Hers: Through Women's Eyes

by Nancy Newhouse (Editor)

A collection of sixty-five of the most memorable essays to appear in the “Hers” column in The New York TimesAmong the talented writers who examined the private and public issues facing women are Lois Gould, Gail Godwin, Gail Sheehy, Joyce Maynard, Maxine Hong Kingston, Mary Cantwell, Linda Bird Francke, Susan Jacoby, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, and Phyllis Rose. Their essays, and those of many other “Hers” writers, inspired immediate attachment, and frequently spirited debate, with readers of the Times —both men and women.Each essay in Hers was chosen for the perspective it brings to a particular aspect of contemporary women’s relationships with men, marriage, competing in the workplace, raising children, divorce, living alone, feminism, and issues ranging from abortion to math anxiety to making money. Bold portraits of singular women are a counterpoint to social issues and personal themes. The voices of women—their richness, their contradictions—are the life of this column and this book. Hers was compiled and edited by Nancy R. Newhouse, editor of the Living/Style Department of The New York Times.

Genres: Nonfiction

295 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 1985

Reviews

[Dorothy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many of these columns, which ran Thursdays in the New York Times by a rotating group of contributors, are as exquisite now as they were 40 years ago. That they still make me laugh, tear up or nod with familiar recognition says a lot. I never outgrew them.