{"product_id":"ruth-orkin-women-9783775756853","title":"Ruth Orkin: Women","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapturing grace\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer \u003cem\u003eAmerican Girl in Italy\u003c\/em\u003e—the street scene with the whistling Italians—is an icon. Now, sensational negatives and slides have surfaced from the archive that reveal a little-known side of Ruth Orkin: that of the sensitive, interested, witty chronicler of the women's world of the 1940s and 1950s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrkin thought up editorials like the tongue-in-cheek reportage \"Who works harder?\" comparing the lives of a career woman and a housewife. She documented the hustle and bustle in beauty salons and at cocktail parties, at dog shows and on Hollywood film sets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe meet Lauren Bacall, Jane Russell, Joan Taylor, or Doris Day, but also waitresses, stewardesses, and female soldiers, as well as groups of female friends. What emerges is the image of women on the move, women who are beginning to cast off the conventions imposed on them, going their own way: self-confident, stylish, smart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362977136876,"sku":"9783775756853","price":95.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9358253483532.jpg?v=1772908626","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/ruth-orkin-women-9783775756853","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}