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Singled Out
Virginia Nicholson
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Description for Singled Out
Paperback. Tells the story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society. This title is about those women, and about how they were forced, to stop depending on men for their income. Num Pages: 432 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Virginia Nicholson's Singled Out is the touching and beautifully told story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141020624
SKU
V9780141020624
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-7
About Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She has worked as a documentary researcher for BBC Television and her first book, Charleston – A Bloomsbury House and Garden (written in collaboration with her father, Quentin Bell), was an account of the Sussex home of her grandmother, the painter Vanessa Bell. Her second book, Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939, was ... Read more
Reviews for Singled Out
This is a ground-breaking book, richly nuanced with titbits of information, insight and understanding
The Daily Mail
Remarkably perceptive and well-researched ... Virginia Nicholson has produced another extraordinarily interesting work, sensitive, intelligent and well-written
The Sunday Telegraph
This in an inspiring book, lovingly researched, well-written and humane... the period is beautifully caught
The Economist
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The Daily Mail
Remarkably perceptive and well-researched ... Virginia Nicholson has produced another extraordinarily interesting work, sensitive, intelligent and well-written
The Sunday Telegraph
This in an inspiring book, lovingly researched, well-written and humane... the period is beautifully caught
The Economist
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