As Satow tells it, the 20th-century department store — whether in New York City, San Francisco or Main Street USA — offered American women more than shopping.

Macy's has optioned the NYT best-selling novel When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion to develop into a fictionalized TV series. The book by journalist ...

The opening of Julie Satow’s latest book, When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion, opens with a tantalizing, little-known, but thematically familiar true ...

In the early decades of the 20th century, small family stores and company catalogs provided what women wanted, while the wealthy and fashion-conscious had their own private, European couturiers.

Macy’s has optioned the NYT best-selling book When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion to develop into a fictionalized TV series.

In “When Women Ran Fifth Avenue,” Julie Satow offers a luxurious tour of the golden age of American consumerism.

When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion. By Julie Satow. Doubleday. 320 pages. We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site.

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