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The Women Who Made New York - Julie Scelfo, 9781580056533, hardcover
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- Scelfo, Julie
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
1580056539
ISBN-13
9781580056533
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220285119
Product Key Features
Book Title
Women Who Made New York
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Popular Culture
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Heald, Hallie, Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
35.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
8.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-303764
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"Finally--in Julie Scelfo's brilliant collection of portraits and vignettes, the Town Mothers of NYC loom as large as the Town Fathers, often towering over them. Edith Wharton, Margaret Sanger, Billie Holiday, Diana Vreeland, Zora Neale Hurston, and so many more. This is a book that you'll want to keep on your shelf and pass along to the next generation." --Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author of New York Diaries 1609-2009 "Julie Scelfo has produced a must-read for anyone who loves New York, filling every page with fresh stories and great details about the fascinating and important women we all should know, but don't. Now I'm no longer embarrassed by my ignorance of the REAL history of the city. This book filled that huge gap." --Jonathan Alter, New York Times bestselling author of The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, "This book on New York City history is more than a pretty cover. It is a testament to the lives of impressive women in the Big Apple." _ Chronogram, "Paired with striking illustrations by artist Hallie Heald, The Women Who Made New York offers a visual look at some of the most vibrant women in the history of one of the world's most vibrant cities." -- Bustle, "From artists to activists, an homage to the unheralded hands and hearts who built one of humanity's most iconic cities... Rigorously researched and elegantly written." _ Brainpickings, "These women were the original prizefighters...who built the best city in the world."-- Jessica Bennett , New York Times columnist and author of Feminist Fight Club, "Finally finally finally: the mighty women whose formidable ghosts still walk the streets of New York get their due."-- Virginia Heffernan , New York Times Magazine contributor and author of Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, "Forgetting-and belatedly remembering-women is a historiographical tradition as old as history itself. The Women Who Made New York positions itself as an antidote to that process...With its romantic illustrations and requisite three pages dedicated to Joan Didion, it would be easy to dismiss The Women Who Made New York as mere gifting bait for anyone with a niece at Barnard College. (And to be clear, your niece probably will love this.) But for every tale that makes you pump your fist in triumph, there is one that makes you clench your jaw in anger." _ New York Times Book Review, "Julie Scelfo's astonishing collection of fabulously fearless females reminds us that New York City has always been a . magnet for taboo-busting, rule-breaking women."-- Simon Doonan , author of The Asylum: True Tales of Madness from a Life in Fashion and creative ambassador for Barneys New York, "Paired with striking illustrations by artist Hallie Heald, The Women Who Made New York offers a visual look at some of the most vibrant women in the history of one of the world's most vibrant cities." _ Bustle, "This book on New York City history is more than a pretty cover. It is a testament to the lives of impressive women in the Big Apple."-- Chronogram, "Paired with striking illustrations by artist Hallie Heald, The Women Who Made New York offers a visual look at some of the most vibrant women in the history of one of the world's most vibrant cities."-- Bustle, "From artists to activists, an homage to the unheralded hands and hearts who built one of humanity's most iconic cities... Rigorously researched and elegantly written." -- Brainpickings, "This book on New York City history is more than a pretty cover. It is a testament to the lives of impressive women in the Big Apple." -- Chronogram, "Finally--in Julie Scelfo's brilliant collection of portraits and vignettes, the Town Mothers of NYC loom as large as the Town Fathers, often towering over them. Edith Wharton, Margaret Sanger, Billie Holiday, Diana Vreeland, Zora Neale Hurston, and so many more. This is a book that you'll want to keep on your shelf and pass along to the next generation." --Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author of New York Diaries 1609-2009, "Finally--in Julie Scelfo's brilliant collection of portraits and vignettes, the Town Mothers of NYC loom as large as the Town Fathers, often towering over them. Edith Wharton, Margaret Sanger, Billie Holiday, Diana Vreeland, Zora Neale Hurston, and so many more. This is a book that you'll want to keep on your shelf and pass along to the next generation." --Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author of New York Diaries 1609-2009 "Julie Scelfo has produced a must-read for anyone who loves New York, filling every page with fresh stories and great details about the fascinating and important women we all should know, but don't. Now I'm no longer embarrassed by my ignorance of the REAL history of the city. This book filled that huge gap." --Jonathan Alter, New York Times bestselling author of The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies "What would NYC be without women? In this glittering volume, Julie Scelfo provides the indisputable answer: not much. These women are my muses." --Zac Posen "What an inventive and important book! And long overdue. Ms. Scelfo has produced a history of New York City which we've never read, filled with insightful portraits of the women who influenced all facets of our city. Page after page is filled with a thrilling sense of discovery, as you realize the extent of contributors who have remained unheralded. This book is the definition of a must-read!" --Nancy Bass Wyden, co-owner of the Strand Bookstore, New York City "A welcome antidote to male-centered history, The Women Who Made New York should be taught in every New York high school. I long for the day when books like this become unnecessary." --David Byrne, award-winning composer, songwriter, singer, and author, best known for being the frontman of the seminal NYC New Wave/punk band Talking Heads, "After centuries of women's work being written out of history, The Women Who Made New York gracefully and passionately rewrites that wrong."-- Irin Carmon , New York Times bestselling co-author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "Finally -- in Julie Scelfo's brilliant collection of portraits and vignettes, the Town Mothers of NYC loom as large as the Town Fathers, often towering over them."-- Teresa Carpenter , Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author of New York Diaries 1609-2009, "Finally--in Julie Scelfo's brilliant collection of portraits and vignettes, the Town Mothers of NYC loom as large as the Town Fathers, often towering over them. Edith Wharton, Margaret Sanger, Billie Holiday, Diana Vreeland, Zora Neale Hurston, and so many more. This is a book that you'll want to keep on your shelf and pass along to the next generation." --Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author of New York Diaries 1609-2009 "Julie Scelfo has produced a must-read for anyone who loves New York, filling every page with fresh stories and great details about the fascinating and important women we all should know, but don't. Now I'm no longer embarrassed by my ignorance of the REAL history of the city. This book filled that huge gap." --Jonathan Alter, New York Times bestselling author of The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies "What would NYC be without women? In this glittering volume, Julie Scelfo provides the indisputable answer: not much. These women are my muses." --Zac Posen "What an inventive and important book! And long overdue. Ms. Scelfo has produced a history of New York City which we've never read, filled with insightful portraits of the women who influenced all facets of our city. Page after page is filled with a thrilling sense of discovery, as you realize the extent of contributors who have remained unheralded. This book is the definition of a must-read!" --Nancy Bass Wyden, co-owner of the Strand Bookstore, New York City "A welcome antidote to male-centered history, The Women Who Made New York should be taught in every New York high school. I long for the day when books like this become unnecessary." --David Byrne, award-winning composer, songwriter, singer, and author, best known for being the frontman of the seminal NYC New Wave/punk band Talking Heads "After centuries of women's work being written out of history, The Women Who Made New York gracefully and passionately rewrites that wrong. For anyone who loves this city or any city at all, this book is both a public service and a pleasure." --Irin Carmon, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg "Julie Scelfo's astonishing collection of fabulously fearless females reminds us that New York City has always been a magnet for taboo-busting, rule-breaking women." --Simon Doonan, author of The Asylum: True Tales of Madness from a Life in Fashion , and creative ambassador for Barneys New York "These women were the original prizefighters--the trailblazers and visionaries who built the best city in the world. If you want to keep believing that New York was made by only men . . . well, don't read this book." --Jessica Bennett, New York Times columnist and author of Feminist Fight Club "Finally finally finally: the mighty women whose formidable ghosts still walk the streets of New York get their due. A rollicking and necessary book." --Virginia Heffernan, New York Times Magazine contributor and author of Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, "Finally--in Julie Scelfo's brilliant collection of portraits and vignettes, the Town Mothers of NYC loom as large as the Town Fathers, often towering over them. Edith Wharton, Margaret Sanger, Billie Holiday, Diana Vreeland, Zora Neale Hurston, and so many more. This is a book that you'll want to keep on your shelf and pass along to the next generation." --Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author of New York Diaries 1609-2009 "Julie Scelfo has produced a must-read for anyone who loves New York, filling every page with fresh stories and great details about the fascinating and important women we all should know, but don't. Now I'm no longer embarrassed by my ignorance of the REAL history of the city. This book filled that huge gap." --Jonathan Alter, New York Times bestselling author of The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies "What would NYC be without women? In this glittering volume, Julie Scelfo provides the indisputable answer: not much. These women are my muses." --Zac Posen "What an inventive and important book! And long overdue. Ms. Scelfo has produced a history of New York City which we've never read, filled with insightful portraits of the women who influenced all facets of our city. Page after page is filled with a thrilling sense of discovery, as you realize the extent of contributors who have remained unheralded. This book is the definition of a must-read!" --Nancy Bass Wyden, co-owner of the Strand Bookstore, New York City "A welcome antidote to male-centered history, The Women Who Made New York should be taught in every New York high school. I long for the day when books like this become unnecessary." --David Byrne, award-winning composer, songwriter, singer, and author, best known for being the frontman of the seminal NYC New Wave/punk band Talking Heads "After centuries of women's work being written out of history, The Women Who Made New York gracefully and passionately rewrites that wrong. For anyone who loves this city or any city at all, this book is both a public service and a pleasure." --Irin Carmon, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg "Julie Scelfo's astonishing collection of fabulously fearless females reminds us that New York City has always been a magnet for taboo-busting, rule-breaking women." --Simon Doonan, author of The Asylum: True Tales of Madness from a Life in Fashion , and creative ambassador for Barneys New York "These women were the original prizefighters--the trailblazers and visionaries who built the best city in the world. If you want to keep believing that New York was made by only men . . . well, don't read this book." --Jessica Bennett, New York Times columnist and author of Feminist Fight Club "Finally finally finally: the mighty women whose formidable ghosts still walk the streets of New York get their due. A rollicking and necessary book." --Virginia Heffernan, New York Times Magazine contributor and author of Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art "How can we begin to contemplate New York's history without including the women who helped build it? Julie Scelfo makes clear that without the contributions of some famous and not-so-famous women, the city would not exist as we know it. Taken together, these brief biographies reveal a dynamism and diversity as rich as New York City itself." --Valerie Paley, Chief Historian and Director of the Center for Women's History at the New-York Historical Society, "For every tale that makes you pump your fist in triumph, there is one that makes you clench your jaw in anger." -- New York Times Book Review, "A must-read for anyone who loves New York."-- Jonathan Atler , New York Times bestselling author of The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, "Forgetting-and belatedly remembering-women is a historiographical tradition as old as history itself. The Women Who Made New York positions itself as an antidote to that process...With its romantic illustrations and requisite three pages dedicated to Joan Didion, it would be easy to dismiss The Women Who Made New York as mere gifting bait for anyone with a niece at Barnard College. (And to be clear, your niece probably will love this.) But for every tale that makes you pump your fist in triumph, there is one that makes you clench your jaw in anger." -- New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
974.7/10099 B
Synopsis
Read any history of New York City and you will read about men. You will read about men who were political leaders and men who were activists and cultural tastemakers. These men have been lauded for generations for creating the most exciting and influential city in the world. But that's not the whole story. The Women Who Made New York reveals the untold stories of the phenomenal women who made New York City the cultural epicentre of the world. Many were revolutionaries and activists, like Zora Neale Hurston and Audre Lorde. Others were icons and iconoclasts, like Fran Lebowitz and Grace Jones. There were also women who led quieter private lives but were just as influential, such as Emily Warren Roebling, who completed the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge when her engineer husband became too ill to work.Paired with striking, contemporary illustrations by artist Hallie Heald, The Women Who Made New York offers a visual sensation,one that reinvigorates not just New York City's history but its very identity., An illuminating, elegant history of New York City, told through the stories of the women who made it the most exciting and influential metropolis in the world Read any history of New York City and you will read about men. You will read about men who were political leaders and men who were activists and cultural tastemakers. These men have been lauded for generations for creating the most exciting and influential city in the world. But that's not the whole story. The Women Who Made New York reveals the untold stories of the phenomenal women who made New York City the cultural epicenter of the world. Many were revolutionaries and activists, like Zora Neale Hurston and Audre Lorde. Others were icons and iconoclasts, like Fran Lebowitz and Grace Jones. There were also women who led quieter private lives but were just as influential, such as Emily Warren Roebling, who completed the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge when her engineer husband became too ill to work. Paired with striking, contemporary illustrations by artist Hallie Heald, The Women Who Made New York offers a visual sensation--one that reinvigorates not just New York City's history but its very identity., An illuminating, elegant history of New York City, told through the stories of the women who made it the most exciting and influential metropolis in the world Read any history of New York City and you will read about men. You will read about men who were political leaders and men who were activists and cultural tastemakers. These men have been lauded for generations for creating the most exciting and influential city in the world. But that's not the whole story. The Women Who Made New York reveals the untold stories of the phenomenal women who made New York City the cultural epicenter of the world. Many were revolutionaries and activists, like Zora Neale Hurston and Audre Lorde. Others were icons and iconoclasts, like Fran Lebowitz and Grace Jones. There were also women who led quieter private lives but were just as influential, such as Emily Warren Roebling, who completed the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge when her engineer husband became too ill to work. Paired with striking, contemporary illustrations by artist Hallie Heald, The Women Who Made New York offers a visual sensation -- one that reinvigorates not just New York City's history but its very identity.
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F128.25.S34 2016
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