Unbecoming a Lady
The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
19 June 2024
Summary
A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t attractive, well-spoken, demure, or sinless enough to receive their rightful place in history, until now, from bestselling author Therese Oneill.
Slut. Shrew. Sinful. Scold. The 19th- and early 20th-century American women profiled in this collection were called all these names and worse when they were alive. And that’s just fine.
These glorious dames earned those moniker…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781982199708 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1982199709 |
| Author: | Therese Oneill, Lisa Jonté |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon Element |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 333g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 127mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews who Shaped America is a quick read, an often sarcastic and easily relatable tome for anyone who appreciates a woman with cojones.” —NY Journal of Books
“Stories of turn-of-the-century gals who were anything but well-behaved— unashamed, unvirtuous, flagrant, selfish, transgressive, weird—and are mostly unsung today? Sign me up….Give this one to all your lady friends who give no Fs.” —BookPage
“Fascinating… Oneill gathers a cast of remarkable women for an enjoyable, raucous romp through history.”— Kirkus
Therese Oneill
Therese Oneill is the New York Times bestselling author of Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners and Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent’s Guide to Raising Flawless Children. She lives in Oregon with her family.
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