Carefree, reckless, flappers seemed to enjoy living on the edge, like these atop Chicago’s Sherman Hotel. George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images She was the sexy ingénue, spending evenings in jazz ...

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‘Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation,’ by Judith Mackrell. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. For most, the ‘flapper’ evokes images of fingercurled bobs, drop-waisted dresses, and endless ...

They danced, they drank smuggled booze, and they rewrote the rules of womanhood. The flappers of the Roaring Twenties weren’t just following a fashion trend — they were the OG rule-breakers. With ...

The 1920s were a period of significant social transformation. After WWI, society was ready for something new, and young women began pushing back against the strict expectations that had long defined ...

Trying to keep a business afloat during the coronavirus pandemic is no laughing matter, and yet, Barbara Holliday, owner and manager of Flappers Comedy Club and Restaurant in Burbank, is determined to ...