The roaring flappers, the explosion of Jazz and the complexity and sophistication of Art Decco marked the decade that marked the 1920s. Marital happiness increased as prosperity and women’s speech developed, and not even Prohibition (an amendment that outlawed the sale and distribution of alcohol) could have created the number of cocktails that made their […]
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The film is a remake of the 2002 film/musical Chicago starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellwegger and Richard Gere. This movie takes place in the 1920s in metropolitan Chicago. Zelwegger’s character Roxie Hart is a wannabe entertainer who is jealous of Jones’ character Velma Kelly, who is already a popular entertainer who acts with her sister. […]
The 1920s was a time of great wealth in most of the world. It was also a time to shoot and play at younger ages. It was a time for women with short fringes, bob cain, jazz, and going against the grain. behavior The style of these women or flats was straight and free. Buckles […]
Having met the death of innocence, which at the time was considered the war to end all wars, the genre of American fiction became obsolete by the 1920s. The most elegant writers of elegant novels such as Henry James and Edith Wharton were either dead or on the way out of date, and in their […]
Among the many types of dolls that have passed through my workshop to be repaired are the sultry vamps of the 1920’s, known as boudoir or bed dolls. These popular dolls represented a new era of a more liberated woman. Bed dolls were – shall we say, the cat’s pajamas or bee’s knees. The popularity […]
The 1920’s was a time of great change for America, notably in current trends at the time. The bob cut is a haircut that caused quite a shock in the 1920s. Younger women cut their long hair very short, all the way up to their necks. It was a sign of an independent woman. Many […]
You know if you really think about it, the really cool game of baseball wasn’t only played in the 1920’s; It was also a document. Many of today’s great baseball players still read over these players and strive to be like them. That legend is even more amazing after all these years. Who are some […]
When Prohibition went into effect in America, on January 16, 1920, it did, what it was supposed to, which was it stopped the illegal sale of alcohol, but it also has this wonderful effect on our economy. In addition, some of these effects from Prohibition are still with us today. Because there was no alcohol […]
The 1920s was a significant decade for many reasons. For starters, women were finally able to vote in a presidential election. The decade also brought with it a vast array of advances in technology and medicine. Personally, I was interested in learning more about those advances. Therefore, I took the time to discover just a […]
No period in human history contributed more to how the average person moved from one place to another than the 1920s. Americans conquered the roads, rail lines, oceans, and soared to new heights. Some concepts would stumble upon failure, while others would reach for the sky, establishing the very foundation of the transportation systems we […]