Los Angeles: Citizens Commission on Human Rights, ©1995. An uncommon Church of Scientology publication exposing sexual & psychiatric abuse suffered by women at the hands of their psychiatrists. Includes a Rogue’s Gallery of convicted psychiatrists. The innocuously named Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) was established by the Church of..... More
n.p. n.p., [1860s?]. A carte-de-visite of the popular 19th century lecturer, alpinist, abolitionist, and women’s rights advocate Anna Dickinson (1842-1932). Dickinson was born to a Quaker family in Philadelphia and at 13 published an essay in William Lloyd Garrison’s “The Liberator.” At 19 she went on her first lecture tour..... 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
[New Hampshire]: [ca. 1914]. A broadside for a women’s suffrage meeting at Davis Hall in Contoocook (Hopkinton), NH, featuring addresses by prominent NH figures: Hon. Andrew L. Felker, NH Commissioner of Agriculture; Hon. James O. Lyford, Secretary Concord Board of Trade; and Levin J. Chase, Esq., Member New Hampshire Legislature..... More
[London]: J. E. Francis (The Athenæum Press), 1920. The League of the Church Militant (LCM) was a suffragist organization founded as the Church League for Woman’s Suffrage in London in 1909 by the Rev. Claude Hinscliff. In 1919, following passage of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which gave..... 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
Chicago / Cambridge: New University Conference, 1970. A collection of articles written and produced collectively by a group of Harvard women affiliated with the New University Conference, who claim in the prologue, “The relation of Harvard to its women is similar to that of the missionary to his heathen.” Articles..... More
Denver: American Inventors Corp. 1979. A comprehensive report for an invention by a Mrs. Jean Watson called the “Tylerloo,” a “combination exerciser/toy for people of all ages, [which] consists of rubberized or plastic tire which is guided and maneuvered with dual sticks.” The report begins with a letter from American..... More
Montevideo: [193-]. Letterhead from this Uruguayan political party founded at the end of 1932 following the passage of the woman’s suffrage law. The party was founded by the militant feminist and lawyer, Sara Rey Alvarez, and participated in the 1938 general elections, but without much success. Printed on an 8..... More
Washington, D. C. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [1977]. A publication of criminal justice reform for young female offenders that was originally published by the Female Offender Resource Center. Includes data and statistics concerning juvenile female offenders, the paucity of resources offered to them, the differential treatment of..... More
La Habana: Editorial Orbe, 1975. A collection of documents from the Federation of Cuban Women’s Second Congress held Nov. 25-29, 1974. “The collection includes the interim report, the accords and resolutions, and the most important documents approved at the Congress, as well as the extraordinary closing speech by Commander-in-Chief Fidel..... More
Fremont, California: The Voice for the Unborn, [1979?]. A one-off newspaper published by Voice for the Unborn, a pro-life organization based in Fremont, CA, on best practices for distributing pro-life literature on high school and college campuses. Tabloid format printed in black & burgundy on newsprint, 8 p., photographs. Wilcox..... 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
Atlantic City, New Jersey: Central Studios, 1941. A three-and-a-half foot panoramic photograph taken at the Golden Jubilee Triennial of General Federation of Women's Clubs, which was held 19-24 May 1941 in Atlantic City, New Jersey at the Dennis Hotel. Although the organization celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its founding 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
New York: Red Women's Detachment, 1970-71. Four of only six issues published of the organ of the Red Women’s Detachment (RWD). The RWD was established in 1968 in the Lower East-side by a group of mostly welfare mothers enamored by the Great Cultural Revolution and Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought. During its first..... More
New York: Marxist-Leninist Party / Red Women's Detachment / Class War, 1970-74. The Marxist-Leninist Party was founded in March 1970 by the Eastern Region of the Communist Party U.S.A. (Marxist-Leninist), the New York Branch of the C.P.U.S.A (M.-L.) and the Red Women’s Detachment. Members had previously been involved with the..... More
Trenton: State Board of Beauty Control, [1939]. New Jersey’s bureaucratic regulations for engagement in the beauty culture industry. Small, stapled green wrappers (4” x 6”), 24 p. Wear, foxing and soiling to wrappers; corners of the first few leaves are bumped. More
Chicago: Women from The New University Conference, 1970. “This is the first issue of what will become, hopefully, an internal Women’s Caucus forum for discussion, debate, and a sharing of ideas about the dimensions of women’s politics. Includes, “Trashing the Structure at Marlboro (or) Offing the Pig Within,” “Revolutionary Potential..... More
Washington, D. C. National Council of Negro Women, Inc., [1967]. A detailed annual report for 1967 outlining the goals, activities, and membership of the National Council on Negro Women, which was founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune to advance the opportunities and the role of black women in their..... More
Buffalo: Buffalo Women's Center, Inc., 1975. A short newsletter affiliated with the Buffalo Women’s Center. Content includes a short excerpts from the Radical Therapist, a review of the Center’s Halloween Party, brief articles on a Rap/Consciousness Raising Group and karate, and a calendar. Two corner stapled, mimeographed 14” x 8..... More
Chicago: New University Conference, 1970. A position statement on the economic and cultural oppression of women by the Women’s Caucus of the New University Conference adopted at the National Convention of the New University Conference, June 1969. A single sheet folded (11” x 8 ½”), 4 p., illus. Slightly mis-folded..... More
Chicago: October League (Marxist-Leninist), [1976?]. A pamphlet on women’s liberation as part of a broader anti-imperialist, New Communist struggle. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (8 ½” x 5 ½”), 16 p. A few penned notes to the rear cover, else Near Fine. More
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New York: Action for Women in Chile, 1978. Two items from the Action For Women in Chile (AFWIC), an organization formed in late 1974 by a group of Latin and North American women to respond to the oppression of Chilean women under Pinochet. The Women’s Packet on Chile was “designed..... More
The World Federation of Democratic Youth. A poster from the first World Meeting of Young Women organized by the Young Communist League and World Federation of Democratic Youth. The meeting was held in Moscow from October 16-18, 1975 and included over 400 delegates from 112 countries. A 18 ½” x...... More