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Never married women /
""[Simon] deals seriously and perceptively with lives almost never granted such respect--those of the 'spinster, ' the 'old maid.' ... There is also a particular ironic energy.""--The Nation""Nothing is more ridiculous than someone who says, upon lea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
1987.
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| Colección: | Women in the political economy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | ""[Simon] deals seriously and perceptively with lives almost never granted such respect--those of the 'spinster, ' the 'old maid.' ... There is also a particular ironic energy.""--The Nation""Nothing is more ridiculous than someone who says, upon learning that I never got married, †̃Oh, you would like my Aunt _____! She never got married either. You two would have a lot in common.' ""--an interview, August 1984. In this timely and provocative study, Barbara Levy Simon interviews fifty American women, born between 1884 and 1918 who were never married, and examines their emphatic ref. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 198 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-192) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439905401 1439905401 0877224978 9780877224976 |