1920's-1930's Magazine #1

A Woman’s Opinion: excitement on other ladies faces as they cast their
ballots this morning gave me so much hope for
This week two women were picked to write about the future of this country. The beautiful women
their opinions and experiences with the 19th I saw today have so much to offer to our society
Amendment… and the right to vote is a step towards America
reaching a better balance between the genders.”
“I am a woman, and today I voted for the first
-Doris Elliot
time in my life. As I cast my ballot this morning a
feeling of pride and empowerment I had never “I never believed that I would live to see the
felt before washed over me. I never thought that I
would live to see women contributing to the day that women would be able to vote in this
democracy which makes this country so great, country. I’ve lived a long life of house chores and
and knowing that future generations of women childcare, but the 19th amendment has secured a
will be brought up in a world where this is better and brighter future for my daughters. The
considered normal fills me with joy. youngest one is only three. She does not yet
understand how tremendous and
This photo shows a group of women in Washington. groundbreaking this amendment is. When she
was only two I had thought out her future. She
Throughout my life I have been taught that it is a would move to the city and get married only to
woman’s duty to serve a man. I have been taught be a housewife that does nothing more than
that for a woman to speak against what a man has please her husband. But now there is hope. Hope
said or done, for a woman to undermine the that my daughters will have another purpose in
power which has been given men, whether they life, one that is self-fulling and rewarding. All
deserve it or not, is a display of bad character on women in the country now have a damn say in
the woman’s side. It has been taught to me that a what happens in the country that they also live
man’s comfort takes precedence over mine; that in. Men will no longer be able to rule us. As
failing to care for and support my husband is the women we can continue to make change and
biggest failure there is. I have been conditioned make this country the best country it’s ever been.
to be a dutiful wife and perfect mother so that my We’ve had a dark past of things unspeakable, but
husband can come back to an idyllic home when this right has given women the power to change
he is done working. But now, I see that these are the future that lies ahead of us. Hopefully I will
things changing. I see young women wearing live to see the first woman president, wouldn’t
short skirts and going to parties with their that be something.”
friends. I see them getting jobs and building lives
for themselves. And now I have watched them -Lillian Sawyer
vote. The right to vote is one which I never
thought I would have and I am forever grateful to
the courageous women who fought for me and
thousands of other women to have it. Seeing the

In this photo three women are voting for the first time. ratification necessary to make it the law of the
land. Eight days later, the 19th Amendment
Highlights finally took effect. Needed progress has been
of the made.
Decade
Women are shown voting.
Women Win Right to Vote!
Killing the Innocent?
Lucas Streeter
August 18th,1920: The women of the United Meadow Yvon
States of America have officially been given the
long-waited right to vote. This has been a much Sacco and Vanzetti-
needed change in our communities and cities
and our entire nation. The United States has A murder trial that will always be remembered,
finally realized that the women in our society Sacco and Vanzetti: some of the most notorious
need to be able to participate in the democracy in men of the past decade. They have become part
order to become a more democratic nation. Now of one of the most controversial crimes of the
the celebration begins! past years, did these two Italian born anarchist
kill a paymaster and his guard?
The right
for women to vote has been a fight for a long Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were born
time. In 1869, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth in Italy, Sacco was from Province of Foggia and
Cady Stanton tried to push for the amendment Vanzetti was born in Province of Cuneo. Both
to be added to the constitution. Unfortunately, traveled to the United States but didn't meet
they were unsuccessful. Since the start of the 20th until 1917. They later met at an anarchist
century the role of women has been changing meeting and became friends, many times they
drastically. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee attended the same meetings together.
became the 36th state to ratify the amendment,
giving it the two-thirds majority of state The Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South
Braintree Massachusetts was robbed of almost
$16,000 and two innocent men were murdered
on April 15, 1920. The murders were believed to
be two Italian men. When Sacco and Vanzetti
went to pick up a car that was connected to the
murders and robbery they were convicted of
murdering the paymaster and his guard of the
shoe company. It is said that Sacco and Vanzetti
dishonestly answered the questions the policed
asked and were found with guns when the when
picking up the car. The dishonest answers got

them charged with “consciousness of guilt". The I don’t know a whole lot about what the kids are
two men were found guilty of murdering the two up to these days but they sure have brought us a
men and robbing the Slater and Morrill Shoe wonderful sight. When they all get up and start
Company. They were convicted and sentenced to dancing to the Charleston it is almost nicer than
death on July 14, 1921. the sunset of a summer night. The Charleston
originated from the Juba (an African American
This is photograph of the two men, Sacco is the man on the left, dance) that had a particular sequence of steps
Vanzetti is the man on the right.
which appeared in the production of “running
The men's sentence and death brought a huge
controversy, one that will last for decades beyond wild”. In the Broadway production it was played
our time. People were, still and will be arguing to the song of James p. Johnson's, Charleston.
for or against the men; Whether or not they did After it hit Broadway it was much different, it was
commit the crime. fast stepped, kicking feet, with forward and back
movement. Some may think that the dance was
made for this movie, but they are wrong. The

dance was in a show called Miller’s Liza in 1923,
and the same dance moves were in in another
dance called the Geechie Dance. The main
difference between the two is that the Charleston
was based off of the clave rhythm. The clave
rhythm was a bit cheerier and full of life than the
old tune it was based to.

The Charleston, More Like the We asked a couple who just came off the dance
Exhaustion! floor what they thought of the Charleston and
they said “It is an energetic dance that takes a lot
Zachary Dexter of energy, and commitment. If you can get
through the first half, you feel the energy pulsing
inside you and it feels good.” Well it seems to be
that you heard it from them, it’s fun, it’s active,
and it is full of life. So next time you are at a
party let your mind go and get up there and

dance the night away. interesting platform for discussion. The radio
may only be the beginning to a very
technologically advanced America. As we
approach the early thirties, we have to embrace
ourselves for more changes in our modern day
technology.

A man and two women enjoy the radio.

The Future of the Radio Slang-

Maia Perry Icy mitt: rejection
Moll: a gangster's girl
The invention of the radio has revolutionized the Manacle: wedding ring
passing of information to people all over the Pill: a teacher an unlikable person
country. People can stay at home and listen to Squirrel: to hide
news about the country right then and there. The Streeted: thrown out of a party
radio and public broadcasting might be the Struggle: modern dance
greatest invention of the twenties. One is now Sinker: a doughnut
able to listen to popular music, classical music, Torpedo: a hired thug or hitman
sporting events, lectures, fictional stories, You slay me! : That's funny!
newscasts, weather reports, market updates, and
political commentary in the comfort of their own Zozzled: drunk
home.

Since the radio is such a life changing invention,
it raises the question: how much better can it
actually get? The truth is that we don’t know.
The future of technology is unknown but a very

novel. Through his writing he shows the contrast
of youth and wealth in the 1920’s.

The Book Nook Fitzgerald
explores the idea of focusing on the past and
This week’s read: trying to rewind time. He ties it off by showing
that no matter how hard people try to change
The Great their situation, nothing ever truly changes. They
Gatsby only possess the deep illusion of change. The
book is complex and thought out carefully which
Book Review is another reason why it should be the next book
you read!
Maia Perry
Comic Corner~
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a must
read of the decade. I enjoyed the book very “Tea Party”
much. Fitzgerald’s characters were very
thoughtfully written, each with a unique
personality that mirrored something else in the

“It’s legal now”

“What should I wear today”

“The only way to handle it”

“An American Tragedy”