Her brilliant career
Subtitle: ten extraordinary women of the fifties
By: Rachel Cooke
Edition: Paperback edition.
Publisher: Virago Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781844087419
Subjects: Women; History; Nineteen fifties
Description: In her apron and rubber gloves, a smile lipsticked permanently across her face, the woman of the Fifties has become a cultural symbol of all that we are most grateful to have sloughed off. A homely compliant creature, she knows little or nothing of sex, and stands no chance at all of having a career. She must marry or die. But what if there was another side to the story? In this book Rachel Cooke tells the story of ten extraordinary women whose pioneering professional lives - and complicated private lives - paved the way for future generations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.