num_pages: 224
description: A woman can be a firefighter surgeon astronaut military officer athlete judge and scientist. So what does it mean to dress like a woman?Dress Like a Woman turns that question on its head by sharing a myriad of interpretations across history. The book includes more than 240 incredible photographs that illustrate how womens roles have changed over the last century. The women pictured in this book inhabit a fascinating intersection of gender fashion politics culture class nationality and race. Youll see some familiar faces including trailblazers Shirley Chisholm Amelia Earhart Angela Davis Georgia OKeeffe and Michelle Obama but the majority of photographs are of ordinary working women from many backgrounds and professions. Pioneering scientists and mathematicians leading civil rights and feminist activists factory workers and lumberjacks stay-at-home moms and domestic workers and artists and musicians; all express their individual style and dress to get the job done.With essays by renowned fashion writer Vanessa Friedman and New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay Dress Like a Woman offers a comprehensive look at the role of gender and clothing in the workplaceand proves that theres no single way to dress like a woman. 
language: English
title: Dress Like a Woman: Working Women and What They Wore
publisher: Abrams Image