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The Barbizon : the hotel that set women free / Paulina Bren.

By: Publisher: London : Two Roads, 2021Description: vii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781529393026
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.40973 23
Summary: "Welcome to New York’s legendary hotel for women. Liberated from home and hearth by World War I, politically enfranchised and ready to work, women arrived to take their place in the dazzling new skyscrapers of Manhattan. But they did not want to stay in uncomfortable boarding houses. They wanted what men already had—exclusive residential hotels with maid service, workout rooms, and private dining." - Book Cover
List(s) this item appears in: New Acquisitions Autumn 2021
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"Welcome to New York’s legendary hotel for women. Liberated from home and hearth by World War I, politically enfranchised and ready to work, women arrived to take their place in the dazzling new skyscrapers of Manhattan. But they did not want to stay in uncomfortable boarding houses. They wanted what men already had—exclusive residential hotels with maid service, workout rooms, and private dining." - Book Cover

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