Fromartiststoactivists,anexplosiveandeye-openingnewhistoryofthewomenwhogaveusNewYork.ThisisthestoryofagroupofwomenwhoseexperimentsinartandlifesetthetonefortheriseofNewYorkasthetwentieth-centurycapitalofmodernculture.Acrossthe1910sand’20s,throughprovocativecreativeacts,shockingfashion,politicalactivism,anddynamicsocialnetworks,thesewomenreimaginedmodernlifeandfoughtforthechancetorealizetheirvisions.Takingthereaderonajourneythroughthecity’ssalonsandbohemianhangouts,RadicalsandRoguescelebratesthetastemakers,collectors,curators,artists,andpoetsattheforefrontoftheearlyavant-gardescene.Focusingonthesetrailblazersatthecenterofartisticinnovation--includingBeatriceWood,MinaLoy,theStettheimersisters,ClaraTice,theBaronessElsavonFreytagLoringhoven,GertrudeVanderbiltWhitney,MargueriteZorach,andLouiseArensberg--LottieWhalenoffersalivelynewhistoryofremarkablewomeninearlytwentieth-centuryNewYorkCity.
