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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Published by University of Chicago Press November 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 022642362X ISBN 13: 9780226423623
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Published by University of Chicago press, 2016
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Language: English
Published by The University of Chicago Press, US, 2016
ISBN 10: 022642362X ISBN 13: 9780226423623
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 022642362X ISBN 13: 9780226423623
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Language: English
Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 2016
ISBN 10: 022642362X ISBN 13: 9780226423623
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Sharp, resourceful, and with a style all her own, Althea Altemus embodied the spirit of the independent working woman of the Jazz Age. In her memoir, Big Bosses, she vividly recounts her life as a secretary for prominent (but thinly disguised) employers in Chicago, Miami, and New York during the late teens and 1920s. Alongside her we rub elbows with movie stars, artists, and high-profile businessmen, and experience lavish estate parties that routinely defied the laws of Prohibition. Beginning with her employment as a private secretary to James Deering of International Harvester, whom she describes as probably the worlds oldest and wealthiest bachelor playboy, Altemus tells us much about high society during the time, taking us inside Deerings glamorous Miami estate, Vizcaya, an Italianate mansion worthy of Gatsby himself. Later, we meet her other notable employers, including Samuel Insull, president of Chicago Edison; New York banker S. W. Straus; and real estate developer Fred F. French. We cinch up our trenchcoats and head out sleuthing in Chicago, hired by the wife of a big boss to find out how he spends his evenings (with, it turns out, a mistress hidden in an apartment within his office, no less). Altemus was also a struggling single mother, a fact she had to keep secret from her employers, and she reveals the difficulties of being a working woman at the time through glimpses into womens apartments, their friendships, and the dangerssexual and otherwisethat she and others faced. Throughout, Altemus entertains with a tart and self-aware voice that combines the knowledge of an insider with the wit and clarity of someone on the fringe. Anchored by extensive annotation and an afterword from historian Robin F. Bachin, which contextualizes Altemuss narrative, Big Bosses provides a one-of-a-kind peek inside the excitement, extravagances, and the challenges of being a working woman roaring through the 20s. "In partnership with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 022642362X ISBN 13: 9780226423623
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Published by Slavica Publishers, Columbus, Ohio, 1995
ISBN 10: 0008835365 ISBN 13: 9780008835361
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Published by The University of Chicago Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 022642362X ISBN 13: 9780226423623
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Published by The University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Published by University of Chicago Press 2016-11-11, 2016
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 022642359X ISBN 13: 9780226423593
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