Book summaryThe lives of 4 women of privilege and unique achievement serve as points of entry into the changing world of American power from 1850 through 1950: Literary agent Elizabeth Marbury and her companion, interior designer Elsie de Wolfe; Anne Vanderbilt, founder of a World War I hospital in France; and activist and philanthropist Anne Morgan, who championed the cause of working women. Media reviews"The author follows his subjects from salon to slum and back, providing an appreciation of their originality and a sense of their era." |
Ladies & Not So Gentle Women : Elisabeth Marbury, Anne Morgan, Elsie de Wolfe, Anne Vanderbilt & Their Timesby Lewis, Alfred A
Book desription: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 2000 Hardcover (dj); very good/very good; 540 pp; b/w photos scattered; drama criticism.
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