{"product_id":"her-brilliant-career-ten-extraordinary-women-of-the-fifties","title":"Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her apron and rubber gloves, a smile lipsticked permanently across her face, the woman of the Fifties has become a cultural symbol of all that we are most grateful to have sloughed off. A homely compliant creature, she knows little or nothing of sex, and stands no chance at all of having a career. She must marry or die.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But what if there was another side to the story?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this book Rachel Cooke tells the story of ten extraordinary women whose pioneering professional lives - and complicated private lives - paved the way for future generations. Muriel Box, film director. Betty Box, film producer. Margery Fish, plantswoman. Patience Gray, cook. Alison Smithson, architect. Sheila van Damm, rally car driver and theatre owner. Nancy Spain, journalist and radio personality. Joan Werner Laurie, editor. Jacquetta Hawkes, archaeologist. Rose Heilbron, QC.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Plucky and ambitious, they left the house, discovered the bliss of work, and ushered in the era of the working woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e History, Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Virago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781844087419\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47917635338417,"sku":"SB-1844087417-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1844087417.jpg?v=1789174377","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/her-brilliant-career-ten-extraordinary-women-of-the-fifties","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}