Jazz and the New Woman of the 1920s kind of go together. They were in great part about the same things: freedom of expression, discovery and exploration. No surprise that many flappers were also ‘jazz babies’.
The flapper was the last and more mature incarnation of the New Woman. She was a free, ambitious, pleasure-seeking woman who wanted to be equal to men.
Bobbed hair had been around even before the flapper, but it was only in the 1920s that, in spite of criticism, became more or less acceptable for a woman.
The New Woman was a new incarnation of femininity that revolutionalised women’s role in all Western societies from the 1890s through the 1920s.
1920s Blueswomen the voice of freedom – Blueswomen were a strong, loud voice speaking of the freedom of their people and of every human being.
1920s Prohibition turned many mothers into bootleggers and women into entrepreneurs
How was it living through WWI and images from every day life from the 1920s
Many different practises marked the shift in women’s role in the 1920s, and dating, funnily enough, was one of the most visible, most powerful and most feared.
1920s and the Spanish Influenza – Gang Roundup – February…
The 1920s and the Spanish Influenza. It is really 100 years ago? Let’s have a closer look
NOBODY’S SWEETHEART NOW (Maggie Robinson) Addie is a young widow belonging to the British upper crust. Dev is an Anglo-Indian Scotland Yard Inspector. An unlikely couple, maybe, but a winning one.
GANG ROUNDUP (August 2020) The 1920s were a time of change and innovation in so many areas of life: women’s life, inventions, society.
A cosy mystery set in the 1920s, with an interesting pair of amateur sleuths. A jazz singer dies in the paddle of the steamboat. Suspects abound.