The Extra WomanThe Extra Woman
How Marjorie Hillis Led a Generation of Women to Live Alone and Like It
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From the flapper to The Feminine Mystique, the author presents a cultural history of single women in New York City through the reclaimed life of glamorous guru Marjorie Hillis.
Presents a cultural history of independent single women between the 1920s and the 1950s through the reclaimed life of glamorous guru Marjorie Hillis.
When a friend of Brit Scutts gifted her with an old and forgotten bestseller from 1936 called Live Alone and Like it, by Marjorie Hillis, she quickly dropped everything to read it. Single, Scutts soon found herself cheating on her dissertation. Hillis’s book celebrates guts, indulgence, and independence, while also being funny and very quotable. She began to learn more about Hillis, the women and writer, who didn’t even have a Wikipedia entry. Beating Helen Gurley Brown to the punch, Hillis’s book has chapters such as: “Etiquette for a Lone Female,” and “A Lady and her liquor,” as well as sections on fashion, money, travel, and having affairs. Hillis, who finally married in middle-age, was realistic about every eventuality: “The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence.” Cultural critic Scutts’s work of literary biography and cultural history rescues Hillis from oblivion. Feminist philosophizing, she cautions the reader to remember that marriage is always political—a rite of citizenship offered or withheld by the state—and there are still many powerful people who are afraid to allow women happiness, independence, pleasure, and the right to be alone—all rights Hillis claimed for her Live-Aloners.” Scutts traces Hillis’s bestsellers and influence over decades. Eight chapters with epilogue are: solitary splendor; “something to get your teeth into”; (not) a question of money; setting for a solo act; work ends at nightfall; mad about New York; Rosie and Mrs. Roulston; starting all over; epilogue. There are notes, a bibliography, and credits. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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Presents a cultural history of independent single women between the 1920s and the 1950s through the reclaimed life of glamorous guru Marjorie Hillis.
When a friend of Brit Scutts gifted her with an old and forgotten bestseller from 1936 called Live Alone and Like it, by Marjorie Hillis, she quickly dropped everything to read it. Single, Scutts soon found herself cheating on her dissertation. Hillis’s book celebrates guts, indulgence, and independence, while also being funny and very quotable. She began to learn more about Hillis, the women and writer, who didn’t even have a Wikipedia entry. Beating Helen Gurley Brown to the punch, Hillis’s book has chapters such as: “Etiquette for a Lone Female,” and “A Lady and her liquor,” as well as sections on fashion, money, travel, and having affairs. Hillis, who finally married in middle-age, was realistic about every eventuality: “The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence.” Cultural critic Scutts’s work of literary biography and cultural history rescues Hillis from oblivion. Feminist philosophizing, she cautions the reader to remember that marriage is always political—a rite of citizenship offered or withheld by the state—and there are still many powerful people who are afraid to allow women happiness, independence, pleasure, and the right to be alone—all rights Hillis claimed for her Live-Aloners.” Scutts traces Hillis’s bestsellers and influence over decades. Eight chapters with epilogue are: solitary splendor; “something to get your teeth into”; (not) a question of money; setting for a solo act; work ends at nightfall; mad about New York; Rosie and Mrs. Roulston; starting all over; epilogue. There are notes, a bibliography, and credits. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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