{"product_id":"the-barbizon-the-new-york-hotel-that-set-women-free","title":"The Barbizon: The New York Hotel That Set Women Free","description":"\u003cp\u003eAS HEARD ON RADIO 4 WOMANS HOUR Captivating ... a brilliant many-layered social history of womens 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 centuryTLS  WELCOME TO THE BARBIZON  NEW YORKS 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  Charlies Angel Jaclyn Smith  Ali MacGraw  Cybil Shepherd  Elaine Stritch  Liza Minnelli  Eudora Welty  The Cosby Shows Phylicia Rashad  Grey Gardenss 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955004534837,"sku":"ByrdShop_1529393027","price":78.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781529393026.jpg?v=1770295168","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-barbizon-the-new-york-hotel-that-set-women-free","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}