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Flappers of the Roaring Twenties

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Flappers of the Roaring Twenties

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    3. History of the Roaring 20’s WWI has just ended and the people of America are rejoicing. Women style has been very uptight and very proper. Women wore floor length dresses, long hair, no make up and corsets… it was time to break out of the conservative style. The twenties was all about youth. It was also the most explosive decade of the century. Jazz music was created and all the hot celebrities were young and in high fashion. This was the age of prohibition and the age of prosperity. Some of the major inventions of the time were the automobile, the radio and the airplane. Some famous people of the twenties were: Herbert Hoover, Al Capone and Henry Ford. Some of the worlds most amazing literature was created in the twenties. Some literary artists were F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Robert Frost. When you think of the twenties, jazz music comes to mind. Some of the most amazing musicians came from the roaring twenties: Bessie Smith, the “Empress of Blues”, George Gershwin, who created some amazing pieces for Broadway, Hollywood and Carnegie Hall, and Duke Ellington, The “King of big jazz band”. Movies were also a big hit in the twenties. Gold Rush, The Kid, The Circus, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Jazz Singer are all infamous silent movies from the twenties.

    4. “The Flapper”

    5. Definition of a Flapper

    6. Life of a Flapper

    7. The Flapper Look

    8. The Flapper Look

    9. Entertainment

    10. Entertainment

    12. Famous Flappers

    14. Bibliography Hajnal, Alex. The Roaring Twenties. 2001. 28 Oct 2005 http://alephnull.net/20s/. “James Madison College.” American Culture in the 1920’s. Michigan State University. 28 Oct 2005 www.msu.edu/course/mc/112/1920s/. Pearson, David. Silent Ladies and Gents. 30 June 2005. 21 Nov 2005 www.silentladies.com. The Clara Bow Page. 21 Nov 2005 www.clarabow.net. “Tribe Orlando.” The Bob. 16 June 2005. Cultures and Community Tribe. 21 Nov 2005 <thebob.net>. Wang, Gotterba and Wu, . “Kingwood College Library.” American Cultural History 1920 – 1929. May 2002. 28 Oct 2005 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html.

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