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Barbara Ann Richards Designed—and Then Demanded—the Life She Deserved
In the 1940s, a young interior decorator fought California for recognition of her gender and her name. This is how she won.
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Barbara Ann Richards Designed—and Then Demanded—the Life She Deserved
In the 1940s, a young interior decorator fought California for recognition of her gender and her name. This is how she won.