When department stores were new: women in the American city

A new, modern culture of shopping and ready-made clothes were part of women's new urban mobility. [See learning resources here.](https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/elizabeth-sparhawk-jones-shoe-shop-2/) Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, _The Shoe Shop_ , c. 1911, oil on canvas, 99.1 x 79.4 cm (Art Institute of Chicago). A conversation with Dr. Annelise Madsen, Gilda and Henry Buchbinder Assist

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