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  • A TIME OF PROTEST: Suffragists challenge the Republic 1870-1887. by Wagner, Sally Roesch.
    Wagner, Sally Roesch.
    A TIME OF PROTEST: Suffragists challenge the Republic 1870-1887.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Sacramento, CA: Spectrum Publications, (1987). SIGNED first edition - A book which focuses on the aftermath of the Civil War, and the protests during the national Centennial and the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty. The author, feminist pioneer Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD, is a nationally recognized lecturer and storyteller of the history of women's rights, as well as a founder of one of the country?s first college women's studies programs (at California State University, Sacramento) Illustrated with drawings and facsimiles. An association copy INSCRIBED on the title page "to my favorite first-born son who will find himself mentioned within." Sources. 134 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy black illustrated wrappers (some rubbing to the edges of the covers)

    Book ID: 91106
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  • PUMPING IRON II: THE UNPRECEDENTED WOMAN. by Gaines, Charles and George Butler.
    Gaines, Charles and George Butler.
    PUMPING IRON II: THE UNPRECEDENTED WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback original.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). First edition - An inside look into the world of women's body building, focusing on the first Miss Olympia competition in 1980. In addition this traces the history of women in body building and , includes profiles of some of the top women in the field. Text by Charles Gaine, illustrated throughout with photographs by George Butler. Basis for the 1985 documentary film. Large format. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-671441051.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated covers - minor wear to edges of covers, faint remainder line on bottom edge

    Book ID: 91052
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  • SITA. by Millett, Kate.
    Millett, Kate.
    SITA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her 4th autobiographical book, one which recounts the "disintegration of her love affair with a woman ten years her senior, a veteran of several marriages, and the mother of grown children. Fiery, seductive, elegant, and exotic, 'Sita' captivates Millett in every sense, offering unimagined pleasure and much-needed emotional security. One day, however, all this changes. Arriving from New York to spend half the year in Berkeley, as they had arranged, Millett is appalled to find the house - their house - overrun with Sita's troubled children and their hangers-on. Amid this unexpected chaos, she struggles with searing jealousy and self-doubt to salvage her relationship with Sita, who…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her 4th autobiographical book, one which recounts the "disintegration of her love affair with a woman ten years her senior, a veteran of several marriages, and the mother of grown children. Fiery, seductive, elegant, and exotic, 'Sita' captivates Millett in every sense, offering unimagined pleasure and much-needed emotional security. One day, however, all this changes. Arriving from New York to spend half the year in Berkeley, as they had arranged, Millett is appalled to find the house - their house - overrun with Sita's troubled children and their hangers-on. Amid this unexpected chaos, she struggles with searing jealousy and self-doubt to salvage her relationship with Sita, who is often preoccupied, impatient, and cold, and who frequently disappears for assignations with male lovers." 322 pp. ISBN: 0-374265461.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (spot on red topstain, some edgewear to the dj)

    Book ID: 91028
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  • PEGGY COVERS LONDON. by Bugbee, Emma (1888-1981)
    Bugbee, Emma (1888-1981)
    PEGGY COVERS LONDON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dodd, Mead, 1939. Hardcover first edition - The third book in this popular, and now quite hard-to-find, series. Set in the early days of World War II. "Peggy Foster, young New York news reporter, is fascinated by romantic tales of Fleet Street, center of London newspaper life, as she herself sails for England.. . . a picture of London seen through the eyes of a news-conscious, book-loving, eager young American, who cannot escape her absorbing profession. It is, moreover, an accurate, live account of interesting differences and similarities between news gathering and distribution abroad and in America. For older girls." Introduction by the author. In 1911, the author, Emma Bugbee, was the first woman hired by the…

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    New York: Dodd, Mead, 1939. Hardcover first edition - The third book in this popular, and now quite hard-to-find, series. Set in the early days of World War II. "Peggy Foster, young New York news reporter, is fascinated by romantic tales of Fleet Street, center of London newspaper life, as she herself sails for England.. . . a picture of London seen through the eyes of a news-conscious, book-loving, eager young American, who cannot escape her absorbing profession. It is, moreover, an accurate, live account of interesting differences and similarities between news gathering and distribution abroad and in America. For older girls." Introduction by the author. In 1911, the author, Emma Bugbee, was the first woman hired by the New York Herald as a reporter, and she worked there for 55 years. Her assignment was to cover a weeks-long march of suffragists from New York City to Albany. She was also a founder of the Newspaper Women's Club of New York, and one of just a "few prominent female reporters who sought to expand the role of women in the male-dominated world of journalism that existed when she began her career. She was best known for her intimate coverage of Eleanor Roosevelt, beginning in 1933 amidst the early days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's terms of office and ending with a reminiscence of the former First Lady, written on the day of her death in 1962." xii, 300 pp. Map endpapers.

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    Condition: Near fine in ivory cloth with red and black lettering (previous owner's name, that of Mrs C. P. Bugbee on half title page, but I have not been able to determine if that was a relative), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 91022
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  • CHOICES. by Ullman, Liv.
    Ullman, Liv.
    CHOICES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second memoir by this actress, one which focuses more on changes in her personal life, including seeing her daughter becoming a woman, and on her roll as Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, where she gained first hand knowledge of the lives of thousands who have no choices. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-394539869.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 90991
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  • PUMPING IRON II: THE UNPRECEDENTED WOMAN. by Gaines, Charles and George Butler.
    Gaines, Charles and George Butler.
    PUMPING IRON II: THE UNPRECEDENTED WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback original.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). First edition - An inside look into the world of women's body building, focusing on the first Miss Olympia competition in 1980. In addition this traces the history of women in body building and , includes profiles of some of the top women in the field. Text by Charles Gaine, illustrated throughout with photographs by George Butler. Basis for the 1985 documentary film. Large format. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-671441051.

    Condition: Good in glossy illustrated covers - minor wear to covers, cracking beween p 126-127.

    Book ID: 90814
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  • Cline, Sally.
    WOMEN, PASSION & CELIBACY.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Carol Southern Books / Crown, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by this feminist author, lecturer and mother in which she extols the benefits of chosen, 'passionate' celibacy. "In Victorian times, women were regarded as deviant if they enjoyed a full and exciting sex life. Today, women invite equally pejorative labels if they admit that they don't!" Notes, bibliography, index.vii, 280 pp. ISBN: 0-517597381.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 90671
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  • PROSPECT: THE JOURNAL OF AN ARTIST. by Truitt, Anne (1921-2004)
    Truitt, Anne (1921-2004)
    PROSPECT: THE JOURNAL OF AN ARTIST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A meditation on life and art by this sculptor - one in which she "explores the end of the life cycle, this time structuring her work around her 70th year, when she is regaled for decades of achievement with a major retrospective in New York yet penalized with mandatory retirement at the University of Maryland. The gravity of the events is unsettling; she calls herself 'officially old'." (Kirkus) Notes. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-684818353.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 90645
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  • DOPPELGANGER: A Trip into the Mirror World. by Klein, Naomi.
    Klein, Naomi.
    DOPPELGANGER: A Trip into the Mirror World.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2023) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account by this leftist writer and activist of being confused on social media for Naomi Wolf, the feminist intellectual turned rabid anti-vaxxer - "On her highbrow romp through this disturbing underworld, her writing is clear, dynamic, ruthlessly honest, imbued with a rare integrity. She brings unusual rigor to her examinations of herself, including her flaws. She is that nearly extinct breed of activist: one who never stops questioning orthodoxies and interrogating her own beliefs. 'Doppelganger' showcases her superb ability to cut through clichŽs and received ideas, as well as intellectual conventions.. . .If I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2023) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account by this leftist writer and activist of being confused on social media for Naomi Wolf, the feminist intellectual turned rabid anti-vaxxer - "On her highbrow romp through this disturbing underworld, her writing is clear, dynamic, ruthlessly honest, imbued with a rare integrity. She brings unusual rigor to her examinations of herself, including her flaws. She is that nearly extinct breed of activist: one who never stops questioning orthodoxies and interrogating her own beliefs. 'Doppelganger' showcases her superb ability to cut through clichŽs and received ideas, as well as intellectual conventions.. . .If I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one." (NY Times). ISBN: 978-0374610326.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 90557
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  • PAT LOUD: A Woman's Story. by Loud, Pat (1926-2021) with Nora Johnson.
    Loud, Pat (1926-2021) with Nora Johnson.
    PAT LOUD: A Woman's Story.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story behind the story of a 12 week long experimental documentary on PBS, considered TV's first reality show. By time it was over, the Louds were divorced and TV had changed forever. "Before 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,' before the Kardashians, before the idea of living large and unscripted on camera became a TV staple, there was a startling program on public television called 'An American Family' with a startling female character named Pat Loud. Ms. Loud was a California mother of five. She drank, she plotted her divorce, she adored, and accepted, her openly gay son. She did it all in Santa Barbara and…

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    New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story behind the story of a 12 week long experimental documentary on PBS, considered TV's first reality show. By time it was over, the Louds were divorced and TV had changed forever. "Before 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,' before the Kardashians, before the idea of living large and unscripted on camera became a TV staple, there was a startling program on public television called 'An American Family' with a startling female character named Pat Loud. Ms. Loud was a California mother of five. She drank, she plotted her divorce, she adored, and accepted, her openly gay son. She did it all in Santa Barbara and all on camera in 1973. Loving, boisterous, witty, resilient and sometimes angry and hurt, she did not act like most women on television at the time. But she was ostensibly not acting at all. She was the first reality television star on the first reality show and she paid a price for breaking new ground. Critics called her materialistic and self-absorbed. Newsweek put Ms. Loud, her husband, Bill, and their children on its cover with the headline 'The Broken Family'." (NY Times) In this book, she gets to tell her own story. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-698105788.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (very short closed tear to dj)

    Book ID: 90537
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  • THREE WOMEN. by Taddeo, Lisa.
    Taddeo, Lisa.
    THREE WOMEN.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, (2019). First edition - Uncommon advance issue of the author's first book - true stories about the sex lives of three real - and very different - American women, based on nearly a decade of reporting. In suburban Indiana, there is Lina, a homemaker and mother of two whose marriage, after a decade, has lost its passion; in North Dakota, there is Maggie, a high school student who allegedly who has a clandestine relationship with her married English teacher, and in the Northeast, there is Sloane, a successful restaurant owner, happily married to a man who likes to watch her have sex with other men and women. Publisher's letter laid in. 302 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 90248
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  • WOMANISH: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life. by McLarin, Kim.
    McLarin, Kim.
    WOMANISH: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ig Publishing, (2019). First edition - A collection of 13 essays that explore "what it means to be a black woman in today's turbulent times. Writing with candor, wit and vulnerability on topics including dating after divorce, depression, parenting older children, the Obamas, and the often fraught relations between white and black women, McLarin unveils herself at the crossroads of being black, female and middle-aged, and, ultimately, American." Notes. 189 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 90147
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  • Solnit, Rebecca.
    RECOLLECTIONS OF MY NONEXISTENCE: A Memoir.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, (2020). SIGNED first edition - A memoir by this always provocative and interesting writer, which "describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. She tells of being poor, hopeful, and adrift in the city that became her great teacher; of the small apartment that, when she was nineteen, became the home in which she transformed herself . . how she came to recognize the epidemic of violence against women around her, the street harassment that unsettled her, the trauma that changed her, and the authority figures who routinely disdained and…

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    New York: Viking, (2020). SIGNED first edition - A memoir by this always provocative and interesting writer, which "describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. She tells of being poor, hopeful, and adrift in the city that became her great teacher; of the small apartment that, when she was nineteen, became the home in which she transformed herself . . how she came to recognize the epidemic of violence against women around her, the street harassment that unsettled her, the trauma that changed her, and the authority figures who routinely disdained and disbelieved girls and women, including her." INSCRIBED on the title page. 239 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84809
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  • THE WOMEN INCENDIARIES. by Thomas, Edith.
    Thomas, Edith.
    THE WOMEN INCENDIARIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: George Braziller, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which recounts the mostly ignored role of the women of France in the Revolution - or, as the dustjacket describes it: "The Fantastic Story Of The Women Of The Paris Commune Who Took Up Arms In The Fight For Liberty And Equality. . During the bloody days of the Commune in the spring of 1871, after the Prussians had lifted their siege of Paris, women of the laboring class, and even of the lower middle class, began to demand the rights of their male counterparts, make common cause with the proletariat in general, join political committees, and fight behind the barricades in a desperate attempt to throw…

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    New York: George Braziller, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which recounts the mostly ignored role of the women of France in the Revolution - or, as the dustjacket describes it: "The Fantastic Story Of The Women Of The Paris Commune Who Took Up Arms In The Fight For Liberty And Equality. . During the bloody days of the Commune in the spring of 1871, after the Prussians had lifted their siege of Paris, women of the laboring class, and even of the lower middle class, began to demand the rights of their male counterparts, make common cause with the proletariat in general, join political committees, and fight behind the barricades in a desperate attempt to throw off the yoke of economic exploitation, domestic servitude, and the resultant squalid misery that had been their lot since before the Industrial Revolution." Translated from the French by James and Starr Atkinson. Appendix. notes. manuscript sources. newspapers consulted. bibliography. index. xiv, 274 pp.

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    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a very good dj with partial spine label.

    Book ID: 90098
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  • I SIT LISTENING TO THE WIND: Woman's Encounter Within Herself. by Duerk, Judith
    Duerk, Judith
    I SIT LISTENING TO THE WIND: Woman's Encounter Within Herself.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Philadelphia: Innisfree Press, (1993). First edition - The second book in the Circle of Stones series, one which expands the search for wholeness by exploring the inner masculine within women. Cover illustration by David Klein. xx, 103 pp. ISBN: 0-931055989.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 90072
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  • SARAH THE PRIESTESS: The First Matriarch of Genesis. by Teubal, Savina J.
    Teubal, Savina J.
    SARAH THE PRIESTESS: The First Matriarch of Genesis.

    Edition: First printing.

    Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The uncommon hardcover edition of this study of the role which Sarah plays, in the Genesis narratives. It "appears to be a highly energetic one, a role so active, in fact, that it repeatedly overshadows that of her husband.. . Dr. Teubal shows that the 'Sarah tradition' represents a nonpatriarchal system struggling for survival in isolation, in the patriarchal environment of what was for Sarah a foreign society." A presentation copy warmly INSCRIBED on the title page and also SIGNED in full. Illustrated with photographs, family tree charts, double page map. Notes, bibliography, index, chronology. xvii, 201 pp. ISBN: 0-804008434.

    Condition: Near fine in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a very good dust jacket. (short tear to upper edge of front cover of dj)

    Book ID: 89737
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  • PEACE PILGRIM: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words with "Steps Towards Inner Peace." by Friends of Peace Pilgrim
    Friends of Peace Pilgrim
    PEACE PILGRIM: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words with "Steps Towards Inner Peace."

    Edition: Later printing.

    Santa FE, NM: Ocean Tree Books, (1991.) dj. Hardcover - The story of a remarkable woman and her walking across the country from 1953 until her death in 1981. Illustrated with photographs. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-943734-207.

    Condition: Near fine in navy blue boards with silver lettering in a near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 89588
    Keywords: Women's Studies
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  • BLUES LEGACIES AND BLACK FEMINISM: Gertude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith And Billie Holiday by Davis, Angela Y.
    Davis, Angela Y.
    BLUES LEGACIES AND BLACK FEMINISM: Gertude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith And Billie Holiday

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A reinterpretation and celebration of the tradition of black blues singers, the importance of blues not only as the roots of jazz but as a 'life-sustaining' vehicle for black women - focusing on Gertude "Ma" Rainey, 1886-1939; Bessie Smith, 1898?- 1937; and Billie Holiday, 1915-1959. Includes a transcription of all the extant lyrics recorded by Rainey and Smith. SIGNED on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, works consulted, index. xx, 427 pp. ISBN: 0-679-45005X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87963
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  • I'D TRADE MY HUSBAND FOR A HOUSEKEEPER: Loving Your Marriage after the Baby Carriage. by Ashworth, Trisha and Amy Nobile.
    Ashworth, Trisha and Amy Nobile.
    I'D TRADE MY HUSBAND FOR A HOUSEKEEPER: Loving Your Marriage after the Baby Carriage.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2009). SIGNED first edition - A book which " examines the challenges of modern parenthood for married couples today and it extends a loving hand so that mothers can step out of the madness, make the most of what they have, and learn to love their marriages as much as they love their husbands and kids." SIGNED by both authors on the title page. 176 pp. ISBN: 978-0811867351.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps. .

    Book ID: 89113
    Keywords: Women's Studies
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  • WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present. by Collins, Gail.
    Collins, Gail.
    WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2009). First edition - A mixture of oral history and research, this covers the years from 1960 to 2008. Notes, bibliography. xix, 453 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 89026
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  • FORWARD: A Memoir. by Wambach, Abby.
    Wambach, Abby.
    FORWARD: A Memoir.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dey St./William Morrow, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a woman who is a fierce advocate of women's rights. "At age thirty-five Wambach would become the highest goal scorer - male or female - in the history of soccer, capturing the nation's heart with her team's 2015 World Cup Championship. . . As she reveals in this searching memoir, her professional success often masked her inner struggle to reconcile the various parts of herself: ferocious competitor, daughter, leader, wife. . .Far more than a sports memoir, 'Forward' is gripping tale of resilience and redemption, and a reminder that heroism is, above all, about embracing life's challenges with fearlessness and heart." SIGNED by Wambach on…

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    New York: Dey St./William Morrow, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a woman who is a fierce advocate of women's rights. "At age thirty-five Wambach would become the highest goal scorer - male or female - in the history of soccer, capturing the nation's heart with her team's 2015 World Cup Championship. . . As she reveals in this searching memoir, her professional success often masked her inner struggle to reconcile the various parts of herself: ferocious competitor, daughter, leader, wife. . .Far more than a sports memoir, 'Forward' is gripping tale of resilience and redemption, and a reminder that heroism is, above all, about embracing life's challenges with fearlessness and heart." SIGNED by Wambach on a preliminary page noting that this edition has been specially bound by the publisher. Illustrated with full color photographs. viii, 230 pp. ISBN: 978-0062466983.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 89022
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  • INTERCOURSE. by Dworkin, Andrea.
    Dworkin, Andrea.
    INTERCOURSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Free Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A controversial book by this noted feminist writer, one which argues that the essence of female oppression is rooted in the very act of intercourse itself. Among other things, it "analyzes the attitudes of five male writers towards women and human sexuality, discusses virginity and the connection between sexuality and political power, and looks at laws governing sexual behavior." Notes, bibliography, index. xi, 257 pp. ISBN: 0-029079705.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (previous owner's name, some very scattered marginal brackets and underlining, few spots of foxing to top edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 88805
    Keywords: Women's Studies
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  • BAMBOO SECRETS: One Woman's Quest through the Shadows of Japan. by Miller, Patricia Dove.
    Miller, Patricia Dove.
    BAMBOO SECRETS: One Woman's Quest through the Shadows of Japan.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Nevada City, California: Illuminated Owl Press, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A memoir which "weaves together four strands: a mature woman in search of herself, a marriage in trouble, the dark side of Japan, and the beauty of Japanese art and culture. While living in Japan in 1993, Patricia Dove Miller's dream of a year of exploration is shattered when her husband is detained on drug charges. She struggles with a sense of betrayal upon learning her husband's secrets and yet she stands by him, in the face of the terrifying uncertainties now confronting them. To save herself, she seeks refuge in two Japanese traditional arts--ikebana and shakuhachi (bamboo flute)" SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated. 319 pp. ISBN: 978-0997253900.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. Award sticker on front cover.

    Book ID: 88389
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  • TRAVELS IN AMERICA 1851-1855. by Roos, Rosalie (1823-1898); Sigrid Laurell and Carl L. Anderson, editors.
    Roos, Rosalie (1823-1898); Sigrid Laurell and Carl L. Anderson, editors.
    TRAVELS IN AMERICA 1851-1855.

    Edition: First edition.

    Carbondale, IL: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society / Southern Illinois University Press, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Letters and diary entries by Roos, who left the constraints she felt doomed to as a woman in Sweden in the 1850s and so traveled to America to test her ability to be independent, spending four years on a plantation in South Carolina as a governess, just as the slavery debate was entering its most heated phase. She comments on contrasts: freedom and slavery, cold and heat, great industriousness and total apathy, but when she returns to Sweden, confident in her independence, she has only scorn for the arguments she heard espousing the "good" of slavery. As she pleaded for the rights…

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    Carbondale, IL: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society / Southern Illinois University Press, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Letters and diary entries by Roos, who left the constraints she felt doomed to as a woman in Sweden in the 1850s and so traveled to America to test her ability to be independent, spending four years on a plantation in South Carolina as a governess, just as the slavery debate was entering its most heated phase. She comments on contrasts: freedom and slavery, cold and heat, great industriousness and total apathy, but when she returns to Sweden, confident in her independence, she has only scorn for the arguments she heard espousing the "good" of slavery. As she pleaded for the rights of women in Sweden, she drew analogies between those theories of slavery and the treatment of women. Translated and with a preface by Carl L. Anderson, who notes that at the end of the 19th century she was recognized as one of the 'three pioneering women and leaders who transformed social and economic conditions for women.'Photographs, footnotes. xvi, 152 pp. ISBN: 0-80931018X.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 88320
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  • THE SECRET DOWRY OF EVE: Woman's Role in the Development of Consciousness. by Hoffman, Glynda-Lee.
    Hoffman, Glynda-Lee.
    THE SECRET DOWRY OF EVE: Woman's Role in the Development of Consciousness.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Rochester, VT: Park Street Press, (2003). SIGNED first edition - A book which offers a revolutionary interpretation of the story of Eve eating of the fruit of the forbidden tree. "Using her lifelong study of the Qabalah along with current scientific understanding of the four cortexes of the human brain, Glynda-Lee Hoffmann shows that the story of the Garden of Eden is actually an instruction manual that explains our biological imperative for transcendence and wholeness - and that Eve's contribution to meeting this imperative is essential. Adam represents the human with a fully developed neocortex. He is outward-looking intellect, capable of assessing the world, of labeling all he sees around him. But it is Eve's dowry--the inner world of…

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    Rochester, VT: Park Street Press, (2003). SIGNED first edition - A book which offers a revolutionary interpretation of the story of Eve eating of the fruit of the forbidden tree. "Using her lifelong study of the Qabalah along with current scientific understanding of the four cortexes of the human brain, Glynda-Lee Hoffmann shows that the story of the Garden of Eden is actually an instruction manual that explains our biological imperative for transcendence and wholeness - and that Eve's contribution to meeting this imperative is essential. Adam represents the human with a fully developed neocortex. He is outward-looking intellect, capable of assessing the world, of labeling all he sees around him. But it is Eve's dowry--the inner world of the feminine, the function of the brainÕs frontal lobes--that makes Adam complete." SIGNED on the title page. Bibliography. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-892819685.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88310
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  • AMERICAN QUEEN: The Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague -- Civil War "Belle of the North" and Gilded Age Woman of Scandal, by [Sprague, Kate Chase, 1840-1899] Oller, John
    [Sprague, Kate Chase, 1840-1899] Oller, John
    AMERICAN QUEEN: The Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague -- Civil War "Belle of the North" and Gilded Age Woman of Scandal,

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Da Capo Press/ Perseus, 2014. First edition - A "meticulously researched biography, drawing on much unpublished material, of a woman who was a century ahead of her time. As the "daughter of Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's treasury secretary, Kate Chase enjoyed unprecedented political power for a woman. As her widowed father's hostess, she set up a 'rival court' against Mary Lincoln in hopes of making her father president and herself his First Lady. To facilitate that goal, she married one of the richest men in the country, the handsome governor of Rhode Island, in the social event of the Civil War. . . But when William Sprague turned out to be less of a prince as a…

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    New York: Da Capo Press/ Perseus, 2014. First edition - A "meticulously researched biography, drawing on much unpublished material, of a woman who was a century ahead of her time. As the "daughter of Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's treasury secretary, Kate Chase enjoyed unprecedented political power for a woman. As her widowed father's hostess, she set up a 'rival court' against Mary Lincoln in hopes of making her father president and herself his First Lady. To facilitate that goal, she married one of the richest men in the country, the handsome governor of Rhode Island, in the social event of the Civil War. . . But when William Sprague turned out to be less of a prince as a husband, Kate found comfort in the arms of a powerful married senator. The ensuing sex scandal ended her virtual royalty; after the marriage crumbled and the money disappeared, she was left only with her children and her ever-proud bearing. She became a social outcast and died in poverty, yet in her final years she would find both greater authenticity and the inner peace that had always eluded her." Frontispiece, extensive notes, selected bibliography. xxiii, 363 pp.

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    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of front cover)

    Book ID: 88084
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  • ROAR LIKE A GODDESS: Every Woman's Guide to Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous, and Peaceful. by Shunya, Acharya.
    Shunya, Acharya.
    ROAR LIKE A GODDESS: Every Woman's Guide to Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous, and Peaceful.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Boulder, CO: Sounds True, (2022). SIGNED first edition - A book by a Vedic spiritual teacher which re-envisions ancient India's primary goddess archetypes. SIGNED on the half title page with the words "with love." Notes. 258 pp. ISBN: 978-1683648826.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87846
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  • TEMPEST STORM: The Lady is a Vamp. by Storm, Tempest with Bill Boyd.
    Storm, Tempest with Bill Boyd.
    TEMPEST STORM: The Lady is a Vamp.

    Edition: First printing.

    Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Boldly INSCRIBED by Tempest Storm on front endpaper 'To Randy, Love and Passion' and dated in 19898. Autobiiography of the last star of burlesque. Includes 10 pages of black and white photos. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-934601-259.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket. Rather uncommon, and especially so in this condition and inscribed.

    Book ID: 87729
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  • EMBROIDERING OUR HERITAGE: The Dinner Party Needlework. by Chicago, Judy with Susan Hill.
    Chicago, Judy with Susan Hill.
    EMBROIDERING OUR HERITAGE: The Dinner Party Needlework.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book which interweaves images and words, incorporating hand-drawn pages from the Dinner Party needlework. A collaborative work with Judy Chicago as the writer and illustrator, needlework background by Susan Hill, designed by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville and with additional technical drawings by Shannon Hogan and special photographs by Michael Alexander. Large format, illustrated throughout with many full color plates and black and white drawings and photographs. Glossary and attributions. 287 pp plus a final drawing. ISBN: 0-385145683.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (the upper corner of a few pages bumped, edgewear to the dj

    Book ID: 87439
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  • REMINISCENCES FROM LAMPLIGHT TO SATELLITE. by Pease, Mae Townsend,
    Pease, Mae Townsend,
    REMINISCENCES FROM LAMPLIGHT TO SATELLITE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir written by a woman who was almost 80 at the time - a task undertaken, as she notes in the foreword, only because a sprained ankle kept her from her usual activities. While much of it deals with her childhood growing up in Philadelphia (including sheep and other livestock driven thru the streets to the slaughterhouse in the very early hours of the morning), her life remained adventurous and full. On a leisure trip to Africa in 1953, there was a shipwreck off the coast of South Africa; and was involved in a plane crash on a trip to Kashmir. The final trip mentioned in this book…

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    Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir written by a woman who was almost 80 at the time - a task undertaken, as she notes in the foreword, only because a sprained ankle kept her from her usual activities. While much of it deals with her childhood growing up in Philadelphia (including sheep and other livestock driven thru the streets to the slaughterhouse in the very early hours of the morning), her life remained adventurous and full. On a leisure trip to Africa in 1953, there was a shipwreck off the coast of South Africa; and was involved in a plane crash on a trip to Kashmir. The final trip mentioned in this book was in 1959 to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Cairo, Sydney in Australia and more. Illustrated with photographs. x, 136 pp

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, some overall edgewear to dj) Laid in is a newspaper article about the author.

    Book ID: 87366
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