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SIRS: 20th Century American Sources This link opens in a new window
A timeline of the 20th century
American Decades Primary Sources (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Cross-disciplinary source spanning the 20th century. Each volume in the set includes full or excerpted primary sources representing the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from a decade. Includes oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoons, recipes, and more.

Flappers
"The flapper was an important figure in the popular culture of the 1920s and helped to define the new, modern woman of the twentieth century."
Harlem Renaissance
"...a period between World War I and the Great Depression when black artists and writers flourished in the United States."
Nineteenth Amendment
Women get the vote!
Important Events in Government and Politics, 1920–1929
A chronological list of what happened in US politics from 1920-1929

Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1920-1945 by Laura K. Egendorf (Editor)
Call Number: 973.91 PRO
ISBN: 9780737711431
Publication Date: 2003
The 1920s by Kathleen Morgan Drowne; Patrick Huber
ISBN: 0313320136
Publication Date: 2004
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939 by David E. Kyvig
Call Number: 973.91 KYV
ISBN: 0313295557
Publication Date: 2001
The 1920's by Erica Hanson
Call Number: 973.91 HAN
ISBN: 1560065524
Publication Date: 1998