Action for Reproductive Freedom Pinback Button
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
Women's Studies
A flyer opposing Philadelphia Democrat, Martin Mullen's, anti-abortion bill
n.p.: n.p., [1972]. An 8 ½” x 11” flyer mimeographed on pink stock. About Fine. An unattributed flyer opposing a strict anti-abortion bill proposed by Philadelphia Democrat, Martin Mullen, which would have considered abortion only to save the mother’s life. The bill was later vetoed by Pennsylvania Governor, Milton Shapp..... More
For a General Contestation!
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
Hunger Is a Feminist Issue
Washington, D.C.: National NOW Action Center, [ca. 1976]. An 8 ½”x 14” two-sided flyer distributed by the National Organization for Women (NOW) opposing legislation that would reduce or terminate food stamp benefits. Some moderate offsetting, small chip along upper edge, horizontal creases for mailing, about VG. More
International Abortion Tribunal
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
NOW vs The Pittsburgh Press (A Scripps-Howard Newspaper): Revolution in Microcosm
Pittsburgh, Know, INC., 1971. First edition. Side-stapled 8 ½” x 11” sheets, 19 pp. Penciled price to cover sheet, else Fine. One copy in OCLC at Northwestern. A scarce Know title. A compilation of six items related Pittsburgh NOW’s struggle to “desexigrate the want-ads in the Pittsburgh Press.”Includes: “Want-ads Tomorrow: Neutral..... More
Organizational Principles and Structure
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
Prospectus for Whitebook, a "contact journal for women seeking the friendship of other women"
Atlantic Beach, Florida: Whitebook, 1970. An elegant broadside prospectus for printed in black & purple on thick white stock (17” x 5 ½”). Light wear, about Fine. Whitebook was advertised as “a quiet, trustworthy contact journal for women seeking the friendship of other women” while featuring poetry, literature reviews, art discussions..... More
A significant collection of Red Women's Detachment material
New York: Red Women's Detachment, 1970-71. A scarce collection comprising a significant percentage of the propaganda disseminated by the Red Women’s Detachment. In their 1970 draft constitution, the group describes itself as “the mass organization of proletarian women under the leadership of the MARXIST-LENINIST PARTY guided by Mao Tse Tung..... More
"The State Says That You Must Pay For Your Sin of Abortion, My Child" - NOW Abortion flyer
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
Sterilization Abuse of Women: the Facts
New York: Committee to End Sterilization Abuse, [ca. 1975]. First edition. Tabloid format printed on newsprint, 2 pp. illus. Horizontal fold, toning to newsprint, slight chipping at folds, about Near Fine. One copy in OCLC at Univ. of Wisc. A large format fact sheet from the Committee to End Sterilization Abuse..... More
Two flyers related to the Fifth Street Women’s Action, NYC
[New York], [1971]. On Jan. 1, 1971, approximately one hundred women marched from Washington Square Church and occupied an abandoned building at 330 E. Fifth Street in the Lower East Side with the intention of turning it into a Women’s Center replete with child care, a book & clothing exchange..... More
Who's Afraid of '76?: A Bicentennial Musical Circus Comedy (Benefit for C.O.Y.O.T.E.)
[San Francisco?]: [C.O.Y.O.T.E.], [1975]. A small poster advertising a musical called “Who’s Afraid of ‘76?” held as a benefit for C.O.Y.O.T.E (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), the organization founded by Margo St. James to fight for the decriminalization of prostitution. The production was performed by Los Topos Theatre Company..... More
Women In Struggle
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
The Women's Page, No. 5, April-May, [1971]
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
Women’s Health Action Movement (WHAM) Flyer
[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
More Than a Choice: Women Talk About Abortion
Boston: Abortion Action Coalition / New England Free Press, [1978]. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (7 ” x 8 ”), 24 pp, illus. Some edge wear, soiling to rear wrapper; a few pages with squiggles in margins, about VG. 11 copies in OCLC institutions. Written by four women from the Boston-based..... More
Dear Sisters...
[Quebec? n.p.], [ca. 1971]. An open letter (?) beginning “Dear Sisters,” from Quebecois feminists explaining the relationship between feminism and the FLQ. Written after the invocation of the War Measures Act in Oct. 1970 following the kidnapping and execution of Minister of Labour, Pierre LaPorte, and the kidnapping of British..... More
Economist Dorothy Bacon’s 1922 Physics 2 Journal from Radcliffe College
[Cambridge?]: n.p., 1922. The physics notebook of the noted economist Dorothy C. Bacon kept during her 1922 academic year at Radcliffe College, in which she records eight experiments. These include 1.) plotting a graph of wavelengths and spectroscope readings 2.) comparing the absorption spectra for different thicknesses of dye 3.)..... More
She Came to Stay
Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, 1954. First American edition. 8vo., black cloth stamped in red & silver, 404 pp, dust jacket. Very faint sunning to board edges, slight foxing to page edges, VG+; dust jacket is rubbed & edge worn with small nicks and closed tears; spine..... More
Clara Barton “Angel of the Battlefield” By One Who Knew Her
Boston: Women’s National Missionary Association of the Universalist Church, 1923. First edition. Top-stapled wrappers (8 ” x 10 ”) with oval illustration of Barton crudely cut out and affixed to front wrapper, [21] pp of text printed rectos only. Owner’s annotation to the top of front wrapper, edge wear, but..... More
My Farm In Lion Country
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
Between the Lines: An Anthology by Pacific/Asian Lesbians of Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz: Dancing Bird Press, 1987. First edition. Perfect-bound, photo-illustrated wrappers (5 ½” x 8 ”), 56 pp, photographs. A Fine copy. Uncommon in commerce. An anthology of creative writing by Asian/Filipino lesbians (the editors admit that no Pacific Islanders contributed, but included them for political solidarity) including poetry, letters..... More
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Big Mama Rag, [broken run of 21 issues]
Denver: Big Mama Rag, Inc., 1976-79. A broken, but mostly contiguous, run of the second wave feminist periodical published in Denver, CO, and lasting from 1972-84. The paper addressed typical feminist concerns, namely discrimination, rape, violence, pornography, sexuality, international women’s struggles, racism, etc. The paper was operated by a revolving..... More
Sinister Wisdom, 8, Winter, 1979
Lincoln, Nebraska: Sinister Wisdom, 1979. First edition. Stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers (6” x 9”), 103, [1] pp, illus. Faint evidence of moisture to rear wrapper, else a clean, VG copy. An early issue of this self-described multicultural lesbian literary & art journal that began in 1976 and is still published today..... More