Her Brilliant Career : Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
ISBN
9780062333865, 0062333860
Physical Desc
xxv, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Wausau - MCPL - Adult Nonfiction
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Box, Betty E. -- (Betty Evelyn), -- 1915-1999.
Box, Muriel, -- 1905-1991.
Fish, Margery.
Gray, Patience.
Hawkes, Jacquetta, -- 1910-1996.
Heilbron, Rose, -- 1914-2005.
Laurie, Joan Werner.
Nineteen fifties.
Smithson, Alison, -- 1928-1993.
Spain, Nancy, -- 1917-1964.
Van Damm, Sheila.
Women -- History -- 20th century.
Box, Muriel, -- 1905-1991.
Fish, Margery.
Gray, Patience.
Hawkes, Jacquetta, -- 1910-1996.
Heilbron, Rose, -- 1914-2005.
Laurie, Joan Werner.
Nineteen fifties.
Smithson, Alison, -- 1928-1993.
Spain, Nancy, -- 1917-1964.
Van Damm, Sheila.
Women -- History -- 20th century.
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062333865, 0062333860
Notes
General Note
"Published in Great Britian in 2013 by Virago Press, an imprint of Little, Brown"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index.
Description
Journalist Rachel Cooke goes back in time to offer an entertaining and iconoclastic look at ten women in the 1950s--pioneers whose professional careers and complicated private lives helped to create the opportunities available to today's women. These intrepid and ambitious individuals--among them a film director, a cook, an architect, an editor, an archaeologist, and a race car driver--left the house, discovered the bliss of work, and ushered in the era of the working woman Daring and independent, these remarkable unsung heroines--whose obscurity makes their accomplishments all the more astonishing and relevant--loved passionately, challenged men's control, made their own mistakes, and took life on their own terms, breaking new ground and offering inspiration. Their individual portraits form a landscape of 1950s culture, and of women's unique--and rapidly evolving--role. Before there could be a Danica Patrick, there had to be a Sheila van Damm; before there was Barbara Walters, there was Nancy Spain; before Kathryn Bigelow came Muriel Box. The pioneers of Her Brilliant Career forever changed the fabric of culture, society, and the workforce. This is the Fifties retold: vivid, surprising and, most of all, modern.--From publisher description.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cooke, R. (2014). Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties (First U.S. edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cooke, Rachel. 2014. Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cooke, Rachel. Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cooke, Rachel. Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties First U.S. edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.
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