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.