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In a very provocative, groundbreaking work, National Magazine Honor finalist Rebecca Traister, "the most outstanding tone on feminism in this country" (Anne Lamott), traces the annals of unmarried women in America who, through social, political, and financial means, have radically formed our nation. For legions of women, living sole isn't news; it's life. In 2009 2009, the award-winning journalist Rebecca Traister started All the Solo Women - a booklet she thought will be a work of modern journalism - about the 21st-century phenomenon of the American sole woman. It was the year the proportion of American women who were wedded lowered below 50 percent, and the median time of first relationships, which had continued to be between 20 and 22 yrs . old for nearly a century (1890-1980), had risen drastically to 27. But over the course of her vast research and more than 100 interviews with academics, social scientists, and visible sole women, Traister learned a startling truth: The phenomenon of the sole woman in America is not a new one. And historically, when women received options beyond early on heterosexual marriage, the results were substantial social change - temperance, abolition, supplementary education, and more. Today, only 20 percent of Us citizens are wed by time 29, in comparison to nearly 60 percent in 1960. THE POPULACE Reference Bureau phone calls it a "dramatic reversal". All the Solo Women is a remarkable portrait of modern American life and how we received here, through the zoom lens of the sole American girl. Covering class, contest, and sexual orientation and filled up with vibrant anecdotes from amazing modern and historical numbers, All the Solo Women is destined to be always a traditional work of social background and journalism. Exhaustively explored, brilliantly balanced, and told with Traister's signature wit and insight, this booklet should be shelved alongside Gail Collins' When Everything Changed.
