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100 1  Bren, Paulina,|eauthor. 
245 14 The Barbizon :|bthe hotel that set women free /|cPaulina 
       Bren. 
250    First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bSimon & Schuster,|c[2021] 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    vii, 321 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-320). 
505 0  Introduction -- Building the Barbizon: the unsinkable 
       Molly Brown vs. the flappers -- Surviving the Depression: 
       Gibbs girls and Powers models -- McCarthyism and its 
       female prey: Betsy Talbot Blackwell and her career woman -
       - The dollhouse days: Grace Kelly and the beauty queens --
       Sylvia Plath: the summer of 1953 -- Joan Didion: the 
       summer of 1955 -- The invisible: Gael Greene and "the lone
       woman" -- "The problem that has no name": Sylvia Plath and
       the 1950s, in memoriam -- The end of an era: from women's 
       hotel to millionaires' apartments. 
520    "The Barbizon tells the story of New York's most glamorous
       women-only hotel, and the women-both famous and ordinary-
       who passed through its doors. World War I had liberated 
       women from home and hearth, setting them on the path to 
       political enfranchisement and gainful employment. Arriving
       in New York to work in the dazzling new skyscrapers, they 
       did not want to stay in uncomfortable boarding houses; 
       they wanted what men already had-exclusive residential 
       hotels that catered to their needs, with daily maid 
       service, cultural programs, workout rooms, and private 
       dining. The Barbizon would become the most famous 
       residential hotel of them all, welcoming everyone from 
       aspiring actresses, dancers, and fashion models to 
       seamstresses, secretaries, and nurses. The Barbizon's 
       residents read like a who's who: Titanic survivor Molly 
       Brown; actresses Rita Hayworth, Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly,
       Tippi Hedron, Liza Minelli, Ali McGraw, Jaclyn Smith, and 
       Phylicia Rashad; writers Sylvia Plath, Joan Didion, Diane 
       Johnson, Gael Greene, and Meg Wolitzer; and so many more. 
       But before they were household names, they were among the 
       young women arriving at the Barbizon with a suitcase, and 
       hope. Beautifully written and impeccably researched, The 
       Barbizon weaves together a tale that has, until now, never
       been told. It is an epic story of women's ambition in the 
       20th century. The Barbizon Hotel offered its residents a 
       room of their own and air to breathe, unfettered from 
       family obligations and expectations. It gave women a 
       chance to remake themselves however they pleased. No place
       had existed like it before, or has since"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
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