Tag: Essays

  • The Dawes Plan in the Context of the 1920s

                   Chapters four through six of The Modern Temper by Lynn Dumenil covers various cultural concepts such as religion and religious hate, the lost generation, extremist views, racism, and the…

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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…

  • 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…

  • The Cotton Club: A Legacy of Jazz and Racism

    What Was the Cotton Club? The Cotton Club was the most popular nightclub in Harlem during the 1920s, emerging at the height of the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance.…

  • The Radium Girls Court Trial

    Overview — A History of Radium and the Girls Who Suffered From It Discovery of Radium Radium, the 88th element on the periodic table, was discovered by Marie and Paul…

  • 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…

  • My Initial Thoughts on the 1920s

    My Thoughts and Understanding of the 1920s When I think about the 1920s, the immediate picture I believe many, including myself, imagine is that of flappers, speakeasies, music, and dances…

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