Washington Women's Cook Book
Seattle, WA: The Washington Equal Suffrage Association, 1909.
First edition, first printing. [viii], 256 pp. Bound in publisher's white coated cloth stamped in orange, with banners reading "Votes for Women / Good Things to Eat." Very Good with rubbing and soiling to covers, front inner hinge slightly exposed, foxing to textblock edges, contents tanned. A first wave feminist fundraising cook book in support of the suffrage movement dedicated "to the first woman who realized that half of the human race were not getting a square deal, and who had the courage to voice a protest." Includes a number of vegetarian recipes, information on household tips and kitchen science, and a few essays by leaders of the Washington state women's voter movement.
Price: $1,250