Bachelor Girl_ The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century - Betsy Israel
Bachelor Girl
100 Years of Breaking the Rules—a Social History of Living Single
Betsy Israel
DEDICATED TO
Hayley Israel Doner,
greatest single girl I know
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I Think We’re Alone Now
Chapter One
The Classical Spinster: Redundants, The Singly Blessed, and The Early New Women
Chapter Two
The Single Steps Out: Bowery Gals, Shoppies, and The Bohemian Bachelorette
Chapter Three
Thin and Raging Things: New (New) Women, Gibson Goddesses, ...