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February 24, 2011 08:29:19 PM

Your American Icon:

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

Location:

New York, NY

Icon photo:

Why is this work an American Icon?:

The cover art itself should be recognized as an American icon! That color! The cut-out pill shapes! The soft-focus portraits! It is the ultimate in camp fiction but captures that moment in the 1950s/60s when young women flocked to NYC to join the work force (Mad Men, anyone?). Plus it's decades ahead of its time.

First name:

Molly

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