"Originally published in hard cover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 2000." -- t.p. verso.
Includes index.
Content Note
A woman's place: Olive Schreiner -- The mother of confusion: Gertrude Stein -- Sex, lies, and thirty-five thousand pages: Anaïs Nin -- The strong woman: Mae West -- A study in scarlett: Margaret Mitchell -- A society of one: Zora Neale Hurston -- A perfect lady: Eudora Welty -- The rage of Aphrodite: Marina Tsvetaeva -- Twilight of the Goddess / Ayn Rand -- Memoirs of a revolutionary: Doris Lessing -- Hearts and minds: Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy.