I had the impression that women go together with books eg the large number of librarians. Women are big consumers of books. Then and now, they were the customers.
Why was “Funny Face” given the job at a New York cozy little bookstore when she was discovered and sent to Paris as a model with Fred Astaire?

Wages in a bookstore were always low, too.

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