Gender

Blog posts about events or people associated with gender roles and sexual identities.

  • 1920s Historiography and the American Textbook Project

    David J. Goldberg’s article “Rethinking the 1920s: Historians and Changing Perspectives” offers brief descriptions of over 50 books written between 1929 and 2006. The author organizes the books by topic,…

  • The Women’s World’s Fair and ‘The Modern Temper’

    Lynn Dumenil’s piece “The Modern Temper” directly touches upon and reflects notions of the Women’s World’s Fair that made the event so important and impactful. Specifically, the third chapter titled…

  • The Modern Temper Chapters 1-3: Battle of Warsaw

    The Battle of Warsaw was a significant battle during the Soviet-Polish War in August of 1920. The event has some themes that are connected to American 1920’s themes, though the…

  • The Woman’s World’s Fair

    The Woman’s World’s Fair was specifically designed, published, managed and organized  by women, for women during the early 1900s. The fair, which was held in the American Exposition Palace in…

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    The First Miss America Pageant(s)

    Overview Atlantic City & 1920s Tourism Atlantic City, one of New Jersey’s most famous coastal vacation spots, was established in 1854 when a track was created from Camden, NJ, crossing…

  • 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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    The First Winter Olympics

    In 1894, Baron Pierre de Coubertin held the Olympic Organization Congress in Paris, France. This congress laid the foundation for the modern Olympic Games. Two years later, Athens would host…

  • Revisiting the History of the 1920s: An Analysis of Historiographical Articles

    Summaries In 2007, David J. Goldberg, a white professor of history at Cleveland State University,  provided an overview of the evolving way in which historians have analyzed the 1920s in…

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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…

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