| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xii, 339 pages ; 24 cm |
|
text txt rdacontent |
|
unmediated n rdamedia |
|
volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339). |
| Contents |
Watch out for that woman: The political and social power of an unmarried nation -- Single women have often made history: Unmarried in America -- The sex of the cities: Urban life and female independence -- Dangerous as Lucifer matches: The friendships of women -- My solitude, my self: Single women on their own -- For richer: Work, money, and independence -- For poorer: Single women and sexism, racism, and poverty -- Sex and the single girls: Virginity to promiscuity and beyond -- Horse and carriage: Marrying, and not marrying, in the time of singlehood -- Then comes what? And when?: Independence and parenthood -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Where are they now? |
| Summary |
In 2010, journalist Rebecca Traister started a book that she thought would be about the twenty-first-century phenomenon of the American single woman. Over the course of her research, Traister made a startling discovery: historically, when women have had options beyond early heterosexual marriage, their resulting independence has provoked massive social change. Unmarried women were crucial to the abolition, suffrage, temperance, and labor movements; they created settlement houses and secondary education for women. Today, only 20% of Americans are wed by age 29, compared to nearly 60% in 1960. The Population Reference Bureau calls it a "dramatic reversal." Traister sets out to examine how this generation of independent women is changing the world. |
| Subject |
Single women -- United States -- History.
|
|
Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
|
|
Feminism -- United States -- History.
|
|
United States -- Civilization.
|
|
United States -- History.
|
|
United States -- Social conditions.
|
|
Race relations.
|
|
Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
|
|
Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
|
|
Single women. (OCoLC)fst01119452
|
|
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
|
|
Women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176947
|
|
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
|
|
Single women -- United States -- History.
|
|
Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
|
|
Feminism -- United States -- History.
|
|
United States -- Civilization.
|
|
United States -- History.
|
|
United States -- Social conditions.
|
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
|
| ISBN |
9781476716565 (hbk.) |
|
1476716560 (hbk.) |
|
9781476716572 (pbk.) |
|
1476716579 (pbk.) |
|
9781476716589 (ebk) |
|
9781501160691 |
|
1501160699 |
|
1476716587 |
| Standard No. |
40025834201 |
|
