A review by threeara
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren

4.5

I loved how this used the hotel as a jumping off point to talk through young white women's history and NYC history in the 20th century. Wish it went wider discussing class and race, and wish it spent way less time naming the weight and physical attractiveness (or lack thereof) of women, even if many were models and thus the info mattered to some of their careers.