No cultural symbol of the 1920s is more recognizable than the flapper. A young woman with a short “bob” hairstyle, cigarette dangling from her painted lips, dancing to a live jazz band. Flappers ...

They danced, they drank smuggled booze, and they rewrote the rules of womanhood. The flappers of the Roaring Twenties weren't just following a fashion trend — they were the OG rule-breakers. With ...

The 1920s were a period of significant social transformation. After WWI, society was ready for something new, and young women began pushing back against the strict expectations that had long defined ...

The 1920s were a decade of explosive change, and at the heart of this cultural revolution were the flappers. Emerging from the shadow of World War I and fueled by the victory of the women’s suffrage ...

This resource explains the role of women and flappers in the 1920s USA. It shows the evolution of the flappers and their new ideology, fashion , way of life and values. The resource explains why the ...

Analysis: While she featured in the nightmares of bishops and fantasies of advertisers, the flapper was also very much a real presence in Jazz Age Ireland One hundred years ago, there were lively ...

Carefree, reckless, flappers seemed to enjoy living on the edge, like these atop Chicago’s Sherman Hotel. George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images She was the sexy ingénue, spending evenings in jazz ...

How did 1920s fashion help to make the Roaring Twenties roar? Bernice had bobbed her hair; French tennis star Suzanne Lenglen was fueling the sportif craze; the taste for all things Art Deco carried ...

Music from the Roaring Twenties plays as The Garden Valley Flappers from Tyler Senior Center begin to dance The Charleston, kicking, spinning and wiggling, turning their knees inward and kicking out ...