These Fabulous Facts About Flappers Prove they Made the 20s Roar
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These Fabulous Facts About Flappers Prove they Made the 20s Roar

1920s - Roaring Twenties

30. Flappers Smoke and Drank in Public

A party in the 1920s. Southwalesargus.co.uk.

Flappers were pretty much the only women who dared to smoke or drink in public. These vices were reserved for men, even in the speakeasies. Heaven forbid that a woman should corrupt her moral character and delicate constitution by smoking and drinking, not alone at home, but in public.

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