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The extra woman : how Marjorie Hillis led a generation of women to live alone and like it
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Title
The extra woman : how Marjorie Hillis led a generation of women to live alone and like it / Joanna Scutts.
ISBN
9781631492730
163149273X
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2018]
Physical Description
335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary
Presents a cultural history of independent single women between the 1920s and the 1950s through the reclaimed life of glamorous guru Marjorie Hillis.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 21, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-316) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Solitary splendor
"Something to get your teeth into"
(Not) a question of money
Setting for a solo act
Work ends at nightfall
Mad about New York
Rosie and Mrs. Roulston
Starting all over
Epilogue.
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