Octavo, blind-stamped hunter green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, tissue-protected frontis., 198 pp. Near-Fine. From Preface: Lucinda B. Helm's relation to a movement which had its birth in her fertile brain and grew up under her leadership to be one of the most potent and efficient departments of the great Methodist Episcopal Church, South, makes it eminently appropriate that the story of her life and work should be told...The mission of Christ to the world was to save it from sin; the mission of his followers is to give the story of this evengel to every creature. Early in life, even i... View More...
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Brooksville, FL: Elizabeth Coachman, (2017).
Seller ID: 8327gcs
Tall octavo, slick color-illustrated boards (hardcover), 214 pp. Photoraphs, illustrations. ÒNo history of 19th century American feminism and women's rights is complete without some acknowledgment of Dr. Mary Safford.Ó Fine. View More...
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New York: David McKay Company, Inc., [1972].
Seller ID: 17630scs
Octavo, orange cloth (hardcover), 271 pp. Very Good, with lightly rubbed edges and foxing (age darkened spotting), in a like dust jacket. A woman of her time and a woman well ahead of her time, here is her fascinating story. View More...
Octavo, glossy black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xii, 262 pp. Near-Fine, with former-owner inscription, in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. Section Headings: Army Nurse Corps; Navy Nurse Corps; Air Force Nurse Corps; Women's Army Corps; Army Special Services; International Voluntary Services; USP; American Red Cross; U. S. Agency for International Development; Epilogue: The Others. View More...
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Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, (2009). First Edition.
Seller ID: els2692
ALS laid-in. Octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), xvi + 342 pp. Fine (As New) in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. From dust jacket: Most scholars acknowledge, despite excellent contributions in recent decades, the paucity of available material on the experiences of women -- with the possible exception of wealthy white women -- in the southeastern region of the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This was a crucial era in the evolution of women's rights and the roles played by women in the public sphere. The contributors to The Varieities of Women's Experiences... View More...
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New York: Robert B. Luce, Inc., (1972). Number 11 of one hundred numbered, pre-publications copies of the first edition.
Seller ID: 9471gcs
Signed and inscribed by the author to Helen Leslie, with Helen Leslie's signed card laid-in. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), 246 pp. Fine in a Near-Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: Lena Madesin Phillips, feminist of the early twentieth century, realized, before women even had the right to vote, that they would never achieve equality with men unless such equality were established on economic grounds. In 191, bucking tradition, apathy and ignorance, she founded the Federation of Business and Professional Women, bringing American working women together for the first time. ... View More...
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1990). First Edition.
Seller ID: 3191qs
Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), xiv + 171 pp. Fine (As New); in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. From dust jacket: Until recently, Spanish literary historiography has virtually ignored hundreds of women who wrote between 15-- and 1700. Most of them wrote to record, defend, and disseminate their spiritual visions, for despite the general disempowerment of Spanish women, female visionaries enjoyed considerable authority. This book recovers and examines the visionary experiences of Mother Juana de la Cruz, the most famous of these women during her lifetime and for two centuries afterwards. Born... View More...
Large octavo, paperbound (slick, full-color photo. illus. pink wrappers), 95 pp. Near-Fine. From lower cover: Whatever life a woman leads, from Biker Chick to Society Girl, there's a stereotype she'll have to live up to -- or live down. The Guerrilla Girls, notorious for their outrageous take on culture and politics, now take on the maze of stereotypes that follow women from cradle to grave. With subversive use of information -- and great visuals -- they explore the history and signicance of sterotypes like Old Maid, Trophy Wife, and Prostitute with a Heart of Gold. They tag the Top Type... View More...
