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Marabel Morgan (25 June 1937-) is an American author of self-help books for married women, including ''The Total Woman'' (1973), ''Total Joy'' (1983), ''The Total Woman Cookbook'' (1980) and ''The Electric Woman'' (1986). ''The Total Woman'' sold more than ten million copies and was the bestselling nonfiction book of 1974.〔(Publisher's Weekly )〕 Grounded in evangelical Christianity, it taught that "''A Total Woman'' caters to her man's special quirks, whether it be in salads, sex or sports,"〔(Time magazine )〕 and is perhaps best remembered for instructing wives to greet their husbands at the front door wearing sexy outfits; suggestions included "a cowgirl or a showgirl." "It's only when a woman surrenders her life to her husband, reveres and worships him and is willing to serve him, that she becomes really beautiful to him," Morgan wrote. These lessons were reiterated in Morgan's popular Total Woman Seminars. Due in part to her sunny disposition and facility with soundbites, Morgan became an unofficial spokesperson for opposition to the women's movement. She was a regular guest on The Phil Donahue Show, was featured on the cover of Time Magazine,〔(Time magazine )〕 and was named one of the most influential women in America by People magazine and the 1975 World Almanac.〔(The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture )〕 Morgan was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 1987 and currently works in the health industry.〔(Marabel Morgan - Ohio History Central - A product of the Ohio Historical Society )〕 ==In popular culture== An episode of the popular sitcom ''Maude'' entitled "Feminine Fulfillment" () dealt with main character Maude Findlay's best friend Vivian Harmon giving herself over to "Feminine Fulfillment" (also the name of the episode), which Maude says is "like Total Woman." Vivian, expecting her husband Arthur, shocks Maude and her husband Walter by opening her door to them in a trench coat, revealing herself to be wrapped in saran wrap. "Total Woman" is again referenced later in the episode, when more aspects of the movement are elucidated. Maude, a staunch feminist, is incensed by her friend's change, and confronts what she believes is her husband's growing interest in being pampered in this manner by seemingly also dressing in saran wrap under a trench coat and greeting a male neighbour who knocks on the Findlays' door.〔("Feminine Fulfillment" ) at TV.com〕 In an episode of James Garner's NBC-TV series ''The Rockford Files'' entitled "Trouble in Chapter 17" (), the character of Anne Louise Clement (Claudette Nevins), who believes her book on how to be the perfect wife is the cause of the death threats against her and for whom Jim must act as bodyguard, is closely based on Marabel Morgan. In the 1991 film ''Fried Green Tomatoes'', the character played by Kathy Bates attempts to seduce her husband by wrapping herself in saran wrap, a method promoted in ''The Total Woman''. In a 2000 episode ("Rory's Dance") of ''Gilmore Girls'', Lorelai (played by Lauren Graham) jokingly tells her mother (Kelly Bishop) that she would have come to the door to let her in, but she didn't have any saran wrap.〔("Gilmore Girls 1.09 'Rory's Dance'" ) at gilmorenews.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marabel Morgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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