The Barbizon - The New York Hotel That Set Women Free

A glamorous social history of the women-only New York hotel that changed the world and its famous guests from Joan Crawford and Grace Kelly to Sylvia Plath and Joan Didion.

About the author

Paulina Bren is an award-winning historian and professor at Vassar College, where she teaches international, gender, and media studies. She is the author of the acclaimed The Barbizon: The New York Hotel That Set Women Free and lives in New York City.

Summary

A glamorous social history of the women-only New York hotel that changed the world and its famous guests from Joan Crawford and Grace Kelly to Sylvia Plath and Joan Didion.

Foreword

A glamorous social history of the women-only New York hotel that changed the world and its famous guests from Joan Crawford and Grace Kelly to Sylvia Plath and Joan Didion.

Additional text

The stories of Candice Bergen, Joan Crawford, Liza Minnelli and many more (as well as the importance of Mademoiselle magazine's guest editorships) weave in and out of the story of the hotel and the country. A pleasurable, fascinating read that is superbly researched and told.

Product details

• Authors: Paulina Bren, Bren Paulina
• Publisher: Two Roads
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781529393040
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-9304-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book; New York, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, HISTORY / Women, Biography: arts & entertainment, Social and cultural history, Biography: arts and entertainment