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The Extra Woman
How Marjorie Hillis Led a Generation of Women to Live Alone and Like It
Buch von Joanna Scutts
Sprache: Englisch

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The Extra Woman transports us to the turbulent and transformative years between suffrage and the sixties, when, thanks to the glamorous grit of one Marjorie Hillis, single women boldly claimed and enjoyed their independence. Gone were the days of the flirty flapper; ladies of Depression-era New York embraced a new icon: the independent working woman. Hillis was already a success at Vogue when she published a radical self-help book in 1936: Live Alone and Like It: A Guide for the Extra Woman. With Dorothy Parker-esque wit, she urged spinsters, divorcée and "old maids" to shed derogatory labels and take control of their lives, and her philosophy became a phenomenon.

In a style as irresistible as Hillis's own, Joanna Scutts explores the revolutionary years following the Live-Alone movement, when the status of these "brazen ladies" peaked and then collapsed. By painting the wider picture, Scutts reveals just how influential Hillis's career was, spanning decades and numerous best sellers. As she refashioned her message with every life experience, Hillis proved that guts, grace and perseverance would always be in vogue.

The Extra Woman transports us to the turbulent and transformative years between suffrage and the sixties, when, thanks to the glamorous grit of one Marjorie Hillis, single women boldly claimed and enjoyed their independence. Gone were the days of the flirty flapper; ladies of Depression-era New York embraced a new icon: the independent working woman. Hillis was already a success at Vogue when she published a radical self-help book in 1936: Live Alone and Like It: A Guide for the Extra Woman. With Dorothy Parker-esque wit, she urged spinsters, divorcée and "old maids" to shed derogatory labels and take control of their lives, and her philosophy became a phenomenon.

In a style as irresistible as Hillis's own, Joanna Scutts explores the revolutionary years following the Live-Alone movement, when the status of these "brazen ladies" peaked and then collapsed. By painting the wider picture, Scutts reveals just how influential Hillis's career was, spanning decades and numerous best sellers. As she refashioned her message with every life experience, Hillis proved that guts, grace and perseverance would always be in vogue.

Über den Autor
Joanna Scutts is the inaugural Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Women's History at the New-York Historical Society and a contributor to the New Republic, the Guardian, and other publications. She lives in New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781631492730
ISBN-10: 163149273X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Scutts, Joanna
Hersteller: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 218 x 146 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Joanna Scutts
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2017
Gewicht: 0,488 kg
Artikel-ID: 132557048
Über den Autor
Joanna Scutts is the inaugural Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Women's History at the New-York Historical Society and a contributor to the New Republic, the Guardian, and other publications. She lives in New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781631492730
ISBN-10: 163149273X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Scutts, Joanna
Hersteller: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 218 x 146 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Joanna Scutts
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2017
Gewicht: 0,488 kg
Artikel-ID: 132557048
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