Women of Privilege: 100 Years of Love and Loss in a Family of the Hudson River Valley

by Susan Gillotti

Carolyn Heilbrun, in Writing a Woman's Life, states that books about the real lives of women aren't written often enough. Women of Privilege is an attempt to fill that gap. The book describes three generations of women at Grasmere--a country estate in Rhinebeck, New York--who suffered because of the patriarchal attitudes of the men in their lives. On the surface, everything seemed enviable; but below the surface was mental illness, alcoholism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897336801
• ISBN13: 9780897336802
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"