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Some Reflections upon Marriage

Mary Astell — philosopher

Some Reflections upon Marriage

Het begin en den ingang van alle menschen in de wereld, of, Aanmerkingen

Louise Bourgeois Boursier — midwife

Het begin en den ingang van alle menschen in de wereld, of, Aanmerkingen

An English-Saxon homily on the birth-day of St. Gregory: anciently used in the English-Saxon church: giving an account of the conversion of the English from paganism to Christianity translated into modern English, with notes, etc., by Eliz. Elstob

Elizabeth Elstob — scholar and translator

An English-Saxon homily on the birth-day of St. Gregory: anciently used in the English-Saxon church: giving an account of the conversion of the English from paganism to Christianity translated into modern English, with notes, etc., by Eliz. Elstob

Copy of Lady Holford’s will and codicils

Lady Elizabeth Holford — philanthropist

Copy of Lady Holford’s will and codicils

Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis: in qua origo, pabulum, transformatio, nec non tempus, locus & proprietates erucarum, vermium, papilionum, phalaenarum, muscarum, aliorumque hujusmodi exsanguium animalculorum exhibentur: in favorem, atque insectorum, herbarum, florum, & plantarum amatorum, tùm etiam pictorum, limbolariorum, aliorumque commodum exactè inquisita, ad vivum delineata, typis excusa, compendiosèque descripta

Maria Sibylla Merian — entomologist and artist

Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis: in qua origo, pabulum, transformatio, nec non tempus, locus & proprietates erucarum, vermium, papilionum, phalaenarum, muscarum, aliorumque hujusmodi exsanguium animalculorum exhibentur: in favorem, atque insectorum, herbarum, florum, & plantarum amatorum, tùm etiam pictorum, limbolariorum, aliorumque commodum exactè inquisita, ad vivum delineata, typis excusa, compendiosèque descripta

Die königl. Preussische und Chur-Brandenb. Hof-Wehe-Mütter, das ist, Ein höchst nöthiger Unterricht von schweren und unrecht-stehenden Geburten in einem Gespräch vorgestellet: wie nemlich, durch göttlichen Beystand, eine wohlunterrichtete Wehe-Mutter mit Verstand und geschickter Hand dergleichen verhüten, oder wanns Noth ist, das Kind wenden könne; durch vieler Jahre Ubung selbst erfahren und wahr befunden: nun aber Gott zu Ehren und dem nechsten zu Nutz, auf gnädigst- und inständiges Verlangen durchläuchtigst- und vieler hohen Standes-Personen verbessert, mit einem Anhange heilsamer Arzney-Mittel, und mit denen dissfals erregten Controvers-Schriften vermehret

Justina Siegemund — midwife

Die königl. Preussische und Chur-Brandenb. Hof-Wehe-Mütter, das ist, Ein höchst nöthiger Unterricht von schweren und unrecht-stehenden Geburten in einem Gespräch vorgestellet: wie nemlich, durch göttlichen Beystand, eine wohlunterrichtete Wehe-Mutter mit Verstand und geschickter Hand dergleichen verhüten, oder wanns Noth ist, das Kind wenden könne; durch vieler Jahre Ubung selbst erfahren und wahr befunden: nun aber Gott zu Ehren und dem nechsten zu Nutz, auf gnädigst- und inständiges Verlangen durchläuchtigst- und vieler hohen Standes-Personen verbessert, mit einem Anhange heilsamer Arzney-Mittel, und mit denen dissfals erregten Controvers-Schriften vermehret

The woman's labour: an epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck, in answer to his late poem The thresher's labour: to which are added, the three wise sentences taken from the first book of Esdras, ch. III and IV

Mary Collier — poet

The woman's labour: an epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck, in answer to his late poem The thresher's labour: to which are added, the three wise sentences taken from the first book of Esdras, ch. III and IV

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

Sophia — philosopher

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

Hebdomadario trino, exercicios devotos, y obsequiosos desagravios a la Santissima, Amabilissima, y Missericordiosissima Trinidad: por la execrable ingratitud y grossero olvido de los mortales en el mas pronto obsequio, devocion, y agradecimiento debido à tan soberano mysterio

Widow of don Joseph Bernardo de Hogal — printer

Hebdomadario trino, exercicios devotos, y obsequiosos desagravios a la Santissima, Amabilissima, y Missericordiosissima Trinidad: por la execrable ingratitud y grossero olvido de los mortales en el mas pronto obsequio, devocion, y agradecimiento debido à tan soberano mysterio

A discourse occasioned by the death of the Reverend Mr. Nathaniel Clap: pastor of a church at Newport on Rhode-Island, on October 30 1745, in the 78th year of his age

Ann Smith Franklin — printer

A discourse occasioned by the death of the Reverend Mr. Nathaniel Clap: pastor of a church at Newport on Rhode-Island, on October 30 1745, in the 78th year of his age

Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventu' italiana

Maria Gaetana Agnesi — mathematician and polymath

Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventu' italiana

[Colonial currency]

Anne Catharine Green — printer

[Colonial currency]

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

Phillis Wheatley — poet

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

The Deputy Commissary's Guide within the Province of Maryland

Anne Catharine Green — printer

The Deputy Commissary's Guide within the Province of Maryland

Mémoires de Mademoiselle de Montpensier: fille de Gaston d'Orléans, frere de Louis XIII, roi de France

Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby — the Ladies of Llangollen

Mémoires de Mademoiselle de Montpensier: fille de Gaston d'Orléans, frere de Louis XIII, roi de France

Fair copy of memoir

La Chevalière d’Eon — diplomat, soldier, spy

Fair copy of memoir

Abrégé de l'art des accouchemens

Angelique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray — midwife

Abrégé de l'art des accouchemens

Manuscript summons for witnesses against “Hannah a negro woman”

Hannah — the effects of slavery

Manuscript summons for witnesses against “Hannah a negro woman”

Poems, on Several Occasions

Ann Yearsley — poet

Poems, on Several Occasions

Verses: Affixed to the Bills of Mortality for the Town of Northampton, 21 December 1787

Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby — the Ladies of Llangollen

Verses: Affixed to the Bills of Mortality for the Town of Northampton, 21 December 1787

L'entrée de l'Empereur Sigismond a Mantouë: gravé en vingt cinq feuilles, d'après une longue frise exécutée en stuc dans le palais du T. de la même ville, sur un dessin de Jules Romain

Antoinette Stella — artist and engraver

L'entrée de l'Empereur Sigismond a Mantouë: gravé en vingt cinq feuilles, d'après une longue frise exécutée en stuc dans le palais du T. de la même ville, sur un dessin de Jules Romain

Letters on Education: With Observations on Religious and Metaphysical Subjects

Catharine Macaulay — historian and political activist

Letters on Education: With Observations on Religious and Metaphysical Subjects

Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq., on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade

Anna Letitia Barbauld — abolitionist, educator, and writer

Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq., on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade

La Chevalière d’Eon

La Chevalière d’Eon — diplomat, soldier, spy

La Chevalière d’Eon

Original Stories from Real Life, With Conversations, Calculated to Regulate the Affections, and Form the Mind to Truth and Goodness

Mary Wollstonecraft — feminist, philosopher, writer, editor, translator, and reviewer

Original Stories from Real Life, With Conversations, Calculated to Regulate the Affections, and Form the Mind to Truth and Goodness

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects

Mary Wollstonecraft — philosopher, writer, editor, translator, and reviewer

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects

Letters containing a sketch of the politics of France: from the thirty-first of May 1793, till the twenty-eighth of July 1794, and of the scenes which have passed in the prisons of Paris

Helen Maria Williams — abolitionist and political radical

Letters containing a sketch of the politics of France: from the thirty-first of May 1793, till the twenty-eighth of July 1794, and of the scenes which have passed in the prisons of Paris

A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools

Education of women

A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools

Letter to Ruth Barlow

Helen Maria Williams — abolitionist and political radical

Letter to Ruth Barlow

A Compendious System of Astronomy [...]

Margaret Bryan — scientist and teacher

A Compendious System of Astronomy [...]

[Metamorphosis book]

Elizabeth Winspear — artist

[Metamorphosis book]

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February 28, 2019 – June 15, 2019
Duke University Libraries

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December 11, 2019 – February 8, 2020
Grolier Club, New York City

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