Why Women Cry - Or - Wenches With Wrenches Book

THIS BOOK is dedicated to the following people and organizations without whom it could never have been, and with fondest hopes that they, at least, may all one day cooperate to solve the problems raised in these pages Hawes, Inc., Pete, Fanny, J. P. Morgan, Ed, Stella, The United Automobile Workers, Al, Helena Rubenstein, The Congress of Industrial Organizations, Joseph Losey, The Committee for the Care of Young Children in Wartime, Gavrik Losey, The United States Government, Fiorello LaGuardia, J. Q. Riznik, The Government of the State of New York, AZexey Brodovitch. Book designed by Alexey Brodovitch Table of Contents l In the Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . P AG xi E Part I THE LINE-UP The Contented Cow . . . . . . Forgotten Females . . . . . . . Ladies . . . . . . . . . . Les Riches Bitches . . . . . . . The Rich-Not-Bitch . . . . . . Gentlewomen and Not-So-Gentlewomen Equal-Righters . . . . . . . . Clubwomen . . . . . . . . . The She-Wolves . . . . . . . . . Womenworkers . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 The Common Woman . . . . . . . . . . 44-Wenches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Part II WENCHES WITH WRENCHES Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Dear Old Golden Rule Days . . . . . . . . 58 Opening Night . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 vi i PAGE Willing Slaves . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Patriotism and Pay . . . . . . . . . . 79 Sweaters Uniforms Sex . 87 Our Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Wha Da They Want With All That Crap . 104 Local Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Wench-Baiting . . . . . . , . . m , . 12 4 What Every Boss Should Know . . . . . 129 Headaches or Heroines . . . . . . . . . 132 Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Miracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Part III WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN HOW Oh. Sweet Mystery . . . . . . . . . . . 1 57 Dear Dr . Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Sauce for the Goose . . . . . . . . . . 1 72 It Could Happen Here . . . . . . . . . . 180 Did You Ever See a Dream Walking . . . . . 185 The Body Beautiful . . . . . . . . . . 1 92 Heres How . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 InTheEnd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 ... This book is addressed to all women who have ever felt that if, without a vacation of some sort, they must wash that dish, iron that shirt, cook that meal, see that child, kiss that husband again, they would go mad. It is also addressed to all the women who fear they will go mad if ever they have to wash the dishes, iron their husbands shirts, do all the cooking, and take full care of their children every day. This book is for those women. And for all the men who are thinking about marrying, or are married to such women. Maybe the book is even a little more for those men than for the women. Because a great many men have never thought about these homely matters-and if they dont start thinking soon, they may very well be overtaken by a major revolt on the part of their wives and prospective wives. A lot of men already have found their homes being run a little unsatisfactorily. They have found their wives a trifle glum and their children a bit quarrelsome. But how would the men like to find themselves without any homes or wives or children at all The world has been told, to the vomiting point, that a revolution is now in progress. Men this revolution is likely to be brewing right in your own kitchen. Its likely to hit your home just as soon or sooner than anywhere else...Read More