Several factors were in play in the 1920s for the emergence of what came to known as flappers, teenagers and young women who flouted convention and spent their time pursuing fun instead of settling ...

This is an entertaining, well-researched and charmingly illustrated dissection of the 1920s flapper, who flouted conventions and epitomized the naughtiness of the Jazz Age as she "bobbed her hair, ...

Flapper culture is all the rage now, with seemingly thousands of weddings, birthday parties, and bachelorette parties each year planned around a vague “flapper” or “let’s wear feather headbands” theme ...

After World War I, America found its happy place again and cooked up the nearly decade-long party known as the “Roaring Twenties.” Key ingredients were Prohibition booze, jazz, speakeasies, and ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The flapper was always easy to spot during her heyday in the ’20s. She cut her hair, shortened her skirts and ...

In 1923 a young American actor named Tallulah Bankhead became the most sensational star of the London stage. Having persuaded the actor and manager Gerald du Maurier to give her a leading role in his ...

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A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity and the Women Who Made America Modern By Joshua Zeitz 338 pages. $24.95. Crown. 'Flapper" tries to analyze a flashy type of American party girl best known for ...