![]() ![]() Like other women’s hotels built in the early part of the 20th century, the Barbizon was open only to female guests (and primarily white, middle- to upper-class single women under the age of 30, at that). ![]() The book traces the decades-long history of New York City’s famous Barbizon Hotel for Women, which opened in 1928 and closed in 2005 (the building today exists as high-end condominiums). That’s a takeaway from The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free (Simon & Schuster), published this month by Paulina Bren ’87, a College of Letters major and now a writer, historian and professor at Vassar College. A new book by Paulina Bren ’87 traces the decades-long history of the famed New York City hotel and the women who stayed there.įixed places and spaces don’t always receive much attention in history books, yet they are often the foundations upon which-or even vehicles through which-change and progress can occur. ![]() Above: Guests peruse books inside the library of The Barbizon Hotel for Women, photographed in 1950 for the New York Sunday News. ![]()
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