Paulina Bren The Barbizon (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The BarbizonCondition: NewSubtitle: The New York Hotel That Set Women FreeISBN-10: 1529393043EAN: 9781529393040ISBN: 9781529393040Publisher: Two RoadsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/03/2022Description: AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR'Captivating . . . a brilliant many-layered social history of women's ambition' Observer'Fascinating . . . a piece of forgotten female history' Sunday Times'Deeply researched history, leavened with gossip' TLSWELCOME TO THE BARBIZON, NEW YORK'S PREMIER WOMEN-ONLY HOTELBuilt in 1927 as a home for the 'Modern Woman' seeking a career in the arts, the Barbizon became the place to stay for ambitious, independent women, who were lured by the promise of fame and good fortune. Sylvia Plath fictionalized her time there in The Bell Jar, and over the years, its 688 tiny floral 'highly feminine boudoirs' also housed Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly (notorious for sneaking in men), Joan Didion, Candice Bergen, Charlie's Angel Jaclyn Smith, Ali MacGraw, Cybil Shepherd, Elaine Stritch, Liza Minnelli, Eudora Welty, The Cosby Show's Phylicia Rashad, Grey Gardens's Edith Bouvier Beale, and writers Mona Simpson and Ann Beattie, among many others. Mademoiselle boarded its summer interns there - perfectly turned-out young women, who would never be spotted hatless - as did Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School its students - in their white-gloves and kitten heels - and the Ford Modelling Agency its young models.THE BARBIZON is a colourful, glamorous portrait of the lives of the young women, who -- from the Jazz Age New Women of the 1920s to the Liberated Women of the 1960s -- came to New York looking for something more.'A treat, elegantly spinning a forgotten story of female liberation, ambition and self-invention' Guardian'The story of the Barbizon is in many ways the story of American women in the twentieth century' Economist'Illuminating . . . this vivid, well researched account is testament to its vibrant history and the women who made it such a powerhouse' Daily ExpressLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 196mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 26mmItem Weight: 240gAuthor: Paulina BrenGenre: BiographyTopic: Music Dance & Theatre, HistoryRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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