'A pleasurable, fascinating read that is superbly researched and told' Sydney Morning Herald 'Captivating ... a brilliant many-layered social history of women's ambition and a rapidly changing New York' Observer 'Fascinating' Daily Mail '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 WELCOME TO THE BARBIZON, NEW YORK'S PREMIER WOMEN-ONLY HOTEL Built in 1927, ...
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'A pleasurable, fascinating read that is superbly researched and told' Sydney Morning Herald 'Captivating ... a brilliant many-layered social history of women's ambition and a rapidly changing New York' Observer 'Fascinating' Daily Mail '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 WELCOME TO THE BARBIZON, NEW YORK'S PREMIER WOMEN-ONLY HOTEL Built in 1927, New York's Barbizon Hotel was first intended as a home for the 'Modern Woman' seeking a career in the arts. It 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. Not everyone who passed through the Barbizon's doors was destined for greatness - for some it was a story of dashed hopes and expectations - but from the Jazz Age New Women of the 1920s, to the Liberated Women of the 1960s, until 1981 when the first men checked in, The Barbizon was a place where women could stand up and be counted. THE BARBIZON is a colourful, glamorous portrait of the lives of these young women, who came to New York looking for something more. It's a story of pushing the boundaries, of women's emancipation and of the generations of brilliant women who passed through its halls.
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