{"product_id":"2940013330740","title":"MISS LULU BETT; An American Comedy of Manners (a play)","description":"Scanned, proofed and corrected from the original edition for your reading pleasure.It is also searchable and contains hyper-links to chapters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Miss Lulu Bett; an American Comedy of Manners\" is a dramatized version in three acts of of the previous year's story by the same name, depicting the small-town life of America's middle class, and the transformation of a drudge into an independent woman. With alternate endings. Awarded the $1000 Pulitzer prize of Columbia University for the best American play of the year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZona Gale's early work, though popular, was considered sentimental. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer mid-period yielded the novels \"Birth\", \"Miss Lulu Bett\", \"Faint Perfume\", and \"Mister Pitt\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll of these were adapted for the stage. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer most successful stage play was \"Miss Lulu Bett\", which she adapted in ten days.  The play was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, making her the first woman playwright to be so honored. The play was quickly made into a film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGale was an active member of the National Women's Party, and she lobbied extensively for the 1921 Wisconsin Equal Rights Law, helping to craft its language. In 1933 she was Wisconsin’s representative to the International Congress of Women.","brand":"Leila's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175047643376,"sku":"2940013330740","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013330740_p0.jpg?v=1763579806","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013330740","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}