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

The Resource All the single ladies : unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation
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All the single ladies : unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation
Title remainder
unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation
Statement of responsibility
Rebecca Traister
Title variation
All of the single ladies
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
In 2010, award-winning 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. This is a remarkable portrait of contemporary American life and how we got here, through the lens of the single American woman. Covering class, race, and sexual orientation, and filled with vivid anecdotes from fascinating contemporary and historical figures, this book is destined to be a classic work of social history and journalism.--Adapted from dust jacket
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
306.81/530973
Index
no index present
LC call number
  • HQ800.2
  • HQ880.4.U6
LC item number
  • T733 2016
  • T73 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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