William Tyler
- Dec 9, 2023
- 1 min read

The Twenties: Hedonism and The Wall Street Crash of 1929

Introduction: From hope to despair
But hope dampened by the influenza pandemic
Prohibition, a further dampener on hedonistic desires?
Escaping reality
	in the cinema
	in the new music and dance crazes of the young and not so young
	in the pages of the great American novel
Three Pen Portraits
	Calvin Coolidge President 1923-29
	Walt Disney
	Herbert Hoover who assumes Presidency in 1929 in time for the Wall Street Crash
Women's Rights and Opportunities begin to change - if slowly
The Crash brings the Twenties to a close and thus The Thirties begin with Depression

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