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L'eleganza delle donne = De cultu feminarum / Tertulliano ; a cura di Sandra Isetta.
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- Firenze : Nardini : Centro internazionale del libro, c1986.
- 1986
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A medieval woman's mirror of honor : the treasury of the city of ladies / Christine de Pizan ; translated, with an introduction by Charity Cannon Willard ; edited, with an introduction by Madeleine Pelner Cosman.
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- Tenafly, N.J. : Bard Hall Press ; New York, N.Y. : Persea Books, 1989.
- 1989
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Fragments d'un discours féminin / Marie de Gournay ; textes établis, présentés et commentés par Elyane Dezon-Jones.
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- [Paris] : Librairie J. Corti, 1988.
- 1988
- 1 Item
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Medieval English prose for women : selections from the Katherine group and Ancrene Wisse / edited by Bella Millett and Jocelyn Wogan-Browne.
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- Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
- 1990
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Texto y concordancias del Libro de las donas : Escorial ms. h.III.20 / edición de Gracia Lozano López.
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- Madison, Wis. : Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, c1992.
- 1992
Anchoritic spirituality : Ancrene wisse and associated works / translated and introduced by Anne Savage and Nicholas Watson ; preface by Benedicta Ward.
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- New York : Paulist Press, c1991.
- 1991
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Le livre de la cité des dames / Christine de Pizan ; traduction, introduction par Eric Hicks et Thérèse Moreau.
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- Paris : Stock, c1986.
- 1986
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Le livre des trois vertus : édition critique / Christine de Pizan ; introduction et notes par Charity Cannon Willard ; texte établi en collaboration avec Eric Hicks.
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- Paris : Librairie Honoré Champion, 1989.
- 1989
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Jungfrauenzucht : Literaturwissenschaftliche und pädagogische Studien zur Mädchenerziehungsliteratur zwischen 1200 und 1600 / Susanne Barth.
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- Stuttgart : M & P, c1994.
- 1994
- 1 Item
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An enquiry into the duties of the female sex. By Thomas Gisborne, M.A.
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- London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1797.
- 1797
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The female spectator.
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- London : Printed and published by T. Gardner, at Cowley's Head, opposite St. Clement's Church, in the Strand, 1745.
- 1745
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A guide to matrimonial happiness : in a series of letters / written by a lady of distinction to her relation shortly after her marriage.
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- London : Henry Colburn and Co. ..., 1821.
- 1821
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L'ami des femmes.
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- A Paris : Quay des Augustins, MDCCLIX [1759]
- 1759
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Sermons to young women : in two volumes / by James Fordyce ...
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- London : Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell in the Strand, J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall and J. Payne in Pater-Noster Row, 1766.
- 1766
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text SNF (Fordyce, J. Sermons to young women) v. 1 Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text SNF (Fordyce, J. Sermons to young women) v. 2 Offsite The whole duty of a woman : containing, directions how to obtain the virtues of piety, modesty, chastity and humility; with their advantages : and how to avoid the opposite vices, as impiety, immodesty, uncleanness and pride; with the mischiefs that attend them : also, the duty of virgins : directing them what they ought to do, and what to avoid, for gaining all the acomplishments required in that state : likewise, directions for married women how to behave themselves toward their husbands, children, servants and relations : together with the duty of a widow : to which is added, receipts for preparing cordial drinks, and physical ones for the curing distempers mostly incident to all ages, constitutions and complexions : with the art of dressing fish, flesh and fowl after the newest way, with their proper sauces : also, directions for making pyes, tarts, &c.
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- London : Printed for H. Woodgate and S. Brooks ..., [1765?]
- 1765
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The oeconomy of female life. By a lady ...
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- London: Printed for G. Smith, 1751.
- 1751
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- London, T. Cadell, 1814.
- 1814
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text SNF (Fordyce, J. D. D. Sermons to young women) v. 1 Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text SNF (Fordyce, J. D. D. Sermons to young women) v. 2 Offsite The whole duty of a woman, or, An infallible guide to the fair sex : containing rules, directions, and observations, for their conduct and behavior through all ages and circumstances of life, as virgins, wives, or widows : with ... rules and receipts in every kind of cookery ...
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- London : Printed for T. Reed ..., 1737.
- 1737
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text SNF (Whole duty of a woman. 1737) Offsite The book of the city of ladies / Christine de Pizan ; translated by Earl Jeffrey Richards.
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- New York : Persea Books, c1998.
- 1998
- 1 Item
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Letters to a young lady, on a variety of useful and interesting subjects : calculated to improve the heart, to form the manners, and enlighten the understanding : in two volumes / by the Rev. John Bennett ...
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- Warrington : Printed by W. Eyres, for the author, and sold by G.G.J. and J. Robinsons ... Messrs. Rivingtons, and J. Johnson ... T. Cadell ... J. Murray ..., London; and I. Clarke, Manchester, 1789.
- 1789
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Discourses on domestick duties / by Samuel Stennett, D.D.
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- London : Printed by R. Hett; and sold by J. Buckland ... and T. Cadell ... 1783.
- 1783
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The gentlewomans companion; or, A guide to the female sex: containing directions of behaviour, in all places, companies, relations, and conditions, from their childhood down to old age ... With letters & discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, A guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service ... By Hannah Woolley.
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- London, Printed by A. Maxwell for Edward Thomas, 1675.
- 1675
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A letter humbly address'd to the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield. / By Mrs. Teresia Constantia Muilman.
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- London: : Printed for the author ..., 1750.
- 1750
Sermons to young women. By James Fordyce, D.D.
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- Philadelphia, Printed for Thomas Dobson, 1787.
- 1787
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The economy of beauty : in a series of fables : addressed to the ladies / by Dr. Cosens, minister of Teddington, Middlesex; and chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Denbigh.
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- London : Printed for J. Walter ..., 1777.
- 1777
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Castigos y doctrinas que un sabio dava a sus hijas : edición y comentario / Hernán Sánchez Martínez de Pinillos ; director Nicasio Salvador Miguel.
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- Madrid : Fundación Universitaria Española, 2000.
- 2000
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"Temptations" from Ancrene wisse / edited and translated with introduction by Yoko Wada.
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- Osaka, Japan : Kansai University Press ; Cambridge [England] : D.S. Brewer, 1994-
- 1994-present
- 2 Items
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An address to the ladies, from a young man.
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- London : Printed for T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell) ...
- 1796
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Conduct literature for women, 1500 to 1640 / edited by William St. Clair, Irmgard Maassen.
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- London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2000.
- 2000
- 6 Items
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The ladies calling : in two parts / by the author of The whole duty of man, &c.
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- Oxford : Printed at the Theater, 1720.
- 1720
- 2 Items
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The polite lady, or, A course of female education : in a series of letters from a mother to her daughter.
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- London : Printed for J. Newbery ..., 1760.
- 1760
- 1 Item
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Mémoire pour le sexe féminin, contre le sexe masculin / par Madame***.
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- À Londres, et se trouve à Paris : chez Royez ..., 1787.
- 1787
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Female tuition, or, an address to mothers, on the education of daughters.
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- Dublin : Printed by W. Sleater ..., 1787.
- 1787
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Etrennes pour les maitresses de famille.
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- Breslau : Chez Guillaume Theophile Korn, 1769.
- 1769
- 1 Item
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Etrennes pour les femmes.
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- Breslau : Chez Guillaume Theophile Korn, 1769.
- 1769
- 1 Item
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Female tuition, or, An address to mothers, on the education of daughters / by John Moir, A.M.
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- London : Printed for Messrs. Murray and Highley, No. 32, Fleet Street; Mathews, No. 18, Strand; and Smeeton, No. 148, St. Martin's Lane, Charing-Cross, [ca. 1800?]
- 1800
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The female mentor, or, select conversations.
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- London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies ..., 1798.
- 1798
- 1 Item
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The gentlewomans companion, or, a guide to the female sex / Hannah Woolley ; with an introduction by Caterina Albano.
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- Totnes, Devon [England] : Prospect Books, 2001.
- 2001
- 1 Item
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A letter from a friend to a young lady upon her approaching nuptuals.
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- Newark (England) : Printed by S. and J. Ridge, 1795.
- 1795
- 1 Item
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An enquiry into the duties of the female sex / by Thomas Gisborne, M.A.
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- London : Printed for T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies ..., 1797.
- 1797
- 1 Item
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The early modern Englishwoman : a facsimile library of essential works. Series III, Essential works for the study of early modern women. part 1 / general editors, Betty S. Travitsky and Anne Lake Prescott.
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- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., c2005-
- 2005-present
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFM 05-191 v. 5 Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFM 05-191 v. 6 Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFM 05-191 v. 7 Offsite Enseignements à sa fille ; suivis de l'Histoire du siège de Brest / Anne de France ; édition Tatiana Clavier & Éliane Viennot.
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- Saint-Étienne, [France] : Publications de l'Université de Saint-Étienne, 2006.
- 2006
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFC 06-1772 Offsite Conduct literature for women, 1770-1830 / edited by Pam Morris.
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- London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, c2005.
- 2005
- 6 Items
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Conduct literature for women, 1640-1710 / edited by William St. Clair, Irmgard Maasen.
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- London : Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2002.
- 2002
- 6 Items
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Conduct literature for women, 1720-1770 / edited by Pam Morris.
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- London : Pickering & Chatto, 2004.
- 2004
- 6 Items
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The early modern Englishwoman, a facsimile library of essential works. Series III, Essential works for the study of early modern women. Part 2 / general editors, Betty S. Travitsky and Anne Lake Prescott.
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- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2007-
- 2007-present
- 8 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFL 07-128 v. 6 Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFL 07-128 v. 7 Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFL 07-128 v. 8 Offsite The economy of beauty : in a series of fables : addressed to the ladies / by Dr. Cosens, minister of Teddington, Middlesex; and chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Denbigh.
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- London : Printed for J. Walter ..., 1777.
- 1777
Traditionen idealisierter Weiblichkeit : die "Kostbare Sammlung von Vorbildern weiblicher Weisheit" (Joyō chie kagami takaraori) als Paradebeispiel edo-zeitlicher Frauenbildung / Stephan Köhn.
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- Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, c2008.
- 2008
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *WGC-6506 [CD-ROM] Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text ReCAP 09-21815 [Text] Offsite Politica per le dame.
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- In Venezia : Appresso Paolo Colombani, 1767.
- 1767
- 1 Item
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The early modern Englishwoman, a facsimile library of essential works. Series II, Printing writings, 1641-1700. Part 4 / general editors, Betty S. Travitsky and Anne Lake Prescott.
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- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2009-
- 2009-present
- 8 Items
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