History of the United States II / Unit 9 USH2 1224 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Flapper
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The idea
Young women called flappers wore shorter skirts and bobbed hair, used makeup, and smoked and drank alongside men.
In practice
The Yawp's name for the decade: the Age of the Flapper.
Where people slip
The anchor says many young city dwellers embraced a new morality, far looser than their parents'. Novelists such as F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed them.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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