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Betsy Israel


Born
in New York City, The United States
September 08, 1958


A journalist and former editor who has contributed to the New York Times, Elle, Rolling Stone, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook, People, Mademoiselle, Vogue, New York, Spin, Playboy, and the Los Angeles Times, among many others. She is a former columnist for Glamour, Us, and New York Woman and was a contributing writer for Mirabella. She has written numerous screenplays and is the author of Grown-Up Fast: A True Story of Teenage Life in Suburban America. Betsy lives in Manhattan with her husband and two children. ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 1,057 ratings · 102 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
Bachelor Girl: The Secret H...
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“Everyone loves the single girl. She is the adorable needy human equivalent of a stray pet others want to domesticate.”
― Betsy Israel, Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century
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“We are never allowed to forget what the billboards, television, movies and the press would have us remember. From Mademoiselle 1955”
― Betsy Israel, Bachelor Girl: 100 Years of Breaking the Rules - a Social History of Living Single
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“the singular cry of the wild: hey! get your stroller off my sidewalk!”
― Betsy Israel, Bachelor Girl: 100 Years of Breaking the Rules - a Social History of Living Single
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