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Electronic Book |
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1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations |
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Parrott, Ursula, 1899-1957.
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Authors -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Women -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Available to OhioLINK libraries |
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"Becoming the Ex-Wife tells the story of US women's changing prospects in early twentieth-century life through the lens of its once-famous but now-forgotten subject, Ursula Parrott. Parrott was a prolific and best-selling author whose books, Hollywood deals, quartet of marriages and divorces, and numerous run-ins with the law made headlines over the course of her unconventional life. Part biography, part cultural history, Becoming the Ex-Wife is a timely story about women and careers, divorce, reproductive rights, and single motherhood told through the life of a woman who was on the front line of a culture war that is still being fought today"-- Provided by publisher |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 06, 2023) |
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Introduction : maxims in the copybook of modernism -- The limited life of a Dorchester girl -- At Radcliffe : a pushy lace-curtain Irish girl from Dorchester -- First husband, Lindesay Marc Parrott : strange moments of tenderness and pretty constant dislike -- Adventures in modern parenting -- Greenwich Village lessons on the path to becoming a self-sufficient, independent, successful manager of her own life -- Hugh O'Connor : high felicity on the road of no rules -- New freedoms in the era of the one night stand : the Ex-wife is born -- Ursula goes to Hollywood -- Second husband, Charles Greenwood : the stupidest thing I ever did in my life -- Extravagant hell -- The business of being a writer -- Third husband, John Wildberg : the faint resemblance of stability -- The monotony and weariness of living -- Fourth husband, Alfred Coster Schermerhorn : two catastrophes should be enough -- Saving Private Bryan : The United States vs. Ursula Parrott -- Her breaks went bad -- Black coffee, scotch, and excitement -- Afterword : remembering a leftover lady -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Notes -- Published writings of Ursula Parrott -- Filmography |
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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| Alt Title |
Unconventional life and forgotten writings of Ursula Parrott |
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De Gruyter ebook collection
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Print version: Gordon, Marsha, 1971- Becoming the ex-wife Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] 9780520391543 |
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