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your food and you

Food Facts From the Fifties

August 13, 2018 Mary Kelly You Ate What? 13 comments

Your Food and You Zim 1957 This is one of those science/health titles all about food. The illustrations are typical 1950s but just weird enough to have me looking twice. Check out the illustration of the woman with a goiter.

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Hot Tips for that 80’s Professional

August 3, 2018 Mary Kelly Looking Good 21 comments

Hot Tips 1000 Fashion & Beauty Tricks Stein 1981 Aside from the fact the fashion is way out of date, and the illustrations are not great, this kind of book is a great idea. Dressing professionally was a big deal

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Scrapbook Asian Style

July 9, 2018 Holly Craptastic Crafts and Hobbies 18 comments

Scrapbook Asian Style! Harris 2008 Submitter: Oh boy. I came across this after it had been weeded, waiting to be put in our book sale. I’m not sure which of my coworkers weeded it, but I’m glad they did. This

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Menopausal Years cover

Menopausal Years

July 3, 2018 Holly Feelings and Self Help, Health and Safety 11 comments

Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way: Alternative Approaches for Women 30-90 Weed 1992 There is a 2002 edition of this book called “New Menopausal Years. You can weed that one too. I’m 44 years old, so I’ll be making my

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Finding Love Online

July 2, 2018 Mary Kelly Bleeding Edge, Life, Death, Love, and Marriage 7 comments

Men are from Cyberspace The Single Woman’s Guide to Flirting, Dating, and finding Love On-Line Skriloff and Gould 1997 Looking for love on-line? The authors are here to help with all sorts of tips for finding Mr. Right (or Mr.

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Help for Vietnam Vets

April 30, 2018 Mary Kelly But it's Historical!, Feelings and Self Help 2 comments

Recovering from War A Woman’s Guide to Help Your Vietnam Vet Mason 1990 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) started getting noticed as veterans of the Vietnam War were returning from Vietnam. The Fall of Saigon was in 1975, and this

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what every woman should know about her car

Car tips for ladies

February 20, 2018 Mary Kelly Can I get there from here?, Ladies only! 5 comments

What every woman should know …about her car Jackson 1974 This quaint relic was written by a woman who worked in an auto shop for most of her life and wrote this as a help for those “liberated” women who

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woman's guide to earning a good living

Advice for ladies if you can’t find a man

February 13, 2018 Mary Kelly Working 9-5 10 comments

A Woman’s Guide to Earning a Good Living Winter 1961 Ladies, here is some wonderful career advice so you can keep yourself busy until your Mr. Right comes along, when you can quit working. Naturally, we have a man to

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