1. THE " ROARING TWENTIES"/ THE JAZZ AGE : this painting by Thomas Hart BentonThomas Hart Benton illustrates several aspects of the "Roaring TwentiesRoaring Twenties" (= "les Annes Folles"):

2. the emancipated woman who drinks and smokes in public and wears her hair short : the "flapperflapper" she has just been granted the right to vote in the US (1920) 3. Illegal alcohol in speakeasiesspeakeasies 4. TangoTango dancing : a new way of dancing 5. RudolfRudolf ValentinoValentino who died inwho died in 19261926 at the age ofat the age of 31.31. He was one ofHe was one of the firstthe first HollywoodHollywood starsstars He hadHe had thousandsthousands of fansof fans 6. The Jazz ageThe Jazz age (another name for the decade) people flock to the Cotton ClubCotton Club to listen to jazz artists 7. Book of the decadeBook of the decade Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940) published 1925 mc