A new kind of woman emerged in the teens and twenties, one who believed that "with the right kind of face cream, or mouth wash, and a little aid from the beauticians, she will become a creature whom Dante would have loved and Casanova would have died for."Or so hoped the publishers of glossy magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Harper's Bazaar, who filled their pages with fashionable images of the New Woman and the glamorous Jazz Age society she inhabited. This book profiles a woman who helped to create the New Woman- ...
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A new kind of woman emerged in the teens and twenties, one who believed that "with the right kind of face cream, or mouth wash, and a little aid from the beauticians, she will become a creature whom Dante would have loved and Casanova would have died for."Or so hoped the publishers of glossy magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Harper's Bazaar, who filled their pages with fashionable images of the New Woman and the glamorous Jazz Age society she inhabited. This book profiles a woman who helped to create the New Woman--Gordon Conway. Raye Virginia Allen follows the whole course of Conway's life (1894-1956) from her Dallas upbringing in a wealthy society family through her working years in New York, London, and Paris to her premature retirement and early death at the family estate in Virginia.
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VG+ No Jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Inscribed and Signed by Author Large format soft cover with picture of an elegantly dressed woman on the cover. No defects to note on the book. Book is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to former owner on half title page. Woman's appearance evolved in the 1910-1920s period to reflect the changing empowerment of women. Black & white and color illustrations of the dress and other aspects of women. 304 pages including the Index.
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