[ Bliss, W.W.]
The present work seems to offer more insight into the beliefs and practices of Bliss and other contemporary male physicians than into actual medical fact. BlissÕ views were ÒtypicalÓ of male physicians in his day, and he credits the behavior and character of women almost entirely to their reproductive system (Ehrenreich & English). He writes, Accepting, then, these views of the gigantic power and influence of the ovaries over the whole animal economy of the woman, that they are the most powerful agents in all the commotions of her system, that on them rest her intellectual standing in society, her physical perfection, and all that lends beauty to those fine and delicate contours which are constant objects of admirationÉÓ (p. 96). Octavo. 415 pp. PublisherÕs green cloth titled in gilt. Minor rubbing and fading to cloth. Foxing and toning to endpapers and first few leaves. Slight marginal toning. Faint contemporary pencil signatures to front flyleaf and some scattered contemporary pencil marginalia. A very good, tight copy. First edition? One of two editions published in 1869, the second being an American News Co. edition. We could not establish priority between the two. OCLC records two copies of this edition (Columbia, AAS). This advice book for women presents Dr. W.W. Bliss' observations on puberty, menstruation, and pregnancy. In the present work, Bliss coins the titular Òthirty-year pilgrimage,Ó which referred to the period in a womanÕs life between menarche and menopause. In The Eternally Wounded Woman, Patricia Vertinsky writes, ÒThe periodic draining of a womanÕs energy which began at menarche and continued through multiple pregnancies was regarded by many physicians as a Ôthirty-year pilgrimageÕ which disqualified women from all but the main task of maternityÉBecause ofÉ menstruation and maternity, a woman was often considered to be a natural invalid for most of her adult life, lacking the strength for sustained physical or mental effort.Ó Vertinsky, Patricia. The Eternally Wounded Woman: Women, Doctors and Exercise in the Late Nineteenth Century (Manchester UP, 1990), p. 69. Also see: Ehrenreich, Barbara and Deirdre English. For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the ExpertsÕ Advice to Women (Anchor Books, 2005), p. 134.
Jacobs, Helen Hull.
The present work tells the story of tennis career from her youth in Globe, Arizona to her 1935 Wimbledon loss and subsequent US National Championships win. Jacobs recalls her decade-long rivalry with Helen Wills Moody (1905 Ð 1998), to whom she lost six major singles finals, as well as her experience playing alongside other tennis champions like Sarah Palfrey Cooke and Carolin Babcock. In one interesting section, Jacobs recalls her decision to wear menÕs shorts (instead of the typical skirt) while competing at the US National Championships in 1933. Soon after, she became the first woman to wear shorts while competing at WimbledonÑa controversial decision that sparked a fashion trend both on and off the court. Later that year, she was named the Associated Press Female Athlete of 1933. Octavo. . 275 pp. With thirty-two plates, including frontisportrait of the author. PublisherÕs green cloth titled in green. Very minor wear to head and tail of spine and some faint marginal toning. A near fine copy in the very good pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Helen Hull Jacobs (1908 Ð 1997) published this autobiography at the peak of her fame as a tennis champion. She was ranked in the top ten tennis players in the world from 1928 to 1939, reaching number one with her 1936 Wimbledon win, and was the top-ranked American tennis player from 1932 to 1935. She was also a member of the US Wightman Cup team from 1927 to 1937 and again in 1939. Jacobs also wrote over a dozen books including Modern Tennis (1933) and Gallery of Champions (1949), the latter of which was a collection of biographies of female tennis players. During World War II, she served as a commander in US Naval intelligence, becoming one of only five women to achieve the rank. Her novel By Your Leave, Sir: The Story of a WAVE (1943) was inspired by her experiences in the Navy. Jacobs was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1962. ÒClass of 1962: Helen Hull Jacobs.Ó International Tennis Hall of Fame (webpage).
[ Jacson, or Jackson, Maria Elizabetha.]
Maria Elizabetha Jacson (1755 Ð 1829) was a botanical writer and the daughter of a clergyman who owned land in Derbyshire and Cheshire. Her family had connections to Enlightenment culture in the midlands through Erasmus Darwin and her cousin, Sir Brooke Boothby. She also knew Maria Edgeworth, who described Jacson as a Ògay garden ladyÓ and was undoubtedly an influence on JacsonÕs work. Jackson took an interest in botany from a young age, but did not publish her first book, the childrenÕs educational volume Botanical Dialogues (1797), until she was in her forties. She later published Botanical Lectures (1804) and Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable Life (1811) for an adult audience, the former book being an introduction to the translation ofÊLinnaeusÕsÊSystem of VegetablesÊ(1783) byÊErasmus Darwin. The FloristÕs Manual was her most popular and influential work. Twelvemo. [2, ads], vii, 136 pp. With six hand-colored aquatint plates, including large folding frontispiece (11 x 7 Ó). PublisherÕs rose-colored boards. Expertly rebacked with printed paper spine label. Wear to corners. A very good, unusually bright and wide copy. Third edition, enlarged, of this gardening guidebook that was among the first of its kind written for women by a woman. The second and third editions are significantly expanded from the first edition (1816), which is about half as many pages and contains only two plates. Abbey Life 17. Henry 872.
[ Dentistry ].
The business card is for Union Painless Dentists in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. These items presumably belonged to a dentist employed at Union Painless Dentists (possibly one of the proprietors), as one of the manuscript account notebooks contains a multi-year list (1903 Ð 1907) of patients and how much they paid for each of their procedures (some of which are enumerated in the account). The notebook also contains several pages of notes on dental procedures and lists of prices of dental supplies. The other notebook is a personal account book (1917 Ð 1923) that also lists expenses relating to the operation of a dental clinic (Òdental gas,Ó ÒDental Society dinner,Ó Òdental meeting,Ó or often just ÒdentalÓ). Seven booklets (various sizes, 3 x 6 in. to 5 x 6 in.), two manuscript account books (3 x 5 in., about 150 ff., and (2 x 5 in., about 50 ff.), and a business card. Also, with five contemporary publisherÕs order forms for these dental booklets and seven prepaid Ohio stamps. Booklets in publisherÕs printed paper wrappers. Some discoloration to booklets. One manuscript account book bound in stiff cloth wrappers and the other in stiff paper wrappers. Manuadript bookslets worn, with fraying to cloth and old tape repairs to the binding of the paper wrappers. A good set of manuscript material and rare ephemera documenting the practice of an Ohio dentist. Includes six booklets by dentist Charles R. Hambly: Dental Bridge Work Today (1901), Dollars and Sense in Bridge Work (1901), Tooth Facts (1902), Tooth Truth Plainly Told (1902), The American Dental Instructor (n.d., ca. 1900), and Dr. Earl E. Bird, Dentist (n.d., ca. 1900). The seventh booklet is the Bulletin of the Department of Industrial Relations and Industrial Commission of Ohio (1929), which includes a list of standard dental procedure charges and regulations on x-ray usage. We could not identify the dentist who owned these items. A contemporary advertisement for Union Painless Dentists notes that German was spoken at the business, there was a Òlady attendant,Ó and that patients could Òreport any dissatisfaction to Dr. Meade.Ó Interestingly, Superior Court of Cincinnati records also reveal that the proprietors of Union Painless Dentists filed an injunction against United Painless Dentists, an unlicensed dental practice that scammed its clients. Other than this drama, we could not locate much more information about the legitimate company. Ambler, Henry Lovejoy. History of Dentistry in Cleveland, Ohio (1901), p. 150.
[Cookery ]. [World War I }.
This cookbook provides recipes and dietary guidelines in accordance with World War I rationing policies on meat, wheat, dairy, sugar, and butter. In August of 1917, the United States Food Administration was established by Executive Order of Herbert Hoover and begantaking measures to limit the use of those ingredients in households. The measures included establishing committees down to the county levelÑincluding the Food Conservation Committee of St. Joseph CountyÑto promote food conservation and implement measures that encouraged rationing (like a licensing system for restaurants that followed the food conservation policies). 5 x 8 ." 80 pp. Last four pages are blank for notes. PublisherÕs pictorial paper wrappers illustrated in blue and red. Some wear and staining to wrappers. A very good copy of a scarce item. First edition. ÒThe Food Conservation Committee of St. Joseph County has collected and compiled this book of recipes with the hope that it will be of service to the housewives in conserving the foods much needed to win the war.Ó The introductory material offers insight into how women were expected to serve on the American home front by saving resources that would be redirected to soldiers on the front lines. President Woodrow WilsonÕs ÒCall to the Women of the Nation,Ó printed on the inside of the front cover, reads, ÒThe women of the nation are already earnestly seeking to do their part in this our greatest struggleÉand in no direction can they so greatly assist as by enlisting in the service of the Food Administration and cheerfully accepting its direction and advice. By doing so they will increase the surplus of food available for our own army and for export to the Allies.Ó OCLC records only four copies: St. Joseph County PL, Kansas State, Harvard, and the University of Michigan.
[ Education. Baby boom.]
These brochures were issued as the postwar baby boom hit Denver (and the rest of the country). Twice as many children were born in the city in 1950 than in 1940 (10,440 children compared to 5,462), according to the Where Will I Go to School? brochure. The population of Denver also increased by nearly a third between 1940 and 1950, going from about 322,000 people to almost 416,000. The population increase strained Denver infrastructure, requiring the installation of Òthousands of new water taps and miles of new water mainsÓ as well as Òthousands of new telephones, gas and electric metersÉ[and] thousands of new homes on the tax rollsÓ (Where Will I Go to School?). Denver public schools were pushed to capacity by the flood of new students, and these brochures address the efforts of the Denver school board to increase school capacity and keep schools staffed. The brochures also address literacy and changing educational standards between generations (see ThereÕs More to Reading Than Meets the Eye). The O.J. Goldrick brochure refers to a Denver folk hero who was the cityÕs first schoolteacher and helped establish early infrastructure (like the first library, Sunday school, and newspaper) and wonders whether he would be surprised by DenverÕs recent growth. Seven brochures, 9 x 6 in. (folded). The brochures are as follows: Where Will I Go to School? (September 1952); O.J. Goldrick Would Be Surprised (May 1952); Some Very Important People (April 1952); ThereÕs More to Reading Than Meets the Eye (April 1949); two copies of Schools Must Follow the Moving Vans (April 1948); TheyÕre Already Knocking at Our Doors! (April 1948). Printed in black and one color each with vignettes and maps of the Denver area. The text of ThereÕs More to Reading Than Meets the Eye is attributed to A. Helen Anderson and the illustrations to Hero L. Conesny. Some toning to a couple brochures. Contemporary ink signature of Carol Weale, a lifelong Denver resident and educator, in each brochure. Contemporary ink marking to one brochure. Still a near-fine set of rare brochures. A fascinating look at education in America during the early years of the Baby Boom. OCLC records one copy of this edition of O.J. Goldrick Would be Surprised (BYU) and one copy of a 1957 printing of ThereÕs More to Reading Than Meets the Eye (University of Alberta, Canada). OCLC records no other copies of any of these brochures.
[ Paper Dolls ].
The instruction booklet emphasizes the educational value of these paper dolls, which challenge children to use paper-cutting and collage skills to design dresses Òjust like the product of a real dressmaker.Ó The booklet states that the kit provides Òa new and interesting means of industrial occupation embodied in the most pleasing pastime known to childhood. They teach the child how to make dresses in just the same manner as its own little dresses are made, and assist her to cultivate a really educational discrimination in the selection of material, color schemes and styles.Ó Instruction booklet (8 x 11Ó, 4 pp.), all three color-printed stiff paper dolls, eighteen sheets of patterned paper (10 x 7 Ó, eight cut, ten intact), five intact sheets of paper clothing patterns (11 x 5 Ó), three cutout paper dress patterns, seven cutout tissue paper dress patterns, ten collaged dresses cut from supplied patterned paper (some with buttons), ten illustrated dresses cut from other plain paper, and fourteen hats cut from various papers. Plus, one paper doll, five dresses, and three hats seemingly from another contemporary paper doll set. With the original color-printed top panel of box (11 x 7 Ó). Lacking the rest of the box. Some wear to box lid and to one of the three dolls. Instruction booklet creased. It is difficult to determine the completeness of the set, though it seems that this example includes all three paper dolls issued. A good set of rare paper dolls and patterns with an educational slant. First edition? Patented March 21, 1916. OCLC records no copies, though the Winterthur Museum does seem to hold a copy. These paper dolls reflect the interest of educators in Òmanual work,Ó the practice of arts and crafts (like sewing, weaving, and paper folding), usually performed for artistic enrichment rather than economic gain. A contemporary guide on the use of manual work in childhood education explained that the Òaim in manual work should be, not the making of things, but the making of more efficient boys and girls.Ó The same guide asserts the moral value of manual work, which was believed to teach self-control, patience, focus, and industriousness. Manual work played a crucial role in the pedagogies of educators like Friedrich Froebel (1782 Ð 1852) and Dr. Maria Montessori (1870 Ð 1952), both of whom emphasized the educational value of hands-on experience and learning through play in the development of creativity, motor skills, and problem-solving ability. Manual of Hand Work for Use in Daily Vacation Bible Schools (1916), p. 11.
[ Froebel, Friedrich]. [ Hailmann,
Elementary educator William Nicholas Hailmann (1836 Ð 1920) and his wife Eudora Lucas Hailmann (1835 Ð 1904) were some of the first promoters of the philosophy of Froebel in the United States. Together, the Hailmanns developed curricula for both children and teachers, established two of the first normal schools in the country, and published New Education (1876 Ð 1893), the primary periodical for Froebelian educators across the United States. They also established the Froebel Institute, which later became the Kindergarten Department of the National Educational Association (NEA) in 1884. As president of that department in 1888, Eudora was the first woman to sit on the NEA governing board. Between 1894 and 1897, Hailmann also served as the Superintendent of Indian Schools under President Cleveland, while Eudora developed three normal schools and forty reservation kindergartens with training programs for aides and parents. Octavo. vi, [2], 166, [18 ads] pp. With many detailed text figures throughout illustrating the kindergarten activities (including the Froebel gifts). PublisherÕs brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Some rubbing to extremities. Slight marginal toning. Contemporary ink ownership signature (Harriet M. Starks) to front flyleaf. A near fine copy, scarce in commerce, especially in this condition. First edition of this manual that instructs teachers on how to incorporate Froebel gifts and other forms of manual work (i.e., the practice of arts and crafts in an educational context) into their primary school classrooms.
The earliest advertisement for these beads (which were also referred to as ÒMrs. HailmannÕs Colored Wooden BeadsÓ) that we could locate appears in a January 1889 issue of School Education, though Eudora Lucas Hailmann (1835 - 1904) devised these beads sometime around 1882. That year, HailmannÕs husband William (1836 Ð 1920) organized a national ÒFriends of FroebelÓ meeting, at which the Hailmanns demonstrated multiple innovative materials to other kindergarten educators. The beads were Òwidely demonstrated and exhibitedÓ after that point (Hewes, p. 103). Ads for a line of nine variant sets begin to appear in the early 1920s: the Milton Bradley Co. offered sets of Ó beads numbered 464-466, 473, and 470A-470C (by weight or in sets of 1,000), plus sets of 1Ó beads numbered 470D-E (in sets of 144 and 500 beads, respectively). The unlabeled box included here seems to be set 470-A, which is described in a 1923 advertisement as Ò1,000 in. (spheres, cubes, cylinders), wood box.Ó Notably, these beads utilize the same three basic geometric forms as the second Froebel GiftÑthe sphere, cylinder, and cubeÑwhich Froebel Òconsidered to be the most profound of all, claiming that to understand the second gift was to understand kindergartenÓ (Brosterman). Froebel theorized that learning was only possible through the act of comparison and saw the relationship between the three shapes as demonstrating both contrast and unification: ÒThe sphere with no flat planes, the cube with no curves; the sphere an expression of motion, the cube of absolute restÉThe cylinder, curved and flat, motion and rest, variable and static, was synthesisÓ (Brosterman). While the second Froebel Gift presents students with only one sphere, cylinder, and cube (plus a wooden stand and string), the numerous beads allow students more options in experimentation and play. Box (9 x 7 x 4 Ó) containing 140 color-painted wooden spherical beads (1Ó diameter). Out of a total set of 144. Green wooden box with printed paper label on one side of box identifying this as the Ò470-DÓ variant Some rubbing and general wear. Some of the beads have letters written on them in ink in a childish hand and some are strung on a cord. The box also contains also contains seventeen wooden beads that are similar in appearance but seem to be from a different set, plus two additional lengths of cord. A very good set despite a few missing beads. [ Together with: ] Hailmnn, Eudora Lucas.] [Mrs. HailmannÕs Colored Wooden Beads. 470-A.] [Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Company, n.d., ca. early 1920s.] Box (9 x 7 x 4 Ó) containing about 850 half-inch beads (about 600 spheres, 120 cylinders, and 130 cubes). Probably out of a total set of 1,000. Green wooden box seemingly lacking paper label. Some rubbing and general wear. Good. Hailmann was an early childhood educator who studied Froebelian pedagogy in Europe. Both she and her husband were some of the earliest promoters of the philosophy of Froebel in the United States. Together, the Hailmanns developed curricula for both children and teachers, established two of the first normal schools in the country, and published New Education (1876 Ð 1893), the primary periodical for Froebelian educators across the United States. They also established the Froebel Institute, which later became the Kindergarten Department of the National Educational Association (NEA) in 1884. As president of that department in 1888, Eudora was the first woman to sit on the NEA governing board. Between 1894 and 1897, while HailmannÕs husband was serving as the Superintendent of Indian SchoolsÊunder President Cleveland, she developed three normal schools and forty reservation kindergartens with training programs for aides and parents. OCLC records no copies. Brosterman, Norman. Inventing Kindergarten (1991), p. 46. Hewes, Dorothy W. W.N. Hailmann: Defender of Froebel (2001), p. 103, 107.
