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Until Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opened up her studio on Eight Block in Manhattan in 1914 - which progressed in to the Whitney Museum almost 2 decades later - there have been few artwork museums in the United States, aside from galleries for modern day artists to exhibit their work. If the mansions of the prosperous cried out for artwork they sought it from European countries, then the artwork capital of the world. It had been in her very small sculptor's studio in Greenwich Community that Whitney started having exhibitions of modern day American Music artists. This remarkable effort by way of a scion of America's wealthiest family helped to improve the way artwork was cultivated in America. The Whitney Women and the Museum They Made is a tale where high ideals, incredible altruism, and great commitment that stood steadfast against inflated egos, big business, intrigue, and the tough realities of the modern world. Flora Biddle's sensitive and insightful memoir is successful storyline of three years of forceful, indomitable women.
