The Women Who Made New York by Hallie Heald

The Women Who Made New York by Hallie Heald

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.

"Forgetting-and belatedly remembering-women is a historiographical tradition as old as history itselfThe 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 "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 "A beautifully packaged volume full of heart, moxie, and wonder."?BUST Magazine

Julie Scelfo is a Fall 2018 TED Resident in New York City, and a former staff writer/current contributor to The New York Times, where she wrote stories about society and human behavior. She has written about transgender pronouns; the intersection of campus suicides with social media and perfectionism; the human health risks from synthetic chemicals in consumer products; homelessness; and how the collapse of Lehman Brothers led to "trickle-down home economics"-thousands of domestics and other low-wage laborers losing their jobs.

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ISBN 13	9781580056533
ISBN 10	1580056539
Title	The Women Who Made New York
Author	Hallie Heald
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Seal Press
Year published	2016-10-25
Number of pages	352
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.