IF YOU ARE A WOMAN

by Lee Graham ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 15, 1954

Hints for the fair sex- some of them good and some of them with which we would take issue- are readably and succinctly arranged in this handbook on personality and personal relationships, by a speaker and writer who has made her mark in the field. Her book takes women and their problems through life stages: before marriage, marriage, motherhood, middle and old age. Within each there is wide discussion of the many difficulties that beset a woman's role in life, a sampling of which would include the need of creating a good impression (but with the knowledge that glamour isn't everything), the ability to be self assertive and yet retain a genuine interest in one's surroundings, the importance of a job that allows self expression, the importance in marriage of true femininity and satisfactory sexual relationships, how to handle problem children and in-laws and to take the menopause in one's stride and move into an active, happy old age. There is a lots of admirable advice- of the kind to which women are paying more and more attention. Nevertheless, we long for a discussion of the other side of the picture-men. While Mrs. Graham urges independence and self-fulfilment for women as women, her theories are undermined by a small thing like being careful not to beat your husband at tennis and a big thing like her implicit assumption -- that it is still a man's world in which women must adjust rather than become the unhampered partners. Publisher advertising and feminine interest promise plus sales.

Pub Date: March 15, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Crowell

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1954

Categories: NONFICTION