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All the single ladies : unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation / Rebecca Traister.

Traister, Rebecca, (author.).

Summary:

Working on a book about single women in the twenty-first-century, 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. Through the lens of the single American woman, Traister covers issues of class, race, and sexual orientation.

Record details

ISBN: 9781476716565
ISBN: 1476716560
ISBN: 9781476716572
ISBN: 1476716579
Physical Description: xii, 339 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316).

Formatted Contents Note:

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.