Lillian Hellman

A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman, by Alice Kessler-Harris

Hellman made some interesting arguments, like arguing that America's repression of communism was more insidious than its actual threat. Its also interesting that she took action to "guide" her reputation, like destroying letters and suppressing documents. I don't really she how her "self-promotion" is self-destructive self-righteousness instead of just confidence and intelligence with a vagina in a cluture and time that approves of that in men, but not in women.