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    From a young, I, Marylin Elliot, had the urge to break away from the grips of my socialite life. My father, Jared Elliot, was a powerful lawyer in New York City. My mother, Samantha Elliot, married a social class up and was the perfect housewife. From a young age they dolled me up and put me on displayed to their friends. As I grew older they laid out a set of strict guidelines that I must follow, which included me marrying a suitor of their choice and producing a male heir. My parents made it…

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    The Roaring Twenties Many wonder what put the “roar” in the Roaring 20’s. Women voting, Klan’s starting, secret hangouts being created and the start of the jazz age are just a few things that put the roar in the 1920’s. Cars were being bought, spectator sports were becoming popular, women were gaining rights, alcohol was banned, speakeasies were created, dance and music grew and markets reached an all-time high, only to come crashing down to conclude this historical decade. Bringing a…

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    is masterpiece that presents a view of the upper class of United States during 1920’s. The author presents the captivating story of Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan and other several characters, which are the classic example of the Jazz Age men, flapper women and their infatuation with conspicuous consumption during the time of prohibition. Some will argue that this book narrates an endless love story between two main characters Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, The Great Gatsby “The story of the…

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    Disneyland Research Paper

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    Children today, and kids at heart, would definitely enjoy a day or two in any Disneyland theme park. Once you’re inside, it’s a Disney paradise. There are souvenir shops, as well as bakeries with Disney pastries. You can even meet Disney characters and walk with them, like Cinderella. Want to know where you can usually find them? Check out the article below: Disney Characters: Meet and Greet at Disneyland You get a chance to meet all the Disney characters whenever you’re in Disneyland. Famous…

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    a week, along with a $300,000 bonus and had her own production company – The Mary Pickford Company. In her roles she usually played young, innocent girls. Finally in 1929 when the talkies had arrived Pickford cut her curls and took the role of a flapper in “Coquette”. This role won her an…

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    Roaring Twenties Dances The Roaring Twenties is when many of the dances came out. “An era that is full fast cars, jazz, speakeasies, wealth, and wild kids quotes one the parties were bigger the pace was faster the shows were broader the buildings were higher. (Roaring , 2017). Some of the dances were the Charleston the foxtrot the waltz the tango. The dances seemed to develop from cultures combining and dances, traveling from shore to shore. “People saw the new dances in Hollywood movies and…

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    Then came the Roaring 20’s after the first world war. During this era, curvy women with short dresses in flapper style, and bob hairstyle were considered beautiful. (“A look back at beauty through History”). Small wait with large posteriors was no more trendier, but elastic corsets were still in use. Pale skin along with thin eyebrows and silhouette was the perfect look. Wearing makeup was considered low class until 1920’s. (“A look back at beauty through History”). Then was the time for Golden…

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    to open first birth control clinic in the united states in 1961, which was illegal at that time and she was arrested for that. Her initiative and tireless work in the field of birth control were adorable as the period of 1920’s was not an era of flappers and sexual freedom. Instead, it was the severe and overwhelming problem for most of the women’s in the context of child rearing and family responsibilities. In this document, Margaret Sanger writes the narrative story of many women’s who wrote…

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    Social Changes Showed Through Decades from Fashion Photography Fashion photography is an art that is highly respected in society today. It’s showcased all across the world from America to the Japan. Fashion photography consist of many aspects of the photo from the model that is showing of the clothes to the makeup and hair and even beyond the picture. Fashion photography is a complex process that shows the revolution of social changes through the decades. Fashion photography during the 1920’s…

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    first birth control clinic. Nevertheless, it was not always people that shaped the evolution of sex as we have it today, the first world war introduced American men to European women and their views on sex, the roaring 20’s introduced America to the flapper, Prohibition resulted in people socializing more (an unintended effect), the birth of the motion picture served as sex education in many cases in a time there was no sex education, homosexuals living a liberated life style in the 20’s, the…

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