The extra woman
Subtitle: how Marjorie Hillis led a generation of women to live alone and like it
By: Joanna Scutts
Edition: First editon.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781631492730
Subjects: Living alone; Women authors; Feminism; Single women; Biography; History
Description: Presents a cultural history of independent single women between the 1920s and the 1950s through the reclaimed life of glamorous guru Marjorie Hillis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Solitary splendor; title: "Something to get your teeth into"; title: (Not) a question of money; title: Setting for a solo act; title: Work ends at nightfall; title: Mad about New York; title: Rosie and Mrs. Roulston; title: Starting all over; title: Epilogue.