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WW Norton & Co The Extra Woman: How Marjorie Hillis Led a Generation of Women to Live Alone and Like It
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.
£21.99
Duckworth Books Hotbed: Bohemian New York and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism
New York City, 1912: in downtown Greenwich Village, a group of women gathered, all with a plan to change the world. This was the first meeting of ‘Heterodoxy’, a secret social club. Its members were passionate advocates of women’s suffrage, labour rights, equal marriage and free love. They were socialites and socialists; reformers and revolutionaries; artists, writers and scientists. Hotbed is the never-before-told story of the club whose audacious ideas and unruly acts transformed an international feminist agenda into a modern way of life. For readers who loved Mo Moulton’s Mutual Admiration Society and Francesca Wade’s Square Haunting.
£18.00
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Duckworth Books Hotbed: Bohemian New York and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism
New York City, 1912: in downtown Greenwich Village, a group of women gathered, all with a plan to change the world. This was the first meeting of ‘Heterodoxy’, a secret social club. Its members were passionate advocates of women’s suffrage, labour rights, equal marriage and free love. They were socialites and socialists; reformers and revolutionaries; artists, writers and scientists. Hotbed is the never-before-told story of the club whose audacious ideas and unruly acts transformed an international feminist agenda into a modern way of life. For readers who loved Mo Moulton’s Mutual Admiration Society and Francesca Wade’s Square Haunting.
£12.99
Duckworth Books Firebrands
In 25 witty and vibrant biographical essays,Firebrandsintroduces us to a selection of brilliant and complex women writers about whom every discerning reader should know.
£18.00
