As well as popular music and sports of the era. ,r. Markoe good morning everybody. Today we are going to discuss the jazz age, at least i am, and you are part of the discussion at the end. Please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses, that would be good. Fromazz age is a period 1919 to 1929, reminds me of the opening lines of a tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people it certainly was good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of jazz. , music, the 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time, radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of , and certainly the age of the automobile, the multi the model t. Automobiles were for almost every budget. Whichare the good times we will discuss. And it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were some very bad times. Decade leds o
Certainly was good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time. Radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of hollywood, and certainly the age of the automobile, the model t. And automobiles were for almost every budget. Those are the good times which we will discuss. And it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were some very bad times. And it the failures of that decade led to the worldwide depression in the 1930s and helped the rise of fascism in europe. So lets begin with talking about the politics of the era. It was a republican decade. Three republican president s, harding, coolidge and hoover, and the republicans controlled the presidency from 1921 until 1933, and congress from 1918 or from the 1918 election until 1930. Domestically it was an era of laissezfaire. An era of laissezfaire. In other words, give business
Museums first persons series. Its about an hour. Good morning, and welcome to the United States Holocaust Memorial museum. My name is bill benson. Im the host of the museums public first person. Thanks for joining us today. Were in the 20th year first person program. Our first person is miss Theodora Klayman who well meet shortly. This is made possible by the generosity of the Lewis Franklin Smith Foundation with additional funding from arlene and Daniel Fisher foundation. We are grateful for their sponsorsh sponsorship. The survivors of the holocaust who share with us their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. Each of our first person guests serve as a volunteer at this museum. Our program will continue until august 8th. The museums website at ww. Ushmm. Org provides information about each of our upcoming first person guest. Dora will show her first person account of her experience during the holocaust and as a survivor for about 45 minutes. If we have time tow