Culture | Single women
Why put a ring on it?
Single women are reshaping America from marriage to politics to the economy
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation. By Rebecca Traister. Simon & Schuster; 352 pages; $27 and £16.99.
Enter Helen: Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman. By Brooke Hauser. Harper; 480 pages; $28.99 and £20.
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