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thought to be acts of the devil. Not just many religious movements were against the National Women’s Party (NWP), but the KKK contradicted the women's movement as well. Thus, in spite of the fact that women around the country gained more freedom (flappers, “new women”), this time period allowed women to gain a newfound opportunity of freedom and independence from the socially acceptable stereotype of what defined a woman in modern…

Hello. I, Katharine Hepburn, am known for the leading lady in Hollywood for over 60 years, but am also known for being a box office poison for reaching out of society’s norm. I had progressive parents who fought hard for social change; my mom was a feminist campaigner and my dad was urologist educating the public on venereal disease. Ultimately, I became an outspoken and confident woman, with the intention to change society through my wide range of performances in film, TV, and theatre. My…

It was 1920 in New York City, a certain ineffable aura pervaded the musty city air, an aura that would allure dreamers for the decade to follow. The nouveau riche flocked to New York, where they could live out their dreams with other idealists. This sparked what is now known as the Roaring Twenties, a romantic period characterized by its optimism and nonchalance. Concurrently, the city also saw one of the most important movements in African American history: The Harlem Renaissance. This was the…

For generations, the human species has rebelled against the social norms of society. The Civil Rights Movement took place in the 1950’s, a time of reform and rebellion. The 1920’s was the era of flappers, speakeasies, and loose women. Going further back to eighteenth century America was the period of revolution that created the great nation that we live in now. Each year, our people find something else wrong in the world and do our best to change it. Without all of these rebellions, our country…

began to get a little patchy such as the occurrence of: the price of the cotton plummeting (downwards) 1920, passing of the 18th amendment (the prohibition of alcohol) 1920, everybody’s favorite The Stock Market Crash 1929, and The Dust Bowl 1935. Flappers dancing around, people buying from speakeasies, and prices of cotton going to their all time low. What do these have in common? They all occurred in the same…

Ever since the start of the book, I asked myself, “Why would George even bother staying with Lennie if all he does is slow him down. Plus, he has said it plenty of times to Lennie, reminding him that he would have done so much more with his life if he wasn't having to deal with him this whole time?” Chapter two was full of foreshadowing, not only where many characters brought into the story, but all those characters have different reasons for being at the ranch, and they all have different…

The Great Gatsby Essay The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and was first published on April 10, 1925. Was written in the Jazz Era, the Jazz Era was parties, social drinking, flapper girls, bootlegging and wealthy people. The main character Jay Gatsby had the mansions, money, girls, parties but he didn’t have it all. He fell in love with the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, who was gorgeous and loved to have fun but there was one problem, she was married to Tom Buchanan. Tom was proud…

The American Dream is what everyone was striving for in the novel was about gaining wealth and material possessions to find happiness. The life of the roaring twenties was full of parties, laughter, and entertainment. In this time period, Tom and Daisy were more worried about their image and possessions than having a healthy marriage. In the novel The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel of the restrained love between a man and a woman , Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. Jay…

“The history of men 's opposition to women 's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.”(Virginia Woolf) The women’s rights movement has been a key change in America since the 1930’s. Whether it was defying the norm, fighting unequal pay, job discrimination or maternity leave women never backed down in the face of the men who asserted their control over them. Ever since the 1930’s, females have made huge strides in gender equality, but even with so many…

At the beginning of the 1920s, the United States was still in recovery from the effects of World War I. People wanted to forget the devastation of the Great War and just have fun. The entire decade was filled with experiences of exciting social change and intense cultural conflict. Popular culture roared into life and the economy boomed. New technologies lead to innovation, soaring profits lead to affluence, and higher wages lead to a culture of consumerism. The majority of Americans experienced…