Jarnow, Jeannette A.
Person
Biography
Jeanette Jarnow started out as coordinator of the FIT Merchandising Department in September 1956. In the early 60s, she was promoted to chairperson of the department. She held that position until 1986 when she retired and went back to full time teaching.
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Jeannette Jarnow interview, 1984 November 1, 1984 November 1
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.2
Scope and Contents
This interview is with Jeannette Jarnow, the first chairperson of the Buying and Merchandising Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Jarnow describes her professional ascent at the department store, Abraham & Straus, up to 1944; when she took a brief break due to her first pregnancy. Jarnow describes the path that led her to seek out a teaching post at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Instead of offering Jarnow a professorial post,...
Dates:
1984 November 1
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