The Flappers

The girls of the 1920s broke away from the conservative and traditional image of women and their sexuality. She, the flapper, was different not only in her overall appearance, but also in her attitude and behaviour.

“The ideal flapper is lovely, expensive, and about nineteen.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

“In America, a flapper has always been a giddy, attractive and slightly unconventional young thing.” — Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins

“A somewhat foolish girl, full of wild surmises and inclined to revolt against the precepts and admonitions of her elder.” — H.L.Mencken

“…….. rouged and clipped, careening in a drunken stupor to the lewd strains of a jazz quartet.”