Book · 2016 · HISTORY / Social History
All the single ladies
Why people recommend it
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation is a groundbreaking work of journalism and sociology by Rebecca Traister that examines the historical and cultural shift of women choosing to remain single and independent. Dr. Sarah Hill recommended the book on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett while discussing the modern phenomenon of women opting out of traditional marriage structures. On The Book Review, guest Parl Seo discussed reading Traister's book to explore how marriage has seemingly gone out of vogue, noting statistics about the rising median age of marriage for American women. Host Pamela Paul also welcomed Traister to discuss the book's themes and the reception she received while touring, while Greg Coles highlighted the title on the bestseller list as a major sociological study of young womanhood. People recommend the book for its thorough research, its historical context, and its empowering exploration of female autonomy and social change.
Who recommended it
- Pamela Paul Discussed
- Dr Sarah Hill Recommended
- Parl Seo Discussed
- Greg Coles Discussed
Pamela Paul — 2 mentions
“Rebecca Tracer is here to talk about her new book All the Single Ladies, unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation”
“um while touring for this book which is just out this week um and that question is how can you write about this if you're not single”
Dr Sarah Hill — 1 mention
“and in fact there's a wonderful um book called all the single ladies that is about this very phenomenon”
Parl Seo — 1 mention
“but I ended up chasing that book with Rebecca tracer's new book All the Single Ladies uh which is sort of this big look at how um marriage is kind of going out of Vogue for 100 years American women were marrying at a median age of 20 and now they're marrying at 27 if all”
Greg Coles — 1 mention
“starting down at number 15 uh the journalist Rebecca trer has written kind of a a work of sociology and journalism called All the Single Ladies um which looks at the history of kind of young Womanhood and marriage among women or lack thereof well exactly the thesis here is that women are waiting much longer to get married if”
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- A Cup of Rage
- A Gathering of Shadows
- A Girl's Guide to Moving On
- A few of the girls
- American girls
- Bad Girls Go Everywhere
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“tracer's new book is all the single ladies unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation”