Afetinan, Dr. A

L'Emancipation de la Femme Turque

Paris: UNESCO, 1962. 1962. Paris: UNESCO, 1962. 1962. Good. - Octavo, 8-3/8 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, perfect-bound black & white wraps, titled in white within gilt decorations. The covers are slightly rubbed and soiled with minor wear to the corners and edges. 70 pages. The page corners are faintly bumped. A previous owner's name is stamped on the verso of the front cover. Good.

SCARCE.

A study of Turkish women's rights and of the history of women's emancipation in Turkey conducted by the United Nations education, science and culture section. Good .

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Book number: 28831

Catalogue: Women's Studies

Keywords: WOMEN'S STUDIES; ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL SCIENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; EMANCIPATION; UNESCO; DR. A. AFETINAN; L'EMANCIPATION DE LA FEMME TURQUE; TURKISH; UN; UNITED NATIONS; ORIENTALIA; ASIA; ISLAM; OTTOMAN; HISTORY; LAW; LEGAL; EDUCATION; CULTURE.

(Cuyler, Susanna)

1992 Feminist Acitivist Co-Ordinations

(Highland Park, NJ: B. Rugged Books, 1993). 1993). (Highland Park, NJ: B. Rugged Books, 1993). 1993). Very good. - Oblong quarto [8-1/4 inches high by 11 inches wide], softcover. The contents are bound between cream & black pictorial cover sheets with a black plastic ring binder along the top edge. The cover sheets are darkened around the edges & slightly bumped & soiled with some small, light stains to the front cover sheet. Unnumbered [approximately 150] mechanically reproduced pages of texts & black-and-white illustrations reproduced from newspapers & other sources. The contents are very good.

First printing.

Susanna Cuyler, creator of B. Rugged Books notes on the inside front wrap: "1992 f/a/c is a xeroxed collage book. Please offer text/images for improvement in future printings - all help shall be acknowledged." The feminist actions and protests recorded revolve around such subjects as violence against women, abortion, women's health, war, the military and foreign sales of arms, taxes, child poverty, care-giving and discrimination against gays.

Uncommon. Very good .

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Book number: 22586

Catalogue: Women's Studies

Keywords: WOMEN'S STUDIES; FEMINISM; 1992 FEMINIST ACITIVIST CO-ORDINATIONS; SUSANNA CUYLER; B. RUGGED BOOKS; COLLAGE BOOK; PROTESTS; ACTIVISM; ABORTION; ROE V. WADE; CHILD POVERTY; ANTI-WAR; MILITARY; FOREIGN SALES OF ARMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CARE-GIVER; DISC

(Fuller, Margaret). Bell, Margaret

Margaret Fuller

New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. 1930. New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. 1930. Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in pictorial pink wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & soiled with the spine darkened. The bottom edge of the front wrap is rippled & the top edge of the rear wrap is faded. 320 pages plus 2-page publisher's catalog. The catalog leaf is creased. Good.

First edition.

A biography of nineteenth-century writer and teacher Margaret Fuller, author of "Woman in the Nineteenth Century", whose work promoted the idea of equality between women and men. The introduction is by Eleanor Roosevelt. Good .

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Book number: 23034

Catalogue: Women's Studies

Keywords: WOMEN'S STUDIES; FEMINISM; SEXUAL EQUALITY; TEACHER; SCHOLAR; AUTHOR; NINETEENTH-CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; MARGARET FULLER; BIOGRAPHY; MARGARET BELL; ELEANOR ROOSEVELT; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Goodwin, June

Cry Amandla! South African Women and the Question of Power

New York/London: Africana Publishing Company, (1984). (1984). New York/London: Africana Publishing Company, (1984). (1984). Good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in decorative red & black wraps. The corners of the wraps are very lightly creased with some very light staining to the front wrap. ix & 253 pages. There is a handwritten list of women's names on the acknowledgments page & there are a couple of ink underlinings in the introduction. Black-and-white illustrations. Good. Good .

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Book number: 7778

Catalogue: Women's Studies

Keywords: WOMEN'S STUDIES; BLACK STUDIES; BLACK WOMEN; SOUTH AFRICAN; RACE; APARTHEID; POLITICS; JUNE GOODWIN; CRY AMANDLA! SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN AND THE QUESTION OF POWER; RACE RELATIONS.

Hayes, Arthur James; Van Vlissingen, Jean; Devereux, Elsie; et al. Lloyd, Emily; editor

Milady Beautiful: Emily Lloyd's Magazine. "for the Woman Who Cares". Vol. 7, No. 7. April, 1918

Chicago, IL: Milady Beautiful, 1918. 1918. Chicago, IL: Milady Beautiful, 1918. 1918. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers with a photographic portrait of Broadway actress and singer Julia Sanderson on the front cover. The binding is lightly rubbed, bumped & soiled with some light creasing. The top & bottom edges of the front wrap are a bit roughed. 47 & [1] pages. Black-and-white illustrations & pictorial ads. The top edges of the leaves are lightly creased & the top page corners are bumped. Good.

A magazine advising women how to preserve their youthful looks through sound mental and physical practices. Among the contents of this issue are "Greek Dance as a Body Builder" by Jean Van Vlissingen; "What the Hand Tells", an article on palmistry by Elsie Devereux; "Milady's Coiffure" on hairdressing by Fanchon; and "The Wings of Illusion" a story by Arthur James Hayes. There are a number of ads for hairdressing and hair products, as well as for jewelry, shoes and chocolates.

Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 28672

Catalogue: Women's Studies

Keywords: WOMEN'S STUDIES; PERIODICAL; WOMEN'S MAGAZINE; MILADY BEAUTIFUL; EMILY LLOYD'S MAGAZINE; SHORT STORY; ARTHUR JAMES HAYES; GREEK DANCING; JEAN VAN VLISSINSGEN; ACTRESSES; JULIA SANDERSON; MARGARET ILLINGTON; PALMISTRY; ELSIE DEVEREUX; COIFFURES

Irwin, Inez Haynes. (1873-1970). American feminist author, journalist and political activist.

Bold Signature of American Feminist Author and Activist Inez Haynes Irwin.

Circa [1930]. [1930]. Circa [1930]. [1930]. Very good. - Bold signature extending most of the width of a sheet of cream paper 5- 3/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Signed in black ink "Inez Haynes Irwin". Near fine.

Inez Haynes Irwin (1873-1970) was an American feminist author, journalist and political activist. She was described as a "rebellious and daring woman" but referred to herself as "the most timid of created beings". Irwin was a member of the National Advisory Council of the National Women's Party and wrote a biography of the party. She was also president of the Authors Guild. She married newspaper editor Rufus H. Gillmore, from whom she later separated, and many of her books, which included over thirty novels, were written under her former married name "Inez Haynes Gillmore". She was a close friend of the American feminist writer Mary MacLane. Very good .

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Book number: 34348

Catalogue: Women's Studies

Keywords: WOMEN'S STUDIES; FEMINISM; AMERICAN FEMINIST AUTHOR; FEMINIST ACTIVIST; NOVELIST; INEZ HAYNES IRWIN; INEZ HAYNES GILLMORE; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH.

(Central Statistical Board of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R.)

Women in the U.S. S.R. : Brief Statistics

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1960. 1960. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1960. 1960. Good. - Small square octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt. The spine & extremities are faded with the titling on the spine completely faded; there is a small stain to the rear cover. 99 & [1] pages. Illustrated with statistical tables. The edges of the endpapers & title are slightly darkened & the front endpaper is slightly soiled. Good. Good .

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Book number: 12473

Catalogue: Women's Studies

Keywords: WOMEN'S STUDIES; WOMEN; STATISTICS; STATISTICAL SURVEY; SOVIET UNION; U.S.S.R.

Ward, G.A.; Emilee; Van Vlissingen, Jean; Devereux, Elsie; et al. Lloyd, Emily; editor

Milady Beautiful: Emily Lloyd's Magazine. "for the Woman Who Cares". Vol. 8, No. 1. October 1918

Chicago, IL: Milady Beautiful, 1918. 1918. Chicago, IL: Milady Beautiful, 1918. 1918. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers with a photographic portrait of actress Ina Claire on the front cover. The binding is lightly rubbed, bumped & soiled with 2 vertical creases to each wrap. The top edge of the front wrap is darkened & there is a chip out of its top edge. 46 & [2] pages. Black-and-white illustrations & pictorial ads. There is some light creasing to the pages & the top page corners are bumped. Good.

A magazine advising women how to preserve their youthful looks through sound mental and physical practices. Among the contents of this issue are "The Greek Dance" by Jean Van Vlissingen; an article on palmistry by Elsie Devereux and one on two four-year-old twins working with Caruso on his first film; "Milady's Coiffure" on hairdressing by Fanchon; "Xanthoma" on a type of skin lesion by Dr. G. A. Ward; and "Beauty and Bombs" by Emilee on the healthful effects on French women of working in munitions factories during the war, and on their attention to their looks both during the working day and after hours. There is a color ad for face powder on the rear wrap.

Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 28673

Catalogue: Women's Studies

Keywords: WOMEN'S STUDIES; PERIODICAL; WOMEN'S MAGAZINE; MILADY BEAUTIFUL; EMILY LLOYD'S MAGAZINE; GREEK DANCE; JEAN VAN VLISSINSGEN; ACTRESS; INA CLAIRE; CARUSO; FILM; PALMISTRY; ELSIE DEVEREUX; COIFFURES; FANCHON; HAIRDRESSING; MEDICAL; DR. G. A. WAR