The flâneuse: Women Walk the City by Lauren Elkin diary American Girl in Italy by Ruth Orkin, 1951Continuing my curiosity concerning positive words for Female DandysFlâneuse: Women Walk the City by Lauren Elkin, published by Chatto & Windus.“A tribute to female flâneurs: the women who reclaimed our city streets. The flâneur – the keen-eyed stroller who chronicles the minutiae of city life – has long been seen as a man’s role. From Virginia Woolf to Martha Gellhorn, it’s time we recognised the vital, transgressive work of the flâneuse.”There are a lot of us about…..