The 1920s, often called the “Roaring Twenties,” were a time of major change and excitement. After World War I, people were ready to let loose and enjoy life, and it showed in everything from fashion ...

In the 1920s, some women's lives changed radically due to the introduction of new rights and jobs. The 19th Amendment was ratified in August 1920, and some women voted in the November 1920 election.

What was life in Louisville like a century ago? During the 1920s in The Derby City, Louisvillians saw women gain the right to vote, the dawn of the Jazz Age and prohibition — the last seeming ...

With the 2020s well underway, we're still looking to see how predictions in everything from cars to investments play out — but also seeing similarities some parallels with what America experienced a ...

Private automobile ownership exploded in the 1920s. In 1919, there were about 6.5 million passenger cars in America. By 1929 that number had increased to over 23 million and American society was ...

Beginning in the 1890s, Portuguese, primarily from the Azores, settled in Back Central’s tenements and multi-family dwellings. By the early 1920s, over 2,200 Portuguese immigrants and their children ...

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) first formed in the former Confederate States of America following the end of the Civil War in 1865. This clandestine group espoused white racial supremacy and opposed ...

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