Bachelor Girl : 100 Years of Breaking the Rules--A Social History of Living Single
by Israel, Betsy
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- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 038079778X
- ISBN 13
- 9780380797783
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Synopsis
Women's Studies Journalist Betsy Israel paints remarkably vivid portraits of single women -- and how they have been perceived -- throughout the decades using primary sources, including private journals, newspapers, and other materials from popular media. From the nineteenth-century spinsters of New England to the Bowery girls of New York City, to the career girls of the 1950s and 1960s, single women have fought to find, and feel comfortable in, that room of their own. One need only look at Bridget Jones and the Sex and the City gang to see that single women still maintain an uneasy relationship with the rest of society -- and yet radiate glamour and mystery.Bachelor Girl shines a light on the stereotypes that have stigmatized single women and celebrates their resourceful sense of spirit, enterprise, and unlimited success in a world where it is no longer unusual or unlikely to be unwed.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12836209-75
- Title
- Bachelor Girl : 100 Years of Breaking the Rules--A Social History of Living Single
- Author
- Israel, Betsy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 038079778X
- ISBN 13
- 9780380797783
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2003
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