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

Moulton, Mo, 1979- author.
2019
823.912 S274m 2019
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Title
The Mutual Admiration Society : how Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford circle remade the world for women / Mo Moulton.
Author
Moulton, Mo, 1979- author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781541644472 (hardcover)
1541644476 (hardcover)
9781541644465 (ebook)
Published
New York, NY : Basic Books, 2019.
Copyright
©2019
Language
English
Description
ix, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
40029573289
Call Number
823.912 S274m 2019
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1089482656
(OCoLC)1089482656
Summary
"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 Peter Wimsey novels. Yet she never could have done it without the cohort of remarkable women she met at university -- all of whom would go on to challenge societal norms and fight for equality of opportunity in their own way. In 1912, Dorothy L. Sayers and five friends founded a writing group at Somerville College, Oxford; they called themselves the 'Mutual Admiration Society.' Smart, bold, serious, and funny, these women were also sheltered and chaperoned, barred from receiving degrees despite taking classes and passing exams. But within a few short years, World War I rapidly expanded the rights and opportunities available to women, including the right to vote (1918) and access to the professions (1919). In October 1920, members of the MAS returned to Oxford to receive full degrees. Mutual Admiration Society follows these six women as they navigate the complexities of adulthood, work, intimacy, and sex in Interwar England. Bringing these women to vivid life, Moulton reveals how Dorothy L. Sayers was intimately intertwined with the members of the MAS -- and how, together, they fought their way into modernity"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-356) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Moulton, Mo, 1979- author. Mutual Admiration Society. First edition. New York, NY : Basic Books, 2019.
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