THE WOMEN
They are the American expatriates who took up residence in Paris, France so they could explore social independence and literary creativity. They lived their lives free from the kind of patriarchal oppression they would have been subjected to had they stayed in the United States. They wrote and published books; they opened bookstores; they met openly and regularly in salons to talk literature, art, and politics. They were bold enough to seek autonomy wherever they could find it . . .
