long article on instructions for the overthrow of male supremacy, class, etc. Light toning to newsprint, but about Near Fine. More

Seattle: Counsellor Publishing Company, 1933. A single issue of the official organ of the Women’s Legislative Council of Washington, which was published from 1916 until at least 1938. Articles include “Debts, Tariffs and Trade” by Jessie Bullock Kastner, “Farm Mortgate Loans” by Lady Willie Forbus, “International Relations” by the W...... More

Fort Worth, Texas: The Southern Conservative, 1953/1957. Three issues of this right wing newspaper published in Fort Worth, Texas, from 1950-1961 by Mrs. Ida Darden (1886-1980). Darden had previously been involved in a number of conservative organizations in Texas, including as publicity director for the Texas Association Opposed to Woman..... More

San Francisco: The Women's Page, 1971. A single issue of the idiosyncratic second wave feminst publication that was often critical of the broader feminist movement. This criticism was developed by Lynn O’Connor in her essay, “The Prison Guards Stand In My Way,” included in this issue and later circulated as..... More

[1926-27]. A photo album / scrapbook compiled by Mary Jane Irvine (Markey) (1908-1994) during her senior year (1926-27) at Stephens College for Women in Columbia, MO, the second oldest women’s college in the U.S. The album includes approximately 200 photographs, newspaper clippings, and other related ephemera primarily depicting Irvine’s social..... More

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1942. First edition. Octavo (21.5 cm); pale yellow cloth lettered in purple; xxii, 298 pp.; dust jacket. Foreword by William L. Shirer. Autobiography of the Scottish Labour Party politician. Lee became an M.P. at twenty-four as a member of the left wing Independent Labour..... More