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- catalog abstract ""In this book of popular history, journalist Betsy Israel shines a light on the old stereotypes that have stigmatized single women for years 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." "Drawing extensively on primary sources, including private journals, newspaper stories, magazine articles, advertisements, films, and other materials from popular media, Israel paints remarkably vivid portraits of single women - and the way they were perceived - throughout the decades. From the nineteenth-century spinsters of New England to the Bowery girls of New York City, from the 1920s flappers to the 1940s working women of the war years and 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 they radiate an aura of glamour and mystery in popular culture."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Secret history of single women in the twentieth century".
- catalog contributor b12640925.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""In this book of popular history, journalist Betsy Israel shines a light on the old stereotypes that have stigmatized single women for years 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." "Drawing extensively on primary sources, including private journals, newspaper stories, magazine articles, advertisements, films, and other materials from popular media, Israel paints remarkably vivid portraits of single women - and the way they were perceived - throughout the decades. From the nineteenth-century spinsters of New England to the Bowery girls of New York City, from the 1920s flappers to the 1940s working women of the war years and 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 they radiate an aura of glamour and mystery in popular culture."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-284) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : I think we're alone now -- 1. the classical spinster : redundants, the singly blessed, and the early new women -- 2. The single steps out : Bowery Gals, Shoppies, and the Bohemian bachelorette -- 3. Thin and raging things : new (new women, Gibson goddesses, flapping ad darlings, and the all-new spinster in fur -- 4. The suspicious single : job stealers, the riveting Rosie, and the neurotic husband hunter -- 5. The secret single : runaway bachelor girls, catching the Bleecker Street Beat and/or Blues at the Barbizon -- 6. The swinging single : career girls, the autonomous girl, the pill popper, and the lone female in danger -- 7. Today's moderne unmarried, her times and trials : ice queens of the Eighties and Nineties, baby brides, slacker spinsters, and the singular cry of the wild, "Hey, get your stroller off my sidewalk!"".
- catalog extent "viii, 294 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0380976498 (hard)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : William Morrow,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "305.48/9652 21".
- catalog subject "HQ800.2 .I85 2002".
- catalog subject "Single women United States.".
- catalog subject "Single women.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : I think we're alone now -- 1. the classical spinster : redundants, the singly blessed, and the early new women -- 2. The single steps out : Bowery Gals, Shoppies, and the Bohemian bachelorette -- 3. Thin and raging things : new (new women, Gibson goddesses, flapping ad darlings, and the all-new spinster in fur -- 4. The suspicious single : job stealers, the riveting Rosie, and the neurotic husband hunter -- 5. The secret single : runaway bachelor girls, catching the Bleecker Street Beat and/or Blues at the Barbizon -- 6. The swinging single : career girls, the autonomous girl, the pill popper, and the lone female in danger -- 7. Today's moderne unmarried, her times and trials : ice queens of the Eighties and Nineties, baby brides, slacker spinsters, and the singular cry of the wild, "Hey, get your stroller off my sidewalk!"".
- catalog title "Bachelor girl : the secret history of single women in the twentieth century / Betsy Israel.".
- catalog title "Secret history of single women in the twentieth century".
- catalog type "text".