Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived without Men after The First World War de Nicholson, Virginia

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Very Good.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Viking, 2007-08-23. Hardcover. Like New. 9x6x1.

London, Viking, 2007. Hardcover. Good.

London England: Viking, 2007. Hardback. First Edition. Singled Out. It often seems to the single women today as if available menare getting scarcer; but there is nothing new about young women who can't find relationships. The First World War deprived Britain of three-quarters of a million soldiers, leaving as many more incapacitated. In 1919 a generation of women who unquestionably believed marraige to be their birthright discovered that there were, quite simply, not enough men to go round. They became known as 'the Surplus Women'. Many of us remember them: they were our teachers, our maiden aunts, women who seemed to have lost out on life's feast. This book tells their stories: it tells of the student weeping for a lost worlds as the Armistice bells pealed....the socialite who dedicated her life to resurrecting the past after her soldier love was killed....the Bradford mill girls whose campaign to better the lost of the 'War spinsters' was to make her a public figure.... and… Leer más

London: Penguin/Viking, 2007 9780670915644. Fifth printing of first edition in year of publication. Hardback. Fine/Fine. No inscriptions or annotations. Unclipped Dust Wrapper. Sticker on front cover of DW: "As Heard On BBC Radio 4's Book Of The Week." 312 pages. 6" by 9.5". "Vivid with historical detail, and heart-breakingly honest about a generation of women's real human fortitude." Lynne Truss .

London: Viking, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. large Octavo. pp XIV, 312. 1st printing. An unread book.

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