I'd suggest reading through [b:Paris Was a Woman: Portraits from the Left Bank|1070208|Paris Was a Woman Portraits from the Left Bank|Andrea Weiss|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UMvdKrEcL._SL75_.jpg|1056888] first and then start tackling this, an extremely deep analysis of the female Paris expatriation. I just recently discovered this fantastic subject and all its wonderful women, some of who still are unfortunately quite unknown to the general public, trampled by the male Modernists.