WHEN WOMEN RAN FIFTH AVENUE: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

A stylish history of the 20th-century American department store. Hortense Odlum of Bonwit Teller, Dorothy Shaver of Lord and Taylor, and Geraldine Stutz of Henri Bendel are focal points in this dramatic account of shoppers and shopgirls, dressing rooms and perfume counters, boardroom secrets and scandals. Photos, some in color.