Virginia Nicholson
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Virginia Nicholson
All the Rage
At the heart of this history is the female body. The century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period.
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Virginia Nicholson
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes
Tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm. This book reconstructs the real 1950s, through the eyes of those who lived it.
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Virginia Nicholson
Singled Out
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.
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Virginia Nicholson
Millions Like Us
We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of women demonstrated that they were cleverer, more broad-minded and altogether more complex than anyone had ever guessed.
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