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All the single ladies : unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation

By: Traister, Rebecca
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2016.Description: xii, 339 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781476716565; 1476716560Subject(s): Single women -- United States -- History | Women -- United States -- Social conditions | Feminism -- United States -- History | Single women -- United States -- History | Women -- United States -- Social conditions | Feminism -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 306.81/530973 Online resources: Location Map
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"Today, only twenty percent of Americans are wed by age twenty-nine, compared to nearly sixty percent in 1960. The Population Reference Bureau calls it a 'dramatic reversal.' 'All the Single Ladies' is a... portrait of contemporary American life and how we got here, through the lens of the single American woman. Covering class, race, sexual orientation, and filled with ... anecdotes from ... contemporary and historical figures ... "--Jacket flap.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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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.

"Today, only twenty percent of Americans are wed by age twenty-nine, compared to nearly sixty percent in 1960. The Population Reference Bureau calls it a 'dramatic reversal.' 'All the Single Ladies' is a... portrait of contemporary American life and how we got here, through the lens of the single American woman. Covering class, race, sexual orientation, and filled with ... anecdotes from ... contemporary and historical figures ... "--Jacket flap.

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