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Singled out

Singled out

by Virginia Nicholson

World War, 1914-1918Single womenNonfictionSocial conditionsWomen
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About this book

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.

Themes & subjects

World War, 1914-1918Single womenNonfictionSocial conditionsWomenSocial aspects of World War, 1914-1918

Setting

Great Britain20th century

Author

Virginia Nicholson

Pages

312

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

7

Languages

English, und

Publisher

VIKING

ISBN

9781405649131

Where to buy

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