v, 90 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 x 27 cm
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Note
"Companion to the film Nelly Don : a stitch in time."
"Limited edition."
Contents
Nelly Don collage of fashion through the decades -- NBC Radio dramatizes Nelly Don in the Golden Needle -- From County Cork, Ireland, to Jackson County, Mo -- We're in the money! -- The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune -- Handy dandy to the rescue -- David Quinlan Donnelly -- Kidnapping -- Goodbye Paul Donnelly Nell the beneficent executive -- Union target: Nelly Don -- Nelly Don goes to war -- Nelly Don at its zenith! -- Nell devotes herself to altruism.
Summary
Tells the story of Nell Donnelly, who created a fashion empire and became one of the wealthiest and most celebrated American women in business. She was one of the first and most successful self-made women millionaires in American business, designing and selling more dresses in the 20th century than any other single person in the United States and challenging the notion that women were best suited for domesticity.
