LEADER 00000cam 2200577Ii 4500 001 ocn864822906 003 OCoLC 005 20160518074617.2 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 131209s2014 nyu ob 000 1 eng d 019 865330507|a868924839|a870894294 020 9781617752056|q(electronic bk.) 020 1617752053|q(electronic bk.) 020 1306445426|q(electronic bk.) 020 9781306445429|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)864822906|z(OCoLC)865330507|z(OCoLC)868924839 |z(OCoLC)870894294 040 TEFOD|beng|erda|epn|cTEFOD|dTEFOD|dE7B|dOCLCO|dN$T|dB@L |dIDEBK|dCDX|dRECBK|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dYDXCP|dTEFOD|dOCLCQ |dOCLCO|dEBLCP|dTEFOD 043 n-us-ny 049 GTKE 050 4 PS3612.O39 082 04 813.6|223 100 1 Loewenstein, Laurie,|eauthor. 245 10 Unmentionables /|cby Laurie Lowenstein. 264 1 New York :|bAkashic Books,|c[2014] 264 4 |c©2014 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 500 "Kaylie Jones Books." 504 Includes bibliographical references. 520 Marian Elliott Adams, an outspoken advocate for sensible undergarments for women, sweeps onto the Chautauqua stage under a brown canvas tent on a sweltering August night in 1917, and shocks the gathered town of Emporia with her speech: How can women compete with men in the work place and in life if they are confined by their undergarments? The crowd is further appalled when Marian falls off the stage and sprains her ankle, and is forced to remain among them for a week. As the week passes, she throws into turmoil the town's unspoken rules governing social order, women, and Negroes. The recently widowed newspaper editor Deuce Garland, his lapels glittering with fraternal pins, has always been a community booster, his desire to conform rooted in a legacy of shame--his great-grandfather married a black woman, and the town will never let Deuce forget it, especially not his father-in-law, the owner of the newspaper and Deuce's boss. Deuce and his father-in-law are already at odds, since the old man refuses to allow Deuce's stepdaughter, Helen, to go to Chicago to fight for women's suffrage. But Marian's arrival shatters Deuce's notions of what is acceptable, versus what is right, and Deuce falls madly in love with the tall activist from New York. During Marian's stay in Emporia, Marian pushes Deuce to become a greater, braver, and more dynamic man than he ever imagined was possible. He takes a stand against his father-in-law by helping Helen escape to Chicago; and he publishes an article exposing the county's oldest farm family as the source of a recent typhoid outbreak, risking his livelihood and reputation. Marian's journey takes her to the frozen mud of France's Picardy region, just beyond the lines, to help destitute villagers as the Great War rages on. Helen, in Chicago, is hired as a streetcar conductor surrounded by bitter men who resent her taking a man's job. Meanwhile, Deuce struggles to make a living and find his place in Emporia's wider community after losing the newspaper. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Feminists|zNew York (State)|zChautauqua|vFiction. 650 0 Newspaper editors|zNew York (State)|zChautauqua|vFiction. 650 0 Man-woman relationships|zNew York (State)|zChautauqua |vFiction. 650 7 FICTION|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 650 7 Feminists.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00922831 650 7 Man-woman relationships.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01007080 650 7 Newspaper editors.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01037053 651 0 Chautauqua (N.Y.)|vFiction. 651 7 New York (State)|zChautauqua.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01212525 655 7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 Historical fiction.|2gsafd 655 7 Love stories.|2gsafd 776 08 |iPrint version:|aLoewenstein, Laurie.|tUnmentionables. |dNew York : Akashic Books, [2014]|z9781617751943|w(DLC) 2013938804|w(OCoLC)835374231 914 ocn864822906 994 93|bGTK
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