The Shifters was a name of a group of young people who called themselves that for a few months in 1922. Some considered them a subset of flappers, but men were welcome to be Shifters. Newspapers covered the group as if t...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/06/A-Ponzi-Scheme-for-Flappers/
Death rays and high tech weapons were popular fixtures in popular fiction of the 20s and 30s, but it turns out they were also on the minds of scientists at the time, too, who strove to recreate some of scifi's most devas...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/16/Diabolical-Death-Rays-from-the-PopSci-Archives/
Fifteen years ago, Paul Lukas came into possession... ...ended the Manhattan Trade School for Girls in the 1920s . The records are more than just grades; they are...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/19/permanent-record/
In the Roaring Twenties, Lillian La France made a living as a stunt rider in the Motordrome circuit, performing in cars and on motorcycles for crowds around the U.S. In 1894, Agnes was the second of nine girls born into...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/25/lillian-la-france/
Americans, including myself, seem to be obsessed w... ...five fascinating facts about the flappers of the 1920s . Flappers Completely Changed Social Standards...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/five-fascinating-flapper-facts/
