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It was a time of unimagined new freedoms. From the cafés of Paris to Hollywood''s silver screen, women were exploring new modes of expression and new lifestyles. In countless aspects of life, they dared to challenge accepted notions of a fairer sex, and opened new doors for the generations to come. What's more, they did it with joy, humour, and unapologetic charm. Exploring the lives of 17 artists, writers, designers, dancers, adventurers, and athletes, this splendidly illustrated book brings together dozens of photographs with an engaging text. In these pages, readers will meet such iconoclastic women as the lively satirist Dorothy Parker, the avant-garde muse and artist Kiki de Montparnasse, and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, whose stories continue to offer inspiration for our time. Women of the 1920s is a daring and stylish addition to any bookshelf of women''s history.

Women of the 1920s Style Glamour and the AvantGarde

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It was a time of unimagined new freedoms. From the cafés of Paris to Hollywood''s silver screen, women were exploring... Read more

    Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
    Publication Date: 1/31/2019
    ISBN13: 9780789213471, 978-0789213471
    ISBN10: 0789213478

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    It was a time of unimagined new freedoms. From the cafés of Paris to Hollywood''s silver screen, women were exploring new modes of expression and new lifestyles. In countless aspects of life, they dared to challenge accepted notions of a fairer sex, and opened new doors for the generations to come. What's more, they did it with joy, humour, and unapologetic charm. Exploring the lives of 17 artists, writers, designers, dancers, adventurers, and athletes, this splendidly illustrated book brings together dozens of photographs with an engaging text. In these pages, readers will meet such iconoclastic women as the lively satirist Dorothy Parker, the avant-garde muse and artist Kiki de Montparnasse, and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, whose stories continue to offer inspiration for our time. Women of the 1920s is a daring and stylish addition to any bookshelf of women''s history.

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