The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism

The book inspired a respectful and detailed reply from trailblazing sociologist and prison reformer Lilian Le Mesurier in ''The Socialist Woman's Guide to Intelligence: a reply to Mr. Shaw'' first published in 1929. Le Mesurier objected to Shaw's self-satisfied and condescending tone. ==Editions==

In the late 1930s, Allen Lane, the founder of Penguin Books, wanted to create a new line, to be called "Pelican" books, which would be dedicated to publishing clear expositions of current social debates. He desired that Shaw's ''Intelligent Woman's Guide'' should become the first in that series. Shaw wrote to Lane that, since almost 10 years had elapsed, the book's title needed to be changed to ''The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism, and Fascism''; under that revamped title the book became the first Pelican, in two paperbound volumes, in 1937. ==In popular culture==

The award-winning American playwright Tony Kushner referenced Shaw's book in the title he chose for his 2009 play, ''The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures''. ==References==