Alice Kessler-Harris

A difficult woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman Bloomsbury Lillian Hellman was a giant of twentieth-century letters and a groundbreaking figure as one of the most successful female playwrights on Broadway. Yet the author of The Little Foxes and An Unfinished Woman is today remembered more as a combative, bitter survivor and literary fabulist. In her revelatory and provocative biography, renowned historian Alice Kessler-Harris undertakes a feat few would attempt: rescuing Hellman from her own reputation.

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A difficult woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman Alice Kessler-Harris Alice Kessler-Harris, the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University, has written a revelatory and provocative biography of one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Kessler-Harris’s previous books include the classic history of working women Out to Work. In 2012 she becomes President of the Organization of American Historians. Reception and book signing to follow. Athenaeum of Philadelphia 219 South 6th Street Philadelphia, PA, 19106 This is a TICKETED event; $10 General Admission, FREE for Athenaeum Members. Please RSVP to Susan Gallo at 215-925-2688 or sgallo@philaathenaeum.org, or click here

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Lillian Hellman was a giant of twentieth-century letters and a groundbreaking figure as one of the most successful female playwrights on Broadway. Yet the author of The Little Foxes and Toys in the Attic is today remembered more as a toxic, bitter survivor and literary fabulist. In A difficult woman, renowned historian Alice Kessler-Harris undertakes a feat few would dare to attempt: a reclamation of a combative, controversial woman who straddled so many political and cultural fault lines of her time.

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