Jazz age

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The new world order that emerged from World War I was a youthful one epitomized by the innovation and energy of America's wildly

Listen to this episode from Manny Pacheco's Forgotten Hollywood on Spotify. This entire Forgotten Hollywood podcast series has skirted with the notion that Jazz was the music of choice throughout Hollywood's Golden Age. Today, we target this uniquely American product. The songs... The artists... All that Jazz! Broadcaster Joe Lyons jazzes up his Backlot report, with news and notes that reference Hollywood's past.

A new exhibition looks at the social changes of the 1920s and how they were reflected in women’s clothes of the time

These ladies redefined the fashion world.

US History: 9.04 Describe challenges to traditional practices in religion, race, and gender. During the 1920s, traditional social norms were challenged. Among the norms challenged were how women were supposed to behave. This picture shows flappers, icons of new found sexual freedom for women. This allows students to understand what flappers looked like and how their style of dress differed from women before them.

The Roaring Twenties is a phrase used to describe the 1920s, principally in North America, but also in London, Berlin and Paris. The phrase was meant to emphasize the period’s socia…

During its brief and rocky tenure from 1918 to 1924, pianist Gertrude Harvey Wright was one of four women in Seattle’s first black musicians’ union, the American Federation of Musicians’ Local 458. Wright, Virginia Hughes, a “Mrs. Austin,” and (Edythe) “Turnham,” all worked with their … Read MoreRace, Gender, Jazz & Local 493: Black Women Musicians in Seattle: 1920-1955

Wracking your brain for Halloween costume ideas? Maybe one of these Halloween infographics will inspire you. #5 is especially helpful...