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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
List of Illustrations
Foreword
1. Elizabethans
The Post-war Blues
Coronation Fever
White-flowering Days
All This I Promise to Do
Black and White
The Empty Vessel
2. Her True Calling
The Twin Pillars
A Better World?
Houseproud
Past Praying For
Forbidden Facts
3. Lovely in Every Way
How to Get Your Man
Razzamatazz
Who is This Beautiful Princess Going to Marry?
The Wages of Sin
Every Child a Wanted Child
4. Paved with Gold
The Game
Good-time Girl
Bright Lights
The Shires
5. When I Grow Up …
Gymslips
Wife School
Bluestockings
Reds
Wasted Women
6. Queen of Her Castle
Renunciation
Feed Him, Love Him – or Lose Him …
Three Marriages
My Own Front Door
The Grand Plan
7. What’s My Line?
Clocking On
A Little Extra
You Might Be a Secretary
Flight Paths
Playing at Working
8. On Parade
The Regiment
The Canal
The Rose Bowl
Good Morning Campers
Swanky Ladies
9. Keeping Up with the Joneses
How to Get On in Society
Housewives’ Choice
So Different, So Appealing
Mad and Bad
Disgrace
10. Under the Radar
We Will All Go Together
The Cause of Peace
The Women’s Caravan
Fish Out of Water
Ticket to Freedom
11. A Living Doll
Sardines in Suburbia
Lollipop
The Golden Palace
The Candy Shop
Leading Ladies
Afterword
Illustrations
Notes on Sources
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Follow Penguin
Copyright Page
Footnotes
Foreword
Page xv
1. Elizabethans
Page 3
Page 7
Page 10
Page 15
Page 41
2. Her True Calling
Page 49
Page 57
Page 59
Page 63
Page 69
3. Lovely in Every Way
Page 83
Page 84
Page 86
Page 89
Page 96
Page 99
Page 102
Page 112
Page 115
4. Paved with Gold
Page 119
Page 123
Page 125
Page 128
Page 133
Page 136
5. When I Grow Up …
Page 157
Page 165
Page 166
Page 168
Page 169
Page 172
Page 182
Page 188
Page 189
6. Queen of Her Castle
Page 206
Page 213
Page 232
Page 244
7. What’s My Line?
Page 270
Page 287
Page 290
8. On Parade
Page 299
Page 307
Page 310
Page 319
Page 322
9. Keeping Up with the Joneses
Page 352
Page 364
Page 367
Page 373
10. Under the Radar
Page 384
Page 385
Page 389
Page 401
11. A Living Doll
Page 419
Page 423
Page 429
Page 446
Page 447
Page 449
Page 451
Afterword
Page 459
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