Tag: 1920s

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    The Founding of Disney Brothers Studio

    Overview Kansas City While most people associate the beginnings of Disney with cartoons such as Steamboat Willie, the journey of the studio actually began over 5 years prior to the…

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    Nellie Tayloe Ross Becomes The First Woman Governor in the U.S

    Overview Ross’ Early Years Nellie Tayloe Ross was born on November 29, 1876, in St. Joseph, Missouri, on a plantation owned by her maternal grandfather in Andrew County. Her parents…

  • 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 Modern Temper Chapter 1-3

    The book, The Modern Temper talks about many different problems they had in the United States of America during the 1920’s. The workplace accidents/deaths are connected to how harsh the…

  • The Radium Girls — a 1920s “New Woman”

    The Radium Girls, a group of girls who sued the United States Radium Corporation 1928, were a prime example of the struggles and shortcomings of the “New Woman” of the…

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    Geneva Protocol is Signed

    Overview Going into the 1920s, the world had been shocked by the horrors of World War I due to the gruesome and horrifying nature of the weapons used. This includes…

  • My Initial Thoughts on the 1920s

    When I was a little kid, I always thought that back then in the 1900’s life was black and white because when I was growing up in the early 2000’s…

  • The 1920’s – Decadence and Consumerism

    The 1920s to me, also called the “Roaring 20s” was another Gilded Age where society seemed to be widely increasing in wealth and success. The stock market was rising, there…

  • The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti

    The trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti remains one of the most controversial and haunting episodes in American legal history. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the roaring 1920s,…

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