Examines the symbols that defined perceptions of women during the late 1910s and 1920s and how they changed women's role in society.

Flapper is a dazzling look at the women who heralded a radical change in American culture and launched the first truly modern decade. The New Woman of the 1920s

A lively look at the ways in which American women in the 1920s transformed their lives through performance and fashion. New definitions of American femininity w

For many young women, the 1920s felt like a promise of liberty. It was a period when they dared to shorten their skirts and shingle their hair, to smoke, drink,

This book offers an examination of the Roaring Twenties in the United States, focusing on the vibrant icon of the newly liberated woman—the flapper—that cam