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

New York: Women’s National Abortion Action Coalition, [1973]. An 8 ½” x 11” flyer for the March 9-11, 1973, International Abortion Tribunal meant to “highlight the present attack directed against the New York abortion law and the struggles in other states and countries where crises are developing.” An agenda is..... More

New York: The Feminists, [1969]. First edition. Five pink corner-stapled sheets (8 ½” x 11”), 10 pp. Some toning to edges, else a Fine copy. Five copies in OCLC.An illuminating organizational document of the The Feminists, the radical feminist organization founded in 1969 in NYC. Describes the group’s equality principle..... More

New York: Red Women's Detachment, 1970-71. A broken, but significant, run of the organ of the Red Women’s Detachment, who in their 1970 draft constitution describe themselves as “the mass organization of proletarian women under the leadership of the MARXIST-LENINIST PARTY guided by Mao Tse Tung Thought.” The group emerged..... More

n.p.: n.p., [ca. 197-?]. A NOW flyer featuring a stark image of a skeleton Catholic priest attempting to hang a quintessential fifties housewife and captioned, “The State Says That You Must Pay For Your Sin of Abortion, My Child.” Distributed to oppose one of the proposed Human Life Amendments to..... More

London: [Women In Struggle, Rising Free Bookshop], [1978]. First edition. Stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers (8 ” x 11 ¾”), 50 pp, illus. Light edge wear, a few surface scratches, VG+. Just over a dozen copies found in OCLC, none others in commerce (Oct. 2019).As described in an opening editorial, this publication..... More

[New York]: Women’s Health Action Movement, [1976]. An 8 ½” x 11” flyer for a Women’s Health Action Movement (WHAM) rally held on July 13 during the 1976 Democratic National Convention. WHAM was a direct action coalition of feminist and health groups that seems to have been organized specifically for..... More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933. First edition. Octavo (21.5 cm). Blue cloth stamped in gilt; color illustrated endpapers; xiv, 273 pp.; 26 photographic plates. A memoir of the author's life in central Africa, Tanganyika Territory, in which she hunts big game in the wilds of the African jungle..... 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

Rochester, New York: New Women's Times, 1983. First edition. Tabloid newspaper printed on newsprint; 16 pp.; illus. Sub-titled "A review of literature and the arts issued six times a year as a regular supplement to the New Women's Times." Some browning to newsprint, a few nicks to edges; about Near..... More

[Montreal], [1979?]. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (8 ½” x 11”), 23 pp, illus. Penned price to top corner, soiling along spine, VG+. Only two copies in OCLC (Cornell & UCLA). A compilation of material on the plight of women in India, apparently compiled and published by an unidentified group..... More

St. Louis, MO: Central Bureau Press, 1947. Later edition. Sixteenmo (16.5 x 11.5 cm). Green, stapled wrappers printed in black; 40 pp. A Near Fine copy with some very light toning and one sliver missing from top right corner. Unsurprisingly, the Central Bureau Press was a Catholic publishing imprint disseminating..... More

Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First edition. Twelvemo. Pebbled, green cloth decoratively blind-stamped with gilt spine; brown endpapers; 295 pp. A novel from the early feminist, anti-vivisectionist and spiritualist most famous for her "The Gates Ajar." A Very Good copy with cloth rubbed; some chipping to crown; clean throughout..... More