A time of music and merriment Roaring Twenties Reasons to celebrate End of World War I in 1918 End of Spanish Influenza outbreak of 1918 – 1919 (“Prelude”) A time of music and merriment Radio and record players Jazz and Blues “Jazz Age” coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald (“Roaring”)
Roaring Twenties
A time of dancing and drinking Roaring Twenties A time of dancing and drinking Illegal drinking fun and “edgy” Underground speakeasies “Bathtub gin” Charleston and Jitterbug (“Roaring”)
Roaring Twenties
Flappers and frivolity Roaring Twenties Flappers and frivolity Right to vote Shorter hemlines No corsets “Bobbed” hair Fun fashions Raccoon coats and straw boaters for men Cloche hats, strands of pearls, sack-like dresses for women (“1920s”)
A time of unprecedented prosperity Roaring Twenties A time of unprecedented prosperity Doubled wealth from1920 and 1929 Possible to purchase “labor-saving” inventions: Washing machines Vacuum cleaners Automobiles (Henry Ford and the assembly line) Electric lights Refrigerators (“Prelude”)
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda “Lost Generation,” American writers born around 1900 who served in WWI and whose writing in the 1920s reacted against older writers. Some were ex-patriots who relocated to Paris, and some lived in New York (“F. Scott”)
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Troubles in personal life deepen Lifetime of debt Abuse of alcohol Zelda’s diagnosis and hospitalization Mostly forgotten as writer Moves to Hollywood Heart attack in 1940 at 44 Zelda’s death in fire in 1947 at a sanitorium (“F. Scott”)
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