Ladies' Room Reader: The Ultimate Women's Trivia Book [Paperback]

Alicia Alvrez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2001

Fifty-seven percent of women would rather shop than have sex. Jodie Foster was born Ariane Munker, and Lauren Bacall, Betty Joan Perske. Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery, both nominated for Best Supporting Actress Oscars for The Color Purple, were the first two African-American women nominated in the same year for the same category. At the height of her popularity, screen star Betty Grable had her legs insured for $25,000 - a modest sum compared to the $650,000 policy Fred Astaire took out on his feet! These nuggets, along with everything else you've ever wanted to know about women, are to be found within this easy-to-browse resource. Here are women's views on shopping, clothing and cosmetics, marriage and children, food, sex, and pets, along with the lowdown on women celebrities and the feats of history's heroines and female adventurers.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Alicia Alvarez supplies fun and fancy for the fair sex in The Ladies' Room Reader: The Ultimate Women's Trivia Book. Loosely organized into broad chapters--"Women Get Malled," "Women in Bed"--and rife with facts, rumors, stories, quotations and advice, the book covers everything from where to get a casket for your deceased pet, to the average number of hours women spend having sex during their lifetime (620), to Marlene Dietrich's most impressive sexual conquests. Alvarez treats her readers and her trivia with a companionable, practical levity as she makes dizzying leaps from topic to topic. A great gift book for a heterosexual audience.

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Did You Know...?
MAKEUP: The art of wearing makeup goes back 8,000 years. In ancient Egypt the favorite eye shadow color was green,and lipstick was blue-black. The average woman puts on 6 pounds of lipstick in her lifetime.
FIRSTS: The first ever women's boxing match took place in 1876. The winner got a silver butter dish.
INVENTIONS: When patents began to be granted in the early 1800's, women quickly jumped to register their inventions. Some of the first by females include the corset; carbonated liquid; the foot stove; and a machine that manufactures moccasins. The dishwasher was invented by a socialite who was discouraged about the job her hired help was doing on her dishes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Conari Press (March 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573245577
• ISBN-13: 978-1573245579
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #408,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating and diverse compendium of historical trivia, April 29, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ladies' Room Reader: The Ultimate Women's Trivia Book (Paperback)

The Ladies Room Reader: The Ultimate Women's Trivia Book is a fascinating and diverse compendium of historical trivia concerning women's issues and experiences. From marriage, to pets, to favorite foods, to sex, this remarkably informative 306-page book offers a wealth of amazing and surprising statics, such as 57% of women reporting that they would rather go shopping than have sex. From makeup (the wearing of which goes back at least 8,000 years) to inventions (the dishwasher was invented by a socialite who was discouraged about the job her hired help was doing on her dishes), The Ladies Room Reader is ideal for browsing and would make for a fun and educational addition to personal, women's studies and popular culture reading lists.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for perusing in the powder room, June 22, 2001

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Carol C. "ccjello" (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ladies' Room Reader: The Ultimate Women's Trivia Book (Paperback)

A girlfriend sent this to me as a pick-me-up. At first, I set it aside as fluff, but once I got started, I couldn't put it down. The book contains nine fact-filled fascinating chapters, with good stuff on every page. It's fun whether you read a single page or sit down & read it through. The chapters are about (1) shopping, (2) cosmetics, (3) food, (4) sex, (5)the female body, (6) love/marriage/babies, (7) pets, (8) entertainers, and (9) female firsts. The books is jam-packed with facts (and the author respectfully provides the sources for some of the "facts", allowing the reader to discount or credit the "facts" as appropriate), facts like "Forty percent of us women have thrown a shoe (average size: 8B) at a man who has offended us" and "Women say approximately 7,000 words a day; men, 2000." Okay, it won't change your life, but it's interesting, light reading.

1.0 out of 5 stars Muddled Facts & Poor Editing, February 8, 2010

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M. Butler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ladies' Room Reader: The Ultimate Women's Trivia Book (Paperback)

If you want a book that seems to have some misguided facts or poor editing this is the book for you...the editing is so bad it is actually comical. The best thing about this little book is the cover jacket...marvelous, really.