Scutts, Joanna
The Extra Woman
- ISBN 13:
- 9781631492730
- author:
- Scutts, Joanna
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Liveright Publishing Corporation
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 20.83 x 14.99 x 3.3 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Feminism & Feminist Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
The Extra Woman: A Cultural History of Single Women in the City In the 1930s, single women in New York City were redefining what it meant to be independent and stylish. One woman, Marjorie Hillis, was at the forefront of this movement, urging spinsters, divorcées, and "old maids" to shed derogatory labels and take control of their lives. Hillis's radical self-help book, Live Alone and Like It: A Guide for the Extra Woman, published in 1936, became a phenomenon. With its witty advice on everything from the importance of a peignoir to the joy of breakfast in bed (alone), Hillis's philosophy made single life desirable and chic. Joanna Scutts explores the revolutionary years following the Live-Alone movement, when the status of these "brazen ladies" peaked and then collapsed. A fascinating cultural history that sheds light on the complex social changes of the time.
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