Women Are Here to Stay by Agnes Rogers, 1949 first edition.

Written and assembled by Agnes Rogers. First edition, 1949. Harper & Brothers Publishers. New York.

The Durable Sex in its Infinite Variety Through Half a Century of American Life

The Durable Sex

"In this book you will find a large variety of women. Some of your favorites aren't here in person because the book is not a Who's Who. I am not trying to summarize "women's accomplishments," since that seems to imply that women have a life of their own apart from the rest of the body politic. I am trying to indicate various concepts and patterns of behavior that have influence American life in the past fifty years or so, with special regard to their impact upon women."

Topics

The Sheltered Lady
First Feminists
Woman's Work
Occupation: Housewife
Companion and Rival of Man
Votes for Women
Women in Office
Philanthropy vs. Reform
Children of the Poor
Changing Holiday Patterns
Women and War
The Expanding and Expansive Twenties
The Little Ones
A Few Champions
Daring and Danger
Is There a Criminal Type?
In Bad Company
The Letter of an Unknown Woman to FDR and Truman
Conversation Pieces of the Thirties
Bright College Years
Jobs for the Comely
And Now...
The Good Life: American Plan

Agnes Rogers Allen (1894 - 1986) was an author and a founding editor of the Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Allen graduated from Vassar College in 1916 and worked for Vogue and Harper's magazines. She wrote several illustrated books: ''Metropolis,'' describing life in New York City; ''I Remember Distinctly,'' about the United States from 1918 to Pearl Harbor; ''Flight,'' a history of aviation; ''Abraham Lincoln''; ''From Man to Machine,'' a history of invention; ''Women Are Here to Stay''; ''Why Not Enjoy Life?''; and ''Vassar Women.''

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Condition: Good/Poor. Dust jacket: Price-clipped; soiled and stained, front and back; moderate to heavy wear along all edges, including small closed tears and chipping; on the front, small open tear in the top left; spine is tanned with tears along both edges, an open tear at the head, and chipping at the tail; corners are bumped. Illustrated cover boards: Light soiling on the front; heavy wear along lower edges; bumped at the head of the spine, with rubbing along upper edges; bumped at the corners. Paste-downs and fly leaves are discolored from paper adhesive with early foxing in the back. Pages are clean, undamaged, and complete.