AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR 'Captivating . . . a brilliant
many-layered social history of women's ambition and a rapidly
changing New York' Observer 'A fascinating look at a piece of
forgotten female history' Sunday Times 'A treat, elegantly spinning
a forgotten story of female liberation, ambition and
self-invention' Guardian 'A deeply researched history, leavened
with gossip . . . offers a full sweep of the changing status of
American women in the twentieth century' TLS WELCOME TO THE
BARBIZON, NEW YORK'S PREMIER WOMEN-ONLY HOTEL Built 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. '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 Express
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