in the 1920s and beyond, to an aspiration. Unlike their mothers and grandmothers, flappers tended to go to high school and even college, and they devoured new books featuring confident ...

The big picture: The 1920s brought a redefinition in women's roles and ideals, from social mores to fashion. Flappers rejected the corsets — real and metaphorical — of yore, delaying marriage ...