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1920s Puck Magazine 2
1920s Puck Magazine 2
Clara Bow,
the most
opinion on
flapper cultur e
Written by Brooke
Peterman
A scan dalous
lif est yle, excruciat in gly
short dresses, an d
audacious hab it s,
charact erize t he youn g
w om en in t oday?s societ y
w ho p art ake in t he risin g
t ide of f lap p er cult ure. To
t hose w ho are un aw are of
t his m odern n uisan ce, a
f lap p er is t he w om an you
see in t he st reet s p aradin g
t radit ion s.
her yout h aroun d an d
t easin g m en like dogs w it h Flap p er cult ure seem s t o
a b on e. The w om an you have origin at ed af t er t he
see drin kin g glass up on Great War. I t is a sad side
glass of cockt ails in jazz ef f ect of t he dreadf ul
b ars, an d cruisin g t im es in w hich t he yout h
p om p ously in t he b ack grew up . Durin g t he War
seat of an aut om ob ile. m ore w om en w ere join in g
This is t he b ehaviour t hat t he w orkf orce an d gain in g
p lagues our st reet s an d in dep en den ce f rom t heir
craw ls aroun d our p rop er dut ies in t he
n eighb orhoods household. Af t er t he 19t h
t hreat en in g t o seep am en dm en t p assed,
p erm an en t ly in t o our gran t in g w om en t he
b eloved, p ure, cult ure an d f reedom t o vot e, a lot of
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Flappers
p osin g f or a
p ict ure w hile
som e are
t akin g a drag.
Work Cited
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Lan g, Nico. ?59 Quick Slan g Phrases From The 1920 s We Should St art Usin g Again .? Thought Catalog,
The Thought & Exp ression Com p an y, LLC, 19 Sep t . 20 18, t hought cat alog.com
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Moos Pick, Margaret . ?Sp eakeasies, Flap p ers, an d Red Hot Jazz: Music of t he Prohib it ion .? The Jim
Cullum Riverwalk Jazz, St an f ord Un iversit y Lib raries , 20 0 5, iverw alkjazz.st an f ord.edu
/ p rogram / sp eakeasies- f lap p ers- red- hot - jazz- m usic- p rohib it ion .
Page, Ellen Welles. ?A Flap p er' s Ap p eal t o Paren t s .? The Outlook, Old M agazine Articles, Mat t Jacob sen ,
6 Dec. 1922, p p . 60 7?610 , w w w .oldm agazin eart icles.com / f lap p er_in t erview _1920 s_f
lap p ers_reb el#.XKGMZJhKg2.
Park, Soo Hyun , "Flap p er Fashion I n t he Con t ext of Cult ural Chan ges of Am erica in t he 1920 s" (20 14).
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?Person al Glim p ses: The Case Again st The Youn ger Gen erat ion .? LI TERARY DI GEST: April, 1922-June,
1922 (Classic Reprint), HathiTrust Digital Library, b y Un kn ow n Aut hor, vol. 73, Forgot t en Books,
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Rogers, Hen ry. ?Radio Boulevard .? 1920s Radios, West ern Hist oric Radio Museum , 1997,
w w w .radiob lvd.com / 20 sRadio.ht m l.
?Four Flap p ers Dan cin g in a Sp eakeasy.? Big M ike's Speakeasy, w w w .b igm ikessp eakeasy.com / .
?Port rait of An it a Page.? Vintage Everyday, Vin t age Everday,w w w .vin t ag.es/ 20 12/ 0 6/ f ab ulous
- p hot os- of - f am ous- f lap p ers- in .ht m l.
?1925, Louise Brooks.? Flapper Style , Ken t St at e Un iversit y Museum , 4 Sep t . 20 16, f lap p erst yle
.w ordp ress.com / f lap p er/ .
?Flap p er Lif est yle.? The Flappers of the 1920's, Weeb ly, t hef lap p ersof t he1920 s.w eeb ly.com / f lap p er
- lif est yle.ht m l.
?Flap p ers Seat ed in Aut om ob ile Ca. 1920 s.? Public Broadcasting Station, Lib rary of Con gress Prin t s an d
Phot ograp hs Division , w w w .p b s.org/ ken b urn s/ p rohib it ion / p op up / S4112/ .
?Four Wom en Lin ed up alon g a Wall, Chuggin g Bot t les of Alcohol. Circa 1925.? All That's I nteresting, 19
Oct . 20 18, allt hat sin t erest in g.com / f lap p ers- 1920 s.
?Vin t age I m age of Wom en Dressed Up f or Part y.? Getty I mages,w w w .get t yim ages.com / p hot os
/ f lap p er ?sort =m ost p op ular& m ediat yp e=p hot ograp hy& p hrase=f lap p er.
Port rait s of w om en
risin g t o t he t op of t he
f lap p er hall of f am e
in cludin g An it a Page
(lef t ) an d Louise
Brooks (right ).
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Image of the exterior of the Cotton
Reconnaissance
Written by Stephanievon Rosenberg