Singled Out : How two million women survived without men after the First World War
Author(s): Virginia Nicholson
In 1919, a generation of young women discovered that there were, quite simply, not enough men to go round, and the statistics confirmed it. After the 1921 Census, the press ran alarming stories of the 'Problem of the Surplus Women - Two Million who can never become Wives...'. This book is about those women, and about how they were forced, by a tragedy of historic proportions, to stop depending on men for their income, their identity and their future happiness.
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Brave, humane and honest The Observer This in an inspiring book, lovingly researched, well-written and humane... the period is beautifully caught The Economist Remarkably perceptive and well-researched ... Virginia Nicholson has produced another extraordinarily interesting work, sensitive, intelligent and well-written The Sunday Telegraph This is a ground-breaking book, richly nuanced with titbits of information, insight and understanding The Daily Mail
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General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 44793
- : 01 June 2008
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Virginia Nicholson
- : Paperback
- : 306.8153094109041
- : 432
- : ill
