The St. Louis Woman's Exchange: 130 Years of the Gentle Art of Survival

On the surface, the Woman’s Exchange of St. Louis is an exquisite gift shop with an adjacent tearoom—beloved, always packed, the chatter light and feminine, the salads and pies perfect. But the volunteers who run the Woman’s Exchange have had enough grit to keep the place going through two world wars, a Great Depression, several recessions, the end of fine craftsmanship and the start of a new DIY movement. The “decayed gentlewomen” they set out to help in 1883 are now refugees from Afghanistan, battered wives and mothers of sons paralyzed in Iraq. Sample the radical changes they have made over the years, as well as the institutions they wisely left alone, like the iconic cherry dress that has charmed generations of women and mothers, including Jacqueline Kennedy and Gwyneth Paltrow.

This book title, The St. Louis Woman's Exchange: 130 Years of the Gentle Art of Survival, ISBN: 9781609491130, by Jeannette Batz Cooperman, published by Arcadia Publishing Inc. (February 29, 2012) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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