Bibliograph

The St. Louis Woman's Exchange, 130 years of the gentle art of survival, Jeannette Batz Cooperman

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The St. Louis Woman's Exchange, 130 years of the gentle art of survival, Jeannette Batz Cooperman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The St. Louis Woman's Exchange

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jeannette Batz Cooperman

Sub title

130 years of the gentle art of survival

Summary

On the surface, the Woman's Exchange of St. Louis is an exquisite gift shop with an adjacent tearoom--beloved, always packed, the chatter light and feminine, the salads and pies perfect. But the volunteers who run the Woman's Exchange have had enough grit to keep the place going through two world wars, a Great Depression, several recessions, the end of fine craftsmanship and the start of a new DIY movement. The "decayed gentlewomen" they set out to help in 1883 are now refugees from Afghanistan, battered wives and mothers of sons paralyzed in Iraq. Sample the radical changes they have made over the years, as well as the institutions they wisely left alone, like the iconic cherry dress that has charmed generations of women and mothers, including Jacqueline Kennedy and Gwyneth Paltrow

Target audience

adult

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