Lucy Gallant (1955)
A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s. texas, career woman, sexism, dressmaker, paternalism, fashion designer, oil, big business, fashion, misogyny, fashion show, evening gown, male domination, oil men, fashion showroom, businesswoman, oil boom, independent woman, working girl, career goals, coercive control, women's fashion, smart woman