1926

Blog posts about events that occurred in 1926.

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    The Death of Harry Houdini

    Overview Entertainment involving performers was immensely popular in the 1920s, such as movies, theater, music, dancing, and sports. Perhaps the most famous performer was illusionist Harry Houdini. Houdini was a…

  • The Cristero War: Religious Conflict in 1920s Mexico

    Introduction Across the entire world, the 1920s served as a period of extensive change. Americans experienced the roaring prosperous twenties while Europeans reconstructed from World War I yet Mexico lived…

  • The Death of Bessie Coleman, The First Black Woman Pilot

    The Life of Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman was a culmination of ‘firsts’ in one person. She was the first African American to be awarded an international pilot’s license, the first…

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    Miss America: Religion and the Callback to Older Ideas of Femininity

    In the 1920s, American culture was increasingly becoming more secularized, creating tensions between modernity and traditional religious values. The first “Miss America” pageants embodied these conflicts, as it became both…

  • Bessie Coleman, Pluralism, and being Black During the 1920s

              Growing up as part Native American and part African-American in the early 20th century, Bessie Coleman was a prime example of the struggles of handling a pluralistic identity during the…

  • A “New Woman” Gertrude Ederle: The First Woman to Successfully Swim the English Channel.

    The idea of the “new woman” began on August 18, 1920. This date signified the day women were given the right to vote on a national level. Empowered by growing…

  • Nellie Tayloe Ross: The New Woman and Politics

    Women’s lives had changed significantly from the late 19th century into the 1920s. They became more involved in politics and increasingly joined the workforce. This challenged the traditional ideas of…

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    The First Woman to Successfully Swim the English Channel

    Overview: The English Channel is a three hundred and fifty-mile-long stretch of water that separates the British Isles from the rest of mainland Europe. At its greatest width the channel…

  • Great Miami Hurricane

    Florida’s sandy shores and sunny skies, aptly nicknamed the “Sunshine State” in the Southeastern United States, has attracted dreamers, vacationers, and fortune seekers for generations. With over 1,300 miles of…

  • Themes of the 1920s and The 1926 UK General Strike

    Embed from Getty Images Crowds of presumably strikers marching from Scotland to London during the 1926 General Strike. (Getty Images) Religion: Modernism vs Conservativism The 1920s was a decade where…

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