From the Book - First edition.
Introduction : I think we're alone now
1. the classical spinster : redundants, the singly blessed, and the early new women
2. The single steps out : Bowery Gals, Shoppies, and the Bohemian bachelorette
3. Thin and raging things : new (new women, Gibson goddesses, flapping ad darlings, and the all-new spinster in fur
4. The suspicious single : job stealers, the riveting Rosie, and the neurotic husband hunter
5. The secret single : runaway bachelor girls, catching the Bleecker Street Beat and/or Blues at the Barbizon
6. The swinging single : career girls, the autonomous girl, the pill popper, and the lone female in danger
7. Today's moderne unmarried, her times and trials : ice queens of the Eighties and Nineties, baby brides, slacker spinsters, and the singular cry of the wild, "Hey, get your stroller off my sidewalk!"