Personal author: [Stewarton] Full title: The Female Revolutionary Plutarch: containing Biographical, Historical, and Revolutionary Sketches, Characters, and Anecdotes. Volume 3. Comment: Stewarton is a pseudonym. Publisher: John Murray Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: [Stewarton] Full title: The Female Revolutionary Plutarch: containing Biographical, Historical, and Revolutionary Sketches, Characters, and Anecdotes. Volume 2. Comment: Stewarton is a pseudonym. Publisher: John Murray Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: [Stewarton] Full title: The Female Revolutionary Plutarch: containing Biographical, Historical, and Revolutionary Sketches, Characters, and Anecdotes. Volume 1. Comment: Stewarton is a pseudonym. Publisher: John Murray Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: [Ginger, J.] Full title: The Female Aegis; or, the Duties of Women from Childhood to Old Age, and in most Situations of Life, Exemplified. Comment: The author's forename is only ever referred to by the initial 'J'. Publisher: J. Ginger Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Cobbold, Richard Full title: The Character of Woman, in a Lecture, delivered at the Hanover Square Rooms, April 13th 1848, for the Benefit of the Governesses Benevolent Institution. Publisher: Richard Cobbold Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Swetnam, Joseph Full title: The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women: or the Vanitie of them, choose you whether: with a Commendacion of Wise, Vertuous and Honest Women: Pleasant for Married Men, Profitable for Young Men, and Hurtfull to None. Comment: Reprinted 1807. Publisher: Thomas Archer Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: More, Hannah Full title: Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: with a view of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent among Women of Rank and Fortune. Volume 2. Publisher: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: More, Hannah Full title: Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: with a view of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent among Women of Rank and Fortune. Volume 1. Publisher: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
The books in this collection constitute some of the oldest material from The Women’s Library and LSE, dating from the early 17th century to the mid 19th century. The collection explores how social expectations of women and their perceived roles in society have changed throughout the centuries, featuring perspectives from both female and male authors. The books include academic and philosophical works, such as treatises, essays and recorded lectures, as well as petitions, instructional books, works of fiction, satire and general entertainment.
Personal author: Wollstonecraft, Mary Full title: Posthumous Works of the Author of 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'. Volume 4: Letters and Miscellaneous pieces, in two volumes. Publisher: J. Johnson, and G.G. and J. Robinson Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Wollstonecraft, Mary Full title: Posthumous Works of the Author of 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'. Volume 3: Letters and Miscellaneous pieces, in two volumes. Publisher: J. Johnson, and G.G. and J. Robinson Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Wollstonecraft, Mary Full title: Posthumous Works of the Author of 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'. Volume 2: the Wrongs of Woman: or, Maria: a fragment in two volumes. Publisher: J. Johnson, and G.G. and J. Robinson Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Wollstonecraft, Mary Full title: Posthumous Works of the Author of 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'. Volume 1: the Wrongs of Woman: or, Maria: a fragment in two volumes. Publisher: J. Johnson, and G.G. and J. Robinson Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Wortley Montagu, Mary Full title: Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M---e: Written during her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, etc., in different parts of Europe. Publisher: M. Cooper Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Corporate author: Queen's College. London Publisher: John W. Parker Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Walker, Joseph Cooper Full title: Hints for a System of Education, for a Female Orphan-House: in a Letter to Mrs Peter Latouche. Comment: Walker refers to himself by the pseudonym 'Eubante' in this work. Publisher: Richard Edw. Mercier Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Heywood, Thomas Full title: Gunaikeion: or, nine bookes of various history concerninge women; Inscribed by the names of the Nine Muses. Publisher: Adam Islip Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Carlile, Richard Full title: Every Woman's Book ; or, What is Love? Containing most Important Instructions for the Prudent Regulation of the Principle of Love, and the Number of a Family. Publisher: Richard Carlile Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Burney, Frances Full title: Evelina, or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. Volume 3. Publisher: T. and W. Lowndes Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Burney, Frances Full title: Evelina, or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. Volume 2. Publisher: T. and W. Lowndes Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Burney, Frances Full title: Evelina, or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. Volume 1. Publisher: T. and W. Lowndes Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Moxon, Elizabeth Full title: English Housewifry, exemplified in above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts: giving Directions in most parts of Cookery. Publisher: George Copperthwaite Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Markham, Gervase Full title: Countrey Contentments, or the English Huswife: containing the Inward and Outward Vertues which ought to be in a Compleate Woman. Publisher: R. Jackson Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Thompson, William Full title: Appeal of one Half of the Human Race, Women, against the Pretensions of the other Half, Men, to Retain them in Political and thence in Civil and Domestic Slavery: in reply to a paragraph of Mr. Mill's celebrated "Article on Government". Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green... and Wheatley and Adlard Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Bald, Robert Full title: A General View of the Coal Trade of Scotland, chiefly that of the River Forth and Mid-Lothian: to which is added, an Inquiry into the Condition of those Women who carry Coals under ground in Scotland, known by the name of Bearers. Publisher: Oliphant, Waugh, and Innes Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Stebbing, Henry Personal author: Cooper, Mary Full title: An Enquiry into the Force and Operation of the Annulling Clauses in a late Act for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriages, with respect to Conscience. Publisher: M. Cooper Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.
Personal author: Behn, Aphra Full title: All the Histories and Novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn Intire in One Volume: Together with the History of the Life and Memoirs of Mrs Behn, by one of the Fair Sex; Intermix'd with Pleasant Love Letters that pass'd betwixt her and Minheer Van Bruin, a Dutch Merchant; with her Character of the Country and Lover: and her Love Letters to a Gentleman in England. Publisher: M. Wellington Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.