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When women ran Fifth Avenue : glamour and power at the dawn of American fashion Cover Image Book Book

When women ran Fifth Avenue : glamour and power at the dawn of American fashion / Julie Satow.

Satow, Julie, author. 

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  • ISBN: 9780385548755
  • Physical Description: xxi, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2024]
  • Bibliography, etc.: Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-273) and index.
  • Formatted Contents: Part 1. Hortense goes shopping -- Dorothy arrives "Home" -- Maggie Walker's new venture -- Dorothy discovers Art Deco -- Hortense's first job -- Bessie Harrison becomes a buyer -- President Hortense -- Part 2. Dorothy's American look -- Fashion is spinach -- Geraldine at Glamour -- Hortense has a rival -- The real Rachel Menken -- President Dorothy -- Geraldine's street of shops -- Part 3. Dorothy branches out -- President Geraldine -- Adel's mannequins -- Hortense on her own -- Geraldine meets her match -- The Friday morning lineup -- Geraldine, department store owner.

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Subject: Shaver, Dorothy, 1893-1959.
Lord & Taylor.
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Bonwit Teller & Co.
Department stores > New York (State) > New York > History.
Fashion > New York (State) > New York > History.
Women executives > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.
Informational works.


Available copies

  • 2 of 3 copies available at Consortium of Ohio Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Galion Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Galion Library 381.141 SATO (Text) 35920505846269 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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