New York: Women's Caucus of Youth Against War & Fascism, [1977?]. A poster calendar for 1978 featuring an illustration of Sojourner Truth and her famous “Ain’t I A Woman” quote from the Womens’ Rights Convention at Akron, Ohio in 1851. Three statements are printed in large letters over the calendar..... More
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
[Seattle?]: Seattle-King County National Organization of Women, [197-]. A poster featuring a large photograph of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir with the ironic caption, “But can she type?” Our copy with penned commentary to the verso: “This is Golda Meir - she was the head (like the President) of Isreal..... More
Chicago & Washington, D. C. National Women's Trade Union League of America, ca. 1919-1947. A collection of material from the National Women’s Trade Union League of America founded in Boston in 1903 primarily as an auxiliary of the American Federation of Labor as well as an extension of the settlement..... More
Habana: Imprenta de la Universidad, 1930. The official bulletin of the first Conference of the Inter American Commission of Women created by the Sixth International Conference of American States. The conference was held at the University of Havana from Feb. 17-24, 1930. The bulletin is printed in English and Spanish..... More
Oakland: Obnoxious Womyn's Network, [1989]. A flyer for a women-only event held at Collective Chaos in Oakland and organized by the Obnoxious Womyn’s Network. The event featured female bands such as The Moon Has Fat Thighs, Yeastie Girlz, and Blue Vulva Underground, as well as performance artists Scarlot Harlot (who..... More
Madison: Aurora, [197-?]. An 8 ½” x 11” two-sided flyer printed in color by the Broadside Press, a workers self-managed business. Some toning, faint foxing and soiling with a sliver missing from the top edge and corner, about VG. Features an illustration of a young girl pointing a gun to..... More
Various cities: Various publishers, 1970s. An assortment of flyers from Women Strike for Peace, Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice, and the Philadelphia chapter of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. The flyers address an assortment of concerns, including the war in Indochina, corporate profiteering, the ballooning defense..... 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
[Madison?]: [ca. 1977]. A poster for an International Women’s Panel held at the UW-Madison and featuring speakers: Linda Jenness (1972 Socialist Workers Party Presidential candidate), Victoria Harwig (Germany), Elia Bursuto (Mexico, Venezuela), Usha Nielson (India), and Badry Shoaee (Iran). Elia Bursuto appears to be Elia Basurto, who has long been..... 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
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
New York: Manhattan Women's Political Caucus, 1972-73. Three early issues of the internal newsletter of the Manhattan Women’s Political Caucus, a bipartisan feminist organization founded in 1971 by Tanya Melich, Victoria Presser, Maggi Peyton, and others as a bipartisan feminist group focused on increasing women’s political power. The newsletter includes..... More
Richmond: B.C, Canada: LSM Information Center, 1974. This selection of writings on Mozambican Women deals with a number of important aspects in the struggle for the emancipation of women - Mozambican women, African women, and humanity’s women. It deals as well with the relationship between women’s liberation and the worldwide..... 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
New York: The Feminists, [1969]. An illuminating organizational document of the The Feminists, the radical feminist organization founded in 1969 in NYC. Describes the group’s equality principle, and their use of the lot and disc systems to determine their organizational structure, their rules and standards related to personal responsibility and..... More
Toronto: The Other Woman, 1972-74. A broken run of ten issues of this feminist newspaper published six times a year by a Toronto-based collective. Issues cover all second wave feminist concerns including reproductive health, work, rape, lesbianism, children, marriage, prostitution, objectification, etc., as well as the political topics du jour..... More
Milwaukee: Woman's Soul Publishing, Inc., 1974-75. Three early issues of this relatively long-running magazine focused on women and music. The journal was founded by Dorothy Dean in 1974 and featured songsheets, discographies, and technical information, as well as biographical profiles on famous and obscure women songwriters and musicians. The journal..... 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
Revolutionary Marxist Caucus, [ca. 1969]. An eight-point program from the Revolutionary Marxist Caucus of SDS on a proposed transitional program “to fight the oppression of women in society and on the job.” The program is divided into three sections: For the abolition of family restrictions (e.g., the abolition of abortion..... More
Albany: SpeakOut, 1975. A single issue of this second wave feminist journal published in Albany. Content for this issue includes an articles on International Working Women’s Day, rape crisis services of Schenectady, & Albany Women Against Rape (AWARE); the group’s Petition for Sanity; the Legislative Program of the New York..... 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
[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
[New York]: Independent Socialist Clubs, 1969. Three internal documents from the women’s caucus of the Independence Socialist Clubs (ISC), a third camp Trotskyist group founded in Berkeley in 1964 by Hal Draper. These three items provide insight into the group’s structure, its place within the second wave feminist movement and..... More