American Woman's Association

The A.W. A. Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 10

New York, American Woman's Association, 1936. Single issue; 13 1/2 x 10 1/2; pp. [1], 2-4; illustrated with small photographs; a bit of age-toning to margins; old, vertical crease lines; in about very good condition. Founded in 1911, the American Woman's Association (AWA) was the final product of the joining of various societies and organizations, supporting women's rights and championing their professional and cultural advancement. The association would be officially dissolved in 1974. In the current issue of their bulletin there was an article on the AWA's opposition to the most controversial provision of the Economy Act of 1932 - Section 213 - which "required departments, if they needed to lay off workers to meet the spending targets, to fire employees whose spouse also worked for the government. Typically, this meant wives would lose their jobs, because their husbands usually earned higher wages." It also included art news, the AWA social calendar, etc. Very good .

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Jones, Flora A.

Circular for 'Good Luck Chewing Gum' and 'Blush of Roses Massage Oil'

South Bend, IN, Flora A. Jones, 1892. Circular, n. d. (ca 1892); 6 x 5; single sheet, pp. [2]; pink stock, printed in black and illustrated with a small woodcut portrait; light horizontal crease line, else minor wear; in very good to near fine condition. At a time, when women's roles were largely encompassed by the domestic sphere, Flora Jones appears to have been an astute enterpreneaur and inventor, with a great business sense and aggresive advertising campains. What is more, she purportedly exclusively emplyed women, nearly 1000 of them, to manage branch offices of her business throughout the United States. She also had her own printing office, with three presses, for her advertising and packing material, and employed her own mail carrier. Ms. Jones started her empire in the early 1880s with her "Blush of Roses" lotions, oils, and powders for removing freckles and all other types of "facial disfigurments." She would dare anybody to question the purity of her products by offering $1,000 in gold to anyone, who could prove that "Blush of Roses contains anything injurous o the most delicate skin." According to the period press, she was "the first lady in America to put articles for the face on the market" and "the only lady in the United States, who manufactures chewing gum." By the time her medicated gum would be introduced and gain tremendous success in 1892, she would embark on a national advertising campaign, announcing in the "American Druggist" that she would "make the grandest offer ever made..to show an appreciation to the Druggists selling the greatest number of bottles of Blush of Roses at retail during the year 1892." She would grant five prizes, totaling $500 in gold, and would guarantee that their names and number of bottles sold would be published "in all drug journals, Scribners, Harpers, and all other popular publications. Very good .

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Kysilevska, O.

Po Ridnomu Kraiu (Around My Native Land)

Toronto, Dobra knyzhka, 1955. First edition published in Canada; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [2], 5-182; yellow wraps, printed and ruled in blue; illustrated with portrait frontis; a few small spots to front wrap and a smudge to lower corner of back wrap; a bit of glue residue visible to front hinge; overall in very good condition. Olena Kysilevska, also writinng under the pseudonyms O. Halychanka, Kalyna, and Neznana (1869 - 1956) was a Ukrainian author, editor, and women's rights activist. She was a member of the Red Cross Relief Committee for prisoners of war during WWI and an executive member of the Union of Ukrainian Women in Lviv. She escaped Ukraine during WWII and lived in several DP camps, before emigrating and settling in Canada in 1948. That same year she was elected the first President of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations and held her position for the rest of her life. In the 1920s, she travelled extensively, including through North America and Western Europe, organizing various Ukrainian women's societies and taking part in the international women's movements. Several of her trips were described in two travelogues - "Letters from the Black Sea Coast" and the current one. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Ukraine, Women's Rights

Various

Two Lindenwood Female College Items

St. Charles, Missouri, Lindenwood Female College, 1880. Two invitations - a commencement-exercises one and a graduating-exercises one, 1880 and 1882; single card stock sheets, printed in fancy fonts and elaborate ruling; minor wear and a few very small spots to verso; in very good or better condition. The driving force behind the founding of the Lindenwood Female College was Mary Easton Sibley (1800 - 1878), an educator and early pioneer. Born in Rome, New York, Mary moved to Missouri at the age of 5, as her father was appointed by President Jefferson to serve as Attorney General of the largest land jurisdiction in the United States. Marrying at 15, she moved with her husband to St. Charles, where she named their farm Linden Wood and started schooling a few local girls there in 1827. In 1832, the Lindenwood School for Girls was officially founded - the second-oldest higher-education institution west of the Mississippi River. By 1853 enrollment increased tremendously, promptying Mary and her husband to donate 120 acres of land, and Lindenwood Female College was incorporated (present day Lindenwood University). Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Women, Education

Viauld, Jean-Baptiste-Leon

La Femme Enceinte Devrait-Elle Etre Mise En Jugement? Precautions a Prendre Envers Une Femme Enceinte Accusee. These Presentee Et Publiquement Soutenue a la Faculte de Medecine de Montpellier, le 17 Mai 1830...

Montpellier, Chez Jean Martel aine, seul Imprimeur de la Faculte de Medecine, 1830. First Edition. First edition; 10 x 8; pp. [1], 4-11, [1]; removed; laid paper; illustrated with a woodcut at the beginning of the text; a few minor spots of foxing; several faint, penciled-in notes and underlining to text; in very good condition. The thesis, presented to obtain the author's Doctor of Medicine degree, vehemently defended the idea that pregnant women should not be put to trial and, in case one did find herself in front of a judge, the precautions, which should be taken. Ambitious and eloquently-written, one of his stronger arguments was that, although the law stated a pregnant woman sentenced to death "would not be executed, until after giving birth," the mere thought of it, as the time progressed, would cause her increasing terror and, possibly, contractions, which would prove fatal to the fetus. OCLC lists one copy at The British Library; none in the trade (as of January 2021). Very good .

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Buchzahl: 002877

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Sonstige Stichworte: California-Vbf, Law, Pregnant Women, France, 19th Century