"Originally published in hard cover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 2000"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Contents
A woman's place : Anais Nin -- The strong woman : Mae West -- A study in scarlett : Margaret Mitchell -- A society of one : Zora Neale Hurston -- A perfect lady : Eudora Welty -- The rage of Aphrodite : Marina Tsvetaeva -- Twilight of the Goddess / Ayn Rand -- Memoirs of a revolutionary : Doris Lessing -- Hearts and minds : Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy.
