Leisured Women

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Vanessa Bell, front cover of "Leisured Women"

Source: Bruce Peel Library

Leisured Women

Author:

Margaret Mackworth

Publication Date:

1928

Genre:

General Criticism

Language:

English

Publisher:

The Hogarth Press

A feminist critique of the pursuit of idleness and of the leisure classes, Viscountess Rhondda condemns young women for being lazy and argues that leisure produces superficiality and an unhealthy disdain for work.