Paris Was a Woman

Paris Was a Woman

Documentary|

5/10

Women (many of them lesbian) artists, writers, photographers, designers, and adventurers settled in Paris between the wars. They embraced France, some developed an ex-pat culture, and most cherished a way of life quite different than the one left behind.

Juliet Stevenson

Shari Benstock

Gertrude Stein

Alice B. Toklas

Janet Flanner

Samuel Steward

Marie Laurencin

Sylvia Beach

Adrienne Monnier

Gisèle Freund

Jean Bernard

Solita Solano

Josephine Baker

Paul Valéry

Natalie Clifford Barney

Berthe Cleyrerque

Colette

Romaine Brooks

Djuna Barnes

Thelma Wood

Catherine R. Stimpson

Pablo Picasso

James Joyce