The roaring 20'S - A time I'm completely fascinated with.
Probably the most popular of the 20's is the image of the Flapper- which is widely inaccurate. Most thought of a flapper as a girl with bobbed hair and short skirts who smoked, drank, and spoke unladylike.
The image of the Flapper girl, with her long strand of pearls and headdress as well as the almost infamous flapper dress is more than misunderstood. This may be because the young ladies donning the wardrobe were more sexually "free" than prior generations.
In fact most women of the 20's adopted the attire but did no such things. Thanks to the invention of the washing machine and vacuum cleaner most women worked white collar jobs they listened to newly bought radios or rode in what the prude would sometimes call a bedroom on wheels; the Ford Model T.
Jazz was all the rage in those days and everyone was dancing; popular dances included: the Charleston, the cake walk, the black bottom, and the flea hop. In 1920 the first commercial radio station hit airwaves. Over 500 more were to follow across the nation and radios were in millions of households. With the radio stations came advertising and thanks to this people from all across the nation were buying the same goods.
The second most popular image of the 20's is probably prohibition and the Mafia that was involved; such as Al Capone.
To some Prohibition was a way for the government to have some control over unruly immigrants. So the government banned the sale of intoxicating liquors. On January 16th 1920 every tavern, bar, and salon in the United state was closed. Because of this the liquor trade was now underground and was controlled by bootleggers and Organized crime figures. The mafia became skilled at bribing politicians and the police to look the other way as they conducted business in speakeasies, casinos, and brothels. All of these vices reached new highs in the 20's and some Americans blame prohibition for the moral decay.
With the 20's came sudden social and political change; more Americans lived in the cities than ever before, people bought the same goods, listened to the same music, and did the same dances. The nations wealth increased by more than double and with this increase Americans were driven into an unfamiliar consumer society. Some were uncomfortable with this new urban culture and it brought more conflict then celebration; but for some youngsters in well established cities the 1920's roared.
Sources:
www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties
www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1564.html
Probably the most popular of the 20's is the image of the Flapper- which is widely inaccurate. Most thought of a flapper as a girl with bobbed hair and short skirts who smoked, drank, and spoke unladylike.
The image of the Flapper girl, with her long strand of pearls and headdress as well as the almost infamous flapper dress is more than misunderstood. This may be because the young ladies donning the wardrobe were more sexually "free" than prior generations.
In fact most women of the 20's adopted the attire but did no such things. Thanks to the invention of the washing machine and vacuum cleaner most women worked white collar jobs they listened to newly bought radios or rode in what the prude would sometimes call a bedroom on wheels; the Ford Model T.
Jazz was all the rage in those days and everyone was dancing; popular dances included: the Charleston, the cake walk, the black bottom, and the flea hop. In 1920 the first commercial radio station hit airwaves. Over 500 more were to follow across the nation and radios were in millions of households. With the radio stations came advertising and thanks to this people from all across the nation were buying the same goods.
The second most popular image of the 20's is probably prohibition and the Mafia that was involved; such as Al Capone.
To some Prohibition was a way for the government to have some control over unruly immigrants. So the government banned the sale of intoxicating liquors. On January 16th 1920 every tavern, bar, and salon in the United state was closed. Because of this the liquor trade was now underground and was controlled by bootleggers and Organized crime figures. The mafia became skilled at bribing politicians and the police to look the other way as they conducted business in speakeasies, casinos, and brothels. All of these vices reached new highs in the 20's and some Americans blame prohibition for the moral decay.
With the 20's came sudden social and political change; more Americans lived in the cities than ever before, people bought the same goods, listened to the same music, and did the same dances. The nations wealth increased by more than double and with this increase Americans were driven into an unfamiliar consumer society. Some were uncomfortable with this new urban culture and it brought more conflict then celebration; but for some youngsters in well established cities the 1920's roared.
Sources:
www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties
www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1564.html
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