"Live Alone And Like It: A Guide For The Extra Woman" 1936 HILLIS, Marjorie (SOLD)

"Live Alone And Like It: A Guide For The Extra Woman" 1936 HILLIS, Marjorie (SOLD)HOLLIS, Marjorie [149] pp. The Bobbs Merrill Company19368 1 8" x 5 5 8"Drawings by Cipe Pineles VG VG Marjorie Hillis, pragmatic daughter of a Brooklyn preacher, was poised for reinvention when she moved to the big city to start a life of her own. Gone were the days of the flirty flapper; ladies of Depression era New York embraced a new icon: the independent working woman. Hillis was already a success at Vogue when she published a radical self help

HOLLIS, Marjorie

[149] pp.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company

1936

8 1/8" x 5 5/8"

Drawings by Cipe Pineles

VG/ VG

Marjorie Hillis, pragmatic daughter of a Brooklyn preacher, was poised for reinvention when she moved to the big city to start a life of her own. Gone were the days of the flirty flapper; ladies of Depression-era New York embraced a new icon: the independent working woman. Hillis was already a success at Vogue when she published a radical self-help book in 1936: Live Alone and Like It: A Guide for the Extra Woman. With Dorothy Parker–esque wit, she urged spinsters, divorcées, and “old maids” to shed derogatory labels and take control of their lives, and her philosophy became a phenomenon. From the importance of a peignoir to the joy of breakfast in bed (alone), Hillis’s tips made single life desirable and chic.