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Ladies and not-so-gentle women / Alfred Allan Lewis.
LIBRA CT3260 .L48 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Alfred Allan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marbury, Elisabeth, 1856-1933.
- Marbury, Elisabeth.
- De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950.
- De Wolfe, Elsie.
- Morgan, Anne Tracy, 1873-1952.
- Morgan, Anne Tracy.
- Vanderbilt, Anne Harriman, 1862?-1940.
- Vanderbilt, Anne Harriman.
- Literary agents--United States--Biography.
- Literary agents.
- Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Biography.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- Female friendship.
- United States.
- Interior decorators--United States--Biography.
- Interior decorators.
- World War, 1914-1918--War work--France.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
- Philanthropists.
- Women--United States--Biography.
- Women.
- Female friendship--United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 540 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2000.
- Summary:
- Lewis follows the lives of four trailblazing women whose intertwined worlds span a century. Detailed, in-depth portraits highlight Elizabeth Marbury, a pioneer theatrical agent; Elsie de Wolfe, an interior designer; Anne Vanderbilt, a wealthy debutante who worked with the poor and sick; and Anne Morgan, daughter of tycoon J.P. Morgan and early women's advocate.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-523) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0670858102
- OCLC:
- 42780335
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