Fashion

1920's

By clairejeffers
  • First Olympics w/ Women

    First Olympics w/ Women

    First Olympic games involcing women in Paris.
  • First Largest Deaprtment Store

    First Largest Deaprtment Store

    Marshall Field's was momentarilly claimed "World's Largest Department Store" over John Wanamaker & Co. in Philadelphia and R.H. Macy & Co. in New York.
  • States grant Women Suffrage

    States grant Women Suffrage

    Male electorates in Michigan, Kansas, Oregon and Arizona approve state constitutional amendments for woman suffrage.
  • First Nightclub

    First Nightclub

    "The Cave" was a room in the basement of the Grunewald (later Roosevelt) Hotel, sometimes considered one of the first nightclubs in the United States, open c. 1912- 1927.
  • Prohibition of Alcohol

    Prohibition of Alcohol

  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920 giving women the right to vote.
  • First Equal Rights Amendment Introduced

    First Equal Rights Amendment Introduced

  • "It" was released in Theaters

    "It" was released in Theaters

    Starring Clara Bow, this film depicted the "New Woman" of the 1920's.
  • Federal Prison Camp

    Federal Prison Camp

    This was another Adult Prison, it opened because there was a shortage in reformatories. Therefore, they opened this prison in Virginia for the purpose of controlling the new females.