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Women / Women's History & Studies   

Catalog Last Updated: 02/17/24 20 items.

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Anderson, Maria H.   SIXTY YEARS OF CHOICE, 1936-1996: PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF HOUSTON AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS, INC.  
Houston: Planned Parenthood of Houston, 2001. 248 pages. Paperback. Comprehensive history of Planned Parenthood in Houston, from its beginnings as the Maternal Health Center in the 1930s, the legal and social battles over birth control, the legalization of abortion and continuing needs for women's healthcare. B/w photos, notes, meeting minutes and more. Somewhat uncommon. Buy it before Gov. Abbott bans it too.
Fine/Wraps. # E4341. $40.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Balmain, Melissa.   JUST US: ADVENTURES AND TRAVELS OF A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER  
Boston: Faber & Faber, 1998. 1st ed. 207 pages. Hardcover. 0571199488 0-571-19948-8. Inscribed and signed by the author and by Gina Ingoglia, mother of the author, who did the drawings at the beginning of each chapter.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight. # B8040. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bernikow, Louise.   AMERICAN WOMEN'S ALMANAC: AN INSPIRING AND IRREVERENT WOMEN'S HISTORY  
New York: Berkley Books, 1997. 1st ed. 388 pages. Hardcover. 0425156869 0-425-15686-9. A fun and lively photo history of women in America. Hundreds of b/w photos.
Fine/Fine. # A9254. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Diamonstein, Barbaralee.   OPEN SECRETS: NINETY-FOUR WOMEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR TIME  
New York: Viking, 1972. 1st ed. 474 pages. Hardcover. 0670527084 0-670-52708-4. Ninety0four women of accomplishment answer a list of questions on their concerns in the modern world.
VG/VG. Tight, unmarked, without wear. # E3245. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Elder, Ira Nell.   GENTLE GIANTS: WOMEN WRITERS IN TEXAS  
Austin: Eakin Press, 1983. 1st ed. 176 pages. Hardcover. 0890153981 0-89015-398-1. Stories of seventeen women authors, with brief sketch biographies and samples of their writing. Stated first edition in aqua colored dustjacket. B/w photo portraits.
Fine/Fine. Book is tight, without wear or marks. Dustjacket is lightly scuffed in the color on several small places. Pale foxing on book edges. Long out of print. # E3211. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Exley, Jo Ella Powell.   TEXAS TEARS AND TEXAS SUNSHINE: VOICES OF FRONTIER WOMEN  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1996. Reprint. 275 pages. Hardcover. 089096453X 0-89096-453-X. Womens' own stories from every epoch of Texas history, beginning in 1821 with early colonization, through Republican times and Statehood, the Civil War and Frontier up to 1905. Twenty b/w illustrations.
Fine/Wraps. As new. # E4977. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Giffords, Gabrielle, & Mark Kelly.   GABBY: A STORY OF COURAGE AND HOPE (SIGNED BY KELLY)  
New York: Scribner, 2011. Reprint. 309 pages. Hardcover. 1451661061 1451661061. Fourth printing, SIGNED on the title page by former astronaut and current U.S. Senator from Arizona, Mark Kelly. Biography of his wife, former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who struggled to overcome her near-fatal injuries in a shooting which left six dead and thirteen wounded while meeting with her constituents in Tucson. Color photos
Fine/Fine. A beautiful, likely unread copy. # E3761. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hamner, Laura V.   SHORT GRASS & LONGHORNS  
Norman: Univ. Oklahoma, 1943. 1st ed. 269 pages. Hardcover. Histories drawn from stories and interviews of the cowboys and ranchers of West Texas. Illustrated with sepia photos. Indexed.
Good/No Jacket. Solid binding, unmarked. Cover has some discoloration, light edge foxing and some foxing on first and last few pages. # A0161. $140.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
JesuMarie, .   JUST ADD WATER: A MEMOIR (SIGNED)  
Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2015. 106 pages. Paperback. 1491775033 1491775033. Memoir of growing up in Italian Philadephia with lively personas, food, extended families, the Catholic Church and school nuns, rough and tumble street life, crime and abuse.
New/Wraps. New copies SIGNED by the author. # 34869. $12.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Latin, Eyquionette.   LIFE THROUGH THE EYES OF A WOMAN  
Pittsburgh PA: Dorrance Publishing, 2018. 197 pages. Paperback. 1434909727 1434909727. Helpful short stories for women.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # E3357. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Navor, Marlene.   2006-07 TEXAS A & M WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: RAISING THE BAR  
College Station: Texas A & M University, 200. 1st ed. 208 pages. Hardcover. 2007 recruitment guide for Texas A & M women's basketball. Brown hardcover with framed team photo on front. Color photos on endpapers, b/w photos throughout.
Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, unmarked. # E4099. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Navor, Marlene.   2008-09 TEXAS A & M WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: RAISING THE BAR  
College Station: Texas A & M University, 200. 1st ed. 208 pages. Hardcover. 2009 recruitment guide for Texas A & M women's basketball. Black hardcover, unusual front cover has a 1/8th inch thick, raised and embossed basketball shape. Book is still in publisher shrink-wrap.
Fine/No Jacket. Unopened copy still in shrinkwrap. # E4100. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Noggle, Anne.   FOR GOD, COUNTRY, AND THE THRILL OF IT: WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS IN WORLD WAR II  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1990. 1st ed. 161 pages. Hardcover. 0890964017 0-89096-401-7. History of the WASPs written for this book by Dora Dougherty Strother. Forty-nine portraits of former WASPs made at reunion in 1986. There are also thirty-nine historical photos.
Fine/Fine. A new book from our archives. # E0670. $38.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Pickrell, Annie Doom.   PIONEER WOMEN IN TEXAS  
Austin: State House Press, 1991. Reprint. 488 pages. Hardcover. 0938349708 0-938349-70-8. Biographical sketches based on onformation furnished by relatives and friends of the women included by the author. This is a reprint of the original book published in 1929 by E.L. Steck Company. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. Index.
Near Fine/VG. Tight, no wear, short gift inscription on FFEP. Blue and white dustjacket has no wear, but small tear at lower front edge, and three at rear top edge, internally mended. # E4962. $36.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rogers, Mary Beth.   WE CAN FLY: STORIES OF KATHERINE STINSON/OTHER GUTSY TEXAS WOMEN  
Austin: Ellen C. Temple, 1983. 1st ed. 184 pages. Hardcover. 0936650028 0-936650-02-8. Biographical sketches of some tough Texas women. B/w photos and drawings by Charles Shaw.
Fine/Near Fine. Light foxing top edge and white dj. # B1410. $20.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schwartz, Gwen Gibson.   APARTMENT TO SHARE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO WIN TODAY'S ROOMMATE GAME  
New York: Wyden, 1972. 1st ed. 282 pages. Hardcover. Scarce in hardcover.
Near Fine/VG. Tight, no wear, no marks. Dustjacket has a pale damp damp mark on lower spine and lower back corner. # E3250. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Smith, Betsy Covington.   BREAKTHROUGH: WOMEN IN TELEVISION  
New York: Walker and Company, 1981. 1st ed. 140 pages. Hardcover. 0802764207 0-8027-6420-7. Interviews with eight women who have major jobs in television: Renee Poussaint, Andy Austin, Pamela Hill,Carmen Culver, Betty Rollin, Risa Korris, Judy Wormington & Chloe Aaron. B/w photos, indexed.
VG/Good+. Tight book has no wear, no marks, but foxed on top edge. Date 9/1981 inked on endpaper. Dustjacket has a few tiny nicks & tears at edges. # E3248. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Townsend, Virginia.   JANET STRONG  
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1865. 1st ed. 314 pages. Hardcover. In blind-stamped brown covers with gilt spine lettering. A moral tale for young women. 'In her inmost soul she never regretted the decision of that night. Courage and strength and the deeper insight that comes of evil resisted, were given her.'
Good/No Jacket. Some wear to covers, moderate foxing throughout. A little cocked. # B0697. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Weddington, Sarah.   A QUESTION OF CHOICE (SIGNED)  
New York: Penguin Books, 1993. Revised ed. 320 pages. Paperback. 0140177981 0-14-017798-1. Sarah Weddington provides insight to the history of reproductive choice and the events leading to her successful prosecution and passage (well, for 49 years) of Roe v Wade, giving women a Federally-protected right to abortion services. SIGNED & INSCRIBED "To Pauline, Thanks for your comments and support! Sarah 10.24.94" on the half-title page.
Near Fine/Wraps. No wear, pages show light even toning, else Fine. # E4342. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  

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