The 1920s ushered in a new era for women, especially when it came to fashion and footwear. After World War I, Western society began to shift away from the strict Victorian era and into the swinging ...

In the 1920s, Americans became obsessed with watching people sit on tall poles for days or even weeks. What sounds absurd today was once a national craze fueled by publicity, endurance, and the ...

To look at America during the Roaring Twenties, Stacker compiled a list of discoveries, trends, and changes that shaped lives in the 1920s, from news sites, historic research, scientific studies, and ...

In the 1920s, some women's lives changed radically due to the introduction of new rights and jobs. The 19th Amendment was ratified in August 1920, and some women voted in the November 1920 election.

In the 1920s, Indianapolis was one of the most innovative cities in the nation. If not quite the Silicon Valley of its day, the city held a rank similar to Seattle or San Diego today. But after “the ...

Esther Newberger, who also went by Patricia, was 21 years old in 1926 when she was arrested and convicted in Fargo for ...

There are some eerie similarities between the 1920s and 2010s. Many of the patterns that played out in the 1920s have been playing out in recent years and decades. Accommodative monetary policy fueled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life in the 1920s was defined by many cultural, political, and economic developments. Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the ...