Women's Work
The 101 Girls,Stage and Vaudeville Acts,Celebrities in Marketing,Modern Celebrity,Late Vaudeville Era
Buffalo, New York: Gardiner Mfg. Co., 1931. A booklet promoting the "101 Girls", a late vaudeville stage duo comprised of Adele and Isabelle Szumlinski. Usually performing for businessmen or in adverts, they acted as mascots for the Gardiner Mfg. Company's fabric stain removal product "101". This booklet shows the lengths.....
Price: $300.00
WWI,American Nurses Abroad,Le Bien-Être du Blessé,Franco-American Volunteer Nurse Organizations
France: 1919. A group of four (4) letters from the Franco-American organization Le Bien-Être du Blessé addressed to Ann Cléophas Mullarkey, an American nurse who served in France during the war and assisted the organization in the war's immediate aftermath. From the letters we glean that Mullarkey was awarded a......
Price: $175.00
WWII,Women in Wartime,Civilian Defense,Women's Colleges,Women's Defense Work
Garden City, Long Island: Adelphi College, c.1942. A WWII-era booklet promoting Adelphi College's commitment to training women in civilian defense, homefront, and wartime professions. Comprised of a detailed history of Adelphi's involvement in civilian defense education, it also features a host of in-text photographs of women engaging in or learning.....
Price: $250.00
Domestic Work, Advertising to Women
Big Prairie, Ohio: The Monitor Sad Iron Co., c1910. "Save half the time, half the labor and all the worry of ironing day with the Improved Monitor Self-Heating Sad Iron", manufactured by The Monitor Sad Iron Co. Marketed towards homemakers and and domestic workers, this illustrated advertising bifolium includes a......
Price: $95.00
Advertising to Women,Women's Work,The Domestic Sphere,Domestic Labor
United States: 1883-c.1900. A group of thirteen (13) items advertising products for the home, including labor and time saving appliances and cookware, dating between 1876 and c.1900. Together, they show how businesses at this time marketed their products to housewives, homemakers, and domestic workers. Common product traits include labor and.....
Price: $225.00
collections & archives, food & wine, recipes, women's work, advertising
United States: Various, 1919-1949. A seven (7) piece collection of recipe books relating to weird and unusual food. This strangeness can be do the recipe books almost religious adherence to using an unusual ingredient in every dish or to recipes that are either actually bizarre or just unfamiliar to modern.....
Price: $300.00
Cross-stitch and Embroidery, D.M.C., ABC, Gender Roles
Munich, Germany: Bibliothek D.M.C., Verlag von Th. de Dillmont, Dornach, c.1905. An alphabet book for embroiderers, including patterns for shaping letters, monograms, numerals and ornaments. Published by Bibliothek D.M.C., which remains today a major producer of embroidery thread, the book includes over ninety printed patterns plus several leaves of transfer.....
Price: $175.00
Needlework, Copybook, Embroidery, Women's Work
1860s. Concertina style booklet with 7 pages. Five (5) pages of upper case elaborate letters plus 2 pages of decorative element. No printer or publisher indicated. Measures 4 1/2" x 3". Light foxing within; cover wear and repair.
Price: $50.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Post-WWII,American Women's Voluntary Services,Homefront and War Effort,Women's Work
New York, New York: A.W.V.S., 1950-1965. A small assemblage of printed literature (fourteen items, including one variant) issued by the American Women's Voluntary Services, with dates ranging from 1950-1965. The A.W.V.S. was founded in 1940 by social service organizer Alice Throckmorton McLean (1886-1968), and modeled on the Royal Voluntary Service.....
Price: $700.00
Women in the Armed Forces,WAVES,U.S. Navy,Recruitment Materials,Gender Roles and the Military
N.pl: U.S. Navy, c.1955. A 1950s pamphlet promoting WAVE officer opportunities for women in the Navy. Formatted in a "Q&A" style, it answers twenty-nine questions about advancement opportunities, pay, desired qualifications, uniforms, benefits, and training. Note the gender-specific questions such as "Can a girl retain her individuality and femininity as.....
Price: $125.00
advertisement, recipes, cooking, women's work, soap, Dobbins Electric Soap, testimonials
Philadelphia, PA: I. L. Cragin & Co., [1890]. An advertising booklet for Dobbins Electric Soap, a laundry soap produced by I. L. Cragin. The company used 'electric' in the title to in order to capitalize on people's fascination with electricity at that time. The soap itself was formulated with a......
Price: $65.00
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps,Women in the Military,Oveta Culp Hobby,WWII
United States: U.S. Army, c.1943. "Back of the fighting front, supporting it with resolute faith, is a valiant force whose spirit reflects the righteous might of our Nation ... it is WOMAN POWER." A printed booklet offering a fascinating look into WWII-era recruitment for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, offering.....
Price: $275.00
Serials,Women's Magazines,Advertising to Women,Travel and Tourism,Railroads and Rail History,Women in the Railroad,Women in the Workforce,Recruiting Women in the Railroad
Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 1940. The May 1940 issue of the Baltimore & Ohio Magazine Annual Women's Number, published by The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, celebrating 85 years of "Women in B&O Service" (p.5). The women's issue of the Magazine was published for the women.....
Price: $175.00
Music Prodigies, Women's Work, Performing Arts, Vocal Arts and Elocution
New York, New York: Fannie Naegeli, 1890. Booklet advertising performances of American child prodigy Fannie Naegeli: "Little Fannie Naegeli, The Wonderful Child Pianist, Organist, Vocalist and Elocutionist, will play, sing and recite for entertainments, &c., and give instruction in music" (p. [3]). Performing in a variety of venues, Naegeli performed.....
Price: $225.00
Homemaking, Laundry, Permanent Press, Chores
Newton, Iowa: Maytag, c.1968. "Washing may seem a lot less glamorous than preparing a husband-pleasing meal, but over the years you'll find that it is just as important" (p. 2), states this advertising booklet by Maytag. Marketed to new brides and housewives, it includes directions for how to properly wash.....
Price: $125.00
Women's Work, Military
c1952. A black and white broadside depicting a women and serviceman at center bordered by vignettes of military women at work or play. Image captions include Professional skills, Air traffic control, top secretarial spots, physical therapist, world-wide assignments, photographer, weekly dance and leisure hours. Narrative promotes the benefits including 30.....
Price: $100.00
African American, Fraternal, Get Rich Quick
New York City. A 2 1/2" x 4" business card for Days Work -- of all Kinds, by Trained Workers - Laundresses, Cleaners, Seamstresses, Cooks Etc. Reverse is blank. Surface wear. According to the Christadelphia Advocate the exchange was part of a get rich quick scheme. In 1906, the Christadelphia.....
Price: $32.00
teacher, education, vermont, gender roles
Caledonia Country, Vermont: L W Rowell (St. Johnsbury, VT), May 6, 1883. The printed questions for the written exam for common school teachers in Caledonia Country, Vermont. The took place on Saturday, May 6, 1883, and when from 9:30 AM to 2 PM. The printed exam starts by listing the.....
Price: $60.00
ABAA-RBMS-2024,Infant Care and Nutrition,Childhood Diseases,Advertising to New Mothers
United States: c.1915. Advice for new mothers c.1915: three (3) items published for new mothers, advertising infant care items and offering advice for organizing a layette and nursery. Also offers tips for preventing and treating common childhood diseases (pre-widely available vaccinations), breast feeding and "Artificial Feeding", i.e., bottle feeding. Note.....
Price: $325.00
Education, School Catalogue, Women's History
Overbrook, PA: Innes & Sons, 1923-1924. 38 pp. embossed wrap. String tie binding. Images from photographs throughout of the exteriors and interiors of the school and groups of girls engaging in the different classroom and extracurricular activities. Staff comprised of all female instructors. Located five miles from Philadelphia, on the.....
Price: $85.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2024,Tobacco Card Series,Marketing Cigarettes,Novelties
United States: Kinney Tobacco Company, c.1890. A whimsical set of fifty two (52) die-cut Victorian scraps, each collected from a different Kinney Brothers cigarette pack as a part of a "collect them all" type marketing enterprise. Each scrap depicts a pretty young lady styled to match her background (e.g. a......
Price: $500.00
American Civil War,Nurses and Nursing
United States: 1860s. A scarce example of an unused illustrated Civil War-era cover (envelope) depicting a woman rummaging through her drawers and crying out, "I have no one to send--I'll go myself, and nurse the sick". The implication here is that the woman, who has no male child to send.....
Price: $100.00
Women and Labor,Women's Clubs and Organizations
United States: National League of Woman Workers, 1904. Scarce issue of "The Club Worker", a serial published by the National League of Woman Workers, an association founded in the late 1890s "in the interest of women workers and the clubs which they have formed ... [and to] stand as a......
Price: $175.00
Women's Work,Laundry and Domestic Work,Steam Laundries and Industrialization
Concord, New Hampshire: Concord Steam Laundry, 1893. An illustrated 1890s billhead for Concord Steam Laundry, featuring a detailed image of about a dozen women at work and being overseen by a man in the doorway. Shows the different tasks and modern machinery operated by the women, including large barrels used.....
Price: $200.00