The Extra Woman by Joanna Scutts
From the flapper to The Feminine Mystique, a cultural history of single women in the city through the reclaimed life of glamorous guru Marjorie Hillis.
"Scutts is, unarguably, a careful and thoughtful author" -- Times Literary Supplement
".. fascinating and hugely entertaining book..." -- The Irish Times
"The Extra Woman follows Hillis’ own fascinating life as a 'Live Aloner' against a wider backdrop of what life was like for single women between getting the vote and getting the Pill. A fascinating read." -- Red Magazine
"Scutts’s book, written with an enticing no-nonsense clarity that is reminiscent of Hillis’s original, acts as both a biography of Hillis and paints a fascinating portrait of the cultural context surrounding her work." -- The National
".. fascinating and hugely entertaining book..." -- The Irish Times
"The Extra Woman follows Hillis’ own fascinating life as a 'Live Aloner' against a wider backdrop of what life was like for single women between getting the vote and getting the Pill. A fascinating read." -- Red Magazine
"Scutts’s book, written with an enticing no-nonsense clarity that is reminiscent of Hillis’s original, acts as both a biography of Hillis and paints a fascinating portrait of the cultural context surrounding her work." -- The National
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781631492730 |
| ISBN 10 | 163149273X |
| Title | The Extra Woman |
| Author | Joanna Scutts |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2017-12-05 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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