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How the creation of department stores helped empower women

How the creation of department stores helped empower women

La Samaritaine has just reopened its doors in Paris. Founded in 1860, it is one of the city’s historic brands, along with the Bon Marché (1838), the oldest department store in the capital. These commercial temples became, from the middle of the XIX th  century, the freedom oasis for women, who have found a place where they could finally […]…