The Mutual Admiration Society : how Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford circle remade the world for women /

"Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) was a renowned crime novelist who achieved fame and fortune during a period that historian Mo Moulton calls 'the day after the revolution.' In a time when just as many doors were closed to women as open, Sayers found professional success with her Lord Pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moulton, Mo, 1979- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Basic Books, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Sayers, Dorothy L. > (Dorothy Leigh), > 1893-1957 > Friends and associates. Sayers, Dorothy L. > (Dorothy Leigh), > 1893-1957. Mutual Admiration Society (Somerville College (University of Oxford)) > History. University of Oxford > History > 20th century. University of Oxford. 1900-1999 Women authors, English > Great Britain > Biography. Feminism and literature > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Women's rights > Great Britain > History > 20th century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. FICTION / Crime. HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century. Feminism and literature. Friendship. Women authors, English. Women's rights. Great Britain. Biographies. History.

Table of Contents:

Arriving at Oxford
Mutual Admiration Society on stage and page
University passions
Battle fronts
Teach or marry?
Detection and despair
Professional motherhood
Sleepless nights
Departures and reunions
Subversive spinster
The problem of marriage
Does it please you?
What the busman wrought
War breaks out
Service and identity
The Greengate Hospital
Running to stand still
Bridgeheads to the future
Friendship and triumphs
Legacies.