Juliet Nicolson

Sex, rebellion, ambition, prejudice: the story of 1950s women has it all

A review of Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes by Virginia Nicholson reveals that it wasn’t just men blocking female emancipation: women themselves were equally to blame

Copyright (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2008 
issue 14 March 2015
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  • Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s

    Virginia Nicholson

    Penguin Viking, pp. 526

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