Despite growing awareness of feminist sensibilities, single
women remain polarized in the popular imagination. Either old maids
or power women, they remain defined in relation to men--women who
can't get, or, unnaturally, women who don't want a man. Through
extensive historical research as well as interviews with dozens of
women from San Francisco, London, and Helsinki, Tuula Gordon here
forcefully exposes the artificial nature of this perceived
dichotomy. The single woman is mistakenly seen to be a product of
the twentieth century. Drawing on figures as diverse as Joan of
Arc, Elizabeth I, and the Amazons, Gordon brings to light a
powerful tradition of single womanhood and calls the marginality of
single women into question. Conceptions of woman are important in
shaping the possibilities and limitations of single women. A
heterogeneous group in terms of occupation, ethnic grouping and
sexual orientation, the women portrayed in this book serve to
emphasize the diversity of single women, while indicating that
their societal and cultural integration is still not wholly free of
problems. Tuula Gordon's incisive application of feminist theory
further add to a fascinating and invaluable study of an
increasingly significant segment of society.
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