The Roaring 20’s

The Roaring 20’s

A time where women were assertive and the men were way too much in to politics, came to be known as the Roaring 20’s. Women were changing, out laws were at an all time high and entertainment was booming.

Flappers were a new age woman, she wore her skirts short and her hair even shorter. She worked the same as the men and fought against inequality. She smoked, she drank, she danced and voted. The style of the flapper was not the models of femininity that their mothers accepted but more of a boyish look with their hiplines lowered and the breasts less emphasized.

Along with outrageous women came outrageous outlaws. The most infamous outlaw of the 1920’s was Al Capone. He ran many businesses including gambling, bootlegging and prostitution. He also became known as a murderer. Bootlegging alcohol was most profitable in the 1920’s because of the Prohibition Act. Al Capone was at the top of all the gangs in the world of organized crime and by far the most powerful mob boss of his era. The only crime that he was ever imprisoned for was income tax evasion, and was the only crime that the courts could prove against him. He served his time in Alcatraz for eight years and later died of syphilis in 1947.

While Al Capone spent the twenties in Alcatraz the roaring 20’s really became the roaring 20’s with all the new entertainment that was becoming popular. What was also known as the “Jazz Age”, the 1920’s were filled with new entertainment such as jazz music, dances like the Charleston, radio, characters such as Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh became popular and the beginning of 3-D movies. After World War I, about 500,000 blacks were in search of better employment opportunities, so they moved north. With them they brought their culture including jazz, Dixieland and blues music which became popular through