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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 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 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 Queen-Like Closet

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

Personal author: [N. H.]
Full title: The Ladies' Dictionary; being a General Entertainment for the Fair Sex: a Work never attempted before in English.
Comment: The dedication is signed by 'N. H.', whose real name and identity are unknown. They are assumed to be the author.
Publisher: John Dunton
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A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

Personal author: Astell, Mary
Full title: A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest.
Publisher: R. Wilkin
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All the Histories and Novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn

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
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Woman Not Inferior to Man

Personal author: [Sophia]
Full title: Woman not Inferior to Man: or, a Short and Modest Vindication of the Natural Right of the Fair Sex to a Perfect Equality of Power, Dignity, and Esteem with the Men.
Comment: Sophia is a pseudonym.
Publisher: Jacob Robinson
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An Enquiry into [...] the better preventing of Clandestine Marriages

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
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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
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The History of Women. Vol 2

Personal author: Alexander, William
Full title: The History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity, to the Present Time; giving Some Account of almost every Interesting Particular concerning that Sex, among all Nations, Ancient and Modern. Volume 2.
Publisher: C. Dilly and R. Christopher
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The History of Women. Vol 1

Personal author: Alexander, William
Full title: The History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity, to the Present Time; giving Some Account of almost every Interesting Particular concerning that Sex, among all Nations, Ancient and Modern. Volume 1.
Publisher: C. Dilly and R. Christopher
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Evelina. Vol 1

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
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Evelina. Vol 2

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
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Evelina. Vol 3

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
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The Oeconomy of Charity

Personal author: Trimmer, Sarah
Full title: The Oeconomy of Charity: or, an Address to Ladies concerning Sunday Schools; the Establishment of Schools of Industry under Female Inspection; and the Distribution of Voluntary Benefactions: to which is added an Appendix containing an Account of the Sunday-Schools in Old Brentford.
Publisher: T. Longman, G.G.J., J. Robinson and J. Johnson
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Thoughts on the Education of Daughters

Personal author: Wollstonecraft, Mary
Full title: Thoughts on the Education of Daughters: with Reflections on Female Conduct in the more important Duties of Life.
Publisher: J. Johnson
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Personal author: Wollstonecraft, Mary
Full title: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects.
Publisher: J. Johnson
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Hints for a System of Education for a Female Orphan House

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
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