Abstract
*New York Times* Bestseller • A Best Book of the Year: Amazon, Smithsonian, and *Financial Times*. A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them, from the award-winning author of *The Plaza*. “Ms. Satow’s carefully researched book is compulsively readable: I found myself dashing through it like a novel. She portrays the women with verve; we get a glimpse into their lives, as well as a sense of what it was like at each of these retail meccas.” —*The Wall Street Journal*.
