Women’s Education
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Women's Education in Boston,Scarlet Fever
Boston, Massachusetts: Munroe and Francis, 1831. A printed version of the report given at the annual meeting of the proprietors of the Boston Female Monitorial School, held in August, 1831. Provides invaluable information about the opportunities afforded to women at the time, as well as the challenges and tragedies they.....
Price: $325.00
Women's Colleges
Northampton, Massachusetts: Smith College, 1965. A metal bicycle license plate for a student or faculty member at Smith College in the 1960s. Embossed with the college name, identification number "1106", and expiration date ("Exp. 65"). Measures approx. 3" in diameter with two pinholes on left and right edges for fastening.....
Price: $150.00
Summer Camps, International Friendship
Risör, Norway: Camp Viking, 1920s. Advertising pamphlet for Camp Viking, a "Norwegian Camp run on American plan" created "to promote international friendship between girls". Includes two illustrations: one of Viking ship on cover, and one of the main camp building inside. Designed for girls ten years of age or older.....
Price: $150.00
School reports
New Haven: 1890-1892, 1903. A collection of 15 reports for Miss Alice Murphy, 1 excuse from examination card from 1903. Reports from Day School for Young Ladies and Girls, New Haven. Principals: Miss Orton and Miss Nichols. reports are signed A.K. Murphy. Examination excuse card is from 1903 and is.....
Price: $45.00
Kindergarten, Froebel, Alumni Associations, Women in Education
New York, New York: Kraus Alumni Kindergarten Association, 1914. The 1913-1914 annual report of the Kraus Alumni Kindergarten Association, an organization dedicated to promoting Kindergarten, Froebel, and Montessori in New York City-area schools. Includes: a list of officers; minutes from the 1914 annual meeting; news from the year; a treasurer's.....
Price: $100.00
Schools for Women,Seminaries
Baraboo, Wisconsin: Baraboo Female Seminary, 1857. Printed circular promoting the new Baraboo Female Seminary, founded in in 1856 and chartered by the state legislature. It was initially a Presbyterian school, but within a decade it had been sold to the Episcopalians as a church property and rectory. The circular notes.....
Price: $150.00
Women's History, Education, Social History
1909. A single-fold circular announcing the opening of accommodations in Paris for students wishing to spend the summer in Europe and avoid the fatigue of constant travel allowing the girls an opportunity to continue the study in subjects of interest as well as foreign life. Miss Elizabeth N. Hill, former.....
Price: $40.00
Maine,Secondary and Prep Schools,Schools for Girls,Y.W.C.A.
Waterville, Maine: Coburn Classical Institute, 1920s. Photo-illustrated booklet promoting the Coburn Classical Institute, a preparatory school which operated from 1828 until 1970 in Waterville, Maine. Includes fourteen (14) photos of the school, its grounds and students, including its state of the art kitchen laboratory ("Twelve girls can work easily and.....
Price: $100.00
Copy and Penmanship Books,Children in the Schoolroom,Humor in Book Design,Dunce
Cambridgeport, Massachusetts: L.S. Learned's Manufactory, 1870s. A manuscript copy book of a school girl named Marie E. Merrill, presumably of Massachusetts, notable for its humorous and well-designed cover illustration. The image depicts seven school boys, each with personality and expressiveness. One proudly displays his chalkboard art, while others smile and.....
Price: $150.00
Women's Undergarments,Corsets and Foundation Waists,Fashion Design and Construction
Scranton, Pennsylvania: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Inc, 1922. An instructional booklet on how to make corsets, issued as part four in a series by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Inc. Includes directions on the following subjects: corset selection; wear and care; accessories; drafting; and.....
Price: $200.00
Charles Dickens, Essay, School Project
An 18 page handwritten report or essay with three (3) images from photographs and one drawing. Paper covers with ribbon binding. Titled Charles Dickens 1812-1870. Nellie M. Krehbiel. Embossed Victorian floral scrap affixed to front cover. Although it is structured as a school project the factual narrative is written subjectively.....
Price: $125.00
yearbook, high school, tennis, dance, dance card
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1925. The scrap book album belongs to Dorothy Bradford who attended North Central High School, in Spokane, WA. A portion of the album also covers her time at Havermale Junior High School. The first third of the album is full of newspaper clippings dealing with either.....
Price: $400.00
Elementary Education, History of Education in England
London, England: Girls' Public Day School Company, 1883. Printed flyer (10" by 7.75") promoting a new high-end day school for girls patronized by Princess Louise. Includes information about school fees and terms, as well as an interesting description of the school's mission: "The School system is specially adapted to meet.....
Price: $100.00
Made by Hand, Social History, Women
Measures 5” x 3 ½” with needlepoint strip across that top that has a handmade patch or court plaster envelope attached. Needlepoint floral array on each side of base. Floral decoration at top. c1860s.
Price: $225.00
Women's Education,High Schools
Utica, New York: 1868-1872. Ephemera charting the higher education of Harriet Sophia Parker (née Rowley, 1853-1943). The family valued higher education for both their male and female children. Harriet's brother, Hiram C. Rowley, would marry Thirza Jane Merriam (1845-1919), and join her family's printing business, Merriam-Webster. Includes two items: a......
Price: $150.00
Girlhood, Periodicals for Children
France: Henri Gautier, 1917. A rather charming issue of "La Semaine de Suzette", an illustrated periodical for young girls published between 1905 and 1960. The present issue (No. 28, 9 August 1917) features a new installment of the story "Le Secret de la Roche qui Pleure" ("The Secret of the.....
Price: $125.00
Education, Co-ed Learning
Annville, Labanon Co., PA: 1866. A 9" x 5 5/8" letter sheet with an illustration of the exterior of the college at top. Sheet dated 1866. Content includes random thoughts of writer, presumably used as a practice sheet. Lebanon Valley College is a small, liberal arts higher education institution situated.....
Price: $30.00
Women in the Medical Field
Cleveland, Ohio: S.M.A. Corporation, 1934. The December, 1934 issue of "The Little Journal for Physicians", featuring "Wit and Wisdom in Pleasant Doses". Includes a few truisms/sayings (e.g. "Be grateful for luck but don't count on it"), brief interesting articles, and adverts for "Breast Milk Adaptation" (i.e. machine-made baby formula, a......
Price: $175.00
Advancement for Women, WWI, Cosmetology
[Chicago, Illinois]: [Marinello Summer School], 1918. May 1918 issue of the Marinello Messenger. The Marinello Summer School was created to educate working women in such subjects as advertising, salesmanship, and skills essential to all cosmetic professions; here, examples include "Cosmetic Surgery and Skin Diseases", "Facial Treatments", "Hair Waving", "Hair Dyeing".....
Price: $250.00
Mary Baldwin Seminary
Stunton, VA: c1914. Three (3) promotional booklets for Mary Baldwin Seminary including a catalogue with images from photographs, Charters and By-Laws of the Board of Trustees and References from the State of Virginia (excluding Staunton). The 20pp Reference booklet measures8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Price: $90.00
Schools for Girls,Private Schools,Upper-class Education
New York City: Miss Bangs and Miss Whiton's School for Girls, 1916. An extensive and finely produced catalogue promoting Miss Bangs and Miss Whiton's School for Girls, a private school for the daughters of New York's well-to-do. Located in Riverdale-on-Hudson, the School boasted references including The Hon. and Mrs. Theodore.....
Price: $225.00
Feminism, Literary Criticism, Public Speaking and Lectures, Suffrage
Brookline, Massachusetts: 1902. Printed card (2.25" by 3.75", verso blank) promoting a 1902 lecture by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) in Brookline, Massachusetts. Howe was a poet, women's suffrage leader, and audodidact who may be best known today for penning the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” published in the Atlantic Monthly.....
Price: $85.00
Nursing, Educational Booklets, WWII, Home Front Health
United States: c.1942. A small grouping of ephemera related to nurses in training during World War II. Includes four (4) items, including: 1. Ephemera of Ellen Ely Lane, nurse in training at the St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing, 1944-1945. Includes: Vol. I No. 1 of the school's Journal "Home.....
Price: $475.00
Women's Clubs and Societies
New London, New Hampshire: Young Ladies' Literary and Missionary Association, 1858. Printed program for the 1858 Public Exercises of the Young Ladies' Literary and Missionary Association, including music, recitations, and what appears to be a very charming theatrical titled "Scenes in the Life of Elizabeth of England; a Historical Drama”.....
Price: $150.00