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Book

The extra woman : how Marjorie Hillis led a generation of women to live alone and like it

Call Number

  • 305.42 S4378 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]

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.

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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