When newly liberated young women landed in New York, looking for a career in the arts, The Barbizon was where they stayed. This full-service residential hotel housed would-be writers, actresses, and models, allowing them to live independently and in style in the big city. THE BARBIZON by Paulina Bren tells the stories of those women, famous, infamous, and obscure, and explores a turning point in women's history through the life of one illustrious building.