Monday, October 27, 2014

HELENA RUBINSTEIN: BEAUTY IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (c) By Polly Guerin

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Helena Rubinstein may not be a household name, but the legendary magnate built a cosmetic empire and crowned herself Queen of her doma...
Monday, August 19, 2013

ENERGETIC BLISS with SHARON BYKERK-LONERGAN By Polly Guerin

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In a world filled with the cacophony of city life, the stress of work or personal health concerns it is comforting to know that women seeki...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

GUERIN, POLLY's Illustrated Lecture on her book: COOPER-HEWITT DYNASTY OF NEW YORK

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Monday, May 13, 2013

PALMER, POTTER: Retail Pioneer and Bertha Honore (c) by Polly Guerin

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womendeterminedtosucceed.blogspot While retail theater on television is currently celebrating the rise of the department store, viewers...
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

HAUSMAN, KATHRYN: Design Pioneer, ADSNY (c) By Polly Guerin

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Kathryn Hausman (Photo: Zenith Richards) There are women born with many gifts and then there is Kathryn Hausman, a woman determined to ...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

AUSTEN, ALICE: Legendary Photographer (c) By Polly Guerin

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Alice Austen’s white cottage still stands at the water’s edge in the neighborhood of Clifton on Staten Island--- a testament to Alice’s lo...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012

GREEN, HETTY: THE EMPRESS OF FINANCE (c) By Polly Guerin

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Henrietta Howland Robinson, known as Hetty Green, beat the robber barons at their own game; invested her dowry in bonds rather than in a h...