The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
- Author
- Paulina Bren
- Content
- vii + 321 pp., ill., bibl.
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- New York: Simon and Schuster
- Description
- Examines ambition and changing roles for women during the 20th century through a history of a hotel with residents including Joan Crawford, Joan Didion, Rita Hayworth, Tippi Hedren, Grace Kelly, Ali McGraw, Liza Minnelli, Sylvia Plath, and Phylicia Rashad.
- Main subject
- History
- ISBN
- 9781982123895 (cloth); 9781982123901 (pap.); 9781982123925 (ebook)
- Citation
- Bren, Paulina. The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2021. Sylvia. Accessed April 19, 2026. https://sylvia.library.wisc.edu/catalog/SYL3558.
- Updated
- 03-24-2026
Publication Information
Publisher's WebsiteReviews
New York Times Book Review, Apr. 4, 2021, 13Women's Review of Books, Sept.–Oct. 2021, 14–15