Forward thinking: Dell Williams, 92, died last Wednesday at her home in Manhattan. She founded what's believed to be the first sex-shop catered to women in the U.S. in the 1970s A woman who changed the sex-shop industry died last week at her home in Manhattan. Dell Williams, owner of sex-shop Eve's Garden, passed away last Wednesday, a friend confirmed to the New York Times. Williams started the first sex shop catered to women from her home in the early 1970s, after having an awkward interaction with a male sales clerk when she tried to buy a vibrator at Macy's.Dell Williams passed away at her home in Manhattan last WednesdayThe former actress, advertising executive and Army WAC started sex-top shop Eve's Garden in the 1970sWilliams started the business after an awkward exchange with a male sales clerk while buying a personal massager at Macy's
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