In this moving and extremely competent book, Nicholson shows - with the aid of case histories, statistics and sociology - how these cruelly called surplus women, with no chance of finding a husband, managed to lead fruitful and sometimes very successful lives. Before WW I, a woman's one aim was to get married but later she had to adjust or perish. Nicholson's exhaustive investigation explores the extraordinary lives many made for themselves and how they helped to change our society.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 48 November 2008 ) |
