Group items tagged woman - The Great Gatsby

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- Erin G on 30 Jul 11
  
  Here is an image of a girl that was popular in the 1920s. Sometimes Daisy from The Great Gatsby can be compared to this image of a woman.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Here is an image of a girl that was popular in the 1920s. Sometimes Daisy from The Great Gatsby can be compared to this image of a woman.</div>
  
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The way Christy drew her, she was popular with the males because of her charm,
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"Christy girl," and Christy used her image in books, magazines, calendars, and even patriotic posters. Christy once stated that the "Christy girl" was "High-bred, aristocratic and dainty though not always silken-skirted; a woman with tremendous self-respect
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It was a very contradicting era as prohibition became the new law, woman gained the right to vote, and “talkies” first entered the entertainment scene.
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People, especially young people, began expressing themselves with slang. Many phrases and terms of the 1920s are still used by people today, with examples like, “sweetheart,” “baby,” “dolled up,”
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Considering this was the time of prohibition, many slang terms often reflected alcohol, drinking, and having a good time, especially since prohibition outlawed all of these things.
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