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Rare Books: Women's History Collection

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  • Collection
  • 1615-1849

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.

The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women

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
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Countrey Contentments, or the English Huswife

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
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The Lawe's Resolutions of Women's Rights

Personal author: [Edgar, Thomas]
Full title: The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: or, the Lawes Provision for Woemen: a Methodicall Collection of such Statutes and Customes, with the Cases, Opinions, Arguments and Points of Learning in the Law, as doe properly concerne Women: Together with a Compendious Table, whereby the Chiefe Matters in this Booke contained, may be more readily Found.
Comment: The signatory of the preliminary epistle signed 'T. E.' is most likely Thomas Edgar.
Publisher: John Grove
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A Discovery of Six Women Preachers

Personal author: [author not identified]
Full title: A Discovery of Six Women Preachers, in Middlesex, Kent, Cambridge and Salisbury: with a Relation of their Names, Manners, Life and Doctrine.
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
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A True Copy of the Petition of the Gentle-women and Trades-men Wives in and about the city of London

Corporate author: England and Wales. Parliament
Full title: A True Copy of the Petition of the Gentle-women and Trades-men Wives in and about the city of London: Delivered to the Honourable, the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of the House of Commons assembled in Parliament, Feb. 4, 1641.
Publisher: J. Wright
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The Humble Petition of many thousands of Wives and Matrons of the city of London [A satire]

Personal author: [author not identified]
Full title: The Humble Petition of many Thousands of Wives and Matrons of the city of London, and other parts of this Kingdome, for the Cessation and Finall Conclusion of these Civill Wars, and for the Restitution and Revocation of their Husbands.
Publisher: John Cookson
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The Mid-wives' Just Petition

Corporate author: England and Wales. Parliament
Full title: The Mid-wives Just Petition: or, a Complaint of Divers Good Gentlewomen of that Faculty: shewing to the whole Christian World their Just Cause of their Sufferings in these Distracted Times, for their want of Trading: which said Complaint they Tendered to the House on Monday last, being the 23 of Jan. 1643.
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
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The Queen-Like Closet

Personal author: Wolley, Hannah
Full title: The Queen-Like Closet or Rich Cabinet.
Publisher: Richard Lownes
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