The Extra Woman

This audiobook explores the life and influence of Marjorie Hillis, who gained fame in the 1930s for her groundbreaking book encouraging women to embrace single life with confidence and style. Through Hillis's witty advice, she challenged societal judgments and made independence fashionable, inspiring a cultural shift among "extra women." Historian Joanna Scutts traces Hillis's legacy and the evolving status of single women through turbulent decades, highlighting their pursuit of independence before the post-war era's renewed societal constraints.