“A study of fifty women conducted in 1887 revealed that the corset forcibly contracted their waists by anywhere between two and a half and six bodies. The pressure it applied to women's bodies averaged twenty-one pounds but could reach as… — Joshua Zeitz Copy Share Image
“(…) the New Woman of the 1920s boldly asserted her right to dance, drink, smoke, and date—to work her own property, to live free… — Joshua Zeitz Copy Share Image
“(...)"Flapper"— the notorious character type who bobbed her hair, smoked cigarettes, drank gin, sported short skirts, and passed her evenings in steamy jazz clubs,… — Joshua Zeitz Copy Share Image
“Smaller families also created a narrower age gap between first- and last-born children; this trend, in turn, meant that children shared more in common… — Joshua Zeitz Copy Share Image
“We are our own sculptors...Who can deny that passion and unkind thoughts show on the lines and expressions of our faces...young people seldom have… — Joshua Zeitz Copy Share Image
“A study of fifty women conducted in 1887 revealed that the corset forcibly contracted their waists by anywhere between two and a half and… — Joshua Zeitz Copy Share Image
