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She-wolves : the untold history of women on Wall Street / by Bren, Paulina,author.(CARDINAL)849175;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-356) and index.Prologue -- Jamming a foot in the door -- Breaching a wall -- Mickie and the gunslingers -- W.I.T.C.H. on Wall Street -- Rukeyser's elves -- Zero point for "intelligence" -- The Pinto decade -- Floor queens and an arb king -- Power play -- Yuppiedom -- Mamma Mia! -- What goes up must come down -- R.E.S.P.E.C.T. -- B*tch -- Ground zero -- Postscript -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Image credits -- Index."First came the secretaries from Brooklyn and Queens--the "smart cookies" who learned on the job despite the obstacles. Then came the first Harvard Business School grads, who, despite their hard-earned diplomas, often settled for less. Eventually came the yuppies of the 1980s in power suits and commuter sneakers. In She-Wolves, award-winning historian Paulina Bren tells the story of the first generations of women who fought their way into the bad-boy culture and lavish opulence of the finance world. If the wolves of Wall Street made a show of their ferocity, the she-wolves did so with tough-as-nails persistence. Starting at a time when "No Ladies" signs hung across the doors of Wall Street's clubs and unapologetic sexism and racism were the norm at top firms, Bren chronicles the remarkable women who demanded a seat at the table. She-Wolves is an engaging and enraging look at the collision of women, finance, and New York from the go-go years to ground zero"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Biographies.; Women in finance; Women in finance.; Finance; Finance;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 14
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The Barbizon : the hotel that set women free / by Bren, Paulina,author.(CARDINAL)849175;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320).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 women -- 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 women" -- "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."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"--
Subjects: Barbizon/63 (New York, N.Y.); Women; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Barbizon : the hotel that set women free / by Bren, Paulina,author.(CARDINAL)849175;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320).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 women -- 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 women" -- "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."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"--
Subjects: Barbizon/63 (New York, N.Y.); Women; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 37 / Total copies: 38
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The Barbizon [large print] : the hotel that set women free / by Bren, Paulina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-515).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 women -- 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 women" -- "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."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 Hedren, Liza Minnelli, 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"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Barbizon/63 (New York, N.Y.); Women; Women; Hotels; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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The Barbizon [sound recording] : the hotel that set women free / by Bren, Paulina,author.(CARDINAL)849175; Arndt, Andi,narrator.(CARDINAL)604228;
Read by Andi Arndt.Award-winning author Paulina Bren tells the story of New York's most glamorous women-only hotel, and the women, both famous and ordinary, who passed through its doors.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biographies.; Women; Women; Barbizon/63 (New York, N.Y.);
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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