in #CASE you missed it... Today in Women's History March 2nd
Today in 1903, the Martha Washington Hotel opened in New York City, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women. Sponsored and developed by the Women’s Hotel Company (which was founded in 1897 to build "high grade hotels for the exclusive accommodation of business and professional women”), the Martha Washington Hotel was everything its builders had hoped for as a place for permanent and temporary guests.
For $1.50 per day, guests enjoyed single rooms and apartments (416 in total), along with a library, reception rooms on each floor, a roof promenade and a private dining room as well as a separate restaurant open to the public. The hotel also featured amenities specifically suited for women, including a drug store, ladies’ tailor shop and millinery store, a manicurist and chiropodist, a ladies’ shoe polishing parlor, and a newspaper stand. Today? The building still exists – though it’s now theuber-hip Redbury Hotel.