In 1901, after earning her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, Davis became superintendent of the New York State Reformatory ...

The journey through the decades of the 20th century offers a fascinating glimpse into how societal perceptions of the perfect female body have evolved. Through glamour and rebellion, women navigated ...

Prepare for wantonly exposed knees and an abundance of short bobs, with the 50 most stylish women of the 1920s. As Baz Luhrmann's highly anticipated The Great Gatsby remake hits cinemas ...

The would-be 1920s groom told the newspaper he wanted a wife who was 20 years old, 5’8”, weighed 130 pounds, had blue eyes, brown hair and a rosy complexion. When AI crunched the numbers, actress ...

along with the dawn of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age—eras of great social change. Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect on January 17. The 19th ...